Background
Grimes was born in Columbus, Georgia.
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Grimes was born in Columbus, Georgia.
University of Georgia.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1863, Grimes studied law and became a practicing lawyer After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Grimes was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868, 1869, 1875 and ????, the Georgia Senate in 1878 and 1879, and the United States. House of Representatives in 1886 and 1888. Grimes died in Columbus in 1905 and was buried in Linwood Cemetery in that same building.