Josiah Pryor Grammer (1835 - bef. 1884)

Born 13 Mar 1835 in Franklin, Isle Of Wight, Virginia

Husband of Mary Frances (Moore) Grammer — married 29 May 1867 in Bollinger County, Missouri

Descendants

Died before Sep 1884 before age 49 in Austin, Travis, Texas [uncertain]

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Biography

Josiah Pryor was born on March 13, 1835 in Franklin, Isle Of Wight, Virginia to Isaac von Grammer and Anne Daughtery.^[1]

Josiah "was a school teacher and a Baptist preacher."

Josiah was married twice.

He first married Rebecca F. Bond on 29 July 1860 in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA.^[2] Josiah and Rebecca had the following children:

1. George Washington Grammer b. 26 Jul 1861 Missouri
2. John F. Grammer b. Abt 1865 Illinois

He married second, Mary Frances Moore on 29 May 1867 in Bollinger County, Missouri.^[3]

Josiah and Mary had the following children:

1. Matilda Grammer b. Missouri; m. 1)Robert P. Roberts 2) Paul A. Preuit
2. Laura Ann Grammer b. Missouri; m. 1) John Todd 2) F.L. Taylor
3. Serena Jayne "Rene" Grammer b. Missouri; m. Henry Hans Glissmann
4. Mary Frances "Mollie" Grammer b. Arkansas; m. Albert T. Allison
5. Martha "Mattie" Grammer b 19 February 1881 Williamson County, Texas^[4] m. Hugh L. Gower

In 1870, Josiah (listed as James on this census) and Mary are living in Liberty, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA. Also living with them are Josiah's son's George and John, along with their new infant, Matilda.^[5]

On 7 June 1880, Josiah and Mary are listed on the census in Upper, Sebastian, Arkansas, USA. Also living with them are: George W. - 19; John - 15; Matilda - 11; Laura - 7; Rhena J. - 5; Mary F.-3.^[6]

"The family settled in Austin, because their wagon(s) with all their belongings and money, burned there, the family was on their way to Oregon.^[7]

??? In 1882, J. P. Grammer appeared on the county tax rolls in Bosque County, Texas, United States.^[8]

He passed away before 1884.

Sources

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1. ↑ Mattie Grower, circa 1956, Letter from Mattie (Grammer) Grower to her niece Bobbie Cook (Scan of the original, owner unknown, Mattie (Grammer) Gower Letter to Bobbie
2. ↑ Ancestry. Subscription -Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]
3. ↑ Handwritten Copy of J.P. Grammer & Mary F. Moore Marriage Record
4. ↑ Family Search. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 citing , Williamson, Texas, reference ; FHL microfilm 1578626 IT 1-4.
5. ↑ Family Search. United States Census, 1870 James G*ner, 1870
6. ↑ Family Search. United States Census, 1880 Household of Josiah Grammer, Upper, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 178, sheet 548D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0056; FHL microfilm 1,254,056.
7. ↑ Helen Plowman Stewart -from Averil, as recorded in the Paul Arthur Preuit Family History, Compiled by Sharon Lippincott
8. ↑ Ancestry. Subscription - Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910

Research Note

My Great-grandfather, Josiah Pryor GRAMMER, came to the Austin, TX area in 1880. He came from Ark., but had been a preacher--maybe circuit rider?--in Marble Hill, Bollinger Co, MO. He was born in 1835, in VA, and died in Austin or Cedar Park, in Sept. 1883. Possibly buried in Pond Springs Cem., possibly was buried in a private plot. I think he preached, while in Texas. He may have been ill, an earlier census listed him as "consumptive". I wonder if there were Baptist churches in the Cedar Park area at that time? I've heard him referred to as "hard-shell" Baptist, I don't know if that's a denomination or just an adjective!

Inquiry from Helen Stewart - TX-BAPTIST May 2003