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Theodore DeMilo Grant¹

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  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
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• Birth: October 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Parentage: Peter Grant and Olive M. Hooker.^3,4
• Census: 25 June 1870, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Peter Grant, page 5, dwelling 33, family 33.
  Theodore Grant, age 9, male, white, born Michigan, attended school³
• Family Event - death of mother: 25 December 1872, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Olive M. Hooker, age 37.⁵
  

  Olive Grant, death registration, 25 December 1872
• Census: 11 June 1880, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of father, Peter Grant, "Peter Grant household," dwelling 145, family 146.
  Theodore Grant, white, male, age 18, son, single, farm laborer, unable to read or write, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born New York⁶
• Marriage: to Mary Martha Weaver, 24 July 1881, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 20, "Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Weaver," by Isaac N. Wattles, Justice of the Peace.
  Groom: Theodore DeMilo Grant, white, age 21, resides Kalamazoo, born Kalamazoo, farmer
  Bride: Mary Martha Weaver, white, age 23, resides Kalamazoo, born Ohio
  Witnesses: John Sandford and Eva Betts, both of Kalamazoo¹
  

  Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Wever, marriage, 24 July 1881
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Jasper L. Grant.^2,7
• Biography: about 1890. While he and his family were living in Mercer County, Ohio in the late 1800s, Thed was arrested for stealing a horse and apparently spent two years in prison. The family eventually returned to Michigan where they settled in Allegan County. Thed seems to have kept his nose clean for the rest of his life. He continued to follow his profession of blacksmith as he had already done for some years - this despite the fact that most records found have referred to his profession as that of a farmer. For many years in Allegan, he worked as a blacksmith on the Todd Farm, a huge peppermint farm in Fennville.⁸
• Census: 1 June 1900, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 83, family 88, farm owned free, farm schedule 74.
  Theodore Grant, head, white, male, born October 1860, age 39, married 19 years, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, farmer, 0 months unemployed, unable to read or write, speaks English
  Mary M. Grant, wife, white female, born December 1856, age 43, married 19 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, able to read and write, speaks English
  Jasper L. Grant, son, white, male, born March 1884, age 16, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, farm laborer, 0 months unemployed, able to read and write, speaks English
  William R. Grant, son, white, male, born April 1886, age 14, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, at school 8 months, able to read and write, speaks English
  Elnora Grant, daughter, white, female, born October 1887, age 12, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, at school 8 months, able to read and write, speaks English
  Bessie B. Grant, daughter, white, female, born April 1889, age 11, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, at school 8 months, able to read and write, speaks English²
• News Article: 30 October 1909, also mentioned, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) A newspaper article describes that he filed a lawsuit against his cousin, Mrs. Kathleen Modrack, over the land that had been deeded to her by his father, Peter Grant, before his death. His sister, Adeline, and children of his sister, Esther were also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.⁹
  

  Peter Grant land dispute after death, news article, 30 October 1909
• News Article: 18 December 1909, also mentioned, St. Joseph Saturday Herald, (St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan.)¹⁰
  

  Peter Grant, newspaper article, St. Joseph Saturday Herald, 18 December 1909
• Census: 25 May 1910, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household, "Theadore Grant household," dwelling 171, family 175, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 172.
  Theadore Grant, head, male, white, age 50, married 29 years, born Michigan, father born Canada (Scotch), mother born Michigan, speaks English, farmer, general farm, works on own account, unable to read or write
  Mary M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 53, married 29 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living, born Ohio, father born Germany (German), mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write¹¹
• Census: 10 February 1920, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 247, family 252, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 145.
  Theodore Grant, head, male, white, age 59, married, unable to read or write, born Michigan, parents born United States, speaks English, farmer, general farm, works on own account
  Mary M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 63, married, able to read and write, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation¹²
• Family Event - death of spouse: 28 January 1929, Allegan County Infirmary, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, death of Mary Martha Weaver, age ~71.¹³
  

  Mary Martha Grant, death certificate, 28 January 1929
• Census: 16 April 1930, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 105, family 106, farm owned, farm schedule 73.
  Theodore Grant, head, male, white, age 68, widowed, did not attend school, unable to read or write, born Michigan, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, speaks English, farmer, general farm, employed on own account
  He lived next door to his the household of his daughter and her husband, Charles C. and Nora Stedman.¹⁴
• Census: 25 April 1940, County Road, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, head of household, "Theodore Grant household," household 112, farm owned and valued at $100, farm schedule 67.
  Theodore Grant, informant, head, male, white, age 77, widowed, did not attend school, completed 0 years of school, born Michigan, same house in 1935, unable to work, 0 weeks worked in 1939, no income, had other income
  Jasper Grant, son, male, white, age 51, single, did not attend school, completed 0 years of school, born Michigan, same house in 1935, farming, farm, works on own account, worked 52 weeks in 1939, no other income¹⁵
• Death: 9 January 1941, age 80, Douglas Community Hospital, Douglas, Allegan County, MichiganO, "Theodore Grant," cause of death stroke complicated by arteriosclerosis and senility. He died at 11:45 in the evening.⁴
  

  Theodore Grant, death certificate, 9 January 1941
• Burial: 13 January 1941, Pearl Cemetery, Pearl, Allegan County, MichiganO.⁴
• Obituary: 13 January 1941, The News-Palldium (Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.)
  Aged Fennville Resident Dies
  
  Theodore Grant, 91, living about four miles southeast of here on M-80, died Saturday at Community hospital, in Douglas, after a few days' illness of pneumonia.
  
  Born on May 1 1849, in Barry county, he afterwards lived in Ohio, coving here 28 years ago. Of late years a son, Jasper, has lived with him. Two daughters survive, also, Mrs. Charles Stedman and Mrs. Bessie Blaney, besides 11 grand children and eight great grandchildren.
  
  Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pearl church, Rev. H. J. Dodge officiating. Burial will be in Pearl cemetery.¹⁶
  

  Theodore Grant, obituary, 13 January 1941

• Last Edited: 30 June 2023

Citations

1. [S5276] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 294, no. 4526, 27 Jul 1881, entry for Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Wever; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3691] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Valley, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A, dwelling 83, family 88, Theodore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
3. [S3712] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Ross, p. 5 (penned), p. 343 (stamped), dwelling 33, family 33, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
4. [S4230] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 9, p. 566, local file no. 4, state file no. 41-21 (10 Jan 1941), Theodore Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
5. [S4544] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 70, no. 28, 15 May 1873, Olive Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
6. [S3769] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 145, family 146, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 570.
7. [S4229] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 12, p. 60, local file no. 212 (9 Dec 1952), Jasper Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
8. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
9. [S5533] "Children Want Will Set Aside by Court," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Oct 1909, p. 9, col. 1.
10. [S4450] "Just Like Some People: Do nothing for near ones, then play hog at right time," The St. Joseph (Michigan) Saturday Herald, 18 Dec 1909, p. 5, col. 1; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/362258096/ : accessed 21 Mar 2020.)
11. [S3985] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Valley Township, enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 7B-8A, dwelling 171, family 175, Theadore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
12. [S4010] 1920 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 10B, dwelling 247, family 252, Theodore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 753.
13. [S6092] Allegan County, Michigan, Death Records, register no. 7, certificate no. 3 2913, death, Mary Martha Grant entry, 28 Jan 1929, recorded 2 Feb 1929; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60872/ : accessed 3 Mar 2023) > Certificates, 1921-1945 > 006: Allegan, 1926-1934 > image 915 of 3047; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Divsion for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
14. [S6088] 1930 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 3-9, sheet 4B, dwelling 105, family 106, Theodore Grant household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Mar 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 972.
15. [S6091] 1940 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 3-9, sheet 5B, dwelling 112, Theodore Grant household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Mar 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1721.
16. [S6187] "Aged Fennville Resident Dies," obituary, The (Benton Harbor, Michigan) News-Palladium, 13 Jan 1941, p. 9, col. 7; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 Jun 2023.)

