Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Grant, Thomas 1860 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

THOMAS GRANT.

    Thomas Grant, numbered among the wide-awake and progressive business men of
Lake county, Indiana, is now engaged in merchandising in Lowell and is also
filling the position of township trustee, being active and influential in
community affairs. He was born in Lowell on the 13th of September. 1865, and is
a son of Thomas Grant, who was born in Scotland and came to America when a young
man, locating in Chicago. Subsequently he removed to this county, settling in
Lowell in 1860. He assisted in building the mill here, but his business career
was early terminated by death. He died in the south when his son Thomas was but
nine months old.

    Thomas Grant was early thrown upon his own resources, for when a youth of
only nine years he began working by the month as a farm hand. He also worked as
a section hand for three years on the Monon Railroad, after which he learned the
carpenter's trade and followed that pursuit for ten years. As time passed he
prospered in his undertaking because of his economy and diligence, and on
retiring from active connection with carpentering he invested the capital he had
acquired in a mercantile enterprise in Lowell, becoming a partner of his brother
James. This business connection was formed in 1900, and they now carry a large
and well selected line of general merchandise. Mr. Grant of this review is also
a stockholder in the Lowell National Bank and his efforts are an important
factor in promoting commercial activity and prosperity in his town.

    In 1893 Mr. Grant was united in marriage to Miss Gracie Nichols, a daughter
of W. C. and Mary Nichols. They have one son, Byrl. Mr. Grant is a stanch
Republican, taking an active interest in the work and success of his party, and
in 1900 he was elected township trustee, which position he is now filling.
Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias lodge No. 300, at
Lowell, and with the Masonic order. Having spent his entire life in Lowell he is
well known in this portion of the county, and his life history is as an open
book which all may read. His friends entertain for him warm regard, for he has
ever commanded their respect and confidence, and because of his prominence in
public and business affairs he well deserves mention as one of the
representative citizens of this part of the state.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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