Nellie Thompson (Simmons) Grimm



Summary

Nellie was born November 13, 1913, at St. Marys, Pleasants County, WV, to Millard Holly Simmons and Ethel (Cunningham) Simmons. She was raised in Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV. She met her future husband, Harper Granville Grimm of Tyler County, WV, while attending Marshall College (now University) in Huntington, WV. They were married on February 3, 1939 in Parkersburg, Wood County, WV., honeymooned in Pittsburgh, and first lived at 1316 Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. Their children are Harper Granville, Jr., Elizabeth Ann, and Susannah. Nellie taught school in Pt. Pleasant and Kanawha County, and was a guidance counselor at Charleston High School.