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to the society, and wherever duty was presented to him he 

 promptly rose to the emergency. The older members will recall 

 many instances of this. It was contrary to his nature to shirk 

 any duty, however distasteful. This sturdy life has left an 

 indelible impress. 



Mr. Grimes was made on honorary life member in 1884, a well 

 merited distinction. 



Jonathan T. Grimes was born in Loudon county, Va., May 

 10, 1818. His father, George Grimes, was a descendant of the 

 Rev. Charles Grymes, who was rector of Middlesex church, of 

 Virginia, in 1642. His mother was a member of the Society of 

 Friends. In 1839, the year he attained his majority, he determin- 

 ed to see the west and made the journey on horseback from 

 Leesburg, Va., to Chicago, returning by way of Springfield, 111., 

 and Terre Haute, Ind. In 1843 he located near Terre Haute, 

 where he married Miss Eliza A. Gordon, who died last Novem- 

 ber. In 1855 he came to Minnesota with a view of making his 

 home here. After visiting St. Paul, St. Peter, Hutchinson and 

 several other of the then new towns, he decided to locate in 

 Minneapolis, then a village of 300 inhabitants. In 1859 he pur- 

 chased the "Grimes' Homestead," near Lake Harriet, which he 

 still owned at the time of his death, and where he engaged in 

 farming and fruit raising, and the nursery business, for about 

 twenty-five years. 



In early life he was a member of the Society of Friends, or 

 Quakers, but in later life he identified himself with the Presby- 

 terian church of this city. 



Since 1884 Mr. Grimes had resided in the city, first on the 

 East Side, while his children were attending the state university, 

 and later at 3209 Nicollet avenue, though at the time of his death 

 he was staying at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Phelps, 

 3400 First avenue south, where he had removed after the death of 

 his wife. 



Mr. Grimes is survived by his eight children : John G. Grimes 

 of California, Edward E. Grimes of Northfield, Melvin Grimes, 

 George S. Grimes, Mrs. Anna E. Creary, Mrs. Ella A. Phelps, 

 and the Misses Emma E. and Mary A. Grimes of this city. 



Requiescit in pace ! Farewell, dear comrade and friend. 



A. W. LATHAM, Secretary. 



