Biographical Sketch of Abner Grinstead, Johnson County, Missouri
Post Oak Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

ABNER GRINSTEAD.

Among the enterprising farmers and public-spirited citizens of Post Oak
township is Mr. Abner Grinstead.  He is a man of individuality and
generous impulses towards all persons with whom he associates.  Reared
in Missouri, he may well be taken as a fair representative of that
character so much admired in public and private life.  On February 26,
1829, Madison county, Kentucky, he was born; but his parents removed to
Callaway county, Missouri, when he was only eighteen months old.  In
about three years thereafter they removed to Pettis county, where most
of young Grinstead's boyhood days were spent, during a small portion of
which time he attended the district school in his own neighborhood.  He
was married to Miss Charity A. Wells, daughter of Col. Ransom Wells,
November 17, 1853. The names of their children are as follows: Mary
Alice, now wife of Paschal Henshaw, living in Vernon county; Jesse
Ransom, and Abner Rector.  By industry and economy Mr. Grinstead has
accumulated a good property.  He owns 260 acres of land, 205 of which
are under excellent cultivation.  An orchard of about three acres of
bearing apple and peach trees, a fine house with barn and adjacent
buildings, a flock of fifty to one hundred sheep, sixty head of hogs,
110 acres of corn, a large herd of cattle, and every facility for
operating his farm, are among the resources which contribute to his
wealth and enjoyment.  When Mr. Grinstead first came to this township,
he purchased land near the present site of Cornelia, but soon after
removed to his present residence.  Newton Chrisman entered the eighty
acres of government land where Mr. G. now lives.  The father of our
subject, Jesse C. Grinstead, was born in December, 1798, near Richmond,
Virginia.  Although a mere boy he served in the last war with Great
Britain, being stationed for a time at Norfolk.  He now draws pension as
a veteran soldier of that war. The wife of this aged pioneer is also
living with her husband, in Pettis county.  It is remarkable how they
have withstood the toil and experience of so many years, and still live
to see their descendants respected, prosperous and happy.

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