William Pressley Grier, Sr

1884 - 1947  (63 years)

• Name	William Pressley Grier  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	28 Feb 1884	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  	Ward 6
  Death	10 Apr 1947	Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I5342	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son Robert Montgomery
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Owen Grier,   b. 21 Jun 1846, Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Oct 1908, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Alice Hunter,   b. 1 Jul 1852, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Dec 1894, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Oct 1869	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F6379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Lucile Cross,   b. 17 Mar 1884, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Children	> 1. William Pressley Grier, Jr,   b. 17 Feb 1917, South Carolina, USA d. 22 Jul 1998, Flat Rock, Henderson, North Carolina, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Charles Grier,   b. 9 Oct 1919, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA d. 2 May 1976, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1884 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Ward 6 - 1920 - Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA Death - 10 Apr 1947 - Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Record for William Pressley Grier [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Gastonia Ward 6, Gaston,North Carolina; Roll: T625_1300; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 90; Image: . Record for William P Grier [S3148] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for William Pressley Grier Jr. [S3148] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for John Charles Grier [S34] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Source Vendor: North Carolina State Center for HealthStatistics; Certificate: . Record for William Pressly Grier Jr [S1176] SAR Application 90431, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;). [S1860] Mecklenburg County Marriage Licenses 1869, (Name: Name: Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society; Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 2012;;), OMGS Quarterly, Vol 30, No 2, Page 14.