MARGARET JANE WHEELER GRISHAM
Margaret was born to Francis Marion
Wheeler and Melcina Cenith Thomason. Margaret grew to young womanhood in
Everton, Mo.
She married William Thompson Grisham there Oct. 28, 1882. They moved to Arkansas
City, Cowley Co, Kansas about 1909.
She joined the First Baptist Church when she was sixteen years old, and moved
her membership to Arkansas city in 1922. She was an earnest worker in church
activities and a sincere Christian. She was a devoted wife and mother, a
genuine friend, and true blue in every instance.
She and her husband had five children. The firstborn was a son who died at
birth. The other children were Ramy Wayne, b.19 Sep 1989, Almer Olive, b. 15 Oct
1891, Lora Christina, b. 17 Nov 1893, Gladys, b. 27 July 1897. Survivors
included her husband, four children, her mother, two brothers & three sisters.