Mary Martha Weaver¹

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• Birth: about 1858, OhioO.¹
• Parentage: Joseph Weaver and Malinda DeWitt. Joseph Weaver was named in her 1929 death certificate, but her mother was not.^2,3
• Residence: 1881, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Marriage: to Theodore DeMilo Grant, 24 July 1881, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~23, "Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Weaver," by Isaac N. Wattles, Justice of the Peace.
  Groom: Theodore DeMilo Grant, white, age 21, resides Kalamazoo, born Kalamazoo, farmer
  Bride: Mary Martha Weaver, white, age 23, resides Kalamazoo, born Ohio
  Witnesses: John Sandford and Eva Betts, both of Kalamazoo¹
  

  Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Wever, marriage, 24 July 1881
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Jasper L. Grant.^4,5
• Census: 1 June 1900, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Theodore DeMilo Grant, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 83, family 88, farm owned free, farm schedule 74.
  Mary M. Grant, wife, white female, born December 1856, age 43, married 19 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, able to read and write, speaks English⁴
• Census: 25 May 1910, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Theodore DeMilo Grant, "Theadore Grant household," dwelling 171, family 175, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 172.
  Mary M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 53, married 29 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living, born Ohio, father born Germany (German), mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write⁶
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 12 September 1918, Allegan County, MichiganO+, named as nearest relative of William R. Grant, "William Rueben Grant," residing Pearle, Allegan County.⁷
  

  William Rueben Grant, World War I draft registration
• Census: 10 February 1920, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Theodore DeMilo Grant, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 247, family 252, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 145.
  Mary M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 63, married, able to read and write, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation⁸
• Death: 28 January 1929, age ~71, Allegan County Infirmary, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, "Mary Martha Grant," cause of death debility to age.
  Her death was said to have been complicated by "multiple neuritis."³
  

  Mary Martha Grant, death certificate, 28 January 1929

• Last Edited: 3 March 2023

Citations

1. [S5276] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 294, no. 4526, 27 Jul 1881, entry for Theodore DeMilo Grant and Mary Martha Wever; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
3. [S6092] Allegan County, Michigan, Death Records, register no. 7, certificate no. 3 2913, death, Mary Martha Grant entry, 28 Jan 1929, recorded 2 Feb 1929; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60872/ : accessed 3 Mar 2023) > Certificates, 1921-1945 > 006: Allegan, 1926-1934 > image 915 of 3047; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Divsion for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
4. [S3691] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Valley, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A, dwelling 83, family 88, Theodore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
5. [S4229] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 12, p. 60, local file no. 212 (9 Dec 1952), Jasper Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
6. [S3985] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Valley Township, enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 7B-8A, dwelling 171, family 175, Theadore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
7. [S5447] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563236696 : accessed 8 Feb 2021), card for William Rueben Grant, order no. 778, serial no. 3915, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-1, Allegan County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
8. [S4010] 1920 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 10B, dwelling 247, family 252, Theodore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 753.

Bessie Bell Grant

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Bessie Bell Grant (1889-1979)

• References: Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler
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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 27 April 1889, Mercer Township, Mercer County, Ohio. Her birth was registered in Allegan County, Michigan on 20 December 1944 after a sworn affidavit given by her brother and sister to Irving J. Tucker, Judge of Probate.¹
• Census: 1 June 1900, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, "Theodore Grant household," dwelling 83, family 88, farm owned free, farm schedule 74.
  Bessie B. Grant, daughter, white, female, born April 1889, age 11, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, at school 8 months, able to read and write, speaks English²
• Marriage: to Willard Cleveland Reynolds, 17 April 1908, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO, age 18.³
• Census: 4 May 1910, Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Willard Cleveland Reynolds, dwelling 257, family 266, farm owned free of mortgage, farm schedule 161.
  Bessie B. Reynolds, female, white, age 20, married once, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born Ohio, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write⁴
• Biography:. She spent a great deal of her life training horses. Two notable horses that she trained were an appaloosa named Gallant Knight and a pinto named Princess Lorraine. Princess Lorraine was eventually sold to a scout from the Barnum and Bailey/Ringling Brothers Circus. She also owned and managed a saddle livery in Saugatuck, Allegan County, Michigan known as the Red Star Riding Academy. After she and her first husband divorced, he opened a competing business - the Saugatuck Riding Academy.⁵
  
• Census: 2 January 1920, Fennville, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Willard Cleveland Reynolds, dwelling 11, family 11, rented farm, farm schedule 4.
  Bessie Reynolds, wife, female, white, age 30, married, able to read and write, born Ohio, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation⁶
• Family Event - death of mother: 28 January 1929, Allegan County Infirmary, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, death of Mary Martha Weaver, age ~71.⁷
  

  Mary Martha Grant, death certificate, 28 January 1929
• Divorce Filing: from Willard Cleveland Reynolds, 26 December 1929, "Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds," on the grounds of extreme repeated cruelty and non-support. According to the record, her husband contested the divorce, yet it was granted the following year.⁸
• Census: 28 April 1930, Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Willard Cleveland Reynolds, dwelling 177, family 179, farm owned, farm schedule 115.
  Bessie Reynolds, wife, male, white, age 40, married, first married age 18, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Ohio, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, assistant manager, livery stable, owner, employed yesterday⁹
• Willard Cleveland Reynolds and Bessie Bell Grant
  Divorce Granted: 10 May 1930, Allegan County, MichiganO+.¹⁰
• Marriage: to William Blayney, 14 August 1930, St. Joseph County, IndianaO+, age 41.¹¹
• Residence: 1941, Fennville, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹²
• Family Event - death of father: 9 January 1941, Douglas Community Hospital, Douglas, Allegan County, MichiganO, death of Theodore DeMilo Grant, age 80.¹³
  

  Theodore Grant, death certificate, 9 January 1941
• Family Event - death of spouse: 5 August 1941, Red Star Riding Academy, Saugatuck, Allegan County, MichiganO, death of William Blayney, age 52.^12,14
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 27 April 1942, Allegan County, MichiganO+, named as the person who would always know the address of Jasper L. Grant, "Jasper Grant," residing in Pearl, Allegan County.¹⁵
  

  Jasper Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942 (back)
  

  Jasper Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942 (front)
• News Article: 21 October 1943, The News-Palladium, (Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.)
  Fennville
  Bessie Blayney who owns the Red Star Riding Academy at Saugatuck, rode her Apple Lucy Arabian in the horse show at the Allegan fair grounds and won first prize in horsemanship. The animals name is Gallant Knight.¹⁶
  

  Bessie Blayney, news item, 21 October 1943
• Family Event - named as survivor: 29 May 1965, obituary of Elnora Grant, Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan.) She lived in Douglas, Michigan at the time of her sister's death.¹⁷
• Residence: 1979, Byron Center, Kent County, MichiganO. According to the Social Security death index, her last residence was in or near here.¹⁸
• Death: October 1979, age 90.¹⁸

• Last Edited: 21 April 2025

Citations

1. [S3897] Allegan County, Michigan, Delayed Birth Registrations, liber 14: 157, record no. 2865, 20 Dec 1944, Bessie Bell Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S3691] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Valley, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A, dwelling 83, family 88, Theodore Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
3. [S5556] Kent County, Michigan, Marriage Records, vol. 3, p. 128, no. 2193, Cleveland W. Reynolds and Bessie B. Grant entry, 17 Apr 1908, recorded 17 Apr 1908, arranged chronologically by license; imaged in "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 : accessed 6 Mar 2017) > 004209125 > image 513 of 674; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4209125.
4. [S3661] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Saugatuck, enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 12A, dwelling 257, family 266, Cleveland W. Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
5. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
6. [S3631] 1920 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Fennville, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 1A, dwelling 11, family 11, Wilard C. Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 753.
7. [S6092] Allegan County, Michigan, Death Records, register no. 7, certificate no. 3 2913, death, Mary Martha Grant entry, 28 Jan 1929, recorded 2 Feb 1929; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60872/ : accessed 3 Mar 2023) > Certificates, 1921-1945 > 006: Allegan, 1926-1934 > image 915 of 3047; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Divsion for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
8. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds, "bill for divorce," 26 Dec 1929; digital images, "Chancery records, ca. 1847-1937," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3FW-VBRB : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 1729 of 3164.
9. [S4046] 1930 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Saugatuck Township, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 7A, dwelling 177, family 179, Cleveland Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 973.
10. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Reynolds v. Reynolds, "decree for divorce."
11. [S6609] St. Joseph County, Indiana, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ7L-LGMM : accessed 31 March 2025), database entry for Wm. Blayney and Bessie Bell Reynolds, 14 August 1930; citing "Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, Indiana."
12. [S4480] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354969-02664: accessed 5 Apr 2020), certificate image, William Blayney, filed 6 Aug 1941, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 007: Allegan, 1934-1943, no. 13 (state file no. 3 7658), image 2665 of 3266; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
13. [S4230] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 9, p. 566, local file no. 4, state file no. 41-21 (10 Jan 1941), Theodore Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
14. [S4075] "William Blayney," obituary, The Commercial Record (Saugatuck, Michigan), 15 Aug 1941, p. 1.
15. [S6095] Allegan County, Michigan, Draft Records, serial no. U1987, draft registration, Jasper Grant entry, recorded 27 Apr 1942, arranged alphabetical; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/ : accessed 3 Mar 2023) > Michigan > Eaby, Walter Clinton - Kinkella, George John > Graham, James Johnnie - Green, Marice Olyn > images 1724-5; from original records housed at "Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration."
16. [S6102] "Fennville," news item, The (Benton Harbor, Michigan) News-Palladium, 21 Oct 1943, p. 18, col. 1; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 Mar 2023.)
17. [S5972] "Mrs. Nora Stedman, 78, Succumbs in Allegan," Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel, 29 May 1965, p. 10, col. 4; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7686/ : accessed 12 Feb 2023) > Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan) > 1965 > May > 29 > image 18 of 24.
18. [S2803] Social Security Death Index, Subject: Unknown subject, Series: Family Search, File Number: no. ? (Family History Library, Salt Lake City), The SSDI component of Family Search is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration

