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Wallace Calhoun Grant 

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Benjamin Andrew Grant Jr.
6/16/1815 - 7/12/1893

Sarah Ray McAnulty
3/3/1816 - 3/4/1899
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Wallace Calhoun Grant
11/12/1850 - 7/18/1893
(Shown at age 40)
Wallace Calhoun Grant was born on November 12, 1850 in Chester County, South Carolina and died on July 18, 1893 in Bascom, Florida. He lived to be 42 years old.

Children:
Charlie P.(2/ 14/ 1871 -3/ 9/ 1933)
Mary Ada (8/21/1873-4/20/1963) -married Joseph Henry Bevis
Emmett Alonzo (3/18/1876-4/27/1949)
Lillian Telulah (12/17/1879-3/16/1967)
Maggie Gertude (10/31/1884-10/15/1984)
Leslie L.(10/13/ 1890 -2/ 21/ 1993)
Records
Census7/26/1860 AL (Walker County) 9 yrs old 
Recorded as family #535: Benjamin Grant (age 45), Sarah (age 44), Newton C. (age 16), Martha (age 12), Wallis C. (age 10) and Shalotte R. (age 6). All were born in SC. Benjamin is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate at $500 and personal estate at $100. 
Census6/8/1880 FL (Jackson County) 29 yrs old 
Recorded as family #137: W. C. Grant (age 29), S. B. (wife, age 32), Charles P. (son, age 9), Mary A. (daughter, age 7), Emmet A. (son, age 4) and Lillian T. (daughter, age 6 months). W. C. is a farmer and both he and his parents were born in SC. S. B. was born in GA as were her parents. All of the children were born in FL. 
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Graveyard/Tombstone7/19/1893 Bascom Cem., Altha FL (Calhoun County) 42 yrs old 
W. G. Grant - born Nov. 12 1850 died July 19 1893  

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5 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
11 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
14 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
15 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
15 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
20 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
32 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
33 1883 Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co.
34 1884 Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles.
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3 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
6 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
9 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
15 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
19 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
27 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
29 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
39 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
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11 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
12 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
32 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
35 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
AgeDateEvent
10 1860 About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.
18 1868 South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.
AgeDateEvent
5 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
10 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
12 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
13 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
15 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
18 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
25 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
26 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
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Sarah Bevis
Born on December 9, 1848 and died on July 14, 1936.
They were married 12/11/1869.

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The Children of Wallace Calhoun Grant

19 years old
Charles Pomroy Grant
Born in Bascom, Florida on February 14, 1871 and died in Bascom, Florida on March 9, 1933. He was 62 years old.

Occupation: Farmer. Burial at Bascom Methodist Cemetery....
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17 years old
Mary Ada Grant
Born somewhere in Florida on August 21, 1873 and died somewhere in Florida on April 20, 1963. She was 89 years old.

She married Joseph Henry Bevis...
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14 years old
Emmett Alonzo Grant
Born somewhere in Florida on March 18, 1876 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on April 27, 1949. He was 73 years old.

He married Ada Frances Nichols (4/ 16/ 1883 - 12/14/ 1960)
Children:
John W. Grant (1905-1936)
Betty Hill Grant (8/30/1907 - 8/11/1912)...
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11 years old
Lillian Telulah Grant
Born in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on December 17, 1879 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on March 16, 1967. She was 87 years old.

She married James Marion Westbrook (1862 GA - 1929 Jackson Co., FL)

Children:
Devilla Elizabeth Westbrook (1901 - 1982)
James Arthur Westbrook (1903-1991)
Mabel Westbrook (1906...
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86 years old
Maggie Gertrude Grant
Born in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on October 31, 1884 and died in Jasper, Florida on October 15, 1984. She was 100 years old.

She married Wesley Lewis Messer (12/30/ 1882 FL - 5/ 5/1935)
Children:
Bernice E. Messer -married Clarence Nathaniel Kirkland
Enid Messer - Jack F. Boone
Bertha M. Messer - Fle...
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55 years old
Leslie Lathram Grant
Born in Bascom, Florida on October 13, 1890 and died somewhere in Florida on February 21, 1993. He was 102 years old.

Had three children: Leslie, James & Sara Pauline Grant (10/15/1922 - 5/15/1924)...
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