Person:James McGrew (12)

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James Alexander McGrew
m. 21 Jun 1838
  1. James Alexander McGrew1839 - 1906
  2. Sarah Elizabeth McGrew1841 - 1931
  3. Anna Elizabeth McGrew1843 - 1935
  4. John Lewis McGrew1845 - 1926
  5. Missouri McGrew1847 - 1847
  6. Eli Nathaniel McGrew1848 - 1934
  7. David Rowe McGrew1851 - 1937
  8. Henry T. McGrew1854 - 1858
  9. Susan Ann McGrew1854 - 1942
  10. Mary Frances McGrew1857 - 1933
m. 4 Aug 1867
  1. Susan Charlotte Mcgrew1868 - 1957
  2. Henry Alexander McGrew1871 - 1943
  3. Phillip Asbury McGrew1873 - 1938
  4. David Eli McGrew1876 -
  5. John William McGrew1878 - 1947
  6. James Edward McGrew1883 - 1965
  • HJames Alexander McGrew1839 - 1906
  • W.  Serena Roberts (add)
m. 1890
Facts and Events
Name James Alexander McGrew
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Mar 1839 Greene, Mississippi, United States
Census[2] 1850 Clarke, Mississippi, United States
Marriage 4 Aug 1867 Clarke, Mississippi, United Statesto Lavinia Elizabeth Hurst
Marriage 1890 to Serena Roberts (add)
Death[1] 8 Mar 1906 Clarke, Mississippi, United States

James Alexander had scarlet fever while very young and it left him deaf. He had already learned to talk, and later learned to read lips, but he talked in monotone.

He fought in the Civil War at Chattanooga, where his future wife's husband, B.A. Moss, was killed. James married Lavina Hurst Moss, who had two small daughters. They had six children and about 1886, he took the unmarried children, except for the two youngest sons and moved out. Viney became ill with cancer and died Jan 20, 1890.

James married Serena Roberts a month after Viney's death. He owned 160 acres and they ran a hotel in DeSoto, MS. He died in 1906, and she died in 1907, and it is said her family got everything that he had accumulated.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 James Alexander McGrew , in Find A Grave.
  2. United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

    Census Place: , Clarke, Mississippi; Roll: M653_580; Page: 610; Image: 126; Family History Library Film: 803580.