William Blayney

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 4 June 1889, OhioO.¹
• Migration: about 1895, to MichiganO.²
• Military Service: between 1917 and 1918, veteran of the First World War. He was wounded at Verdun, France.²
• Marriage: to Bessie Bell Grant, 14 August 1930, St. Joseph County, IndianaO+, age 41.³
• Residence: 1941, Saugatuck, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Death: 5 August 1941, age 52, Red Star Riding Academy, Saugatuck, Allegan County, MichiganO. He was caring for his horses at the Red Star Riding Academy at the time of his sudden death. He died from a sudden heart attack.^1,2
• Burial: 9 August 1941, Fennville Cemetery, Fennville, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Obituary: 15 August 1941. The article notes that he was survived by his wife and 5 foster children.²

• Last Edited: 31 March 2025

Citations

1. [S4480] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354969-02664: accessed 5 Apr 2020), certificate image, William Blayney, filed 6 Aug 1941, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 007: Allegan, 1934-1943, no. 13 (state file no. 3 7658), image 2665 of 3266; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S4075] "William Blayney," obituary, The Commercial Record (Saugatuck, Michigan), 15 Aug 1941, p. 1.
3. [S6609] St. Joseph County, Indiana, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ7L-LGMM : accessed 31 March 2025), database entry for Wm. Blayney and Bessie Bell Reynolds, 14 August 1930; citing "Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, Indiana."

William Blayney

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Biography

• Birth: , OhioO.¹
• Marriage: to Bell Kerrs, before 1889.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4480] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354969-02664: accessed 5 Apr 2020), certificate image, William Blayney, filed 6 Aug 1941, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 007: Allegan, 1934-1943, no. 13 (state file no. 3 7658), image 2665 of 3266; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Bell Kerrs

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Biography

• Birth: , OhioO.¹
• Marriage: to William Blayney, before 1889.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4480] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354969-02664: accessed 5 Apr 2020), certificate image, William Blayney, filed 6 Aug 1941, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 007: Allegan, 1934-1943, no. 13 (state file no. 3 7658), image 2665 of 3266; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Jonathon Johnson

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Biography

• Birth: about 1853, New York, New YorkO.¹
• Census: 2 June 1900, 74 Calhoun StreetO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, dwelling 45, family 60, house rented.
  John Johnson, head, white, male, born 1852, age, 48, white, born New York, parents birthplace unknown, carpenter, 0 months unemployed, able to read and write, speaks English
  Lucy E. Grant, housekeeper, white, female, born April 1881, age 19, single, born Indiana, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, housekeeper, able to read and write, speaks English²
• Residence: 1903, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO.¹
• Occupation: 1903, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, carpenter.¹
• Marriage: to Lucy Etta Grant, 24 December 1903, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, age ~50, by Rev. J. Cost, pastor of the United Brethren in Christ. The bride's brother, Daniel, acted as a witness to the ceremony.¹
• Census: 5 May 1910, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household.³
• Divorce Filing: from Lucy Etta Grant, 19 December 1911, Calhoun County, MichiganO+, "Jonathon Johnson v. Lucy Johnson."
  There are a number of interesting things about Johnson's bill of complaint. First, perhaps somewhat tellingly, he does not recall the exact date of their marriage, although he does accurately recall that they were married in Goshen, Indiana. He mistakenly attests that they were married in 1902, although they were actually married on Christmas Eve 1903 - which makes the fact that he can't recall their exact marriage date even stranger.
  
  He further notes that since the time of their marriage Lucy has left him on six different occasions, ranging from "six months to two years."
  
  He also indicates that he filed for divorce once before after she had left him for a year but then returned asking for his forgiveness. However only a record has been found from 1905 of Lucy filing for divorce from him, rather than the other way around.
  
  As is perhaps not completely unusual, Lucy made no response to his complaint, and ultimately the divorce was granted without contest.⁴
• Divorce granted: from Lucy Etta Grant, 20 May 1912, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, age ~59.⁵
• Marriage: to Lucy Etta Grant, 4 July 1912, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~59, by W. H. Irwin, Minister.⁶

• Last Edited: 4 January 2024

Citations

1. [S4943] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume 13, p. 247 (26 Dec 1903), Johnathan Johnson and Lucy Etta Grant entry; Elkhart County Courthouse, Goshen, Indiana.
2. [S3817] 1900 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Battle Creek, 4th ward, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 3A, dwelling 45, family 60, John Johnson household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 704.
3. [S3988] 1910 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Battle Creek, ward 3, enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 11B, dwelling 238, family 295, John Johnson household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T654, roll 640.
4. [S5270] Calhoun County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, no. 329, Jonathan Johnson v. Lucy Johnson, "bill of complaint," 20 May 1912; digital images, "Chancery files, 1847-1951," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3F9-X94M-V : accessed 5 Dec 2020), image 2998-3001 of 6524.
5. [S5270] Calhoun County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, no. 329, Johnson v. Johnson, "decree for divorce a vincula, pro confesso without custody of minor children."
6. [S5071] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 8 : 45, no. 12929, 4 Jul 1912, entry for Frank Wesley Lurbey and Lucy E. Grant; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Robert Leonard Boodt

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 21 December 1919, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Marriage: to Lora Jane Wood, 18 June 1942, Abilene, Taylor County, TexasO, age 22.¹
• Census: 4 April 1950, R St., proceeding west from intersection of 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, head of household, enumeration district 39-89, sheet 3, line 2.
  Robert L. Boodt, head, white, male, age 30, married, born Michigan, working most of last week, worked 61 hours last week, "constructional" iron worker and farm chores, mom and bldg. construction, private employer
  Lara J. Boodt, wife, female, age 26, married, born Michigan, housework most of last week, no work last week, not looking for work, does not have a job
  Elizabeth C. Boodt, daughter, female, age 5, never married, born Texas, living in same house 1 year ago, parents born U.S., never been in school
  Robert L. Boodt, son, male, age 3, never married, born Michigan²
  

  Robert L. Boodt household, 1950 census enumeration
• Death: 11 July 1988, age 68, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
  

  Robert Leonard Boodt, death certificate, 11 July 1988

• Last Edited: 5 April 2022

Citations

1. [S4081] "Robert L. Boodt," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 12 Jul 1988, p. D5, col. 4.
2. [S5777] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-89, sheet 3, line 2, Robert L. Boodt household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-598C : accessed 5 Apr 2022) 4 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.

Lora Jane Wood¹

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Parents

Biography

• Marriage: to Robert Leonard Boodt, 18 June 1942, Abilene, Taylor County, TexasO.²
• Census: 4 April 1950, R St., proceeding west from intersection of 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of spouse, Robert Leonard Boodt, enumeration district 39-89, sheet 3, line 2.
  Lara J. Boodt, wife, female, age 26, married, born Michigan, housework most of last week, no work last week, not looking for work, does not have a job³
  

  Robert L. Boodt household, 1950 census enumeration
• Family Event - death of spouse: 11 July 1988, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Robert Leonard Boodt, age 68.²
  

  Robert Leonard Boodt, death certificate, 11 July 1988
• Death: 20 April 2021, White Oaks Assisted Living, Lawton, Van Buren County, MichiganO.¹

• Last Edited: 25 April 2021

Citations

1. [S5517] "Obituary," Avink Funeral Home & Cremation Society (https://www.avinkcremation.com/obituaries/Lora-Boodt/#!/Obituary : accessed 25 Apr 2021), Lora Jane "Polly" Boodt, died 20 Apr 2021.
2. [S4081] "Robert L. Boodt," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 12 Jul 1988, p. D5, col. 4.
3. [S5777] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-89, sheet 3, line 2, Robert L. Boodt household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-598C : accessed 5 Apr 2022) 4 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.

