Gassaway Sellman Grimes
American physician
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Gassaway Sellman Grimes (November 16, 1816 – July 3, 1875) was a physician who practiced in Maryland for several years.[1] He married Susan Dorsey, a descendant of the Dorsey family.
Gassaway Sellman Grimes | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1816 |
| Died | July 3, 1875 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Susan Dorsey |
| Children | 8 |
Early years
Grimes was born on November 16, 1816, in Maryland to Cornelius Grimes, who served in the War of 1812,[2] and Elizabeth Sellman.[3] He was of Scotch-Irish and Welsh descent.[4] He was a descendant of colonel Nicholas Gassaway.[5]
Grimes attended the old Barnesville Academy.[6][7] Grimes graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1838.[8] The subject of his thesis was epidemic catarrh, another term for influenza.[9]
Grimes married Susan H. Dorsey on June 25, 1839, in Frederick County, Maryland, a descendant of Edward Dorsey.[3][10] By 1840 he moved to Carroll County, Maryland.[11] Grimes was once part of a convention in support of William Henry Harrison for president in the election of 1840.[12] He was a member of the Ridgeville Methodist Episcopal Church.[13]
When his father Cornelius died in 1852, Grimes was living on one of his father's properties, in Ridgeville, which had 70 apple trees.[14]
City Hotel
He was once proprietor of the City Hotel in Frederick, Maryland, with his brother-in-law Basil E. Dorsey. Grimes retired from this position in 1856, leaving Dorsey as sole proprietor.[15]
Civil War
Grimes served for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and was taken prisoner.[16]
Personal
At the end of the Civil War in 1865, Grimes lived in Watersville, Maryland.[4] Grimes died at his house in Gainesboro.[17] He is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal.
His daughter Kate married T. M. Turner. His daughter Elizabeth was the mother of sculptor Rudulph Evans.[5] His son Robert Lee was also a physician.[1]
