Robert Perry Grant (abt. 1842 - 1901)

Born about Jun 1842 in Ohio County, Kentucky, USA

Husband of Mary Ann (Combs) Grant — married 14 Sep 1874 in Ohio County, Kentucky, USA

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Name: Robert Perry Grant. Given Name: Robert Perry. Surname: Grant. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Born June 1842. Ohio County, Kentucky, USA. ^{[1] [2] [4] [6] [7] [9] [11] [13] [15]}

Residence 1860 Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky. ^[6] 1866 New York, USA. ^[14] 1870 Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA. ^[7] Note: Post Office: Whitesville. 1880 Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA. ^[1] 1900 Magisterial District 5, Buford, Ohio County, Kentucky. ^[2] Note: Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. Kentucky, USA. ^[8] Note: Relation To Head: Soldier. Ohio County, Kentucky, USA. ^[13]

Military Service: 1862 ^[4] Service: 10 Jul 1865. Kentucky, USA. ^[10] Service: Kentucky, USA. ^[5]

Marriage 14 September 1874. Ohio County, Kentucky, USA. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}

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Remembrances, by Bessie (Leach) Carter By Bessie (Leach) Carter; d/o John M. Leach and Eliza C. Grant. TS tsgdj47 originally shared this on 02 Apr 2017

Our Grandfather and Grandmother Leach’s names were Jacob H. Leach and Catherine Wiliams Leach. Grandfather had one brother, Len Leach. Grandmother Leach also had one brother, Jobe Williams. There was no record as to when Grandfather and Grandmother died, but I remember Dad saying that he was 11 years old when they died. Grandfather Leach had been a captain in the Home Guards, and we still have the sword in our family. Dad’s uncle, Jobe Williams, and his wife, Englane, kept him until he was old enough to go on his own. Dad had twin brothers. Their names were Marion and Clarence. They died at birth, and there are no records for them. Dad’s oldest brother, Samuel Leach, had four sons - Oscar, Clyde, Leslie, and Chester. His brother, H. Scott, had one daughter, Kitty, and a son, Jacob, and by his second marriage, he had one daughter, Clara. John M. Leach, our father, first married Lottie Sorrles. She had one son, Norval, who was our stepbrother. She and Dad had one daughter named Kitty Agnes and one son, Leo. Lottie and their daughter died (we don’t have the dates) and Leo died at age two. Our Uncle Sam and his wife, Finas, took care of Leo until he died. Dad’s second marriage was to Eliza C. Grant. John M. Leach - May 10, 1858 / March 1, 1941. Eliza Catherine Leach - October 21, 1880 / November 15, 1941. Norval Leach - April 7, 1895 / February 4, 1941. Lucy Leach - July 17, 1907 / July 10, 1908. All of Dad’s brothers, his first wife and their two children, and our sister, Lucy, were buried in the Leach Graveyard at Dad’s old home place. Dad’s Uncle Jobe Williams and his wife were buried at Liberty Graveyard. His Uncle Len and his wife were buried in the Arnold Graveyard. My husband, Charles Carter, died October 27, 1957, at the age of 53. He was buried in Grand Lawn Graveyard in Detroit, Michigan. You have names and ages to all of the sisters and won’t need any dates until we “kick the bucket.” Don’t forget to mention Bald Knob Church. It is 100 years old, and all of us went there. Remember, we never had any place to go but Church. Dad’s Uncle Jobe Williams lost his mind over religion. I can remember him and his wife. At times he was too much for his wife, so they got a man by the name of Joe Taylor to take care of him, and he didn’t like that. Dad said sometimes he would bring Uncle Jobe to Bald Knob Church, and when Jobe would get up to testify, he never knew when to stop. And no matter what song they were singing, he would say, “God Darn the Taylors.” Grandmother Mary Ann Grant’s name before marriage was Mary Ann Combes. She had one brother, John, and a sister named Nancy. There are no dates on death. Her brother, John Combes, made chairs and was a water witch. He found the water vane and dug the well at our old home place. I can remember him. He left home and never came back. Mother and Grandmother never heard from him again. They never knew when he died or whatever happened to him.