Harvey Loveland

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Parents

Biography

• Birth: about 1837, OhioO.¹
• Census: 5 September 1850, Union Township, Branch County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of John Loveland, dwelling 169, family 186.
  Harvey Loveland, age 13, male, born Ohio¹
• Census: 12 June 1860, Charleston Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Samantha, dwelling 348, family 354.
  Henry Loveland, age 22, male, farm, born Ohio²

• Last Edited: 19 February 2023

Citations

1. [S6012] 1850 U.S. census, Branch County, Michigan, population schedule, Union Township, p. 373b-374a (stamped), dwelling 169, family 186, John Loveland household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Feb 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 347.
2. [S6017] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Charleston Township, p. 45 (penned), dwelling 348, family 354, Eliza Loveland household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 19 Feb 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.

Harvey Loveland¹

• Last Edited: 15 July 2024

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Peter Grant

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Peter Grant, obituary, Marion Star, 15 September 1909

• References: Common Ancestor Chart - Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 14 August 1833, King Township, Home District, Upper CanadaO.
  Most records suggest a birth year around 1832 to 1833, although some as early as 1826 or as late as 1834. His death certificate gives his birthdate as 14 August 1833. The 1900 census also provides a birth month of August. Nearly all records indicate a birthplace of Canada, although one record suggests instead New York. That said, no records found have clearly established King Township as the place of Peter's birth, but based on other information known about his mother specifically, it does seem most likely that he was born in or around King Township.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
• Parentage: Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams. His younger sister, Mary Ann, provided this information for his 1909 death record. While she wasn't present at his birth, she would likely have had the most reliable knowledge about his parentage among anyone still living at that time.¹
• Census: 12 January 1852, King Township, York County, Canada WestO, 1851 Canada West census conducted 12 January 1852.
  Peter appears to be living with the Cutting family in a single story log house, and he is the only member of the household not said to be a member of the family.
  
  George Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 25, male, married
  Sarah Cutting, born England, Episcopalian, age 27, female, married
  Jane Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 8, female, single
  Rachel Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 6, female, single
  Elizabeth Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 4, female, single
  Mary Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 2, female, single
  Ann Cutting, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 1, female, single
  Peter Grant, born Canada, Episcopalian, age 18, male, single⁹
• Immigration: between 1852 and 1855, to Howlandsburg, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Peter most likely emigrated from Canada to Michigan sometime between 1852 and 1855. During these early years in Michigan he is said to have been employed at Howland's Mill. In later years, he was described as being a large, powerful man over six feet tall during this time. One story we have learned occurred around his early time in this part of Michigan has to do with a wrestling match he had with a local man who had never been beaten before. The story goes that this other young man challenged anyone in a crowd to take him on, and Peter volunteered. Somewhat to the unexpected delight of the crowd, Peter not only bested the champion, but he then "rolled" him 10 feet off of Howlandsburg Pond dam into the pond below with a dramatic splash. The young now dethroned champion was William "Bull" Shafter, who would go on a few years later to earn a Medal of Honor during the Civil War, and decades after that led the American expeditionary force that invaded Cuba during the Spanish-American War.¹⁰
• Biography: 1855, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  This story, while likely exaggerated if not largely fictional, would seem to confirm that Peter already resided in Ross Township at the time of his marriage to Olive Hooker in 1855, although it is possible that this spontaneous wrestling match occurred after they were married. Regardless it being a small community at the time I would wonder if Olive may have been in the crowd.⁸
• Marriage: to Olive M. Hooker, 5 August 1855, the home of the bride's father, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 21, "Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker," by S. Howland, Justice of the Peace.
  The ceremony was witnessed by George Gurnsey and Helen E. Bible.⁸
  

  Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker, marriage, 5 August 1855
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1856, parent of Adaline Grant.³
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1858, parent of James M. Grant.^3,11
• Census: 9 June 1860, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, page 33, dwelling 247, family 253.
  Peter Grant, age 26, male, farmer, personal estate $80, born Canada
  Olive M. Grant, age 22, female, wife, born Michigan
  Adaline Grant, age 4, female, born Michigan
  James age 2, male, born Michigan
  
  Next door to the family were Olive's parents, Parker and Malinda Hooker, ages 67 and 60 respectively, and 2 young children, Parker Hooker and Malinda Hooker, both age 8.³
• Family Event - birth of child: October 1860, parent of Theodore DeMilo Grant.^4,12
• Family Event - death of son: 23 November 1861, death of James M. Grant, age ~3.¹³
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1862, MichiganO, parent of Esther Grant.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: 1 October 1867, parent of Bessie Grant.¹⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: 1 October 1867, parent of Bell Grant.¹⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 27 June 1869, parent of Luther Grant.¹⁶
• Family Event - birth of child: 27 June 1869, parent of Lura Grant.¹⁷
• Census: 25 June 1870, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household, page 5, dwelling 33, family 33.
  Peter Grant, age 38, male, white, farmer, real estate value $400, personal estate value $300, born New York, mother of foreign birth, male citizen over 21
  Olive Grant, age 33, female, white, keeping house, born Michigan
  Addie Grant, age 13, female, white, born Michigan, attended school
  Theodore Grant, age 9, male, white, born Michigan, attended school
  Esther Grant, age 8, female, white, born Michigan, attended school
  Bessie Grant, age 2, female, white, born Michigan
  Bell Grant, age 2 female, white, born Michigan
  Luther Grant, age 6/12, male, white, born Michigan in January
  Lura Grant, age 6/12, female, white, born Michigan in January⁴
• Family Event - death of spouse: 25 December 1872, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Olive M. Hooker, age 37.¹⁸
  

  Olive Grant, death registration, 25 December 1872
• Marriage: to Jane Rosenburgh, 17 October 1873, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, age 40, "Peter Grant and Jane Daniels," by George M. Hudson, Justice of the Peace.
  Groom: Peter Grant, white, resides Hope, Michigan, age 42, born Canada, farming
  Bride: Jane Daniels nee Rosenburgh, white, resides Battle Creek, age 45, born York State
  Witnesses: Eliza L. Hudson and Frank House, both of Hope
  
  It is not known how their marriage ended, whether by her death or through divorce, as we have found no record of either between the date of their marriage in 1873 and when Peter is found seven years later in the 1880 census living with his soon-to-be third wife, Martha.⁷
  

  Peter Grant and Jane Daniels, marriage, 17 October 1873
• Land Purchase: 30 October 1876, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, north fractional half of the northeast fractional quarter of section 22, township 2 north of range number 9 west.
  Thomas Anderton and his wife, Ann Anderton, sold the land to Peter Grant for $800, also including a mortgage given by Thomas Anderton to George Torbush for $265, which was to be paid by Peter Grant.
  
  Witnesses: S. Howland, Justice of the Peace, and S. B. Howland¹⁹
  

  Thomas and Ann Anderton to Peter Grant, land transaction, 30 October 1876
• Census: 11 June 1880, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, head of household, "Peter Grant household," dwelling 145, family 146.
  Peter Grant, white, male, age 47, married, farm laborer, unable to read or write, born Canada, parents born Canada
  Martha Grant, white, female, age 43, wife, married, keeping house, born New York, father born New Jersey, mother born New York
  Theodore Grant, white, male, age 18, son, single, farm laborer, unable to read or write, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born New York
  Luther Grant, white, male, age 9, son, single, attended school, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born New York
  Franklin Hyde, white, male, age 12, stepson, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born New York
  Eugene Hyde, white, male, age 9, stepson, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born New York
  Eliza Fountain, white, female, age 75, mother-in-law, born New York, father born New York, mother born Massachusetts⁵
• Marriage: to Martha J. LaFontaine, 21 August 1880, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 47, "Peter Grant and Martha Hyde," by S. N. Burk, Justice of the Peace.⁶
  

  Peter Grant and Martha Hyde, marriage, 21 August 1880
• News Article: 27 August 1880, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Married
  
  Grant-Hyde - By Justice Burke, at his office, August 21st, Peter Grant, of Hope, Barry county, Michigan, and Martha Hyde, of Kalamazoo.²⁰
• Family Event - Will: 1 January 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, not named as an heir in the will of Esther McWilliams. Neither was his sister, Mary Ann Elliott, although his brothers, James and John, as well as his sister, Charlotte Annett, were all mentioned. The reasons for this are not at all clear, but neither Peter nor Mary Ann lived in Goshen at that time, unlike their other siblings.²¹
• Family Event - death of sister: 3 November 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of Charlotte Grant, age ~36.²²
• Family Event - death of mother: 11 November 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of Esther McWilliams, age 71.^23,24
• Court: 3 May 1898, Michigan Asylum for the Insane, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, petition for commitment on the grounds of insanity.
  Peter petitioned the Probate Court for the commitment of his son, Luther, on the grounds of insanity.
  
