Merle Grimes

Merle Grimes was a US soldier during the Great War, when he was wounded. After the war, he settled in Washington, DC, where he married Edna Semphroch. The couple had two children, Armstrong and Annie.

Grimes was one of only two men to earn the respect and affection of Nellie Semphroch, his mother-in-law, since her time as a prostitute.