Updates


2024 Update

I’ve finally updated the database. I have not been concentrating on this family, but there is limited new information available. If you’ve been here before, you should probably recheck the person in which you’re interested to see if anything has changed.

Newly Updated Data

Finally updated the data for everyone after nearly four years. To start searching for someone, click on the Home Card link above.

Lough Family Photos

This afternoon I’ve added a new section under the Photos page for Lough Family Photos. There were several marriages between the Lough and Grimm family, and between members of the Lough family and descendants of Col. Zackquill Morgan, one of my ancestors.

Under the Grim-Grimm Family Photos album >> Adam Grim’s section are a couple of new photos, including one of brothers Jesse and Hailman Grimm. Most exciting to me is the photo of Jesse and Phoebe Grimm in front of their home, with my great-great-great grandmother Barbara Grimm seated in the middle.

All of these photos (digital images) were given to me by Mike Thomas when we visited with him and his wife in June. They took us to Bearsville, WV and showed us where Levi and Barbara Grimm’s cabin used to be, as well as where Jesse and Phoebe Grimm’s home was, and some of the Lough family. It was a lot of fun!

Updated Database

I’ve updated the database with lots of new information, and added photo credits to some photos.

New Photos

Added a photo of the Borland Hotel and Opal Grimm at the Ellsworth School under Descendants of Adam Grimm; a photo of Jane Pierpoint Darnell with her son George H. Darnell and his family; a photo of the home of Rosa Darnell and her husband Charles Hamilton. Also moved the photo of Jane Pierpoint Darnell in front of her cabin to the Darnell section.

I also fixed an issue on the Locke and Darnell Family Photos page where the titles under the photo thumbnails did not appear.

Updated Database and New Features

I’ve updated the entire family database. Don’t bookmark a specific family page as it could be renamed the next time I update the database.

Other new things:

I’ve simplified the menu above by taking off links for Index, Surnames, and Sources. Those can all be found on any page in the database.

I’ve added a Home Card link directly to Christian Grim and his wife, Mary Morgan.

You can now search the database directly, rather than going through the Index or Surnames. Search is located on the Family Cards or Person Sheets.

Pedigree charts for every person are now available. You can maneuver through the charts by clicking on names or drop-down arrows.

There are now photos on Family Cards and Person Sheets (links for examples). Only one photo will appear for each person on a Family Card, but more could be available on a Media Page by clicking on the camera icon or directly on a photo (click for example).

See the image below for visual help.

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More New Photos

Added the following photos (look under their line in the Grim-Grimm Photo album).

Elizabeth Price Dennis [line of Charles Grim]

Sarah Harriet Grim [line of Charles]

Bertrand McClellan Grimm and his wife [line of Charles]

Shirley Margaret Grimm (2 photos) [line of Charles]

Harper G. Grimm, Sr. and his wife [line of Charles]

Harper G. Grimm, Sr. and sister Leota Grimm [line of Charles]

Edward Everett Grim (2 photos) [line of Adam]

Mariah Jane Grim and George Perry Myers [line of Adam]

Ottie May Myers [line of Adam]

Reese Cooper gravestone [line of Adam]

Wilbur M. Cooper gravestone [line of Adam]

Alton Glen Grimm [line of John B. Grim]

New Photos

Added photos of Arless Grimm and wife under Descendants of Adam Grim. Added photos of Elizabeth "Nizzie" Grimm Blakly, Isaac Newton Grim and wife Margaret Maley, and Leonard Ezra Grimm and wife Jessica Ward under Descendants of John Grimm.

Also added a photo of Jane Pierpoint Darnell under the Descendants of Adam Grim, and grave photos for Amanda Jane Darnell Grim Mossor Hanlin and Maggie Grim Hanlon in the Miscellaneous Cemetery Photos section.

Site Revamp

I've redesigned the main site to work better on mobile devices. The Photo Albums have still not been done.

Family updates: There is new information on the family of Isaac Newton Grim and his wife, Margaret.

New Website

If you have found this, you probably have noticed that the site has a new home. I decided to host it on my own site rather than continue on Ancestry.com. This way I don't have the annoying banner at the top of the page that created all kinds of problems for me.


Hopefully within the next week there will be some new photos added. Meanwhile, the actual genealogy pages have been updated here and there.