  The earliest hint that something may have not been quite right with Luther was when he was arrested after acting "mysteriously" near the jail in Kalamazoo in November of the previous year. Then three days before Peter's petition to commit him, Luther was arrested again in Kalamazoo after being found by the river after an accident with a horse and cart, in which apparently the horse did not survive.^25,26,27
• Census: 14 June 1900, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, "Peter Grant household," dwelling 204, family 208, farm, home.
  Peter Grant, head, white, male, born August 1826, age 73, married 17 years, born Canada (English), parents born New York, immigrated 1840, 60 years in U.S., unknown naturalization status, farmer, 0 months not employed, able to read and write, speaks English
  Martha J. Grant, wife, white, female, born August 1840, age 59, married 17 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living, born New York, parents born New York, able to read, unable to write, doesn't speak English²
• Biography: after 1900.
  During Peter's later years, he was frequently referred to as "Uncle Peter" by at least some of his neightbors and friends. Sometime during the 1900s his wife, Martha, became paralyzed and unable to care for herself. Apparently at some point, it became impossible for Peter to care for her either, and she was moved to the County Farm in Hastings, which was otherwise known as the poorhouse. Eventually Peter himself somewhat reluctantly left his log cabin in Hope Township to live with his wife at the county farm.¹⁰
• Family Event - death of brother: 10 January 1904, 513 South Seventh Street, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of James Grant, age 68.^28,29,30
  

  James Grant, death certificate, 10 January 1904
• Family Event - named as survivor: 11 January 1904, obituary of James Grant, Goshen Daily News-Times (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.) He was living in Michigan at the time of his brother's death.³⁰
• Family Event - named as survivor: 13 January 1904, obituary of James Grant, Goshen Democrat (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.) He was identified as a brother of James Grant.³¹
  

  James Grant, obituary, 13 January 1904
• Family Event - death of son: 10 July 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Luther Grant, age 40.³²
  

  Luther Grant, death certificate, 10 July 1909
• Family Event - death of spouse: 14 July 1909, Hastings Township, Barry County, MichiganO, death of Martha J. LaFontaine, age ~71.³³
• News Article: 14 July 1909, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  On the same day that his wife died, a newspaper article appeared in the Kalamazoo Gazette reporting that Peter was living in the Barry County Poorhouse in Hastings and was not expected to live much longer. The article further stated that he had always had a fear of ending up in the poorhouse, but despite working hard for many years, he had been swindled of his small savings because of a bad investment. The article further stated that Peter was "nearly 90 years old," but this is almost certainly wildly incorrect. But then this article also reported that Peter spent his "boyhood" in Kalamazoo County a few miles south of Gull Lake, but we know that that is incorrect - at least depending on where one draws the line on one's boyhood, but we know that Peter was probably no younger than 18 when he arrived in Kalamazoo County.¹⁰
• Family Event - death of daughter: 31 July 1909, home on W. Clinton St., Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of Bessie Grant, age 41.³⁴
  

  Bessie E. Fuller, death certificate, 2 August 1909
• Biography: August 1909.
  For a long time I was unable to find a record of Peter's death. I surmised that he may have gone to live with one of his children after the death of his wife in July 1909, not to mention the deaths of 2 of his children during the same month. Despite this supposition, searches of the indexes to deaths in Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and Calhoun Counties in Michigan, as well as Elkhart County in Indiana turned up no death record for Peter. Ultimately a land record provided an important clue.
• Land Transaction: 21 August 1909, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, "Peter Grant to Kathleen Modrack," north half of northeast quarter of section 22.
  The land comprised 80 acres, and was sold for one dollar and other valuable consideration. Kathleen was Peter's niece by his sister, Mary Ann. Kathleen had also been the first wife of his stepson, Eugene Hyde, but they had divorced and she had remarried by the time of this land sale.³⁵
• Death: 14 September 1909, age 76, Caledonia, Marion County, OhioO.
  Peter died less than a month later in Ohio at the home of this same niece at about 6 o'clock in the evening. His niece's husband, Dr. J.C. Modrack, identified himself as his physician in the last weeks of his life, and noted that he been suffering from cancer of the lip for the past 10 years and died from "uremic poisoning," that is kidney failure. The death certificate further identified his sister, Mary Ann Elliotte [sic], of Goshen as the informant for the information provided, which might suggest that she was present in Ohio at the time of his death. According to the local death notice, he had been visiting with the couple during the last few weeks of his life and passed away suddenly. His death notice further noted that his remains were going to be removed to Hastings, Barry County, Michigan for burial, although it doesn't identify the cemetery.^36,1
  

  Peter Grant, death certificate, 14 September 1909
• Obituary: 15 September 1909, The Marion Star (Marion, Marion County, Ohio.)³⁶
  

  Peter Grant, obituary, Marion Star, 15 September 1909
• News Article: 30 October 1909, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Children Want Will Set Aside by Court
  
  Claim Mrs. Kathleen Modrack Gained Grant's Farm Fraudulently
  
  Say He Was Incompetent
  
  Legal Tangle is On Over Property of Late Pioneer of Kalamazoo and Barry Counties -- Defendant Rescued Deceased From County Farm
  
  Considerable interest has been created by the fact that Theodore Grant, of Allegan, and Mrs. Adeline Ray, of Nebraska, children; and John Baker of Kalamazoo, Myra Betts of Boyne Falls, and Agnes Baker of Goshen, Ind., grandchildren of the late Peter Grant, a pioneer of Kalamazoo and Barry counties, have begun suit in the circuit court of Barry county to recover from Mrs. Kathleen Modrack, of Caledona, Ohio, a farm valued at $2795, which Grant deed to Mrs. Modrack, his niece, after she rescued him from the Barry county poor house and took him to her home, where he died.
  
  Defeated Shafter
  
  Grant, who was a well-known wrestler in the pioneer days of Kalamazoo county, became widely known in the western part of the state before the Civil war by defeating in a wrestling match, the late Major General William R. Shafter, who lived at Galesburg. The match took place in Howlandsburg Mills, and ended when the future distinguished officer was rolled in the millpond in the presence of a large crowd.
  
  Grant went to Hope township after the war and lived on a farm till he and his wife were too feeble from old age to work any longer. They deeded the farm to a neighbor, who had cared for them, but they became ill and were moved to the county farm. Mrs. Grant died during the summer. Soon after Mrs. Modrack located her uncle in the poor house and came to Hastings.
  
  Deed Farm Away
  
  The farm was deeded back to Grant, who in turn deeded it to Mrs. Modrack. She took him to her home in Ohio, and Grant died three weeks later at the age of 93 years. He was overcome with joy when he found that he would not have to died in the poor house.
  
  Dr. and Mrs. Modrack took the body to Cedar Creek for burial. During the last few years, it is alleged, Mr. Grant heard nothing of the children of his first wife.
  
