A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . er of the Auburn Banner at the grandfather, Dr. Isaac Grant (descendantof Matthew Grant, surveyor, who came toAmerica in 1630, and the great-great-great-grandfather of General U. S. Grant), was sixyears a soldier of the Revolution, participatingin a number of battles, notably the stormingof Stony Point, and enduring the privationsof Valley Forge and horrors of the old JerseyPrison Ship. His grandmother was HannahTracy, descendant of Lieutenant ThomasTracy, a soldier
A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . er of the Auburn Banner at the grandfather, Dr. Isaac Grant (descendantof Matthew Grant, surveyor, who came toAmerica in 1630, and the great-great-great-grandfather of General U. S. Grant), was sixyears a soldier of the Revolution, participatingin a number of battles, notably the stormingof Stony Point, and enduring the privationsof Valley Forge and horrors of the old JerseyPrison Ship. His grandmother was HannahTracy, descendant of Lieutenant ThomasTracy, a soldier of the Colonial wars, whoreturned to America in 1636, son of GovernorWilliam Tracy, who landed with his colony inAirginia, (1620), a descendant of the Saxonkings, and Baron Sire de Tracie, an ofilicer inthe army of William the Conqueror. Hismother was Betsey Keeney-Grant. daughter ofCapt. Joshua Keeney and Phoebe Sturdevant-Keeney, wealthy families of the Wyoming Val-ley, Pennsylvania. Captain Grant attended the seminary, nowcollege, at Albion, Michigan, and completedhis studies in the Polytechnic School at Frank-. ^ rjT(xT^^ri^ei^/£t/ (f7iAA-t^
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