History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 950, Woodland Township
J. B. Grisham, farmer, sec. 29; P. O., Astoria; was born in
Brown Co., O., in 1840; his father, Richard Grisham, was a native of
South Carolina, and born March 7, 1802; during the early settlement of
Ohio he moved to that State, where he followed farming, and where he
was united in marriage to Miss Laura Reynolds; they had 19 children; he
died in 1879; Mrs. G. is still living and resides in Kansas. The family
moved from Ohio, settling in 1855 in Woodland tp., on farm property. J.
B received a liberal education; in 1861 he was married to Elizabeth
Wunderlich, a daughter of Philip Wunderlich, a Virginian; by her he had
8 children, 7 of whom are living, - John, Edward, Toler, Wm., Harry,
Orley and J J. With the exception of a short residence in Kansas Mr. G.
has been a permanent resident of this tp.
