Darius Simpson Grant

Brief Life History of Darius Simpson

When Darius Simpson Grant was born on 25 January 1830, in Seneca, New York, United States, his father, John S. Grant, was 43 and his mother, Phoebe Covert, was 38. He married Minerva Boyle Bovee about 1852, in Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Dover Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 23 September 1864, in Dimondale, Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Dimondale, Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Darius Simpson Grant
1830–1864
Minerva Boyle Bovee
1833–1905
Marriage: about 1852
Almon H. Grant
1853–1931
Byron Matthias Grant
1854–1934
Lora Adelia Grant
1857–1939

Sources (8)

  • Damius S Grant, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Darwin Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Daniel Grant in entry for Almon H. Grant and Flora E. Carriel, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

World Events (7)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.

English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.

Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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