Excerpt from A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol. 2 Kent, England, June 9, 1816. They had eleven children, of whom they reared seven to years of maturity. They lost twin sons by death. Henry A. Gransbury, who was born at Courtright Center, Delaware coun ty, New York, December 31, 1829, was the seventh child of his parents and the onlv one of their sons born in America who is now living. His brother, John, is a re tired fruit grower and lives near Walton, New York. He had five sons in the Union army during the ...
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Excerpt from A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol. 2 Kent, England, June 9, 1816. They had eleven children, of whom they reared seven to years of maturity. They lost twin sons by death. Henry A. Gransbury, who was born at Courtright Center, Delaware coun ty, New York, December 31, 1829, was the seventh child of his parents and the onlv one of their sons born in America who is now living. His brother, John, is a re tired fruit grower and lives near Walton, New York. He had five sons in the Union army during the Civil war and one of them was shot through the head. T'wo sons of Oliver Gransbury, another of Mr. Grans bury's brothers, ere soldiers in the Civil war also, and when it is stated that John, George and Oliver Gransbury all periled their lives on southern battlefields in defense of the stars and stripes and that Oliver was killed in battle and was buried near where he fell, no room is left for doubt that mem bers of this family were actuated by patri otic love of country, whether that of their birth or of their adoption. Stephen Grans bury, Sr., was a British soldier in London when Queen Victoria was crowned, and loyal as he was to the parent country his descendants wereno less loyal to America in her time of need. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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