Mason Gourley Grigsby1

Male, #484, (6 January 1894 - 1939)

FatherJohn Wilton Grigsby1 b. 1867, d. 1929
MotherEva Mae Rowley1 b. 1868, d. 1940

Never Marr* Mason Gourley Grigsby never married.1 
Birth*6 Jan 1894 He was born on 6 Jan 1894 in Rollins Fork, King George County, Virginia.2,3 
WWI Draft Card*21 Jun 1917 During World War I, Mason Gourley Grigsby registered for the draft on 21 Jun 1917 in Panama, Canal Zone, U.S. Territory. The registration was received by the King George County draft board on July 10, 1917.3 
Description* He was described as medium height and build, with dark brown hair and light brown hair.3 
Occupation*1917 He was a nurse in 1917 in Corozal, Panama, Canal Zone, U.S. Territory.3 
Employment*1 Apr 1930 He was employed by the Panama Canal as a Customs Inspector on 1 Apr 1930 in Balboa, Panama, Canal Zone, U.S. Territory.4 
Census1930*1 Apr 1930 He was listed as a household member on the 1930 census in Balboa, Panama, Canal Zone.4 
Death*1939 He died in 1939.5 
Burial* He was buried in King George County, Virginia.6 

Last Edited 3 Oct 2005

Citations

  1. [S54] Grigsby Family, Informal Genealogical Notes, Nancy Stewart Smith, Personal papers of Keith Dishman, Alpharetta, Georgia.
  2. [S25] Jeff Clark, Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Online Database http://www.rootsweb.com/~vakingge/cemetery/ShilohCem.htm, accessed 19 Sep 2001, Birth date on gravemarker: 1894. Hereinafter cited as Shiloh Church Cemetery.
  3. [S198] World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Virginia, King George County, Local Board (Code No. 45-1-22C); Record Group 163, National Archives and Records Administration - Southeast Region, East Point, Georgia, card of Mason G. Grigsby, form no. 392, no. 130. Hereinafter cited as WWI Draft Cards.
  4. [S99] 1930 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Pamama Canal Zone, Balboa Town, ED 4, Sheet 27B., electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  5. [S25] Shiloh Church Cemetery, Death date on gravemarker: 1939.
  6. [S289] King George County Historical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of King George County, Virginia; Volume 1 Church Cemeteries (King George, VA: King George County Historical Society, 2000), p. 195, Shiloh Baptist Church, Mason Gourley Grigsby entry.
 

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