  In the bill of complaint the children declare Grant was incompetent when he deeded the farm to Mrs. Modrack, whom they allege, also gained the farm fraudulently by getting him to give her the deed on August 21. Circuit Court Commissioner James M. Smith has issued an injunction adjoining Mrs. Modrack from disposing of the property till action has been taken in court.³⁷
  

  Peter Grant land dispute after death, news article, 30 October 1909
• News Article: 18 December 1909, also mentioned, St. Joseph Saturday Herald, (St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan.)³⁸
  

  Peter Grant, newspaper article, St. Joseph Saturday Herald, 18 December 1909

• Last Edited: 13 April 2025

Citations

1. [S3959] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68X9-66M: accessed 21 May 2014), death registration image, Peter Grant, 17 Sep 1909, no. 47606, registration no. 17, image 2795 of 3052, Certificates of death, 1908-1953, index 1908-1911, FHL microfilm 1927185; citing "Ohio, deaths, 1908-1953, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio."
2. [S3690] 1900 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 9A, dwelling 205, family 208, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 700.
3. [S3731] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Ross, p. 33 (penned), dwelling 247, family 253, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
4. [S3712] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Ross, p. 5 (penned), p. 343 (stamped), dwelling 33, family 33, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
5. [S3769] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 145, family 146, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 570.
6. [S5280] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 367, no. 5711, 26 Jul 1884, entry for Peter Grant and Martha Hyde; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
7. [S5500] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=926129: accessed 5 Apr 2021), record image, Peter Grant and Jane Daniels, filed 5 Nov 1873, volume 1, p. 49, no. 1018, image 128 of 685; citing "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (Registers, 1868-1886, 1872 Tuscola-1873 Montcalm, roll 8), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
8. [S5075] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 2 : 145, no. 465, 3 Nov 1855, entry for Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
9. [S5501] "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia," King Township, York County, population schedule, district 42, subdistrict 403, enumeration district York County, p. 179 (stamped), lines 22-29, George Cutting household; digital images, image 180 of 306, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1061&h=2174773 : accessed 5 Apr 2021); citing "Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia), microfilm no. C-11760, Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario."
10. [S4415] "Shafter's Victor Now in Poorhouse: Man who threw general in Mill Pond loses earthly possessions," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 14 Jul 1909, p. 2, col. 5.
11. [S5950] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Cemetery Records and Tombstone Inscriptions, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, microfilm of original typescript (Washington, DC: D.A.R. Library, 1971), 143, image 514 of 899; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/225185 : accessed 22 Jan 2023.
12. [S4230] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 9, p. 566, local file no. 4, state file no. 41-21 (10 Jan 1941), Theodore Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
13. [S2090] Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1980), 147
14. [S3825] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 17, record no. 244, 6 Apr 1868, Bessie Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
15. [S3824] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 17, record no. 245, 6 Apr 1868, Bell Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
16. [S3829] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 94, record no. 1348, 27 Jun 1869, Luther Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
17. [S3828] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 94, record no. 1349, 27 Jun 1869, Lura Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
18. [S4544] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 70, no. 28, 15 May 1873, Olive Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
19. [S5874] Barry County, Michigan, Deeds, liber 57, p. 362, land indenture, Thomas Anderton et ux to Peter Grant entry, 30 Oct 1876, recorded 11 Feb 1888; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/210254 : accessed 27 Aug 2022) > DGS 8582650 > image 471 of 839; imaged from FHL digital film 8582650.
20. [S6144] "Married," marriage notice for Peter Grant and Martha Hyde, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 27 Aug 1880, p. 8, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 Mar 2023.)
21. [S5961] "Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999," Esther Grant entry, 1 Jan 1881, recorded 19 Nov 1881, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9045/images/007663137_00361 : accessed 7 Feb 2023; Elkhart County, Indiana Probate Court, "Will Records," vol. 3, pp. 72-73; citing FHL microfilm 7663137.
22. [S3804] "County and Neighborhood," death notice of Mrs. Jerry Annett, Goshen (Indiana) Times, 10 Nov 1881, p. 3; image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 Aug 2014.)
23. [S3929] Oak Ridge Cemetery (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana), Esther Grant marker; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1996.
24. [S3952] "County and Neighborhood," Esther Grant death notice, The Goshen (Indiana) Times, 17 Nov 1881, p. 3, col. 2; image, Newspaperarchive.com (https://newspaperarchive.com/goshen-times-nov-17-1881-p-3 : accessed 20 Oct 2019.)
25. [S1228] Luther Grant, 2696, Probate (Insanity Case) file, (, 3 May 1898.)
26. [S5943] "Jottings," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Nov 1897, p. 5, col. 2; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2016.)
27. [S5942] "Jottings," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 May 1898, p. 5, col. 2; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2016.)
28. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
29. [S4236] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/45232_356088-00843: accessed 2017), certificate image, James Grant, filed 10 Jan 1904, no. 197, image 844 of 2799; citing "Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana."
30. [S4101] "James Grant," obituary, Goshen (Indiana) Daily News-Times, 11 Jan 1904, p. 5.
31. [S4401] "James Grant Dead," obituary, Goshen (Indiana) Democrat, 13 Jan 1904, p. 1, col. 2; image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 13 Jan 2017.)
32. [S4541] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 3 : 317, no. 10663, 13 Jul 1909, Luther Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
33. [S4542] Barry County, Michigan, Death Records, liber B : 206, no. 3524, 16 Jul 1909, Martha J. Grant entry; Barry County Clerk's Office, Hastings, Michigan.
34. [S4235] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/45232_356104-01476: accessed 2017), certificate image, Bessie E. Fuller, filed 2 Aug 1909, volume CH-4, no. 163, image 1477 of 2801; citing "Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Adminstration, Indianapolis, Indiana."
35. [S6142] Barry County, Michigan, Deed Records, vol. 101, p. 505, no. 3775, Peter Grant to Kathleen Modrack, recorded 21 Aug 1909; Barry County Register of Deeds, Hastings, Michigan.
36. [S4416] "Michigan Man Dies Tuesday Night," Peter Grant death notice, The Marion (Ohio) Star, 15 Sep 1909, p. 7, col. 4.
37. [S5533] "Children Want Will Set Aside by Court," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Oct 1909, p. 9, col. 1.
38. [S4450] "Just Like Some People: Do nothing for near ones, then play hog at right time," The St. Joseph (Michigan) Saturday Herald, 18 Dec 1909, p. 5, col. 1; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/362258096/ : accessed 21 Mar 2020.)

Olive M. Hooker

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Parents

Biography

• Birth: 28 December 1834, MichiganO.¹
• Parentage: Melinda and Parker Hooker.^1,1
• Census: 14 November 1850, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Parker Hooker.²
• Marriage: to Peter Grant, 5 August 1855, the home of the bride's father, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 20, "Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker," by S. Howland, Justice of the Peace.
  The ceremony was witnessed by George Gurnsey and Helen E. Bible.³
  

  Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker, marriage, 5 August 1855
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1856, parent of Adaline Grant.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1858, parent of James M. Grant.^4,5
• Census: 9 June 1860, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Peter Grant, page 33, dwelling 247, family 253.
  Olive M. Grant, age 22, female, wife, born Michigan
  
  Next door to the family were Olive's parents, Parker and Malinda Hooker, ages 67 and 60 respectively, and 2 young children, Parker Hooker and Malinda Hooker, both age 8.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: October 1860, parent of Theodore DeMilo Grant.^6,7
• Family Event - death of son: 23 November 1861, death of James M. Grant, age ~3.⁸
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1862, MichiganO, parent of Esther Grant.⁶
• Family Event - birth of child: 1 October 1867, parent of Bessie Grant.⁹
• Family Event - birth of child: 1 October 1867, parent of Bell Grant.¹⁰
• Family Event - birth of child: 27 June 1869, parent of Lura Grant.¹¹
• Family Event - birth of child: 27 June 1869, parent of Luther Grant.¹²
• Census: 25 June 1870, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Peter Grant, page 5, dwelling 33, family 33.
  Olive Grant, age 33, female, white, keeping house, born Michigan⁶
• Death: 25 December 1872, age 37, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  She died from consumption.¹
  

  Olive Grant, death registration, 25 December 1872

• Last Edited: 3 January 2024

Citations

1. [S4544] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 70, no. 28, 15 May 1873, Olive Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3749] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Ross, p. 153B (stamped), dwelling 2196, family 2212, Parker Hooker household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
3. [S5075] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 2 : 145, no. 465, 3 Nov 1855, entry for Peter Grant and Allin M. Hooker; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
4. [S3731] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Ross, p. 33 (penned), dwelling 247, family 253, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
5. [S5950] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Cemetery Records and Tombstone Inscriptions, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, microfilm of original typescript (Washington, DC: D.A.R. Library, 1971), 143, image 514 of 899; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/225185 : accessed 22 Jan 2023.
6. [S3712] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Ross, p. 5 (penned), p. 343 (stamped), dwelling 33, family 33, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
7. [S4230] Allegan County, Michigan, death certificate, liber 9, p. 566, local file no. 4, state file no. 41-21 (10 Jan 1941), Theodore Grant, Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan; certificate prepared 1 Mar 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
8. [S2090] Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1980), 147
9. [S3825] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 17, record no. 244, 6 Apr 1868, Bessie Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
10. [S3824] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 17, record no. 245, 6 Apr 1868, Bell Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
11. [S3828] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 94, record no. 1349, 27 Jun 1869, Lura Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
12. [S3829] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Births, liber 1: 94, record no. 1348, 27 Jun 1869, Luther Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Martha J. LaFontaine¹

