BIOGRAPHIES - GRIMES, Joseph A., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Joseph A. GRIMES _________________________________________ JOSEPH A. GRIMES,1 farmer and distiller; P. O. Millersburg; a native of Stewart County, Ga., about forty miles from Columbus, where he was born, Nov. 15, 1844, to John and Eliza (Grimes) Grimes; she died in 1860, aged about fifty years; he in 1862, aged fifty-four years; they were natives of North Carolina, settled in Georgia at an early date; they had three sons and one daughter--John W., who was assassinated in his own dooryard, in 1865, cause supposed to have grown out of war troubles; Julia A., wife of Henry G. Feagin, a member of one of the wealthy and prominent families of Alabama, near Midway; he has held the office of Sheriff of Stewart County two terms, and is extensively engaged in metcantile and agricultural pursuits; Robert J. Grimes, engaged largely in agriculture and milling interests in his native county; served during the war in the Virginia Army, under Gen. Longstreet; Joseph A. received a liberal education, and assisted his father, who was one of the foremost planters in the county; he enlisted in 1862, in Captain Ball's Company, 55th Georgia Regiment, under Colonel Haskill, commanded by General Kirby Sinith, with whom he served until the capture of the command at Cumberland Gap., when they were sent to Camp Douglas, at Chicago, where they were held as prisoners until the close of the war; he then returned to his native county, where he engaged in agriculture until his removal to Bourbon County, in 1867. He was clerk and proprietor of the Bourbon House at Paris for a time, before removing to his present home; since which time he has been engaged in agriculture and stock raising, also the manufacture of whisky, upon the old copper distilled plan. He was married May 30, 1871, to Sue C. Mackey, daughter of John A. and Lucinda (Conner) Mackey, the latter a native of Nelson County, the former a native of Louisiana, came to Nelson county when a young man, and engaged in agriculture and trading; they now reside in Warren County, Ky. Mr. Grimes has by this marriage five children, viz.: John R., born April 26, 1872; Emma L., March 22, 1874; Mary T., June 28, 1876; William C., July 29, 1878; Joseph A., April 13, 1880. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 510-511 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.