California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


P. D. GRIGSBY.  Oldest son of Jesse and Margaret Alexander Grigsby, was born in Pulaski County, 
Missouri, April 30,1838. When he was hot two years of age his parents moved to Greene County, that 
State, and there resided until April, 1850, when they came to California, locating first in Napa Valley, 
where they arrived September 18th of that year. They resided near Yountville until 1857, when he 
embarked in business for himself. He began farming near Oakville, and remained there until 1859; he 
then moved to the Trancas, one and one-half miles above Napa City, which he rented for five years. In 
1864 he purchased a farm on the "Big Ranch" road, and remained there until 1875. He then moved to 
his present place in Berryessa Valley, consisting of two thousand acres, and is extensively engaged in 
farming and stock raising. He was married August 26, 1857, to Miss Louisa Crowey, who was born 
February 19, 1840, and died February 25, 1871, leaving the following children: Margaret J., born June 1, 
1858; Jesse W., born December 11, 1860; Rebecca, born September 2, 1862; John W., born February 1, 
1864; Louisa D., born June 14, 1865; William W., born November 11, 1869. He married, secondly, 
November 14, 1872, D. Garner, who was born March 2, 1844. Their children are : Julia A., born 
December 29, 1873; Nelson, born June 19, 1875; Dana, born November 23, 1876 ; Estella, born 
September 5, 1878; and Homer, born April 23, 1880.