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Parents

Biography

• Birth: about 1838, New YorkO.²
• Parentage: Eliza and LaFontaine.^3,3
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Eugene Hyde.³
• 
  
  Hiram A. Hyde and Martha J. LaFontaine
  Marriage: before 1880.²
• Residence: 1880, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Census: 11 June 1880, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of spouse, Peter Grant, "Peter Grant household," dwelling 145, family 146.
  Martha Grant, white, female, age 43, wife, married, keeping house, born New York, father born New Jersey, mother born New York
  
  It should be noted that while Peter and Martha were living together as man and wife at the time of the enumeration, they were not yet married - this would only happen about two months later.³
• Marriage: to Peter Grant, 21 August 1880, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~42, "Peter Grant and Martha Hyde," by S. N. Burk, Justice of the Peace.²
  

  Peter Grant and Martha Hyde, marriage, 21 August 1880
• News Article: 27 August 1880, also mentioned, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)⁴
• Census: 14 June 1900, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Peter Grant, "Peter Grant household," dwelling 204, family 208, farm, home.
  Martha J. Grant, wife, white, female, born August 1840, age 59, married 17 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living, born New York, parents born New York, able to read, unable to write, doesn't speak English⁵
• Death: 14 July 1909, age ~71, Hastings Township, Barry County, MichiganO.
  The cause of her death was heart failure.⁶

• Last Edited: 3 January 2024

Citations

1. [S5086] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=791890: accessed 25 Oct 2020), record image, Eugene Ernest Hyde and Mrs. Kathleen Modrack, filed 13 Feb 1920, no. 17, image 94 of 192; citing "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (Registers, 1887-1925, 1920 Alcona-Benzie, roll 148), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S5280] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 367, no. 5711, 26 Jul 1884, entry for Peter Grant and Martha Hyde; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
3. [S3769] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 145, family 146, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 570.
4. [S6144] "Married," marriage notice for Peter Grant and Martha Hyde, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 27 Aug 1880, p. 8, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 Mar 2023.)
5. [S3690] 1900 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 9A, dwelling 205, family 208, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 700.
6. [S4542] Barry County, Michigan, Death Records, liber B : 206, no. 3524, 16 Jul 1909, Martha J. Grant entry; Barry County Clerk's Office, Hastings, Michigan.

Hiram A. Hyde¹

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Biography

• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Eugene Hyde.²
• 
  
  Hiram A. Hyde and Martha J. LaFontaine
  Marriage: before 1880.³

• Last Edited: 1 August 2021

Citations

1. [S5086] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=791890: accessed 25 Oct 2020), record image, Eugene Ernest Hyde and Mrs. Kathleen Modrack, filed 13 Feb 1920, no. 17, image 94 of 192; citing "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (Registers, 1887-1925, 1920 Alcona-Benzie, roll 148), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S3769] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Hope, enumeration district (ED) 45, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 145, family 146, Peter Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 570.
3. [S5280] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 367, no. 5711, 26 Jul 1884, entry for Peter Grant and Martha Hyde; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Loyd Ernest Annett

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• References: Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 26 March 1900, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Parentage: Walter Annett and Mary McClain.¹
• Census: 1 June 1900, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, "Walter Annett household," dwelling 87, family 89, house rented.
  Annett, Ernest L., son, white, female, born Mar 1900 Michigan, age 3 months, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan³
• Census: 21 January 1920, Portage Township, Mackinac County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of father, Walter Annett, "Walter Annett household," dwelling 14, family 14, home ownership unknown.
  Loyd E. Annett, male, white, age 19, single, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, laborer, paper mill, worker⁴
• Marriage: to Cora Nord, 6 October 1922, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 22.⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 2 June 1923, parent of Lloyd Annett.⁶
• Family Event - death of son: 28 August 1923, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Lloyd Annett, age 0.⁶
  

  Lloyd Annett Jr., 28 August 1923, death certificate
• Family Event - named as survivor: 24 August 1937, obituary of Walter Annett, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) He resided in Kalamazoo at the time.⁷
• Loyd Ernest Annett witnessed the death of Cora Nord on 20 January 1975 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, MichiganO.⁸
• Family Event - named as survivor: 22 January 1975, obituary of Cora Nord, The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.) He was named as the surviving spouse in the obituary, and no surviving children were mentioned.⁵
• Death: 15 June 1983, age 83, Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, MichiganO.^9,8

• Last Edited: 4 January 2024

Citations

1. [S4432] Michigan, delayed birth certificate no. 28269, sheet no. 3 (issued 1941), Loyd Ernest Annett; Michigan Department of Health, Bureau of Records and Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
2. [S4433] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Loyd Ernest Annet probate file, sheet no. 2, file no. 28269, microfilm no. 70, item 53, petition for delayed birth registration, 14 Jul 1941; Kalamazoo County Probate Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
3. [S3673] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Valley, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A-4B, dwelling 87, family 89, Walter Annett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
4. [S4002] 1920 U.S. census, Mackinac County, Michigan, population schedule, Portage Township, enumeration district (ED) 211, sheet 1B, dwelling 14, family 14, Walter Annett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 783.
5. [S6123] "Mrs. Cora Annett," obituary, The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune, 22 Jan 1975, p. 50, col. 6; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 12 Mar 2023.)
6. [S4470] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355402-02714: accessed 3 Apr 2020), certificate image, Lloyd Annett Jr., filed 29 Aug 1923, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 231: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1921-1924, no. 650, state file no. 139 2426, image 2428 of 3002; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S3806] "Walter Annette, Route 3, expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 24 Aug 1937, p. 5, col. 4.
8. [S2136] Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, Ancestry.com, Url: http://www.ancestry.com
9. [S2803] Social Security Death Index, Subject: Unknown subject, Series: Family Search, File Number: no. ? (Family History Library, Salt Lake City), The SSDI component of Family Search is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration

Horace Parmeter

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Person Exhibits

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Civil War Military Service

Biography

• Birth: about January 1810, from military pension record.¹
• Marriage: to Sarah Benson, 4 July 1833, Shoreham, Addison County, VermontO, age ~23.^2,3,4
• Census: 1 June 1840, Boonville, Oneida County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, head of household, who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.⁵
• Census: 19 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household.⁶
• Census: 27 June 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household, enumerated 27 June 1860.
  page 70, dwelling 514, family 514
  
  Horace Parmeter, age 56, male, teamster, real estate value $800, personal estate value $100, born Vermont
  Sarah Parmeter, age 51, female, born Vermont
  Samuel Parmeter, age 20, male, farm laborer, born New York
  William H. Parmeter, age 14, male, born New York
  Mary A. Crane, age 2, female, born Michigan⁷
• Court: between 13 September 1860 and 14 September 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Joseph D. Crane v. Lucyette Crane."
  On 14 September 1860, he testified in the divorce suit brought by his son-in-law against his daughter as follows:
  
  My name is H. Parmeter. I am fifty five years of age and upwards. I reside in the county and village of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan. I am acquainted with the parties to this suit. The defendant Lucyette is my daughter. Defendant Lucyette and Complainant (Joseph D. Crane) were united in the bonds of matrimony on the 20th day of January A.D. 1853. They were married in the village of Kalamazoo. The marriage ceremony was duly solemnized and performed by Lyman Kendall Esq. then an acting Justice of the Peace. I was present at the performance of the ceremony, and witnessed its performance.
  
