From Hiram Ulysses Grant to Our Direct Ancestors

According to my findings, we are indirectly related to Mr. Hiram Ulysses Grant via Josiah Grant. The previous one is a direct descendant of Samuel Grant Jr.'s. Samuel's brother Josiah Grant was the husband of Miss Rebecca Minor, our 1st cousin 7 times removed.

Here is that family tree branch.

Hiram Ulysses Grant Sr. 

(b. 27 April 1822, Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio/d. 23 July 1885, Mount McGregor, Columbia, New York) - soldier and politician. President of the US from 1822 to1855. During The Civil War - commanding general of the Union Army.

Birthplace of Ulysses Grant, Point Pleasant, Ohio

⇒ his father Jesse Root Grant (b. 23 Jan. 1794, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania/d. 29 June 1873, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky) - farmer, tanner and merchant. On 25 June 1821, Jesse married Miss Hannah Simpson (b. 23 Nov. 1798, Montgomery, Lycoming, Pennsylvania), daughter of Mr. John Simpson, farmer as well. The ceremony took place in Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio.

Jesse was involved in a tannery business in Georgetown, later he co-owned a leather store in Galena.

⇒ his father Noah Grant III (b. 2 June 1748, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut/14 Feb. 1819, Maysville, Mason, Kentucky)

Noah Grant
Connecticut Births and Christenings

Name: Noah Grant
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1748
Birthplace: TOLLAND TWP, TOLLAND, CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Noah Grant

Record Source:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74L-KBV : 11 February 2018), Noah Grant, 23 Jun 1748; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Captain Noah Grant served in the Revolutionary War.

⇒ his father Noah Grant, Jr. (12 July 1718, present Tolland County, Connecticut/d. 20 Sept. 1756, Fort William Henry, Lake George, Albany County, New York)

Lake George

At the age of 28, Noah Jr. married Miss Susannah Delano (b. 23 June 1724). Her father was Jonathan Delano, a descendant of Philip De La Noye who emigrated to America in 1621.

Capt. Noah Grant Jr. served in the French and Indian war.

⇒ his father Noah Grant (16 Dec. 1693, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut/d. 10 Oct. 1727, Tolland, Hartford County, Connecticut)

Noah moved to the area of Tolland (where he was granted land)  around 1717. He and his cousins, wrote a petition regarding creating a new town from the land bought from the Indians. The town was later called Tolland. Noah was an active member of the local community. On the 12th day of June 1717, he married Martha Huntington (b. 6 Dec. 1696, Norwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut), daughter of Christopher Huntigton and Ruth Rockwell.

⇒ his father  Samuel Grant, Jr. (b. 20 April 1659, present Hartford County, Connecticut/d. 8 May 1710, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut)

Matthew Grant, Samuel's grandfather came to America from England in 1630. Samuel's father settled at East Windsor Hill. Samuel Jr. had two wives - the first was Miss Hannah Hilley and the second Miss Grace Minor, the daughter of  Cpt. John Minor and Elizabeth Booth. Grace was born on 20 Sept. 1670 in Woodbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. The second marriage took place on 11 April 1688, sometime after the passing of Samuel Jr.'s first wife.

⇒ his brother Josiah Grant (b. 19 March 1668, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut/d. 28 March 1732, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut)

Stonington, Connecticut

Connecticut Births and Christenings
Name: Josia Grant
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1668
Birthplace: WINDSOR TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Samuel Grant
Mother's Name: Mary

Record Source:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-XZL : 11 February 2018), Josia Grant, 19 Mar 1668; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Josiah was a member of First Congregational Church of Stonington since 1699.

⇒ his wife Rebecca (Minor) Grant (b. 17 Sept. 1672, Taugwonk, Stonington, New London, Connecticut/d. 15 Jan. 1746, Stonington, New London, Connecticut) - our 1st cousin 7 times removed

Rebeckah Minor
Connecticut Births and Christenings
Name: Rebeckah Minor
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Sep 1672
Birthplace: STONINGTON TWP,NEW LONDON,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Ephraim Minor

Record Source: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29B-238 : 11 February 2018), Rebeckah Minor, Sep 1672; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Rebecca married Josiah on 6 July 1696 in Stonington, Connecticut. She was a descendant of Capt. Thomas L Minor born in 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England. He emigrated to the New World and was the first of the Minor family in Stonington.

