U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Grim, Wilson Osborne (1862-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 462 DR. WILSON OSBORNE GRIM, born March 17, 1862, on the waters of the Middle Fork River, son of Edward and Julianne (Osborne) Grim and the grandson of Wilson Osborne. Raised on a farm and worked there until he was 16 years of age. Owing to the fact that his mother died when he was three years of age his father was remarried. Began teaching school in the public schools of Upshur County and continued this profession until he was 25 years of age, when he concluded to specialize for life work and thus took himself to a Medical College at Cincinnati, the Electric Medical Institute of that city, from which he graduated June 1, 1886. He returned home immediately and began the practice of his profession at Rock Cave after remaining there for a few months he moved to Tallmansville, where he practiced two years and then moved to Ten Mile. In 1897, he moved to Buckhannon and practiced medicine there four years. In 1901 he returned to Ten Mile and went into the lumber business, which he has been following closely and energetically since. On the 14th day of July, 1887, he married Minnie J. Wingfield, daughter of Nelson and Salina (Harlan) Wingfield, and to this marriage have been born five children; four sons and one daughter, of whom three sons and one daughter are living, whose names are Fred, Wilson, Toad, Ina Lee. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #9989 FULL-NAME: Wilson O. Grimm BIRTH-DATE: BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: July 14, 1934 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: 128 E. Main St. MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Minnie J. Grimm) OCCUPATION: Physician FATHER: Edward Grimm (born in Upshur Co.) MOTHER: Juliann Osborne (born in Upshur Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tuberculosis / Pulmonary INFORMANT: Wilson O. Grimm, Jr., M.D. BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery (wife of Wilson O. Grimm) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV # FULL-NAME: Minnie Jane Grimm BIRTH-DATE: October 5, 1870 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 16, 1949 at age 78y-10m-11d DEATH-PLACE: 6 Island Avenue, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 6 Island Avenue, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed FATHER: Nelson Wingfield MOTHER: Salina Harlan CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Thrombosis, Left BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------