Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
1887, Boone Co.

J. FRANK GRANT was born September 1, 1843, in Louisville, Ky., and is
a son of Dr. E. L. Grant, now of Boone County, Ky., who was born in
Campbell County.  E. L Grant is a son of William and Mary (Graves)
Grant, and William Mosby Grant was a son of John and Mary (Mosby) 
Grant, who were natives of North Carolina.  The father of John Grant 
was William, and his mother was a sister of Daniel Boone.  The Grants
came from Scotland about 1700.  The mother of our subject was Jane R. 
(Prest) Grant, daughter of James A. and Jane (McCullough) Prest; she 
was born on the Island of Malta, March 31, 1816; her father was born in
London, January 22, 1786; he was a merchant and banker in Malta, 
migrated to Montreal in 1818, and in 1828 removed to Philadelphia, 
Penn., in 1830 to Harrisburg, and in 1834 to Louisville, Ky., where he 
died in 1839. He and his entire family were Episcopalians in religion. 
Jan McCullough, a daughter of Kenneth McCullough, of Glasgow, Scotland, 
was born May 22, 1781, in London, and died February 11, 1869.  Her 
brother, William, was an officer in the British navy.  Dr. E. L. 
Grant, the father of our subject, was born in 1816.  He graduated at 
Augusta College, Ky., in 1839, and at Louisville Medical College in 
1841, practicing his profession in Boone and Kenton Counties for many 
years.  He is a member of the Swedenborgian Church.  J. Frank Grant, 
the eldest in a family of six, was educated in the schools of his 
county and by his mother and aunt.  He followed farming until 1870, 
when he began merchandising at Petersburg, Boone County, where he now 
owns a large store, besides other valuable property.  In 1883-84 he was 
Grand Master of the I.O.O.F., of Kentucky.  In 1865 he married Miss 
Franklinea Garnett, daughter of B. F. and Elizabeth C. (Wilhoit) 
Garnett, the latter a Virginian of German descent, and the former a 
farmer.  Mr. Grant is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
Swedenborgian Church.

Grant Graves Mosby Prest McCullough Garnett Wilhoit
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Louisville-Jefferson-KY Kenton-KY Campbell-KY NC PA Scotland England 
Canada Island_of_Malta

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