⇒ her mother Hannah (Avery) Minor (b. 11 Oct. 1644, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony)

Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester

Hannah married Ephraim Minor, a farmer, on 20 June 1666. Ephraim served in the King Philip war - for his service he was granted land and cedar swamp in Voluntown. Besides that, Ephraim was also a freeman, deputy to the general court and a co-founder of the church in Stonington (1674).

⇒ her brother Capt. Christopher Avery (b. 23 Jan. 1679, Groton, New London, Connecticut/d. 20 Jan. 1753, Groton, New London, Connecticut) - our 6 times great-grandfather

Groton, Connecticut

Christopher was a selectman, surveyor and a Justice of New London County. He served as a clerk at the North Society (Groton) church and deputy to the general court. Christopher Avery became lieutenant in 1714 and captain in 1730. He was married four times. On 1 April 1774, Christopher married his second wife Prudence Wheeler (nee Payson) born in 1681 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Prudence was the mother of Priscilla.

⇒ his daughter Priscilla (Avery) Breed (b. 29 April 1715, Groton, New London, Connecticut/d. 28 August 1786, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina)

Priscilla Avery
Connecticut Births and Christenings
Name: Priscilla Avery
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1715
Birthplace: GROTON TWP, NEW LONDON, CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Christopher Avery
Mother's Name: Prudence

Record Source:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77D-PXS : 11 February 2018), Priscilla Avery, 29 Apr 1715; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

When Priscilla was 22, she married  Rev. Joseph Breed (b. 4 Oct. 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut/d. 9 June 1777), the son of John Breed, Sr. and Mercy Palmer. Priscilla and Joseph exchanged marriage vows on 2 June 1737.

Priscilla and her husband were part of the religious movement called Great Awakening. They lived among the Mohawk Indians (New York) and worked as missionaries there. Later, the family moved to Frederick County, Virginia where they created a new church which followed the Separate Baptist beliefs.

After the religious and missionary work in Virginia, the Breeds and some other Baptist families relocated to Orange County, North Carolina. Together, they founded the Sandy Creek Church there (1755-1758).

⇒ her daughter Priscilla (Breed) Howard (b. 14 Oct. 1742, Stonington, New London, Connecticut/d. 29 Oct. 1808, Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky)

Presillah Breed
Connecticut Births and Christenings
Name: Presillah Breed
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1742
Birthplace: COVENTRY TWP, TOLLAND,CONNECTICUT
Father's Name: Joseph Breed
Mother's Name: Prisillah

Record Source:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-J8Z : 11 February 2018), Presillah Breed, 14 Oct 1742; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

In about 1758, Priscilla Breed married Rev. Obediah Howard (b. 3 March 1741, Onslow Co., North Carolina/d. 4 Oct. 1804, Tompkinsville, Barren County, Kentucky), our great-great-great-great-grandfather. Obediah's parents were Mr. Stephen Howard and his wife Sarah Sanders.

A year later, the young couple, together with minister P. Mulkey and a group of Baptists (including Priscilla's parents) moved to Broad River in South Carolina where they established a church.

On 17 Feb. 1773, Obediah Howard was granted 430 acres of land in the Fairforest and Sugar Creek area. Priscilla and Obediah had become members of Fairforest Church where they relocated with a group of 11 other Baptists led by minister Mulkey. Obediah served as messenger of the church in 1794 and 1799.

Obediah Howard served in the Revolutionary War.

⇒ their son Christopher Howard (b. about 1744, Fairforest Creek, Union County, South Carolina/d. 8 Oct. 1848, Barren Co, Monroe, Kentucky) married Miss Rebecca Hayes (b. 1775, North Carolina), the daughter of  Thomas Jesse and Mary Hayes.

⇒ his son Jarrot Howard - our great-great-grandfather

⇒ his son William James Howard

⇒ his daughter Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother

Sources:

• My MyHeritage research
• "The Ancestry of General Grant, and Their contemporaries", Edward Chauncey Marshall A.M., New York, Sheldon & Company, 498 & 500, Broadway, 1869. 
• "The Groton Avery Clan. Vol. 1", Elry McKendree Avery, Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912 
• Free online version of "South Carolina Baptists 1670-1805", Leah Townsend, Ph. D.

Photos:

• Birthplace of Ulysses Grant: By Photo by Greg Hume at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18683793
• Lake George: By Sixlocal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21269787
• Gloucester: By ThePlatypusofDoom - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54136759
• Groton: Paulo JC Nogueira [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
• Stoninton, CT: Paulo JC Nogueira [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
• Gravestone of O. Howard: Eunice Chapmond-Kilgore

Grandpa Józef

Józef Czapczyński was born in Pabianice, nowadays Poland, to the family of Walenty Czapczyński and Stanisława Kozubska on 31 Jan. 1904. Józef's father was a worker, possibly a weaver. That area of Poland had been taken over by the Russian Empire (due to the third partition of Poland in 1795) so Józef and the family lived within the Russian Empire then.

Anyhow, the boy and his siblings (two older brothers Edmund and Władysław and at least one sister Walentyna) grew up in Pabianice which was an industrial town known of its textile factories.

The old weaving mill of Krusche and Ender's in Pabianice

When Józef was 14, WW1 ended and as a result of the peace treaty, the borders of Poland changed. Pabianice were in the territory of Poland again and they all could speak Polish freely again. Grandfather did not want to be a factory worker but an army man so he joined the military gendarmerie.

As his regiment stationed in the Toruń region, Józef met his future wife Miss Irena Dybowska (b. 12 Nov. 1912), the only daughter of Antoni Dybowski and Bronisława Manikowska.

The young couple married about 1932 in Toruń. Soon, Józef and Irena had three daughters. The family moved frequently depending on where grandpa and his military unit were transferred.  In 1938, they lived on the Hel Peninsula, in the place called Hel. Shortly before WW2, Irena and the daughters followed Józef and relocated to Gdynia.  They were not rich but wealthy enough to afford a maid. It all changed when the war started, though.

Józef and his family, Hel 1938

In September 1939, grandfather - a sergeant of the Polish Military Gendarmerie and other men of his regiment were captured by the Nazis. He was sent to Stalag XXA which had been created in Toruń. His prisoner number was 247. Sometime later, grandfather was no longer a POW, his status was changed to a laborer. Therefore, he was transported to a forced labor camp organized by Nazis in Szczecin. All Poland was occupied by the Nazis already. I do not know how long grandpa was in Szczecin.

I have come across a photograph published by someone online and I have no idea who the author of the picture is. Anyway, it supposedly portrays a group of men who were kept in the camp in Szczecin in 1941. Nevertheless, I showed the photo to my mom, and she said that the man circled in the picture resembled her father. However, she is not sure it was really him.

To compare, here is another picture taken at about the same time. The two faces look similar, but who knows.

Józef Dybowski, 1941 or 1942

According to the records of Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (National Memory Institute), from the camp in Szczecin, Józef was later sent to a forced labor camp in Germany. I do not know when and where exactly.

Grandfather came back home to Poland in 1946. He was weak and sick with TB. The communist authorities questioned him why he had come back so late, not in 1945 when the war ended. I have no idea what he told them, I can only guess, he returned when he could.

After the war, Józef, his wife and daughters moved to central Poland, to the city of Poznań where Józef's sister lived as well. Grandpa worked as a clerk with the city power station.

When I was little we sometimes visited him. I remember one time, grandma showed me a picture in which he was with his army unit men. Grandfather wanted me to point at him in that picture - I did not know which of the men was him. How could I tell that since each one of them looked the same - each one had a mustache and each one wore a uniform? Well, I recall grandpa Józef was not pleased with that at all. No, he did not shout. He just seemed displeased.

