John W. Grisham

My great grandfather.  John was born February 4, 1885 at Elijah, Ozark County, Missouri.  He died on March 30, 1914 at Elijah, Ozark County, Missouri of tuberculosis.  As John lay dying in one room of the family home, his wife Bessie, was giving birth to their third child in the next room.  That child was my grandfather, James Joseph Grisham.   John died shortly before the baby was born.