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Drew is also a great-grandson of Samuel Mays Grigsby, a physician who died of [[pneumonia]] in 1892 at the age of thirty-two. Dr. Grigsby was from 1891 until his death the coroner of Webster Parish.<ref>List of Webster Parish Coroners, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1871," Webster Parish Police Jury publication.</ref> Dr. Thomas Drew Carey (born 1947), a dermatologist from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], another great-grandson of Dr. Grigsby and a cousin of Judge Harmon Drew Jr., has in his possession Grigsby's diploma, graduation invitation, and scalpel. Grigsby graduated in 1887 from Alabama Medical College in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]. The Grigsbys resided on Main Street near the Webster Parish Library in a house still standing. Mrs. Grigsby, Dr. Carey's great-grandmother, exchanged houses thereafter with Sam Webb, the founder of a since defunct Minden hardware store, operated for years by the aforementioned Will Life.<ref>Statement of Dr. Thomas Drew Carey, [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, December 21, 2010.</ref>​

Drew is also a great-grandson of Samuel Mays Grigsby, a physician who died of [[pneumonia]] in 1892 at the age of thirty-two. Dr. Grigsby was from 1891 until his death the coroner of Webster Parish.<ref>List of Webster Parish Coroners, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1871," Webster Parish Police Jury publication.</ref> Dr. Thomas Drew Carey (born 1947), a dermatologist from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], another great-grandson of Dr. Grigsby and a cousin of Judge Harmon Drew Jr., has in his possession Grigsby's diploma, graduation invitation, and scalpel. Grigsby graduated in 1887 from Alabama Medical College in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]. The Grigsbys resided on Main Street near the Webster Parish Library in a house still standing. Mrs. Grigsby, Dr. Carey's great-grandmother, exchanged houses thereafter with Sam Webb, the founder of a since defunct Minden hardware store, operated for years by the aforementioned Will Life.<ref>Statement of Dr. Thomas Drew Carey, [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, December 21, 2010.</ref>​

Drew was born to Richard Harmon Drew, Sr., (1917–1995), and the former Margaret Taylor Elam (1919–1977), a native of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish who grew up in Shreveport and [[Baton Rouge]]. Margaret Drew was a direct descendant of [[U.S. President]] [[Zachary Taylor]] through Taylor's son, [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Richard Taylor]]. Mrs. Zachary Taylor was also named Margaret.<ref>''Minden Herald'' and ''Webster Review,'' May 2, 1957, p. 8.</ref>​

Drew was born to Richard Harmon Drew, Sr., (1917–1995), and the former Margaret Taylor Elam (1919–1977), a native of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish who grew up in Shreveport and [[Baton Rouge]]. Margaret Drew was a direct descendant of [[U.S. President]] [[Zachary Taylor]] through Taylor's son, [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] Richard Taylor. Mrs. Zachary Taylor was also named Margaret.<ref>''Minden Herald'' and ''Webster Review,'' May 2, 1957, p. 8.</ref>​

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Margaret Drew's paternal grandfather was Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821-1885), the first [[mayor]] of Mansfield, a state representative, and a [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.. Her uncle, Charles Wheaton Elam, was also a state representative and a founder of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center. Margaret and Harmon Drew, Sr., were married in an [[Episcopal]] Church in Baton Rouge on [[Pearl Harbor]] Day 1940, exactly a year before the attack on the [[United States]] by the empire of [[Japan]]. Drew and his two sisters, Elizabeth Weaver and Caldwell Colvin, were reared, like their mother, as Episcopalians. The senior Drew, however, retained [[Presbyterian]] affiliation. Harmon and Jean Drew are members of St. John's Episcopal Church near their home though Jean was reared as a [[United Methodist]].​

Margaret Drew's paternal grandfather was Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821-1885), the first [[mayor]] of Mansfield, a state representative, and a [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.. Her uncle, Charles Wheaton Elam, was also a state representative and a founder of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center. Margaret and Harmon Drew, Sr., were married in an [[Episcopal]] Church in Baton Rouge on [[Pearl Harbor]] Day 1940, exactly a year before the attack on the [[United States]] by the empire of [[Japan]]. Drew and his two sisters, Elizabeth Weaver and Caldwell Colvin, were reared, like their mother, as Episcopalians. The senior Drew, however, retained [[Presbyterian]] affiliation. Harmon and Jean Drew are members of St. John's Episcopal Church near their home though Jean was reared as a [[United Methodist]].​

In 1952, while speeding through Minden, the [[singer]] Lefty Frizzell, originally from Corsicana in Navarro County, [[Texas]], crashed his [[Cadillac]] into the Drew home. Drew, Jr,. slept through the mishap, but he recalls that his father having always thought that Frizzell had a "bad attitude"."<ref>Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., to Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, Lyle newsletter, May 4, 2008.</ref>​

In 1952, while speeding through Minden, the [[singer]] Lefty Frizzell, originally from Corsicana in Navarro County, [[Texas]], crashed his [[Cadillac]] into the Drew home. Drew, Jr,. slept through the mishap, but he recalls that his father having always thought that Frizzell had a "bad attitude"."<ref>Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., to Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, Lyle newsletter, May 4, 2008.</ref>​

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