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Thomas Grandy came to Michigan in an early day and located in Washtenaw county, where he rented land. He came to Ingham county in 1854 and bought one hundred and twenty acres of wild land in Stockbridge township. He located th eland, cleared it and had considerable difficulty in finding it afterward, when ready to build, and built a log house on another man's property by mistake. At the time of his death he owned one hundred and twenty acres of good farming land.
Our subject's parents were married in the State of New York, and to them were born eleven children, our subject being the ninth in order of birth, and there being four alive: Jacob, dead; John, dead; George, dead; Henry, dead; Oscar, dead; a child which died in infancy; William, living in Bay City; Anette, living at Stockbridge; Delia Jane, at Dansville; our subject, and a child which died in infancy.
Edward Grandy acquired his early education in the district school and lived with his father until his death, in 1886. He now owns ninety acres of the old farm. The mother died, and is buried in Stockbridge.
Our subject was united in marriage in 1881 to Jane, daugher of William and Sara (Bassett) Barrett. Mrs. Grandy was born in Stockbridge township, Dec. 9, 1857. Mr. Barrett was born Nov. 3, 1822, and the mother, Dec. 16, 1837. Mrs. Grandy is one of four children, three of who are living: Amanda, born Jan. 24, 1854; Perry, Oct. 18, 1855, died March 12, 1897, and Charles H., July 30, 1864.
William Barrett came to Michigan in the early days and located in Stockbridge and worked at his trade of coopering until the Civil War, when he enlisted in the army and endured the hardships of war, and when returned home bought eighty acres of improved land in Waterloo township, Jackson county, which he later sold and bought forty acres in Stockbridge township, and sold this and bought another eighty in Stockbridge, and again sold and bout forty-six acres, which he owned at the time of his death. Mr. Barrett died Jan. 10, 1891, and the mother, March 22, 1900.
Edward Grandy and wife are the parents of two children: Mettie, born Oct. 17, 1877, married to William Quinn, and they reside on a farm in Stockbridge township, and have five children: Agnes, Ethel, John, Lucile and Katherine. The second child of the Grandy family is William Thomas, born Nov. 31, 1891.
Mr. Grandy is a progressive agriculturist and commands the respect of the community in which he lives.
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