Simeon was a cabinet-maker and carpenter, and made coffins, among other things. This started the family business, now Grisell Funeral Homes, which is still running in West Virginia nearly 170 years later by descendants of his son Edward Chalmers "Chal" Grisell.
According to the March 11, 1903, Omaha Morning World Herald, Simeon was the oldest citizen of Bartley and had made his own coffin a few years before, and was buried in it.
Simeon was a cabinet-maker and carpenter, and made coffins, among other things. This started the family business, now Grisell Funeral Homes, which is still running in West Virginia nearly 170 years later by descendants of his son Edward Chalmers "Chal" Grisell.
According to the March 11, 1903, Omaha Morning World Herald, Simeon was the oldest citizen of Bartley and had made his own coffin a few years before, and was buried in it.
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Family Members
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Mary Louisa Grisell
1850–1858
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Alonzo Wilson "Lon" Grisell
1852–1907
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Edward Chalmers "Chal" Grisell
1854–1919
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Almaranda Jane "Alma" Grisell Carle
1856–1944
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John Griffith Grisell
1859–1934
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Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grisell Knapp
1868–1886
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Simeon Roswell Grisell
1870–1957
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William Seward Grisell
1873–1938
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Linley Steward Grisell
1873–1963
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