EBENEZER GRANGER
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Ebenezer A Granger, was born, 2 November, 1834 in the province of Ontario, Canada, a son of Abial C. and Melissa (Gleason) Granger. When he was seven years old, the family arrived in DeKalb Co, Illinois. The mother and youngest daughter died in 1842 from a milk sickness . Ebenezer worked on the family farm and there he received a common school education, and passed his youth. On 22 Feb 1856, he married Olive Marsh in DeKalb Co. Illinois. She was born in the state of New York and traveled to Illinois with her parents as a young child. Prior to their marriage, in the fall of 1855, Mr. Granger came to Iowa and located in Bremer County. He then returned to DeKalb county for his wife and in the spring of 1866 brought his bride to the pioneer home in Iowa which he established. Family members of the Granger and Marsh families made the overland trip together to Bremer County, Iowa and have separate listings in the 1919 History. In subsequent years he increased his holdings to 320 acres and resided upon the farm until 1888, when he rented the farm to a son, Lester A Granger, and moved to Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa. Here he became the president of the Nashua Water Power Company and was a dominant factor in the management of the corporation, continuing in that capacity until his death, which occurred in October, 1907, when he was in his 74th year. His widow survived him until June 1917, passing away at the age of seventy-six years.
Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, Page 469, (Parent of W. A. Granger and Lester A Granger in listings)
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Ebenezer A. GRANGER was born Nov 2, 1834 in Vermont and Olive (MARSH) GRANGER (picture insert) was born, March 10, 1838 in New York. They were married in Dekalb County, Illinois and in 1856 he brought his bride to Bremer County Iowa, and then they moved to Nashua, Chickasaw County in 1888. He became president of the Nashua Water Power Company. Ebenezer died Oct 5, 1907 and Olive died Aug 26, 1917; both are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Nashua. Of the four children born to Ebenezer & Olive GRANGER, three sons, William, Adolphus, and Lester now live in Chickasaw County, while daughter Ellia resides in Washington.
Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, Synopsis of pages 454 - 465
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