John Nelson Grisham c. 1854 - c. 1908

John Nelson Grisham was born on January 22, 1854 in Jackson County, Tennessee United States to William Pryor Grisham and Martha Jane Thornberry, and had siblings Mary Jane Grisham, Elizabeth Grisham, Cordelia "Celia" Grisham, Nathaniel "Nat"Herman Grisham, William Payton Grisham, James Pryor Grisham, Viola Grisham, Connie Grisham, and Minnie Grisham. He was in a relationship with Dorthenia Tennessee "Tennie" (Duke) Grisham, and had children Mary Jane Grisham, Alvin Author Grisham, Weston L. Grisham, Eliza Belle Grisham, Henry Clay Grisham, and Tina "Tiny" Dorthenia Grisham. John Grisham died at age 54 years old on November 25, 1908 in Smith County, and was buried at Dickens Cemetery Maggart Rd., in Elmwood.