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GRIGSBY, H. M.

City: Pulaski

GRIGSBY, H. M., druggist and banker; born Spring Hill, Tenn., March 20, 1850; son of William and C. M. F. (Hatcher) GRIGSBY; English descent; educated Col. Thomas H. Peebles’ School of Spring Hill, Tenn.; married Florence WITT, October, 1880; early business career, farming; Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Giles County, Tenn., at the time of Grover Cleveland’s first administration; member City Council of Pulaski, which office he held frequently for thirty years; suffered hardships as a ten-year-old boy during the war of 1861-1865; was a studious druggist from 1869-1900; since that time has given a great deal of time to municipal work as an Alderman of Pulaski, Tenn., without charge; now banker and real estate owner; member Methodist Episcopal Church, South; member National Union, Royal Arcanum and W. O. W.