Bio of GRANT, Archibald, Wright Co., MN
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1089   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY  

Archibald Grant, one of the sturdy pioneers and home builders of 
Wright county, was born in Glengarry, of Scotch ancestry. He was 
married at Hamilton, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, to Eliza 
Wilson, a native of Hamilton. With their one child, John, they came 
to Minnesota in 1857. They arrived at St. Anthony, now a part of 
Minneapolis, by boat, and drove to Buffalo. Upon their arrival here 
they located on a homestead near the present village limits. Mr. Grant 
erected one of the best log houses to be found at that time in the 
county. The logs were hewn inside and out, and in many ways the place 
possessed more comforts than were usually found in a pioneer home, the 
fact that Mr. Grant was a carpenter by trade making it possible for him 
to manufacture many conveniences for his family. During the Indian scare 
of 1862-63 he returned to Belle Ewart, Province of Quebec, Canada. When 
he again reached Wright county he found his comfortable home occupied 
and his claim "jumped." Therefore he homesteaded eighty acres four miles
northwest of Buffalo, now owned by Frank Ward. On this tract, Mr. Grant 
erected the frame house that is still standing. There he lived until his 
death in 1883, at the age of 57. His good wife is still living at the age 
of seventy-six. In the family there were seven childen: John, Angus H., 
Archibald, Alonzo, Harriet, Ulysses S. and George. Ulysses S. died in 
infancy.