Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Grigsby, James H. 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 1, 2006, 9:23 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) JAMES H. GRIGSBY was born in McDonough County, Ill., January 7th, 1851, where he lived until he moved to California. His father, William Grigsby, settled in McDonough County, Ill., in 1829 and accumulated over four thousand acres of land in the county which is worth today $200 per acre. Father and son were engaged in the general merchandise and milling business for a number of years, when they started the Grigsby Bank, May 1st, 1882 and continued in the business until 1900, when William Grigsby turned his interest over to James H. Grigsby and he conducted the business until July 22nd, 1907, when he sold the Bank to the Huston Banking Company. William Grigsby died July ?5th, 1907. James H. Grigsby and family moved to California, November 19th, 1907, and settled in Santa Monica where he is again engaged in the banking business as president of the Merchants National Bank. He was also engaged in the horse importing business for a number of years with J. C. Huston and also in the Canadian land business with his son, E. Grigsby, for three years. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/grigsby204nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb