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Wallace P. and Irene (Bowen) Grant, Wray



WALLACE'S FAMILY

John Alexander Grant and Harriet J. Welch married in Monroe County, Missouri on March 18, 1873.

In 1880 Monroe County, Missouri, Alexander Grant is 28, Hattie Grant 25 Wife, Wallace Grant 6 Son, Annie B. Grant 3 Daughter, and Thomas Grant 1 Son.

(Loy Edward York Birth Date: 18 Dec 1906 Birth Place: Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, USA Birth Time: 10:15 A.m. Certificate Year: 1906 Father: William Henry York Mother: Anna Bell Grant.

Anna Belle York BIRTH 3 Aug 1877 Missouri, USA DEATH 6 Mar 1973 Placer County, California, USA BURIAL Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 76809443.

Thomas G. Grant BIRTH 6 Apr 1880 Missouri, USA DEATH 8 Apr 1962 Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA BURIAL East Lawn Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA PLOT Sec D MEMORIAL ID 140722665.

In 1880 Randolph County, Missouri, Jeff Grant is 44, Anna Grant 40 Wife, Charles Grant 18 Son, Annie Grant 15 Daughter, James Grant 13 Son, and Louisa Grant 11 Daughter.

In 1900 Wray, Eliz B. Remington is farming, 54, Leuise E. Remington 53 Wife Mattie M. Remington 16 Daughter, and Wallace P. Grant 26 Boarder, a carpenter.

His family is in Wray in 1900, Alexander J. Grant 52, Hattie J. Grant 47 Wife, Annie B. Grant 22 Daughter, Thomas G. Grant 21 Son, Fanney M. Grant 17 Daughter, Opal Grant 11 Daughter, and Virgie Grant 5 Daughter.

Harriet Grant BIRTH 1852 DEATH 1920 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA PLOT Range 7, Block 5, Lot 17, Space 6 MEMORIAL ID 63795698.

June 1933

John A. Grant BIRTH 1850 DEATH 1934 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA PLOT Range 7, Block 5, Lot 17, Space 5 MEMORIAL ID 63795611.
"John Alexander Grant, familiarly known as, 'Uncle Alex,' passed away Friday morning, January 19, following a prolonged illness, at the age of 83 years, 10 months, and 4 days. He was born March 15, 1850, in Monroe county, Mo. He grew to manhood in his native state. I
n 1864, at the age of 14, he was drafted into the Confederate army and served to the end of the war. On March 18, 1873, Mr. Grant was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Welch at Paris, Mo. Seven children were born to this union. Five children survive their parents. They are Wallace Grant and Mrs. Virgie Willis of Denver, Mrs. Anna Bell York of Exeter, Calif., Thomas Grant and Mrs. Opal Pickett of Wray. One daughter, Esetlla passed away at the age of five years, and another daughter, Mrs. Fanny Doling, died at McCook, November 27, 1932. Mrs. Grant passed away in 1920.
In the fall of 1892, Mr. Grant, accompanied by his family, came to Wray to reside. He had continued to make this town his home all these years. During his active years he was engaged in contracting and building and it can be truthfully said of him that he was an excellent workman. He was a kind husband and father, a good neighbor, and a loyal friend. In recent years, because of the infirmities of old age, he gave up active work but continued to be a familiar personage about town until his last illness forced him to remain in his room. Mr. Grant was a contributor to the development that has taken place in this town and community since that far away day in 1892 when he cast his lot here, because he was master builder of many a farm home as well as of many of the early day residences in Wray. And so there is sincere regret because of the passing of another hardy and useful pioneer, and a friend to man. May he rest in peace.
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Hitchcock Mortuary, conducted by Rev. Clark Bower of the Christian church. Burial was in Grandviaw cemetery."

Opal Grant Pickett BIRTH 16 Apr 1889 Missouri, USA DEATH 23 Feb 1989 ( Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, USA MEMORIAL ID 62630365.

April 1959 "Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grant of Sacramento, Calif., are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary on April 12 with an open house at their home at 1165 35th Ave. in Sacramento. The Grant anniversary is April 11, but for convenience the open house will be held the following day, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Grant are former Wray residents whose families were prominent pioneer settlers of this area. Mrs. Grant is the former Mary Chapin. They were married at Wray by the Reverend P. W. Walthall, and lived here for a number of years before they moved to California. Their two children, Mary Howery and John R., are both living in Sacramento and will help their parents celebrate their golden wedding."

