Alexander married Eliza Jane first. They had five children before she died in 1862 in Illinois. He then married her sister, Amanda. He and Amanda moved to Nebraska between 1869 and 1871.642

1870 Census, Ulysses, Butler Co., NE
47/47 (2 homes from brother-in-law Sumner Darnell)
Grim, Alex, 40, farmer, real estate value $5000, personal estate value $1000, b.OH
Amanda, 34, b. OH
Emma, 15, b. IL
Samuel, 13, b. IL
Chas, 11, b. IL
Isabel, 7, b. IL
Frank, 3, b. IL

1880 Census, Ulysses, Butler Co., NE, p. 8657
Grim, Alexander, 54, farmer, b. OH
Amanda, wife, 44, keeping house, b. OH
Frank, son, 12, b. at school, b. IL
Ezra, son, 8, at school, b. NE
Gaselgomer, Joseph, 37, laborer, b. IN
Daniell, Samuel, 37, laborer, b. IN
Daniell, Ida, 16, laborer, b. IL