Józef suffered from results of a condition of the inner ear for years. He passed on 3 October 1980.

Update:

 I have found a copy of this document (e-kartoteka.net) that reads as follows: Józef Czapczyński, the son of Walenty and Stanisława nee Kozubski, office clerk, born on 31 January 1904 in Pabianice, Łask County. 26 June 1925, he moved from Pabianice to Poznań. In Pabianice, Józef lived with his sister Janina and her husband at 12 Ogrodowa Street.

 

The other Poznań registration card informs about the above-mentioned sister Janina, born on 31 May 1901 in Pabianice,  Łask County, and her husband Józef, office clerk, born on 9 March 1896 in Pabianice. The couple moved from Pabianice to Poznań in 1929. On 4 July 1929, they lived at 12 Łąkowa Street at the placed owned by the Maciejewski family.
 

Grandpa Józef had 4 more siblings, but I only met his sister Janina.
 

Sources:

• Instytut Pamięci  Narodowej
• Photo of the weaving mill in Pabianice: By Tszwagrzak - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8310941 
• e-kartoteka.net

Our Cousins in Missouri

Quite a few siblings of our great-great-great-grandfather, Jonathan Kerr Gant, relocated from North Carolina to Missouri. The ones I know about are James Henry (b. 21 May 1788, NC), Elizabeth (b. about 1792, NC), Benjamin F (b. about 1798, NC), Joshua R (b. about 1799, NC), and Mary (b. 4 March 1801, NC). All of them married in North Carolina and then, they moved to Missouri with their spouses and children.

Cpt. James Henry Gant 

fought in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson. James married Miss Mary Ann Stuart around 1814 in Orange, North Carolina. The couple, together with their eight children, moved to Ray County, Missouri in 1838 where James ran a farm (which was about seven miles from Richmond) and raised cattle.

Map of Missouri - Ray County marked in red

James Henry was a Democrat. On 1 Jan. 1852, he was the Chairman of the Democrats meeting which took place in the Richmond courthouse, Ray County, Missouri. He was appointed a delegate to the democratic state convention.

Courthouse, Richmond, Ray County, MO

Besides that, James H was also a Christian and a Freemason of Liberty Lodge No. 31, A.F. & A.M. He was regarded as a good citizen, kind and loving husband and father.

James and Mary had nine sons (Spencer L, Jackson D, William F, Wallace Henry, Duncan Dowell, Samuel S, Daniel C, John O'Kelly, William O) and five daughters (Eliza A, Elizabeth Jane, Julia Ann, Anna Jo, Isabella).

Some sons of James Henry and Mary Ann's became physicians. Dr. Spencer Louis Gant (b. 17 April 1817, NC) lived with his 9 years younger wife Frances (nee Yancy) and their children in Gallatin, Clay County, MO (5).

Spencer was 17 when the family moved from North Carolina to Missouri. Two years later, he taught in a school in Clay County, MO. In 1947, he became a graduate of  St. Louis Medical College and started his work as a doctor. On 9 April, in the same year, Spencer Louis married Miss Frances Albina Yancy, the daughter of John Strother Yancey. Miss Frances was born on 5 August 1827 in Missouri. Spencer L. joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on 2 Dec. 1877. He was regarded as a skillful doctor and a gentleman. He belonged to the Nebraska City Lodge No. 12 A.F. & A.M. Dr. Spencer L. Gant passed away in 1877 in Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska where he had lived for about thirty years.

Jackson D Gant was born on 17 June 1822 in Orange County, NC. He was the fourth child and second son of James Henry and Mary Ann's. Jackson spent his early age on his father's farm, and he worked on the farm until he was 22. Later, he studied medicine at the St. Louis Medical College (1849-1854). In July 1854, after his college graduation, cousin Jackson came back to Missouri. He settled in Knoxville and practiced medicine there.

