Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Abraham Grandstaff (b. 1838)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.812

 
Abraham Grandstaff is a native Missourian, having been born in Boone
county, in the year 1838. There he received a district school education,
and lived until 1859, when he removed to Frankstown, Douglass county,
Colorado, thirty miles south of Denver, where he was engaged for a
number of years in farming. He came back to Missouri in 1864, settling
in Ray county, and shortly afterward purchased the farm he now
owns and lives upon, and which is situated two miles east of Hardin, on
the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad. Mr. Grandstaff was married
in 1864, to Miss Susan Dehart, a native of Indiana. This union was
blessed with three children: Sarah, John, and Samuel, all still living.
Mr. G. owns one of the finest farms in Crooked River township, in a fine
state of cultivation and highly improved. He is a prominent and highly
respected citizen of the section where he lives.

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