Mississippi Cemetery & Bible Records

The Mississippi Genealogical Society has published several volumes of Cemetery & Bible records which I happily discovered are filled with my family. They are filled with those basic birth, marriage and death details that we researchers like to find.

According to the Society’s website:

Cemetery and Bible Records, Volume I, was published in 1954. For the most part, records in this volume were copied and compiled by Miss Frances Cook, a member, from gravestones and Bible records from original entries in the Bibles. Records in Volume I were primarily from Copiah County, Mississippi. Additional Cemetery and Bible Records were collected and assembled. As of 1999 twenty-four volumes have been published. Additionally, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Leese compiled and completed the Index to these 24 volumes.

There is more good news concerning these records. The volumes published by the Society are available online through Genealogy Gophers. And, they are easy to search.

I have focused on the Bibles. Each Bible gives the names of the original owners, the publication information, the owner of the Bible at the time of the publication, the name of the person who submitted the Bible & the date the Bible was copied.

The George Smith Bible gave information on four generations of the family. It gave me lots of information I had not had previously known. It also verified dates I already had from other sources. Details form that Bible follow.

The George Smith Bible

Original Owners: George Smith & Selenia Ave Jane Smith

Copied 6 November 1959

Mississippi Genealogical Society, Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records, Vol. 7 (Jackson, MS, 1960) digital image, Genealogy Gophers (gengophers.com: accessed November 2017) 86 - 89.

George Smith                          b 6 Dec 1840 – d 26 Jan 1921

Selenia Ave Jane Smith            b 15 Sep 1843 – d 22 July 1929

      Married 16 Nov 1865

Children of George & Selenia

Giardy Smith                           b 1 Oct 1866               d 11 Jan 1940

Claudius Smith                        b 21 Feb 1869             d 24 Oct 1870

Lelius M. Smith                       b 1 Mar 1869              [Who is this?]

Lyman Smith                           b 12 Mar 1871             d 16 Nov 1907

Naomi Smith                           b 3 June 1873

Sidney Lovene Smith               b 17 May 1876            d 20 May 1942

Lucretia Iturea Smith              b 21 May 1879            d 14 Sep 1955

George Dortin Smith               b 11 Feb 1882             d 12 Mar 1947

Lamar  Smith                           b 10 Apr 1887            

Maggie Jane Smith                   b 20 Jan 1891              d 20 Oct 1935

Marriages

Giardy Smith               Annie F. Snell                          m 11 Oct 1891

John Garner                Kity Naomi Smith                    m 12 May 1895

Lyman Smith               Bessie Magee                           m 15 Dec 1897

Sidney L Smith            Sarah Simmons Alford              m Oct 1901

Dr. W. O. Ott               Maggie Jane Smith                   m 7 Dec 1919

Lamar Smith               Curtie Pigott                           m 9 Feb 1923

W. L. Smith                 Seleta E. Smith                       m 5 Feb 1868

Children of Giardy & Annie F. Snell

Claudius Neroe Smith                         b 9 Oct 1892

Emmet Edward Smith                         b 27 Nov 1894

Stanley Snell Smith                              b 6 Mar 1897

Alton Herold Smith                             b 20 Sep 1902

Mary Rita Smith                                  b 9 Aug 1906

Lucille Smith                                       b 6 Sep 1910
Alton Harold Smith                             d 29 June 1918

Children of Margaret Jane Smith & W. O. Ott

Jane Powell Ott                                   b 9 Dec 1920

William Mayo Ott                              b 18 Oct 1923

Margaret Lucretia Ott                         b 12 Oct 1929

Children of Kitty N. Smith & John Garner

Eva Garner                                          b 21 Aug 1896

Roy Garner                                          b 26 Dec 1898

Maurice Dalton Garner                       b 20 Dec 1901

Wilton Garner                                     b 18 July 1905

J. C. Garner                                         b 16 Apr 1910

Dr. N. C. Smith                                   d 16 Sep 1895 s/o George Smith Sr. & Clara Dillon

Malisey Elen Smith                              d 16 Oct 1895    Unknown relationship at this time

Loucrety Dykes Smith                         d 7 Nov 1896      wife of William Doreen Smith

William Dortin Smith                         d 16 Oct 1906      parents unknown at this time

Thomas Dolphus Bickham                  d 3 Mar 1904        h/o Cinderilla Smith, d/o Wm D Smith

Emmer Bickham Johnson                    d 3 Nov 1903         Unknown relationship at this time

Henry Jourdin Smith                           d 14 May 1914       s/o William Dorten Smith

