Person:James Grinstaff (2)

Grinstaff, James F., head, white male, b. Feb 1861, age 39, married 16 years, b. Missouri, both parents b. Indiana, farmer, able to read, write, speak English, rents farm
, Ida M., wife, white female, b. April 1864, married 16 years, able to read, write, speak English
, Milford F., son, white male, b. April 1885, 15, single, b. Missouri, at school, able to read, write, speak English
, Leigh E., daughter, white female, b. June 1891, 8, single, b. Kansas, at school, able to read write, speak English
, Alma M., dau, hite female, b. Dec 1895, 4, single, b. Kansas

Grindstaff, James F., head, white male, 49, married once for 26 years, b. Missouri, both parents b. Indiana, speaks English, farmer, general farm, employer, able to read and write, owns farm free of mortgage
, Ida M., wife, white female, 47, married once for 26, five children, 3 living, b. Indiana, both parents b. Indiana, speaks English, able to read and write
, Leigh, dau, white female, 18, single, b. Kansas, speaks English, able to read and write, attends school
, Alma M., dau, white female, 14, single, b. Kansas, speaks English, able to read and write, attends school

Grindstaff, Mart, 31, Farmer and Blacksmith, RE = $400, PE = $250, b. IN
, Margaret, 27, keeps house, b. IN
, James, 11, b. MO
, Susan, 9, b. MO
, Levina E., 6, b. MO
, Rosabel, 3, b. MO

Grindstaff, Martin, 41, farming, b. IN, fa b. KY, mo b. IN
, Margaret, 37, wife, keeping house, b. IN, both parents b. OH
, James F., 19, son, works at farming, b. MO
, Leona E., 14, dau, b. MO
, RosaBelle, 12, dau, b. MO
, Samuel H., 9, son, b. MO
, David J., 6, son, b. MO

Grindstaff, James F., owns farm free of mtg, 57, divorced [sic], b. MO, both parents b. IN, farmer general farm

East side of Highway 23
Grinstaff, James, Lodger, 80, married, 8 yrs education, b. MO, lived in same place [not house] 5 yrs ago, not employed, not looking for work, did not work last year, no wage income, other sources of income
in HH of S. L (age 80) and Mary F (age 69) Kinison, both b. IL, who take in lodgers

Grindstaff, J. F., 34, b. MO, came to Kansas from Missouri, farmer
, Ida, 31, b. IN
, Milford, 10, b. MO
, Lea, 4, b. KS

Grindsgtaff, James F., head, rents 64, widowed, b. MO, came to Kansas from Kentucky

James F. Grinstaff
Birth: 1861
Death: 1940
Burial: Plains Cemetery, Plains, Meade County, Kansas, USA

Note: H/O Ida M.Grinstaff [from photo of gravestone]

James Franklin Grinstaff
James Franklin Grinstaff was born February 28, 1861 at St. John Missouri, and departed this life June 3, 1940 Plains, Kansas at the age of seventy-nine years, three months and three days.

He was united in marriage to Miss Ida Reece, January 27, 1884 at St. John, Missouri, and to this union were born six children: Milford F., Leah, and Alma; three having died in infancy.

He was also preceded in death by his wife, January 29, 1916 and son Milford, February 14, 1939. He leaves to mourn his passing, Alma Lee, Kismet, Kansas; Leah Ard of Los Angeles, California; Carrie Grinstaff [daughter-in-law], Plains, Kansas; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers and one sister.

Mr. Grinstaff joined the church at an early age, and has since been a member of the church in the community in which he lived. At the time of his death his membership was in the Christian church in Plains.