Reuben Davis Grigsby Sr. ²

  General Notes:

Have seen birth place listed as West Pennsylvania

Came to Spencer County abt 1815.

Moved to Missouri in 1855.

Occupation: distiller.

Living with son Charles in 1850 census. Listed birthplace as Pennsylvania.
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Paper written by Nancy Grigsby Inco, circa 1923:

I might mention that the father of Aaron Grigsby lived with the Indians for about eight years. While his father was out looking for game, the indians came to the house, and after killing three of the older children took Reuben, his mother and a small baby away with them. They soon discovered that the mother could not walk fast enough so they killed her and knocked the baby's brains out against a tree. For some reason they liked the small boy, and so they carried him on their backs. They grew very fond of him and used to take him on their hunting trips with them. He said he always wanted to go, and to tease him if they did not want him to go with them, they would insist on his drinking a quantity of bear oil before they would let him go along.
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Received marriage record June 2003. Info verified from record.

Reuben married Nancy Barker, daughter of Aaron Barker II and Permelia (Milly) Ash, on 22 Jan 1801 in Nelson County, Kentucky. (Nancy Barker was born in 1780 in Harrison County, Virginia, died on 15 Sep 1848 in Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana and was buried in Old Pigeon Cemetery, Dale, Spencer County, Indiana.)