Lemma Newell Grisham

Lemma Newell Grisham was born on 22 June 1879 in Union Parish, Louisiana.¹ He was the son of James B. Grisham and Hattie R. Mitchell.¹ Lemma Newell Grisham married Edna Earl Adams, daughter of Martin Franklin Adams and Sarah Jane May, on 27 January 1901 in Nevada County, Arkansas.¹ Lemma Newell Grisham died on 28 September 1954 in Hope, Arkansas, at age 75.¹ He was buried at Oak Grove Cementary, DeRoan Twp., Hempstead County, Arkansas.¹
In the 1900 census, he is listed as Lemar N. Grisham with a date of birth of Sept. 1879.¹ He became the father of Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham on 2 November 1901.¹ Lemma Newell's mother Hattie R. Mitchell died on 7 January 1912 in Parker Twp., Arkansas.¹ Lemma Newell's father James B. Grisham died on 19 April 1915 in Parker Twp., Nevada County, Arkansas.¹ Lemma Newell's daughter was married at wedding of Edith Vallie (Valeria) Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy on 3 January 1922 in Nevada County, Arkansas.¹ Lemma Newell Grisham became a widower with the death of his wife, Edna Earl Adams on 8 August 1952 in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas, at age 74.¹