New Photos

Added several new photos in the Grim-Grimm Family Photos section. These include John WIlliam Grimm and wife Mamie King; James Jackson Grimm and a photo of his grave; his wife, Arminnie Davis; their son Russell Boyd Grimm; Russell's wife, Opal Ardith Putnam; and Russell's and Opal's grave.


Also added two grave photos in the Fayette County Cemeteries section, that of my 5th great grandfather William Jefferies and his second wife, Martha Mendenhall.

Update on Christian Grim

Upon doing some research today, I discovered the slight possibility that Christian Grim could indeed be an uncle of the famous Brothers Grimm. It is not proof, however. Still looking for that. Click on the Christian Grim link above and go to the ***Note about halfway down to see the new information.

Updated and New Photos

Added the following photos today.

From my collection: updated photos of Edward Everett Grim and his wife, Emma (Locke) Grim. Added photos of Edward & Emma Grim on their houseboatCharles Norman and Arless P. Grimm together (and deleted small, cropped, separate photos), a photo of Charles Norman Grimm with his second wife, and one of Charles Norman Grimm at his boat landing in Pittsburgh. Also added grave photos of Lillian B. (Acklin) Grimm, E. P. "Bill" Grimm and Virginia M. "Babe" Grimm.


From History of Pleasants County, West Virginia to 1980, 2nd ed.: photos of relatives of Emma (Locke) Grim — Cecil Horner with his wife, Maria Newbraugh, and Clemmia Locke with her husband, William Nichols. Also, a photo of the Alva S. Grimm Hospital in St. Marys, WV.


From Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project: photos of Samuel Grim and Lawrence Leslie Staggers.


From Emma Cooke LaRiccia: a photo of Ernie Grim.


From Connie Haynes: photos of John Newton Grimm and wife, Oletta Gertrude Shepard, and a photo of Mary Lavinia "Molly" (Grimm) Barber.

Updated Photos

Updated photos of Salem Grim, Salem & Malissa Grim family, Bertrand M. Grimm and Ethel (Gorrell) Grimm to larger, higher quality photos.

More Photos

Today's update includes photos from Lanny Grim of Francis (Grim) Pirrman's grave, along with her son William's grave. It also has two photos of Francis, along with her parents, Capt. Samuel Grim & Lydia Goodwin.

New Photos

This is the first update of photos. There will be at least one more in coming days, once I get them all sorted out.


This update includes photos of John D. Grim, Shirley H. Grimm, a group of Shirley's children (Moni, Sammy and Mary V. Grimm), and another daughter of Shirley, Vina Emma Grimm.


Jessie & Maggie Cooper's gravestone can be found in the Miscellaneous Cemeteries section. Graves of Jane Pierpoint Darnell, along with her son and daughter-in-law, Samuel T. and Amy A. Darnell can be found in the new Ritchie County section under West Virginia Cemeteries.


Last but not least are new and additional towboat photos of the A. A. Vestal, Elizabeth M., Goldfinch, John H. Elliott and Ozark.


More family photos later.

A Long Needed Update

Well, the site finally has the family files updated after more than a year. I haven't had much time for genealogy, as I spent the last few years writing a book about my hometown, Fowlerville, Michigan.


I've lost track over the years about what has been updated, but I know that a lot has been added to the descendants of Andrew Jackson Grim and his wife, Nancy Good. As I've had time I've added census records, vital records from West Virginia, and have started to go through the Pennsylvania Marriage Records that are newly available on FamilySearch.org.


Enjoy! Hopefully in the next week or so I'll get the photo pages updated. I know I have several to add.

Update to Site

Updated the family files today. Many new census records led to new names, along with birth/death/marriage records if they were from West Virginia.

Another Update

Once again I've updated the genealogy files. More on Earseman Grim and his family, as well as corrections/additions on Nizzie Grim and her family. Probably the biggest additions are to my Acklin line. There is much more here, both on descendants in the Acklin line, as well as the ancestry of Martha Jane Simpson (wife of Joseph Kelley) on her mother's side. 

Genealogy Files Updated

I've uploaded a fresh update of the genealogy files portion of the site. Not a lot of changes, but there is more on the descendants of Morgan R. Grimm, a son of John B. Grim & Jane Grandon.


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