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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, 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, DEATH 6 Mar 1973 Placer County, California, BURIAL Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, MEMORIAL ID 76809443.

Thomas G. Grant BIRTH 6 Apr 1880 Missouri, USA DEATH 8 Apr 1962 Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, BURIAL East Lawn Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, 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.

May 1899 Wray " Misses Ella Lynam, Eva Grant, Anna Grant and Fred Weaver and Joe Davis visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Grant on the Black Wolf Sunday. "

November 1899 Wray "Miss Anna Belle Grant will go to her home at Black Wolf Monday and lake a short rest after a long summer of faithful work with some of the families in town. Miss Anna has uiany : good friends in Wray."

May 1900 "Miss Anna Belle Grant is making her home with Mr. McGill."


1900 Wray

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."

July 1922 "Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pickett and children of Cornish, Colo., who had been visiting relatives in Wray for a few days, departed for their home the latter part of last week. Mrs. Pickett will be remembered as Miss Opal Grant, daughter of J. A. Grant of this city. "

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

1907 Wray >
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 born 27 Dec 1838 in Adams County, Illinois, died 26 Jan 1903 in Knox County, Missouri, is buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Hurdland, Knox County, Missouri, 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."

1904 Wray


March 1905

FANNY



In the Wray paper of January 1908 "a son was born last Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Doling. At this writing Mrs. Doling is not as well as her friends would wish."

In 1908 it's implied that he was charged in a "liquor case" in Wray. Might be the reason for the May 28, 1908 "Mrs. Chas. Doling and children leave next Sunday for Denver to join her husband, where they will make their home in the future."

1909 Wray Rattler

in 1910 Denver, Charles Doling is 37, Fannie Doling 27 Wife, Glenn Doling 8 Son, Paul Doling 6 Son, Karl Doling 2 Son, and Arthur Doling 0 Son.

June 1916 Wray "Glen Doling came up from his home in McCook, Neb., Saturday and is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Grant. Glen is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Doling, formerly of Wray, but now of McCook. He will probably remain in Wray for several weeks."

October 1916 Wray "Miss Edith Grant is expected to return this evening or tomorrow from a few days visit with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Proctor Doling of Denver. Miss Edith left for the capital city Sunday morning."

May 1913 Wray "Paul Doling leaves next Saturday for Centralia, Missouri, where he will spend the summer months with his aunt, Mrs. William Harshbarger."

Charley Thomas Doling registered for WWI in Buckner, Missouri, a farm laborer, born January 1, 1873.
Nearest relative was Matie Harshbarger, of Centralia, Missouri.

Carl's Missouri death certificate said he was born in Wray December 23, 1907, and was killed January 23, 1921 two miles west of Buckner, Missouri when a .22 rifle was accidentally discharged by a chum. It said he was interred at Buckner Hill Cemetery, It also said Charles was born at Centralia, and mother Fannie Grant was born in Monroe County, Missouri.

There's a "Son - Paul Doling 1904- 1926" in the Indianola, Nebraska (Red Willow County) cemetery, with "Mother - Fannie - 1884-1932"

October 1917

In 1920 McCook, Nebraska, Fannie is divorced, a waitress, 32, with only Arthur 9 with her.

Charles - widowed, a house laborer - and Paul are in Kansas City in 1920.

A 1913 city directory has Charles T. Doling is a laborer, living at 3004 Inca, Denver.

1926 McCook, Nebraska " NOTICE. Will be pleased to see old and new customers at my shining Parlor at 202 1-2 Main avenue, under the Woolard Cigar Store. Personal Service." ARTHUR DOLING"

January 1928 Wray "Arthur Doling, Clarence and Lester McCarty and Ralph Bartlett, all of McCook, are being held in jail this week here at Wray, charged with robbing a pool hall at uma. Two of the boys will plead guilty. >i said. The case will be up for a hearing in justice court today. The four were apprehended in Denver. "

Arthur might be in Pocatello, Idaho in a boarding house, a service man.

January 1933 " Arthur Doling and Carl Karns of McCook visited in Wray last Thursday. They were entertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pickett and then they were entertained Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Grant. "

June 1935 "A. C. Doling, formerly of McCook, Neb., is serving a six months jail sentence in the county jail at Wray for writing short checks here. He was arrested in Fort Morgan last Wednesday and was brought here by Sheriff Raymond Van Horn. He was arraigned before Justice J. F. Garton Friday yTid was given the jail sentence and a fine of $25. He was charged with passing three checks for $5 each at both the Rexall Drug Store and the J. C. Penney Company store in Wray."

1935 Wray

Arthur might be in Denver in 1940, a cook, at the Stattler Hotel.

He might be the Arthur Clair Doling, in King County, Washington in 1950, divorced, at a tuberculosis sanatarium.

A likely death in October 1967 Bremerton, Washington " Arthur E. Doling, 57, 440 Washington was found dead by his landlord at home Saturday. Mr. Doling was an occasional restaurant worker who had lived in this area for the past eight or 10 years.
Coroner Don Ireland placed the time of death as about 4 p.m. Thursday. A heart attack was listed as the cause of death. Mr. Doling has no known relatives.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel. "

Glenn Doling and Cleo Dragoo were married Wednesday evening December 1925 in McCook, Nebraska by Rev. William Kilburn. Mr. Doling is the son of Charles Doling, and the bride is the daughter of Dyer Dragoo. .


December 1, 1932 "The following relatives motored to McCook Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Fanny Doling, a former Wray lady who passed away Sunday morning: Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pickett and daughters Isabel and Mrs. Catherine Christiansen, and Mrs. Fern Willis, the latter of Denver."

November 1935 Wray "Glenn Doling of McCook died last Friday in Greeley, Colo., following an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at McCook Tuesday and the remains were buried in the McCook cemetery. Surviving him are his wife, one son, one daughter, his father Chas. Doling of Brush, one brother Arthur also of Brush, as well as many less near relatives including his uncle T. G. Grant and his aunt, Mrs. Marion Pickett both of Wray, another uncle John Doling of Idalia, The parents of the deceased man resided in Wray for a number of years. Glenn Doling was a baker by trade and had been employed at the Fallick bakery in McCook for eighteen years."

Glenn T. Doling 1902- 1935 is buried in l Cedar Grove Cemetery Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska, Plot 3/40/19, Memorial ID 12445611.

His widow Cleo was in Routt County in 1940, Roy Cunningham 39, Cleo Cunningham 34 Wife, Bernaditte Doling 10 Stepdaughter, Jack Doling 7 Stepson, and Gail Cunningham 1 Daughter.

Cleo Mae (Dragoo) (Doling) Dragoo Cunningham, born 17 Oct 1906 in Nebraska, died 31 Aug 1984 in Fresno County, California, Burial Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Memorial ID 174644342.

Mr. Charles K. Doling married Dorothy M. Muzik in December 1934 in Denver, recorded in Jefferson County, Colorado.

Charles Kenneth Doling, born 28 Feb 1906 in Wray, Colorado, died 4 Nov 1951, is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver, Colorado, Section H Site 300 , Memorial ID 36054587.

WALLACE AND IRENE

Irene 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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