The History of the State of Nebraska:
Lincoln Biographical Sketches...
Lincoln, the Capital City, and Lancaster County, NE:
by Anonymous, pub. 1916

Henry Grimm.

Henry Grimm, now living retired, is a cabinetmaker by trade and for a number of 
years worked as a coach builder for railroads and also engaged in farming in 
Yankee Hill precinct. His birth occurred in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on the 
3rd of January, 1839, and he is the son of Louis Grimm. His mother died when 
he was a year old and when eight years of age he accompanied his father to 
the United States, settlement being made in Baltimore, Maryland. There he 
grew to manhood, received his education and learned the trades of ship joiner 
and cabinet maker.  

When 20 years old he went to West Albany, where for 10 or 15 years he worked 
in the coach building department of the New York Central Railroad. In 1867 he 
decided to try his fortune in the middle west and accordingly came to Lancaster 
County, Ne, and purchased eighty acres of railroad land in Yankee Hill precinct.  
At that time the place was totally unimproved but he at once began to break 
land and bring it under cultivation and erected a frame house sixteen by twenty 
feet, containing two rooms, which remained the family home for many years.  

At length, however, it was replaced by a commodius modern residence. 
For a number of years after coming to this country he was employed as a 
coach builder for the Burlington & Missouri Railroad at Plattsmouth and later 
did repair work at Lincoln. He was also a member of a wrecking crew here 
for some time. The family, however, never left the farm. When not engaged 
in railroad work he gave his attention to the cultivation of the soil and the 
raising of stock and derived a good income from his land. A number of years 
ago he retired from active life and he now lives with his daughter, 
Mrs. A.F. Steinhausen, in Yankee Hill Precinct.

In 1865 Mr. Grimm returned to Europe and was married in Switzerland to Miss 
Marie Suter, who was born in that country on the 20th of April 1844.  She 
passed away on the 9th of October, 1914. To them were born seven children:  
Mrs. A.F. Steinhausen; Henry G. who is a railroad baggerman with a run on the 
Burlington Railroad between Omaha and Denver; Mrs. P. P. Kauffman, a resident 
of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Louis; Mrs. C.V. Reddish, of Rokeby, NE; Mrs. Edom Sittler, 
of Centerville precinct, this county; and William, who died on the 17th of September 
1814, and whose widow and child now reside at Steele City, NE. Mr. Grimm has 
seventeen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

He is a Republican in politics and in religious faith is a Lutheran. Although he has 
reached an advanced age he is still vigorous in mind and body and takes a keen 
interest in the affairs of the day. He has at all times striven to conform his conduct 
to high standards and the respect and honor in which he is held are fully deserved.

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