  Signed and sworn before me this 14th day of September 1860
  Signed Horace Parmeter⁸
• Horace Parmeter was described as 5'8" in height with brown hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion in 1862.⁹
• Military Enlistment: 29 January 1862, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. First Light Artillery Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers, Company I⁹
• Military Mustered In: 10 February 1862, Chicago, Cook County, IllinoisO.⁹
• Military Rank:. private⁹
• Military Discharge: 5 September 1862.⁹
• Death: 1 October 1862, age ~52, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹⁰
• The cause of his death was. paralysis¹⁰
• --. lot 17 in block A||$8¹¹
• He was buried on 3 October 1862 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Block A, Lot 17. his wife having paid $8.00 for his plot on 2 October¹⁰
  

  Horace Parmeter Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block A, Lot 17

• Last Edited: 31 March 2025

Citations

1. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444967 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page p. 35.
2. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension no. WC85827, Civil War, RG 15, NA-Washington.
3. [S4647] Affidavit of Lucyett Stockwell, 24 Nov 1862, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444910 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 24.
4. [S4646] Affidavit of Wealthy M. Cook, 2 Feb 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444879 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 17.
5. [S3792] 1840 U.S. census, Oneida County, New York, Boonville, p. 256 (penned), Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 314.
6. [S3754] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 37A (stamped), dwelling 530, family 544, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
7. [S3739] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 514, family 514, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
8. [S4632] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 1 : 416, Joseph D. Crane v. Lucyette Crane, "witness depositions," 7 Sep 1860; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932 ; Files, ca. 1847-1939 ; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3NT-Y9JJ-H : accessed 1996), image 312-328.
9. [S2312] MIL: Parmetur, Horace - Muster and Descriptive Roll: Muster and Descriptive Roll of Battery I, First Light Artillery Unit of Illinois Volunteers, Record Info: page 79, line 41
10. [S5521] Riley Blodgett; John Terwillegar, "Account Book Maintained by a Blacksmith, 1851," (handwritten business records, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1851), interment record of Horace Parmeter; FHL microfilm 932044, item 3.
11. [S5521] Terwillegar, "Account Book Maintained by a Blacksmith, 1851."

Sarah Benson

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Biography

• Parentage:¹
• Birth: about 1808, VermontO.²
• Marriage: to Horace Parmeter, 4 July 1833, Shoreham, Addison County, VermontO, age ~25.^3,1,4
• Census: 1 June 1840, Boonville, Oneida County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a female between the ages of 30 and 39 in the household of Horace Parmeter, who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.
  Sarah was probably the free white female between 30 and 39 years of age.⁵
• Census: 19 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Horace Parmeter.⁶
• Census: 27 June 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Horace Parmeter, enumerated 27 June 1860.²
• Family Event - death of spouse: 1 October 1862, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Horace Parmeter, age ~52.⁷
• Upon the death of his wife, Horace Parmeter, purchased in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁸
• In 1870. $1500⁹
• Census: 3 June 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household.
  Sarah Parmeter, age 60, female, white, keeping house, real estate value $1500, born Vermont
  Mary A. Crane, age 12, female, white, at school, born Michigan
  Wm. H. Parmeter, age 24, male, white, carpenter, born New York⁹

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S4647] Affidavit of Lucyett Stockwell, 24 Nov 1862, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444910 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 24.
2. [S3739] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 514, family 514, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
3. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444967 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 35-6.
4. [S4646] Affidavit of Wealthy M. Cook, 2 Feb 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444879 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 17.
5. [S3792] 1840 U.S. census, Oneida County, New York, Boonville, p. 256 (penned), Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 314.
6. [S3754] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 37A (stamped), dwelling 530, family 544, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
7. [S5521] Riley Blodgett; John Terwillegar, "Account Book Maintained by a Blacksmith, 1851," (handwritten business records, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1851), interment record of Horace Parmeter; FHL microfilm 932044, item 3.
8. [S5521] Terwillegar, "Account Book Maintained by a Blacksmith, 1851."
9. [S3718] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 135, family 129, Sarah Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.

Samuel Parmeter

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• Parentage:^1,2
• Birth: 25 December 1839, New YorkO.^3,2,4
• Census: 1 June 1840, Boonville, Oneida County, New YorkO, federal census of 1 June 1840, may be a male under the age of 5 in the household of Horace Parmeter, who is presumed to be the free white male between the age of 30 and 39.
  Samuel was probably the free white male under 5 years of age.⁵
• Census: 19 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Horace Parmeter.³
• Census: 27 June 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Horace Parmeter, enumerated 27 June 1860.²
• Residence: March 1864, *Pine Grove, Allegan County, Michigan.⁶
• Occupation: 1911, farmer.¹
• Death: 12 July 1911, age 71, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• The cause of his death was. arteriosclerosis¹

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S4815] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 4 : 79, no. 12792, 5 Aug 1911, Samuel Parmeter entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3739] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 514, family 514, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
3. [S3754] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 37A (stamped), dwelling 530, family 544, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
4. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444967 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page p. 35.
5. [S3792] 1840 U.S. census, Oneida County, New York, Boonville, p. 256 (penned), Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 314.
6. [S5710] Declaration for Obtaining a Widow's Army Pension, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/281444825 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 37.

William H. Parmeter

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• References: Civil War Military Service

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 17 March 1845, New YorkO.^1,2,3
• At least one document indicates he may have been born about 1843 in New YorkO. military record⁴
• Census: 19 July 1850, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of Horace Parmeter.⁵
• Census: 27 June 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Horace Parmeter, enumerated 27 June 1860.¹
• William H. Parmeter was described as 5'7" in height with brown hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion in 1862.⁴
• Military Enlistment: 29 January 1862, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. First Light Artillery Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers, Company I⁴
• Military Mustered In: 10 February 1862, Chicago, Cook County, IllinoisO.⁴
• Military Rank:. private⁴
• No record of his has been found. discharge from the military⁴
• William lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in March 1864. He is said to be an invalid at that time.⁶
• Witness - Marriage Registration: 18 October 1864, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Leander Lorio and Lucyette Parmeter, "Leander Lorio and Lucy E. Parmeter," by Job Pierson, Minister of the Gospel.⁷
  

  Leander Lorio and Lucy E. Parmeter, marriage record, 18 October 1864
• Occupation: between 1870 and 1888, carpenter.^8,2
• Census: 3 June 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Sarah Benson.
  Sarah Parmeter, age 60, female, white, keeping house, real estate value $1500, born Vermont
  Mary A. Crane, age 12, female, white, at school, born Michigan
  Wm. H. Parmeter, age 24, male, white, carpenter, born New York⁸
• Death: 22 June 1888, age 43, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• The cause of his death was. pneumonia²

• Last Edited: 20 January 2022

Citations

1. [S3739] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 514, family 514, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
2. [S4816] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2 : 47, no. 186, 1 Aug 1889, William H. Parminter entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
3. [S5709] Affidavit of Israel Kellogg and William Mottram, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/1/281444967 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page p. 35.
4. [S2313] MIL: Parmetur, William H. - Muster and Descriptive Roll: Muster and Descriptive Roll of Battery I, First Light Artillery Unit of Illinois Volunteers, Record Info: page 80, line 4
5. [S3754] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Kalamazoo, p. 37A (stamped), dwelling 530, family 544, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
6. [S5710] Declaration for Obtaining a Widow's Army Pension, 18 Mar 1864, Sarah Parmeter, widow's pension application WC85827; service of Horace Parmeter (Pvt. Co. I,, 1st Light Artillery, Illinois Volunteers), Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934, Record Group 15: National Archives, Washington D.C.; imaged in "Civil War 'Widows' Pensions'," Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/281444825 : accessed 10 Feb 2020), page 37.
7. [S5076] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 3 : 180, no. 396, 31 Dec 1864, entry for Leander Lorio and Lucy E. Parmeter; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
8. [S3718] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 135, family 129, Sarah Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.

Lissa Bush

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• Birth: about 1860, OhioO.¹
• 
  
  Clary and Lissa Bush
  Marriage: before 1907.¹
• Residence: 1907, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IndianaO.¹
• Marriage: to Horace William Crane, 3 July 1907, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~47, "Horace Wm. Crane and Lissa (Bush} Clary," by E. V. Armstrong, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  Oscar Kelley and Lulu Grant of Kalamazoo acted as the witnesses. Lulu Grant may very well be Horace's niece, Lucy Etta Grant Johnson. Horace's nephew, Daniel Leroy Grant, married Delila May Rivers on the same date in the same place, and it was reported in the local newspaper that they had a double wedding.¹
• Horace William Crane and Lissa Bush
  Divorce: 24 March 1908.²
• She and Horace William Crane may have been divorced on 24 March 1909.²

• Last Edited: 20 January 2022

Citations

1. [S5317] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9310, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Horace Wm. Crane and Lissa Clary; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S5706] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Marriage Records, application for marriage license, vol. 20 (May-June-July 1909), pp. 263-4, Horace William Crane and Alma Lillian Patterson entry, recorded 12 Jun 1909; imaged in "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397 : accessed 20 Jan 2022) > St. Joseph > 1909-1909 Volume20 > images 264-5 of 557; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 5206306.