Family Group Sheet
NameSimon E. Grisso, GG Grandfather
Birth12 Nov 1860, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death28 Jul 1938, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana
BurialPleasant Hill Cm, North Manchester, Wabash Co., Indiana
FatherJohn Grisso (1818-1870)
MotherSarah Salome ("Sally") Frantz (1823-1894)
Marriage21 Aug 1884, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseMary Ohmart, GG Grandmother
Birth29 Apr 1866, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death22 Sep 1949, Wabash, Wabash Co., Indiana
BurialPleasant Hill Cm, West Manchester, Wabash Co., Indiana
FatherSamuel Ohmart (1831-1897)
MotherHannah Heeter (1834-1914)
Children
1 FPearl Mae Grisso, G Grandmother
Birth24 Apr 1887, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death26 Jul 1990, Wabash, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseWalter Ellsworth Figert, G Grandfather
2 FMabel M. Grisso, GG Aunt
Birth23 Sep 1889, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death22 Jan 1989, Manatee Co., Florida
SpouseClarence Ogan
3 MGordon W. Gresso, GG Uncle
Birth10 Feb 1907, Laketon, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death8 Sep 1973, Wabash, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseMildred L. Tracy
Notes for Simon E. Grisso
This family is discussed in a tape of an interview with Walter & Pearl Figert, Wabash Carnegie Library Oral History program, 18 Aug 1976. Simon Grisso was a carpenter, stonemason, and farmer.
Wabash Co. Marriage License Bk 10, p. 418, license issued for Simon E. Grisso & Mary Ohmart, on 21 Aug 1884, returned same day.
Wabash Co. death certificate in Bk 1925-1939, p. 142, lists Simon Gresso, age 77, b. 12 Nov 1860, Indiana, d. 28 July 1938, Laketon, Indiana, of cardiac failure, s/o John Gresso b. OH & Sarah Frantz, b. OH.
Page 58 of Lester Binnie's Cemetery Records of Paw Paw and Pleasant Townships, Wabash County, Indiana, lists Simon's gravestone as reading "Simon E. Grisso 1860-1939". The yr of death is inconsistent with his death certificate.
Wabash Co. Marriage License Bk 10, p. 418, license issued for Simon E. Grisso & Mary Ohmart, on 21 Aug 1884, returned same day.
Wabash Co. death certificate in Bk 1925-1939, p. 142, lists Simon Gresso, age 77, b. 12 Nov 1860, Indiana, d. 28 July 1938, Laketon, Indiana, of cardiac failure, s/o John Gresso b. OH & Sarah Frantz, b. OH.
Page 58 of Lester Binnie's Cemetery Records of Paw Paw and Pleasant Townships, Wabash County, Indiana, lists Simon's gravestone as reading "Simon E. Grisso 1860-1939". The yr of death is inconsistent with his death certificate.
Notes for Mary Ohmart
Wabash Co. death certificate Bk 1943-52, p. 72, line 919, lists Mary Grisso, age 83, b. 29 Apr 1866 in Laketon, d/o Samuel Ohmart & Hannah Heeter, d. 22 Sep 1949 in Wabash County Hospital, of arterial schlerosis, informant Gordon W. Grisso.
Page 58 of Lester Binnie's Cemetery Records of Paw Paw and Pleasant Townships, Wabash County, Indiana. Mary's stone reads "Mary Grisso 1866-1949"
Page 58 of Lester Binnie's Cemetery Records of Paw Paw and Pleasant Townships, Wabash County, Indiana. Mary's stone reads "Mary Grisso 1866-1949"