Annie Frances Snell Smith                   d 26 May 1916      w/o Giardy Smith

Bessie Annie Magee Smith                   d 16 Nov 1958      w/o Lyman Smith

Children of Lyman Smith & Bessie Magee m 15 Dec 1897

Errol Lynn Smith                                 b 20 Nov 1898

Clifford Beatrice Smith                        b 13 Jan 1901

Ave Faye Smith                                    b 10 Sep 1903

Gussie Mae Smith                               b 13 June 1906

Children of Faye Smith Brown & Albert Brown m 26 Dec 1921

Albert Harold Brown                           b Aug 1924

Margaret Ann Brown                           b 28 Feb 1928

Betty Faye Brown                                b 12 Jan 1931

Children of Jane Powell Ott Taylor & Roger William Taylor m 8 Aug 1942

Margaret Gibson Taylor                      b 14 Jul 1943

William Ott Taylor                             b 7 Feb 1946

Mary Sullivan Taylor                           b 1 Dec 1948

Children of Clifford Smith & Ernest Earl Winborne m 19 Apr 1920

Earnest Earl Winborne                        b 19 Dec 1921

Billie Zane Winborne                          b 26 Dec 1924

Bunnie Sue Winborne                         b 25 Aug 1927

Child of Maggie Smith Ott

David Jackson Ott                               b 13 Jan 1934

Children of Gussie Smith Edwards & Dr. Boyd C. Edwards m 9 Aug 1928

Betsey Lyman Edwards                                    b 29 July 1933

Charles Mims Edwards                        b 16 Mar 1936

Ave Lou Edwards                                 b 13 Mar 1932

Boyd Clark Edwards                            b 20 Jan 1935

Children of William May Ott & Mary Elizabeth Brennan m 17 Jul 1951

Margaret Jane Ott                               b 9 Aug 1952

William James Ott                              b 12 Apr 1955

Child of Margaret Lucretia Ott & Joseph Leslie Willing m 22 Aug 1953

Paul Denman Willing                          b 15 Mar 1955

Children of Errol L. Smith & Dorothy Brennan m 15 Jul 1921

Gussie Elaine Smith                             b 11 Aug 1924

Dorothy Louise Smith                         b 8 Nov 1925

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Happy Mothers' Day!

Happy Mothers’ Day

In Memory of my Mother,
who taught us the value of family,

& All my Grandmothers

From: ImageChef

My mother,

Alberta Joy (Gardner)Brown

My Grandmothers:

Ivy Regina (Mark)Brown

Helen F. (Coyle)Gardner

My Great Grandmothers:

Rose Ella (Brumfield)Brown

Nancy Regina V.(Gruissy) Mark

Fannie (Edelstein) Gardner

Mary Josephine(Mullane) Coyle

My 2x Great Grandmothers:

Emmaline (Smith)Brown

Martha Elizabeth (Alford) Brumfield

Elidia Rebecca(Ritter) Mark

Esther Barbara (Wolf)Gruissy

Devorah Dora (Horn) Gartner

Netty (Grofs) Edelstein

Margaret (Brady)Coyle

Brigid (English)Mullane

My [known] 3x Great Grandmothers:

Mary Polly (Spurlock)Brown

Euseba (Fortenberry)Smith

Charlotte Temple(Ott) Brumfield

Martha P. (Smith) Alford

Mary Isabella(Heffelfinger) Mark

Isabell (Fisher) Ritter

Mary (Grorisclauss) Gruissy

Elizabeth(Burkholder) Wolf

Mary (Cunningham) Coyle

Catherine (Gibney) Brady

Julia (Sullivan) Mullane

Ellen (Hogan) English

My [known] 4x Great Grandmothers:

Barbara (Straum) Gruissy

Esther Barbara (Shaffer) Wolf

Elizabeth (Mowrey) Heffelfinger

Anna Mariah Ritter

Catherine Fisher

Margaret (Kelly) Brumfield

Margaret (Jackson) Ott

Elizabeth (Bryant) Alford

Joanna (Dillon) Smith

Sarah (Robertson) Brown

Violette (Kennington)Fortenberry

My [known] 5x Great Grandmothers:

Mary (Durham) Kelly

Anne (Lawrence) Dillon

Jemimah (Hollis) Smith

Martha Kennington

Hannah (Hubanks) Faulkenberry

Mary Elizabeth Ott

My [known] 6x Great Grandmothers:

Margaret (Collough) Durham

Ann (Ashley) Lawrence

My [known] 7x Great Grandmothers:

Elizabeth (Nichols) Lawrence

Lucretia Ann (Hicks) Ashley

And all those Names yet to be Uncovered!

