Samuel is son of Alfred Hynes Grass Blackhawk War Vet

Samuel Grass Birth Year Est:1861 Gender:Male
Age:9y Race:White Birthplace:Ill Kansas 1870
Household Gender Age Birthplace
A H Grass M 43y Indiana
Belinda Grass F 38y Illinois
Emiley Grass F 18y Illinois
Willis S Grass M 16y Illinois
Susan Grass F 15y Illinois
Samuel Grass M 9y Illinois<<
Eva Grass F 7y Illinois
F M Joslin M 19y Arkansas

Collection: Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935
Groom Name: Samuel Grass Groom Birth Date:1860
Groom Age: 21
Bride Name: Alice Lowman Bride Birth Date: 1863
Bride Age: 18
Marriage Date: 01 Nov 1881
Marriage Place: Drum Creek Tp, Montgomery, Kansas
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73725-6 System Origin: Kansas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1404520 Reference Number: vCp291

Fred also remembered visiting grandparents in Springfield, MO. when, as children, Sam & Ida took them there by wagon. Samuel moved with his family to the Acom (Akim) farm near Deering, KS. in 1891.

1900 Fawn Creek Township, Montgomery Co Kansas
Grass, Samuel head b Oct 1860 39 yrs old md 19 years
b Ill parents b Ill farmer
Alice, wife b Apr 1864 36 md 19 yrs 4/4 children
b Ill father b Wisc mother b Ill
Lawrence C son born Oct 1882 17 single born Ks
at school
Frederick E son born Feb 1884 16 single born Kansas
at school
Goldie A dau born Oct 1888 11 single born Kansas
at school
Alfred H son born June 1893 Kansas at school

1910 St Clair County, Appleton, Missouri
Samuel Grass 49 28 yrs md Ill Ill Ill
Alice 45 28 years married 5/5 children Ill Wisc Ill
Alfred H 17 Kansas
Louis H 5 Kansas 1905

1920 Upper, Sebastian Arkansas
Grass, Samuel Upper 59 Ill Ill Ill
Grass, Alice 57 Ill Wisc Ill

1930 St Clair Co Appleton Missouri
Name:Samuel Grass Age:69 Est birth year:abt 1861 Birthplace:Ill Relation head-house:Head Race: W
Samuel Grass 69 widow Alice d 1923 MO
Dora Key housekeeper 73

Samuel Grass 1940 Monegaw Springs, Osage Township
St. Clair, Missouri Gender:Male Age:79
Marital Status:Widowed Race:White
Relationship to Head of Household:Father
Birthplace: Ill Birth Year Est: 1861
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Alfred Grass M 46 Missouri
Wife Tamie Grass F 46 Missouri
Son Vernon Grass M 17 Missouri
Dau Mary A Grass F 11 Missouri
Dau Barbra L Grass F 1 Missouri
Father Samuel Grass M 79 Ill widow

[APPRAENTLY he was counted twice in 1940/prob went
back to say his goodbye's to family then shot himself]
Samuel Grass 1940 Upper Township Sebastian Ark
Gender: Male Age: 79 Marital Status:Widowed Race:W
Relationship Head Household Father-in-law
Birthplace: Ill Birth Year Est:1861
Last Place Res:Appleton City Saint Clair MO
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head James Holland M 52 Arkansas
Wife Goldie Holland F 51 Kansas
S-i-l Bill Washum M 33 Mississippi
Dau Mildred Washum F 29 Arkansas
Granddau Ollie Washum F 3 Tennessee
Grandson Bill Washum M 0 Arkansas
Grandson James Howard M 10 Arkansas
F-i-l Samuel Grass M 79 Illinois

Sam Grass Arkansas Death Index 1914-1950
birth:1861 death:21 July 1942 Sebastian Ark
Gender male Age 81 Race white Suicide
Certificate Number 1328 Vol #44 Affiliate Film #1942

Photo is Grass Sam Family 1923
back row-Zaida Fred-Tamer Alfred Henry-Louis-Alice
-mid row w-Sam-Lelah next to him