On 10 May 1855, Jackson married 15 years younger Mis Sarah A. Creason (b. 31 Oct. 1837 in Ray, MO). Sarah's parents were Goodwin and Sarah Creason.

Two years later, Dr. Jackson Gant opened a drug store. He had a farm as well - one thousand acres of land (eight hundred and forty acres were cultivated + six acres were an orchard), a house, barns and other farm buildings. Jackson was busy not only serving as the community doctor. Besides that, he was also engaged in raising the best brands of cattle. In addition to it all, Jackson D was an active and leading member of the Masonic Lodge (A.F. & A.M.). His wife Mary Ann, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. They had three daughters Marietta, Carrie F, Ida F (Marietta died young) and two sons William F and Samuel. The sons followed their father's footsteps and became doctors as well.

Jackson D Gant passed away on 15 Oct. 1898.

His youger brother William (b. in Oct. 1826) was a farmer. He married Miss Eliza Turner, born in 1826 in Ray, MO. In 1880, they lived with their children in Fishing River, Ray, Missouri. (1)

Missouri River

Not much is known about Wallace Henry Gant (b. about 1830, Orange, NC/d. 10 Feb. 1861, Holt, Missouri) besides that he was a wagon maker (2). On 1 Feb. 1855, Wallace married Miss Rebecca Catharine Allbright (b. 1835 in Clay, Missouri). The marriage ceremony took place in the county where the bride was born (3).

Fortescue, Holt, Missouri

James Henry's eighth child and sixth son was Duncan Dowell Gant (b. 14 May 1831, NC/d. 1 Nov. 1893) who also lived in Knoxville, Ray, MO. On 29 Nov. 1869, he married 18 years younger Miss Lucinda Elizabeth Grimes, the daughter of Major John James Grimes and Nancy T Kincaide. Lucinda was born on 10 June 1849. Duncan was a merchant (4) and a member of Cyrus Royal Arch Masons Chapter No. 36 of Richmond, Missouri. Duncan and Ludie had three children May Y, Daisy (died young) and Robert Kelly Guy.

Probably Daniel C Gant (b. Nov. 1836, Orange, NC/d. 29 May 1911) became a physician as well, however, I could not find any specific information on his life/career. At the age of 65, he lived in Liberty Township, Liberty City Ward 3-4, Clay, Missouri, at the estate of his brother Samuel (b. 23 Sept. 1826, Orange, NC/d. 20 Sept. 1907) together with their sister Isabella Wilson (b. May 1842, Ray, MO/d. 1892) who had been widowed a year ago. (6) The record does not include any details on Daniel's profession. Samuel was a livestock dealer (hog and cattle shipper).


John O'Kelly Gant (b. Feb. 1838, Orange, NC/d. 6 March 1910, Plattsburg, Clinton, Missouri) was a doctor as some of his older brothers. His first wife was probably Miss Hattie Simpson (b. 29 Sept. 1846/d. 2 April 1878). They had one son Daniel C. John remarried on 7 Sept. 1881, (7) his second wife was Elizabeth S Garner (b.10 March 1857, Richmond, ray, MO). They had at least one daughter.

Benjamin F Gant 

was a farmer. He probably moved to Missouri about 1835. In 1850, he lived with his second wife Sarah and children in District No. 75 of Ray County, MO. (8)

Joshua R Gant

married Miss Winniefred Ann Reeves on 26 August 1833. Joshua's wife was about 12 years younger than him. The couple and their three children migrated to Missouri in 1838. Their fourth child Cyrus D Gant was born on 10 Sept. of that year. In 1860, the family lived in Fishing River Twonship, Ray County Missouri. Joshua was a farmer (9). His real estate was worth $5300 and the value of his personal estate was $10000.

Joshua and his wife Winnifred had nine children - four daughters (Martha F, Charlotte A, Mary Artela and Virginia Emphraiah) and five sons (Thomas Reeves, William Reeves, Cyrus D, Joshua Butler, and Josephus P).

In 1568, the oldest daughter of Joshua R and Winnifred's, Martha (b. about 1835, NC) married Mr. Cyrus W. Clampitt (b. 24 October 1828, Indiana) a teacher and the headmaster of the school in Hardin, MO. Joshua's family lived in Crab Orchard, Ray, MO then.

Thomas Reeves Y Gant, Joshua's oldest son (b. 31 March 1836, Orange, NC/d. June 1925), worked on a farm and raised livestock for about 36 years. He married Anna E Hughes (b. 16 April 1839, Ray, MO) on 13 Nov. 1867. Thomas and Anna had five children (Ada F, John N, Anna Lee, Thomas E and Anna P) of which Anna P and Anna Lee died before 1881.

There is a record of Thomas R Gant who served in 3rd Regiment Missouri Infantry, Company C, who started his service as Private and finished as Corporal. However, I am not sure whether it was our cousin.

In 1872, Thomas, together with his brothers Joshua and Josephus, started a family business. The brothers owned a building in Vibbard - they succesfully ran a big store (dry goods) there. The store name was "T. R. Gant & Bros".Besides that, the brothers owned a telephone line which was between Vibbard and Excelsior Springs.

Late in his life, when he was 83, he lived with Winnifred, their daughter Ada F and her husband Goearge A Madden in Polk, Ray County, MO (10).

Cyrus Daniel Gant (b. 10 Sept. 1839, Ray County, MO), he started working for himself when he was 20 years old. During the Civil War, he joined the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, Company C of the Confederate Army. Cyrus was part of that unit for six months, later he was transferred to the 3rd Regiment of the Missouri Infantry. According to the "History of Ray County, MO" Private Cyrus D Gant took part in the following battles:

of Pea Ridge (March 1862),
Iuka (Sept. 1862),

Stones River (Dec. 1862),
Lexington (Dec. 1862),
Corinth (April/May 1862),
Grand Gulf (April 1863),
Black River (I guess the author meant Big Black River Bridge - May 1863),
Vicksburg (May/July 1863),
Atlanta (summer1864),
Kennesaw Mountain (June 1864),
Franklin (Nov. 1864).

He was wounded five times during the fights of the latter battle. Probably Cyrus Daniel was thought to be dead as he was left on the battlefield and later captured by the Union soldiers. At first, our Private was taken to Franklin and kept there for two months. Next, he was in the hospital in Nashville and then, as a prisoner in Camp Chase in Ohio till the 14th day of April 1865 when he was relesead.

Cyrus started his journey back home traveling on foot. Thanks to a friend whom he met on his way, he was able to pay for a steamboat passage, get home and reunite with his relatives who had not seen him for three years.

Steamboat 'Delta Queen'

On 17 Sept. 1866, cousin Cyrus married Miss Ella Hughes (b. 14 July 1847, Ray, MO) whose parents were Mr. John Hughes and his wife Deborah. Cyrus was a livestock trader.

In 1895, Cyrus, Ella and their children (William F, James N, Leila, Ora L, Maude, Ella and Annie) lived at 1412 Locust St., Kansas City, MO. In that year, the oldest son William who worked as a police court clerk, died of TB. James N is mentioned in the newspaper note regarding his brother's death. The note informs that James was a floorwalker in the Doggett dry goods store.

In 1900, Ella, Cyrus and their eight children lived in Precinct No. 11, Kansas City Ward 9, Jackson County, Missouri (11). In that Census record Cyrus Gant is listed as a livestock solicitor. Leila and Ora worked as dry goods store clerks. I assume it could have been the same store in which their older brother James was employed as well.

Cyrus lived seventy-four years, he passed on 19 Oct. 1913.

Joshua Butler Gant (b. 15 April 1848, Ray, MO) lived with their parents and worked on the family farm. He married Isabell Ralph (b. 30 Oct. 1852, Ray, MO), daughter of Arthur Bradford Ralph Sr. and Mary Walker Brashear. The marriage took place on 23 Sept. 1884 (12).

In 1877, Joshua, together with his brothers got engaged in the work in the store which they had in Vibbard.