Our Grandmother Grant first married a Mr. Nickelson and had one son. I don’t know the date of death, but remember Grandmother saying that he fell down a stairway and was killed. Our Grandmother Mary Ann’s second marriage was to Robert P. Grant. He died May 8, 1901 at age 57. At that time, they lived in Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky, and he was buried there. By this marriage, they had one child, Eliza C. Grant. She was born October 21, 1880 and died November 15, 1941 at age 61. I remember that our mother had two half sisters, Sally and Janie. I don’t know which husbands were their fathers. Grandmother Grant died November 17, 1925 at the age of 82 years, 17 days. Our Grandfather Grant had been in service and was drawing a government pension. When he died, I remember that Mother went to Hartford to see if Grandmother could get a pension. It was a long time before the papers came back. She didn’t get a pension. Her first husband died seven years after she had married Robert Grant, so she was never legally married to Mr. Grant because she never got a divorce from Mr. Nickelson. When the papers came back, I can remember that Mother was scared crazy. She cried her heart out because she was afraid that they would send Grandmother to prison. As I said, Uncle John Combes made chairs. He made a chair for Alebel when she was a baby. I can remember that she didn’t want me to sit in the chair - she was 2 ½ years older than me. I can remember the rest of you kids fighting over the chair. Alebel still has the chair. She left it with Dorothy when she went to Texas. When I was working in the junk store, we got a lot of toys. I got a baby doll, she dressed it, and still has it sitting in the chair. What about the way people just left home years ago and never came back. When I think of it, it drives me nuts. I am glad they keep records of everything now.

Note: The first marriage of Mary Ann Combs was to John Reynolds, not Mr. Nicholson. Robert P. Grant's first marriage was to Mary Nichloson. Courtesy: Dorothy (Crabb) Johnston Transcribed: Tracey Johnston

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: S_177047519 Year: 1880; Census Place: Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky; Roll: 436; Family History Film: 1254436; Page: 649D; Enumeration District: 187; Image: 0723. Birth date: abt 1843 Birth place: Kentucky Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky, United States Ancestry Record 6742 #11006602
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Source: S_177047677 Year: 1900; Census Place: Buford, Ohio County, Kentucky; Roll: T623_546; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 114. Birth date: Jun 1842 Birth place: Kentucky Marriage date: 1876 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Magisterial District 5, Buford, Ohio County, Kentucky Ancestry Record 7602 #5732683
3. ↑ Source: S_194734651 Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Tree 43565674
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: S1661122630 National Archives and Records Administration; Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866; Catalog ID: 300398; Record Grou Ancestry Record 2344 #232600781
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source: S1661122635 Ancestry Record 1138 #4141350
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source: S_168915901 Year: 1860; Census Place: Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky; Roll: M653_390; Page: 540; Family History Library Film: 803390 Ancestry Record 7667 #39743556
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Source: S_177047442 Year: 1870; Census Place: Ellis, Ohio County, Kentucky; Roll: M593_492; Page: 439A; Image: 117487; Family History Library Film: 545991 Ancestry Record 7163 #18847023
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Source: S1654467007 The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Grou Ancestry Record 4654 #1643438
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: S_187543216 Ancestry Record 1222 #601600632
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Source: S1685485923 Ancestry Record 3866 #3500
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: S1661122428 Ancestry Record 61372 #2431328
12. ↑ Source: S1655998635 Ancestry Record 4428 #94675
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Source: S_168913684 Ancestry Record 1117 #97449
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Source: S1661122607 Ancestry Record 1264 #2239463
15. ↑ Source: S1738993486 Ancestry Record 62476 #6594472162
16. ↑ Source: S_177047677 Year: 1900; Census Place: Buford, Ohio County, Kentucky; Roll: T623_546; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 114. Birth date: Jun 1842 Birth place: Kentucky Marriage date: 1876 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Magisterial District 5, Buford, Ohio County, Kentucky Ancestry Record 7602 #5732683
17. ↑ Source: S1655998635 Ancestry Record 4428 #94675
18. ↑ Source: S_168913684 Ancestry Record 1117 #97449
19. ↑ Source: S1738993486 Ancestry Record 62476 #6594472162

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