Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....LeGrand, James M. September 21 1850 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JAMES M. AND WILLIAM C. LEGRAND, constituting the firm of LeGrand Brothers,
are the most prominent business men of Weaver's station, Ala. James M. was born
in Alabama, September 16, 1852; William C. was born in Georgia, September 21,
1850 - sons of Joshua C. and Martha A. (Watson) LeGrand, both natives of
Georgia. The father enlisted in the late war in 1863 in the Thirty-first Georgia
regiment at Atlanta, Ga. He was a large planter, also a teacher in the common
schools. He was a son of William and Sarah (Snell) LeGrand, both natives of
South Carolina. William LeGrand was a son of a native of France, who came to
America in an early day and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Martha
A. LeGrand was born in Georgia, daughter of Calvin and Mollie (Holbrook) Watson,
both natives of South Carolina. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and
the son of a Revolutionary soldier. James M. LeGrand first followed teaching
school six years; in 1831 he married Carrie S. Evins, daughter of B. S. and
Louisa (Williamson) Evins. The parents were both natives of Georgia and came to
Alabama in 1852. The father is one of the leading physicians of Alabama, now at
White Plains. To the marriage of James M. have been born five children: Clem E.,
Charles E., John T. Lelia S. and William B. The mother was born and reared in
Alabama and she and husband are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
William C. LeGrand came to Alabama with his parents, and, like his brother,
received but a common education. In 1888 he and his brother engaged in the
mercantile business at Weaver's Station and since that time have conducted a
prosperous business; in 1892 they entered into the cotton business and are the
only cotton buyers at Weaver's Station. He and his brother began business on
borrowed capital, and by close application to business and untiring enery they
have made a great success. They are both prominent citizens of the county and
have the entire confinence of all who know them.

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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 600-601

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