The Census of 1900 recorded that Joshua B and his wife Ella lived in Columbia Ward 1, Boone, Missouri (13).

Joshua died at the age of 71, on 14 May 1919.

Josephus Palestine Gant (b. 7 Nov. 1851, Ray, MO) married Miss Jennie M Bissell (b. 3 May 1855, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio) on 25 March 187. In 1910, Joe, Jennie and Jennie's niece lived in Columbia Ward 2, Boone, Missouri.

Joseph worked as a grocery salesman and rented rooms to three ladies/boarders (14). He lived eighty-six years - died on 7 Sept. 1937.

William Reeves Gant (b. about 1837, Orange, NC) was recorded in the census of 1850 - he lived at home (Roy, MO) with his parents and siblings (8), but there is no note regarding him in the Census 1860 (15). Who knows what happened to him, maybe he had moved or died?

UPDATE:

My recent findings

Daniel (?) married Miss Patsy Aldridge on 20 April 1868, in Johnson, Missouri (16).

Samuel married Henrietta Dunning on 8 February 1915, in Clay, MO (17).

Sources:

• Free online version of "History of Ray County, MO., Carefully Written and Completed from The Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of the Townships, City, Towns and Villages, together with a Condenced History of Missouri; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War; General and Local Statistics; Miscellany; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified With The Interest of the County.", published by St Louis: Missouri Historical Company, 1881
• findagrave.com
• National Park Service, The Civil War, Soldiers and Sailors Database

Records

• 1) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FH-C6Q : 26 August 2017), William Gant, Fishing River, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 132, sheet 322C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0713; FHL microfilm 1,254,713.
• 2) "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-5QM : 12 April 2016), Anna Allin in household of James H Gant, Ray county, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing family 1175, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• (3) "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DP-6CF : 11 February 2018), Willis Henry Gant and Rebeca Catharine Allbright, 01 Feb 1855; citing Clay,Missouri; FHL microfilm 955,303.
• 4) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FH-QSX : 26 August 2017), DD Gant, Knoxville, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 129, sheet 293A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0713; FHL microfilm 1,254,713.
• (5) "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ7-GKQ : 12 April 2016), Spencer Gant, Gallatin, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing family 425, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• (6) United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CH-DH3 : accessed 7 February 2019), Daniel Gant in household of Saml S Gant, Liberty Township Liberty city Ward 3-4, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 9A, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,849.
• (7) "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DQ-2N1 : 11 February 2018), John O. K. Gant and Elizabeth Garner, 07 Sep 1881; citing Ray,Missouri; FHL microfilm 959,722.
• (8) "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-VMQ : 12 April 2016), Frances Gant in household of Benjamin Gant, Ray county, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing family 502, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• (9) "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-M4S : 14 December 2017), Joshua Gant, 1860.
• (10) "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CG-N2K : accessed 7 February 2019), Thomas R Gant, Polk, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing ED 143, sheet 8A, line 33, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 942; FHL microfilm 1,820,942.
• (11) "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZS-NQG : accessed 8 February 2019), Cyrus Gant, Precinct 11 Kansas City Ward 9, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 6A, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,863.
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• (14) "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T4-5ZN : accessed 11 February 2019), Joe P Gant, Columbia Ward 2, Boone, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 3A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 770; FHL microfilm 1,374,783
• (15) "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-M4Q : 14 December 2017), Reeves Gant in entry for Joshua Gant, 1860.
• (16) "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28V-GJ7 : 18 January 2020), Daniel Gant, 1868.
•  (17) "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQPC-F8PZ : 18 January 2020), S. S. Gant, 1915.

Pictures:

• Missouri map: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=558920
• Richmond courthouse, Ray, MO: By JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23130150
• Fortescue, MO: By Ichabod - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30160865
• Missouri River: MicaelaYoung [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
• Battle of Iuka: By Map by Hal Jespersen, www.posix.com/CW, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9771924
• Steamboat: By Shadle - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4137300