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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           CHARLES E. GRANT, farmer, section 7, Winsor Township, was born
        Oct. 18, 1838, in Osnabruck, Ont., and is the son of ROBERT and
        MARY (PAPST) GRANT.  His father was born in 1787, and in the fall
        of 1863 came to Winsor Township, and died in November, 1865.  The
        mother was born in 1799, and died in October, 1877.  They had 12
        children, of whom CHARLES E. is the 11th in order of birth.
           He received a common-school education in the Dominion, and in
        1863 came with his parents to Winsor Township. He has been a
        resident on the farm where he now lives since coming to the county.
        He was married in March, 1860, in Aldborough Township, Elgin Co.,
        Ont., to MARY GRAVES. Their ten children were born in the following
        order: The eldest born died unnamed, six weeks after birth; the
        second child died at birth; ROBERT was born Feb. 27, 1863; ULYSSES
        S., Nov. 20, 1865; JOHN D., Oct. 31, 1867; CATHERINE M., April 9,
        1870; WILLIAM W., April 14, 1869, and died Aug. 22, 1871; JULIAN,
        Jan. 10, 1871, and died Sept. 2, 1871; EDWIN E., born Nov. 10,
        1872; GEORGE M., Jan. 5, 1876.  MRS. GRANT was born Aug. 2, 1844,
        in Canada. Her parents, JOHN B. and CATHERINE (HARDER) GRAVES, came
        to Winsor Township to reside, and in September, 1866, her mother
        returned to Ontario for a visit, and died there. The father re-
        mained in Winsor Township until 1869, when he went to Ontario to
        live with his children, and died there.
           MR. GRANT is a decided Republican, and has served his township
        as Highway Commissioner, as Treasurer two terms, and also as a
        school officer.

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