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WILLIAM A. GRIMES, farmer, P. O. Decatur. Joshua Grimes, the grandparent of our subject, located in this township, near the Adams County line about the year 1807. He cleared a farm and raised a family. John, the father of William, our subject, was then only sixteen years of age. He, John, married Mary Geeslin and they raised a family of nine children, six boys and three girls. Of these children, seven are living. Grandparent and father of William A., both died in this county; the latter in 1862. Both bore an active part in the early settlement of Brown County, and took an active interest in the M. E. Church, as well as township and county affairs. William A. Grimes was the fourth son born to his parents in Byrd Township, Brown County, in 1834. He was married in 1857, to Miss Julia, daughter of Noah and Martha Pettingen. Mr. Grimes has always taken a keen interest in the growth and advancement of Brown County. For twenty years he has been prominently identified with the M. E. Church at Decatur, and is one of the enterprising, energetic farmers of the county. His living children are John W., Mary E., Minerva J., Laura, Maud and Ella. His estimable mother, who survives the father, is at this time living in the eighty-second year of her age.