July 1959 "Friend of the Tom Grant family of Sacramento, Calif., former Wray residents, will be interested to learn of the marriage of their son, John R. Grant. He and Sarah Coplen were married at a home wedding on July 25. They are honeymooning at Lake Tahoe and will make their home at 2021 Maryal Drive in Sacramento."

IRENE'S FAMILY

In 1880 Knox County, Missouri, David Bowen is 46, Sarah A. Bowen 40 Wife, Cyrus W. Bowen 15 Son, Franklin Bowen 13 Son, John R. Bowen 12 Son, Leticia Bowen 10 Daughter who moved to Wray, Burnett Bowen 7 Son, Mary Bowen 4 Daughter, and Annie Bowen 1 Daughter.

David Bowen BIRTH 7 Oct 1833 DEATH 14 Jun 1899 BURIAL IOOF Cemetery Hurdland, Knox County, Missouri, USA MEMORIAL ID 146523081.

In 1900 Knox County, Sarah Ann Bowen is widowed, 59, Mary Bowen 24 Daughter, Mattie Bowen born April 1879 in Missouri, a schoolteacher, daughter, and Irene Bowen 18 Daughter.

(Mary Bowen married Edward H. Hancock in Hurdland, Missouri on October 17, 1900. Edward H Hancock born 29 Mar 1868 near Argyle, Lee Co, Iowa, died 23 Nov 1949 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, Father: Isaac Hancock, Mother: Rachel Hancock.)

Sarah Ann Hudson Bowen BIRTH 27 Dec 1838 Adams County, Illinois, USA DEATH 26 Jan 1903 Knox County, Missouri, USA BURIAL IOOF Cemetery Hurdland, Knox County, Missouri, USA MEMORIAL ID 118393549.

June 1901 Wray

Martha C. Bowen of Golden, Colorado, married Claude C. Crawford in 1907.

WALLACE IN WRAY

August 1903 Wray "Wallace Grant went to Denver Monday morning to rustle brick layers for the court house."

March 1905

WALLACE AND IRENE

Ireene Bowen 24, married Wallace P. Grant on 29 Aug 1906 in Yuma County.

Wallace P. Grant was born 18 Mar 1874 in Munroe Co, Missouri, Father: John A. Grant, Mother: Harriett Welch.

August 1911 Wray "The Rattler learns that John Remington and Wallace Grant, who left here several weeks ago for the west, have purchased a grocery store at Grand Junction, and have taken charge of the same."

May 1926

June 1, 1961 "Wallace Grant, 88, who lived at Wray for many years and who was a member of a well-known early day family here, died following a heart attack Sunday night at his home in Denver, according to word received by his sister, Mrs. Opal Pickett of Wray. Mrs. Pickett went to Denver Tuesday evening to attend the funeral services that were held there Wednesday. Mr. Grant's wife died two years ago."

August 1909 Wray " Dr. Crawford of Helpler, Kansas, arrived Monday to visit his brothers-in-law, Jake Shumaker and W. P. Grant. He is accompanied bv Mrs. Crawford."

In 1910 Wray, Claude C. Crawford is 37, Martha B. Crawford 40 Wife, born in Missouri, Millard W. Crawford 10 Son, and Margaret S. Crawford 8 Daughter.

March 1914 "Mrs. Wallace P. Grant of Steamboat Springs arrived in Wray last Sunday and is visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. L. Shumaker and Mrs. C. C. Crawford, and other relatives and friends. This is Mrs. Grant's first visit here for several years and her many friends are glad to welcome her again."

May 1914 "Mrs. Wallace Grant left last Saturday for her new home at Roswell, New Mexico, where Mr. Grant has a position as foreman in a planing mill. Mrs. Grant had been visiting her two sisters, Mesdames J. L. Shumaker and C. C. Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Grant bad resided at Grand Junction, Colorado, since their removal from Wray a few years ago but are going to make their permanent home in Roswell."

March 1922 Wray "J. A. Grant went to Denver last week to visit a short time at the home of his son Wallace."
The same issue mentions Wallace building a new home in Denver.

May 1924 Wray "Master Millard Crawford left last Thursday for Chillicothe, Mo., where he will spend the summer visiting his grandmother, Mrs. M. F. Crawford, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Englehart."

August 1924 " Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Grant of Denver were Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Crawford. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Crawford are sisters."

July 1925 Aurora " W. D. McGinnis and wife and Wallace Grant and wife, of Denver, spent Sunday at the Dr. Crawford home."

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