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Gassaway Sellman Grimes

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Born (1816-11-16)November 16, 1816
Maryland
Died July 3, 1875(1875-07-03) (aged 58)
Front Royal, Virginia
Occupation Physician

Gassaway Sellman Grimes (November 16, 1816 – July 3, 1875) was a physician who practiced in Maryland for several years.[1]

Early years[]

Dr. G. S. Grimes was born on November 16, 1816 in Maryland to Cornelius Grimes, who served in the War of 1812,[2] and Elizabeth Sellman.[3] He attended the old Barnesville Academy.[4][5] Grimes graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1838.[6]

Grimes married Susan H. Dorsey on June 25, 1839 in Frederick County, Maryland.[3][7] By 1840 he moved to Carroll County, Maryland.[8] Grimes was once part of a convention in support of William Henry Harrison for President in the election of 1840.[9] He was a member of the Ridgeville Methodist Episcopal Church.[10]

City Hotel[]

He was once proprietor of the City Hotel in Frederick, Maryland with his brother-in-law Basil E. Dorsey.[11]

Civil War[]

Grimes served for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and was taken prisoner.[12]

Personal[]

He was a descendant of colonel Nicholas Gassaway, and the grandfather of sculptor Rudulph Evans.[13] His daughter Kate married T. M. Turner. His son Robert Lee was also a physician.[1]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Middleton, Evan P. (1 January 1917). "History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions". B.F. Bowen. https://books.google.com/books?id=99QyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA325. 
  2. ↑ Wright, F. Edward (1 January 1979). "Maryland Militia, War of 1812: Baltimore". Family Line. https://books.google.com/books?id=4IoTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22cornelius%20grimes%22%20maryland&dq=%22cornelius%20grimes%22%20maryland&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiihsWFpsXRAhVL7CYKHdjCAzcQ6AEIPTAG. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 W. M. Sellman. John Sellman of Maryland and descendants. p. 28. https://books.google.com/books?id=EJVRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gassaway+sellman+grimes%22&dq=%22gassaway+sellman+grimes%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmpeyXpMXRAhVG5iYKHQzdDAIQ6AEIGjAA. 
  4. ↑ Scharf, John Thomas (1 January 2003). "History of Western Maryland: Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day, Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men". Genealogical Publishing Com. https://books.google.com/books?id=ntVpHBIz0hAC. 
  5. ↑ Boyd, Thomas H. S. (1 May 2010). "The History of Montgomery County, Maryland". Genealogical Publishing Com. https://books.google.com/books?id=8LgNNBgVtmMC. 
  6. ↑ Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy (1 January 1891). "Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine (1807-1890): With an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalogue of Medical Alumni". Press of I. Friedenwald. https://books.google.com/books?id=ke4lAAAAYAAJ. 
  7. ↑ Myers, Margaret E. (1 May 2009). "Marriage Licenses of Frederick County, Maryland: 1811-1840". Heritage Books. https://books.google.com/books?id=cY8hzSNvW0MC&pg=PA96. 
  8. ↑ http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/historic/upperpatuxent/documents/15-4MIHPFORMCOMPLETE_000.pdf
  9. ↑ "Carroll County Meeting". Log Cabin Advocate. April 18, 1840. p. 4. http://mdhistory.net/msa_sc4849/pdf/msa_sc4849.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Abstract of the Proceedings of the National Lord's Day Convention Held in the City of Baltimore on the 27th and 28th November 1844". Printed at the Publication Rooms of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 1 January 1845. https://books.google.com/books?id=LDA3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA73. 
  11. ↑ "City Hotel". The Baltimore Sun. October 13, 1856. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8955411/the_baltimore_sun/. Retrieved March 28, 2017.  open access publication - free to read
  12. ↑ "Historic Newspapers - Crossroads of War". http://www.crossroadsofwar.org/research/newspapers/?id=769. 
  13. ↑ Downs, Winfield Scott (1 January 1934). "Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series". American Historical Society. https://books.google.com/books?id=qYEbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA79. 

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