Benjamin Snuggs GRIZZELL
Joel DILLARD

Sarah L. GILLESPIE


Husband-1:  Benjamin Snuggs GRIZZELL
Birth:  13 Aug 1829, Alabama
Death:  5 Dec 1874, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri       
Burial:  
Father:  Elon Snuggs GRIZZELL
Mother:  Frances Langston COZERT

Marriage-1:      25 Jun 1850, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
Divorce:                 aft 1865, Mississippi

Husband-2:  Joel DILLARD
Birth:  May 1817, Haywood Co., Tennessee
Death:  1900, Pontotoc, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi  
Burial:  
Father:  Thomas DILLARD  
Mother:  Hannah LAMBERT 

Marriage-2:      8 Aug 1872, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi

Wife:  Sarah L. GILLESPIE
Birth:  Apr 1833, Albemarle Co., Virginia 
Death:  1901, Pontotoc, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
Burial:  
Father: 
Orian Hiram GILLESPIE
Mother:  Mary "Polly" BOWLES

Children - Marriage-1:
   
1. Mary GRIZZELL, b: 1851, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
2. Hiram Louis GRIZZELL, b: 30 Aug 1853, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
                                       d: 9 Jun 1946, San Diego, San Diego Co., California
                                    bur: Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., California
3.
William Liles GRIZZELLE, b: 1 Oct 1856, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
4.
Jesse L. GRIZZELL, b: 6 Nov 1859, Calhoun Co., Mississippi
5. Sarah Belle "Sallie" GRIZZELL (Perryman), b: 10 Mar 1862, Calhoun Co., Mississippi
                                                                   d: 7 Feb 1887, DeSoto Co., Mississippi
6. Nancy Virginia "Nannie" GRIZZELL, b: 14 Apr 1865, Calhoun Co., Mississippi

Children - Marriage-2:   
1. Joel P. DILLARD, b: 24 Feb 1874, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
                              d: aft
1900, Pontotoc, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
2. Adline DILLARD, b: Feb 1877, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi
                             d: aft 1900, Pontotoc, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi

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Notes:    

1860 Federal Census Data (M653_0578, Page 80), Calhoun Co., Mississippi,
                                                                                                                  Enumeration Date: 8-Aug-1860, Family #367

NAME

Age

Sex

Occupation
Or Trade

Real Estate

Pers. Estate

POB

In Sch.

Marr
W/In Yr

D, D, B, I,  I, P, C

 GRIZZELL, Benjamin

31

M

 Machinist

---

$250

AL

 

 

 

                  Sarah

26

F

  

 

 

AL

 

 

 

                  Mary

9

F

 

 

 

MS

X

 

 

                  Hiram

7

M

 

 

 

MS

X

 

 

                  William

4

M

 

 

 

MS

 

 

 

                  Jesse

7m

M

 

 

 

MS

 

 

 

By 1870, Benjamin and Sarah had divorced and he had remarried.  She and the children were living with her parents.

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0662, Page 25A), Pontotoc Co., Mississippi,
                                                                                Enumeration District: 164, Enumeration Date: 1-Jun-1880, Family #8

 NAME

Age

Sex

 Relation

M/S W/D

Occupation

POB

Fa
 POB

Mo
POB

Maimed,
Crippled,
Disabled

In Sch

 DILLARD, Joel

63

M

 Self

M

 Farmer

TN

NC

TN

  

 

                 Sarah L

46

F

 Wife

M

 Keeping House

VA

VA

VA

 

 

                 Aletha Jane

16

F

 Daughter

S

 Farm Laborer

MS

TN

TN

 

 

                 Joel S

6

M

 Son

S

 

MS

TN

VA

  

 

                 Adeline

4

F

 Daughter

S

 

MS

TN

VA

 

 

 GRIZZELL, Sallie

16

F

 S Daughter

S

 Farm Laborer

MS

TN

VA

 

 

 ECHOLS, Mary

29

F

 S Daughter

W

 Farm Laborer

MS

TN

VA

 

 

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0825, Page 27A), Friendship, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 85, Enumeration Date: 2-Jun-1900, Family #18

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Birth Mo.

Birth Yr.

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn

# C Liv

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 DILLARD, Joel

 Head

M

May

1817

83

M

28

 

 

TN

NC

TN

 Farmer

 

                Sarah

 Wife

F

Apr

1833

67

M

28

8

4

VA

VA

VA

 None

 

                Joel

 Son

M

Feb

1874

26

S

 

 

 

MS

MS

MS

 None

 

                Addie

 Daughter

F

Feb

1877

23

S

 

 

 

MS

MS

MS

 None

 

 GILLASPIE, Henry

 Nephew

M

Oct

1880

19

S

 

 

 

MS

MS

MS

 None

 

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Sources: 
1) Death - Husband #1: St. Louis City Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 6B, Page 98