Grigsby married Emma Alvina Miller (1868-1930)[10][11] in 1895.[12] They had one child who died very young before 1910.[13] They lived at 1473 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, California[14] in an 1895 Victorian home.
Emma's parents were Ohio lithographer Ewald Miller and Louise.[15][16] Emma was previously married to Bernard Hermann Gueterbock (1847-1893)[17] on September 27, 1877, in Hamilton, Ohio.[18] Gueterbock was the editor of the New York Staats Zeitung newspaper.[19] Gueterbock committed suicide May 1893.[20] Initially Emma was arrested and jailed along with her servant and a custom house broker without bond.[21] She was released when the coroner ruled it a suicide.[22]
Together L. E. Grigsby and his wife Emma traveled the world visiting Egypt, The Holy Land, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Washington D.C., White Suplhur Springs, Virginia, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio, West Baden, Indiana,[23] San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Alaska.[24][25] Grigsby was also a philanthropist donating the then $13,500 Chimes to the Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church[26][27] on Wilshire and Normandie. A bronze tablet was placed with the inscription "Those chimes dedicated to the glory of God" with the Grigsby name inscribed.
Grigsby was also a Saddle-Horse breeder while in Pomona. He bred "Rex Grigsby" a black stallion foaled May 30, 1899.[28] He was also a member of the Claremont Pomological Club-Citrus Growers Club in 1921[29] which frequently met at their home.[30] Grigsby started The Kingsley Tract Water Col, Limited corporation in Pomona.[31]
L. E. Grigsby and his wife are buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California in a black granite pyramid mausoleum.[32][33]