Forget Me Not: Mary Magdalene Gruissy Lutz, 1917 OH

I have recently been inspired to revisit the Gruissy/Creasy branches of my family. This is due to the influence of Carole Morrison Moser & Sharon Leber Ambrose. We share Augustus Ceaser Gruissy as our 2nd great grandfather. Augustus had three wives. These wonderful cousins are descendants of his first wife, Mary Ann Everett Gruissy & I am a descendant of his second wife, Esther Barbara Wolf Gruissy. Carole recently discovered my blog & website and contacted me. We have been sharing & comparing since then. Carole sent these fabulous photographs & I found the obituary at Newspapers.com. Working together with cousins makes the research even more fun!

Mary Magdalene (Gruissy) Lutz

23 Nov. 1865 OH – 10 July 1917 OH

Daughter of  Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett

Photograph from Carole Morrison Moser

Mrs. Albert Lutz Dies in Findlay. Word was received Wednesday of the death of Mr. Albert Lutz, aged 51, wife of “AJ” Lutz, which occurred at Sheppard Sanitarium, Findlay, O., at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday evening, July 10^th. Mrs. Lutz had been in poor health for a number of years, which necessitated Mr. Lutz giving up his restaurant business, which he conducted for a number of years at White Front. After seeing out Mr. and Mrs. Lutz went to St. Petersburg, Fla., and have spent some time at Chippewa Lake and Canton since their return, Mrs. Lutz being treated at the later place for cancer. Mrs. Lutz was born near Leroy and spent the greater portion of her life in Medina County. Besides her husband she leaves a sister, Mrs. P. J. Moore [Caroline L. Gruissy Moore] at Chippewa Lake and another sister in Wadsworth. [Mary had three other sisters. Margaret Jane Gruissy Morrison was a full sister. Two half sisters were Rephenia Cathern Gruissy Nichols and N. Regina V. Gruissy Mark.] She was an aunt of Mrs. Art Young of Medina and Mrs. John Canavan of Lakewood.

The body was shipped to Medina and taken to the home of her sister at Chippewa Lake. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at 1:30 o’clock today (Friday), Rev. Phillip Kelser, officiating. Interment will be made in Spring Grove cemetery.

Source: Mrs. Albert Lutz Dies in Findlay (Medina, OH: The Medina Sentinel, 13 July 1917) 1; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

Photograph of the A. F. Lutz Restaurant

Courtesy of Carole Morrison Moser

date unknown

Photo from FindAGrave, Memorial #69873001

Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio

Note: I wish I could read the inscription on this tombstone.

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• Augustus Ceaser Gruissy
• Christian Gruissy Immigration

Philip M. Creasy in Ohio Newspapers

Philip M. Creasy

Jan 1868 OH – 17 Mar 1934 OH

Son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Wise

Philip and others in our Gruissy family used Creasy as their surnames. According ot my paternal grandmother, they wanted to sound more ‘American’. Philip married Mary Wasem 8 March 1888 in Ohio. They lived in the Beach City area. Their son was Harry Lewis Creasy, b 10 May 1891. Family members told me he ran a grocery and census reports supported that. Those reports show Philip as a grocer [1900 Beach City], as a salesman in a grocery store [1910 Beach City] or as the proprietor of grocery store [1920 Beach City].

My great aunt, Wava Alice (Mark) Braun gave me a photo of Philip and his grocery store. Signs in the window read, “Grocery”, “Notions” and “Creasy”. My great aunt said he also sold home made medicines.

Philip Creasy & his Grocery, Beach City, Ohio

Photograph from Wava Alice (Mark) Brown

I decided to search Newspapers.com to see if Philip had advertised in the local newspapers. I did not find any advertisements but I did find a report of a robbery at his store and his obituary which mentions his store.

Burglars Busy in Beach City

Beach City, Aug 24. – Burglars early Sunday morning broke into the Standard Oil filling station and the Philip Creasy grocery. Entrance was gained by breaking open transoms. Nothing was taken from the gasoline filling station but $10 in change and a strong box were stolen from the grocery store. The strong box was found Sunday a short distance from the store. It had not been opened.

Source: Burglars Busy in Beach City (Massillon, OH: The Evening Independent, 24 August 1931) 8; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

Obituary

Philip Creasy, 66, a grocer of Beach City for the past 32 years, died at his home this morning following a stroke sustained Jan. 10. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Mary Creasy; a son H. L. Creasy, of Beach City; one grandchild, a brother, A. A. Creasy, of Beach City; two sisters, Mrs. S. E. Leiser, of Concordia, Mo., and Mrs. Catherine Boerngen, of Massillon.

The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the U. B. church, Beach City. The Rev. Ira Swezey will officiate. Interment will be made in the Beach City cemetery.

Source: Philip Creasy (Massillon, OH: The Evening Independent, 17 March 1934) 2; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.