BIOGRAPHIES:  Duncan GRANT, Gale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Duncan Grant, a prosperous agriculturist operating a farm of 274
acres in section 5-32 E, Gale Township, was born on the farm on which
he now lives, Feb. 1, 1870, son of Duncan and Elizabeth (Dick) Grant.
His parents were natives of Ayrshire, Scotland, the father born March
5, 1837, and the mother about 1847.  Duncan Grant, the elder, came to
America in 1851, locating first in Kentucky, in which state he
resided three or four years, and then came to Trempealeau County,
Wis.  He was married in Gale Township and settled on the farm now
owned by his son and namesake, and engaged in agriculture.  Here he
resided until 1913, when he took up his residence with his son-in-
law, Andrew Cook, of Gale Township, where he is now living.  His wife
died about 1881.  They were the parents of eight children.

Duncan Grant, the second of the name, was the fourth born child in
his parents' family.  He attended the Grant school in district No. 7,
Gale Township, and was at an early age initiated into agricultural
work, being set to work as soon as he could handle a team.  Before he
was of age he took charge of the farm and has since operated it,
becoming its owner by purchase when he was 29 years old.  He is
engaged in general farming and stockraising, and is doing a large and
profitable business.  He is a stockholder in the Arctic Springs
Creamery, the Farmers Exchange Elevator and the La Crosse Packing
Company.  April 25, 1906, Mr. Grant was married to Henrietta Lowner,
a native of Holland and daughter of Martin and Helen (Bymers) Lowner.
Her parents, who were both born in Holland, came to the United States
about 1893, locating near Amsterdam, in La Crosse County, where Mr.
Lowner found employment on farms, and where he died about 1902.  His
wife now resides at Council Bay, that county.  They had seven
children, Henrietta being the fourth in order of birth.  Mr. and Mrs.
Grant are the parents of four children:  Helen Elizabeth, Russell
Vernon, Thomas Glenn and Arvilla May.  He belongs to the order of
Beavers and in politics is an independent Republican.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," pages 491-492.


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