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James W. Grant July 13, 1830 - unknown
Garrard County KyArchives Biography

Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, Volume 5

DR JAMES W. GRANT was born July 13, 1830, in Washington Co. Va., and is the son 
of Hugh M. and Matilda (Nordyke) Grant, natives of Washington County, Va. Hugh 
M. Grant was born February 14, 1805; his wife was four years younger. He was a 
man with only an ordinary education, which he had succeeded in getting by self- application and later in life learned dentistry. He was reared on a farm and 
lived there until after his wife's death in 1832; in 1833 he went to Cahaba, 
Ala., where he met and married Mrs. Caroline C. Cummings, whose maiden name was 
McChord; he then went to Selma, Ala. About 1845 he lost his second wife and 
returned to Virginia, where he married his third wife, Sophia M. Price. The 
children by this last marriage wee threes sons and six daughters. He was a 
Presbyterian in religion; at the time of his death was living in Fincastle, Va. 
Hugh M. Grant was a son of James and Janet (McGinnis) Grant. James Grant was 
born in Lenoir County, N.C., in 1k777; his wife was born in Washington Co. Va. 
He reared a family of eight sons and two daughters; was a farmer of Virginia, to which State he had moved when a young man. His religion was Presbyterian and in politics he was a Whig. He died in 1847; his parents came from the highlands of Scotland. He had an uncle, John Grant, who had a dream that he would die in ten years, which came true. Janet McGinnis was a daughter of Archibald McGinnis, who was born and reared in Ireland. He immigrated to America with Mary Scott and her parents, marrying her and settling in Virginia, where they reared a family. Archibald McGinnis was the younger son of an Irish gentleman, and therefore not entitled to patrimony. He determined to leave the "auld country" and seek his fortune in the New World. After having paid his passage, at the moment of his embarking at Cork, his oldest brother, Hugh McGinnis, who had not before learned of his intentions, followed him to the wharf and offered him a half of his estate, whose castle could be seen in the distance, if he would return. But Archibald McGinnis cared more for Mary Scott, who was on board, than for his brother or Irish lands. They came from County Down, Ireland. Matilda
(Nordyke) Grant was a daughter of Bennajah and Jane
(Foley) Nordyke, natives respectively of New Jersey and Virginia. Mr. Nordyke was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and with his family came to Lincoln County, Ky., about 1838, and settled at Crab Orchard, where he died about 1862, aged ninety-eight years. His ancestors came from Holland; he was a Baptist, and in politics a Whig. Dr. J. W. Grant was reared on a farm, attended Emory and Henry College for two years, after which he began the study of dentistry. After an experience of four years he attended dental college in Baltimore; in 1854 received his diploma; located in Holly Springs, Miss., the following year; four months later located in Crab Orchard, Ky; in October, 1857 located in Lancaster, where he has lived and practiced his profession ever since, securing a large and extended practice. December 23, 1858, he married Emily P. Graham, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy (Price) Graham, natives of Garrard County. Nancy (Price) Graham was the daughter of Col. William Price of Garrard County, and Lucy
(Jennings) Price, who was of the noted Jennings ancestry, descended from Humphrey Jennings, a title English nobleman of royal lineage. Mr. Graham was an attorney; he enlisted in the Mexican war, was quartermaster with rank of major, and was killed by guerrilas. Dr. Grant and wife have been blessed with six children: Ida May, Lucy Jennings, Nannie, Hugh McKee, Nellie (deceased), and Lilla Dale Price. The Doctor is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church; the wife, of the Christian Church. He is a leading member of the Masonic fraternity; cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Scott; since the war has affiliated with the Democratic party.


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