Chambers County AlArchives Biographies.....Gimmett, Thomas H. June 24 1838 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    THOMAS H. GRIMMETT, a farmer of La Fayette, Ala., is a son of William M. and
Martha (Hester) Grimmett, the former of whom was a native of Georgia, born in
Butts county, in 1810. He was reared there and went to Troup county when a young
man. He was married in 1830, and lived in Troup county a short time and then
moved to Chambers county, Ala., settling seven miles east of La Fayette, where
he lived the remainder of his life, dying in 1864, his wife having died in 1863.
He was a man of great energy and industry, and accumulated considerable
property. In politics he was an old line whig, though he did not take an active
part in politics. In religion he was a Methodist. To him and his wife were born
ten children, only two of whom are now living, viz.: Thomas H., and Artemisia,
widow of Whitmel H. Williams, who now lives eleven miles east of La Fayette.
Thomas H. Grimmett was born in Chambers county, Ala., July 24, 1838. He enlisted
as a private soldier in Bell's battalion of cavalry in 1862, and served in the
western army until the surrender. He was in the battle of Corinth, where Albert
Sydney Johnston was killed. He was also in the battles of Perryville,
Murfreesboro, Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, and the Atlanta campaign, and in an
engagement during the latter campaign, was badly injured by his horse falling on
him, incapacitating him for further active service. He, however, did perform
detailed duty, and after the war he returned home and found every thing had been
turned into Confederate money, except the slaves, and they were, of course,
free. His father and mother had both died since he was away, and besides all
this he had on his hands to support a widowed sister with three small children.
He farmed for a while on rented land but finally, in 1870, purchased the place
where he now lives. He has 400 acres of land two miles south of La Fayette. He
was married December 5, 1863, in La Fayette to Miss Louisa Towles, of an old
Alabama family. She is a daughter of John C. Towles, a prominent citizen of the
county. Col. Towles was a leading politician, and frequently served in the
legislature. By this marriage Mr. Grimmett has six children, viz: Kate, wife of
J. J. Robinson, of LaFayette, Ala.; Dora T., single and. living at home; Georgia
Key, single; Elizabeth Diamond, single; Mary Jane, single; and William Ely.
Politically Mr. Grimmett is a democrat, and he is a Knight of Pythias and a
member of the Baptist church. Mr. Grimmett is a practical and substantial farmer
and is well informed on all practical subjects. He is an industrious and thrifty
man and a good manager. He is well connected, of high standing as to character,
and is highly esteemed by the whole community.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 629-630

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