Note: Dorothy Hennen has same names for wives as Joseph’s brother, Christian. One of their sons has same name, also. Are they same person, and is that why I can’t find Christian in census records?

He was probably born in Greene Co., PA

1860 Census, Wetzel Co., VA
Grim, Joseph, 26, Real Estate value $45, Personal Estate value $150, b. PA, farmer
Elizabeth, 22, b. PA
Catharine, 1, b. VA

1880 Census, Church, Wetzel Co., WV, p. 6C479
Grim, Joseph, 52, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. NY, farmer
Jane, wife, 38, b. WV, parents b. WV, keeping house
Kate, dau., 21, b. WV
Irbin, son, 19, b. WV, works on farm
John, son, 12, b. WV, works on farm

1900 Census, Church Dist., Wetzel Co., WV
Grim, Joseph, head, b. Feb. 1828, 72, widowed, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. NY, farmer
John, son, b. Apr. 1868, 32, married, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, farm laborer
Lou, daughter-in-law, b. April 1869, 31, married, 0 children/0 survive, b. WV, father b. WV, mother b. PA

He may have died around 1911 in Church, Wetzel Co., WV, but that needs to be confirmed.