Husband: Thomas B. Grant
Born: May- -1859 in Pennsylvania 1,2 Died: 1935 2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1920, 106 Grant Ave in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1900, 1910, 1920 driller in oil fields 4,5,6 Father: Mother: Notes
Wife: Deborah Cross 7
Also known as: Debby Cross 8
Married: Dec-29-1893 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 9,1
Born: Jun-17-1874 near New Matamoras, Washington Co, OH 8,2,7 (see note 1)
Died: Jul-18-1916 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 10,2
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,3
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1: Mary Elizabeth Grant Born: Jan-20-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,1,2 Died: Feb- 1-1962 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30, 40 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: James Franklin Robison b. Sep-30-1898 d. Oct-13-1984 Census name: James Robinson Married: Jun- 5-1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15
M Child 2: James Simpson Grant Born: May-17-1896 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,1,4 Died: Aug-22-1960 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 16 Buried: in Swank Cemetery, Speed, Roane Co, WV 17,14 Resided: 1927 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 15 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: television repairman 16 Occupation: 1920 machinist at glass plant 6 Military: Jul-14-1918 - Sep-22-1919 Sgt, Repair Unit 310, Motor Trans Corps, WW I 17 Wife: Lucy B. Mitchell b. Nov-17-1903 d. Jul-17-1998 Married: Dec-24-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 3: Harold Britton Grant
Census name: Herald Grant
Born: Nov-22-1897 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,19,20,1
Died: Aug- 8-1970 in Los Angeles Co, CA 20,19
Buried: in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Co, CA 14
Resided: in Newhall, Los Angeles Co, CA 21
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1920 shover at glass plant
Military: Pfc, Infantry, World War I 22
M Child 4: Edwin Grant Also known as: Edward C. Grant 23 Born: ca 1900 4 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1920 shover at glass plant 6
F Child 5: Eva Katherine Grant Born: ca 1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 24 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Clarence Victor Knight b. Feb- 1-1899 d. Jul-14-1927 Married: Sep-24-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Husband: James Oris Davis b. Apr- 9-1912 Also known as: Oris Davis 15,26 Married: May-30-1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,27
F Child 6: Eleanor D. Grant Census name: Elner Grant Born: ca 1906 4 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 7: Elmer A. Grant Born: ca 1906 4 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 8: Ruby Beatrice Grant Born: Mar- 3-1909 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Notes
M Child 9: Raymond J. Grant Born: Mar- 3-1909 in West Virginia 28,25 Died: Jun-15-1992 in Stark Co, OH 28 Resided: in Stark Co, OH 28 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Wanda M. Underwood b. Aug-19-1916 d. Dec-24-1982 Married: Sep-13-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
F Child 10: Margarite Eloise Grant 23 Census name: Eloise Grant Born: ca 1911 6 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 11: Thomas Donald Grant Census name: Thomas Grant, Jr. Born: Mar-24-1913 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,20,19,24,15 Died: Jan- 1-1984 in Kern Co, CA 20,19 Resided: in Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA 29 Census: 1940 at Israel's Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 30 Resided: 1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 24 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 30 Wife: Myrtle Catherine Chumley b. May-18-1918 d. Apr-27-2001 Married: Apr-24-1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15
F Child 12: Narwista Lee Grant Born: ca 1914 6 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 13: Ruth Lenore Grant Census name: Ruth L. Grant Born: 1916 in West Virginia 31 Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3)
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (4) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) Birth record of daughter. (8) Obituary. (9) Obituary of wife. (10) Obituary - At home. (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (16) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James S. Grant, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Spencer WVa; and Lucy B. Mitchell, b. Roane Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Dec 24 1927 "at The Court House at West Union W.Va.," officiated by W. H. Knisely, an ordained Baptist Minister. MR p. 123 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796668&Type=Marriage. (19) Social Security Death Index. (20) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (21) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (22) Military Grave Marker. (23) Obituary of mother. (24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (26) Obituary of father. (27) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, P. 196. (28) Death Record - Online. (29) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (30) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (31) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jun 1875, but obituary states Jun 17 1874. Date on headstone is 1874. Note (2) Listed as one of 15 female inmates in the Harrison County Jail. Note (3) Identified as adopted daughter Ruth L. Grant in household of Stoey & Tina Allen, age 3y 10m at time of Feb 1920 enumeration. In 1920, she was also listed as one of 13 children in the household of her widowed father, Thomas B. Grant, in the Town of West Union.