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1. | Rose Grigsby was born about 1865. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | John Grigsby, I (1.Rose1) was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jun 1965 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. John married May Mamie Phillips on 9 Jan 1910 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA. May was born in 1890 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Living Grigsby (2.John2, 1.Rose1) Family/Spouse: Living Russell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | John Thomas Grigsby, II (2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 6 Nov 1912 in Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1936 in 625 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. John married Grace Bowman on 13 Apr 1931 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Grace was born about 1913; died on 23 Jan 1984 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | William Alfred Grigsby (2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 7 Sep 1914; died on 1 Aug 1982; was buried in Lower Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Bessie Boone Braxton. Bessie (daughter of William Henry Braxton, II and Mary Elizabeth Boone) was born on 19 Jan 1915 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 2017 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 20 Oct 2017 in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | John Thomas Grigsby, III (4.John3, 2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 29 May 1933 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Sep 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
7. | George Allen Braxton (5.William3, 2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 5 Oct 1941 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Sep 2021. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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