From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 10:41 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Page.Granville.R.1817.Warren.BIOS Granville R. Page January 1817 - Warren County KyArchives Biography Author: Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri, Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893 GRANVILLE R. PAGE, an early and honored pioneer and extensive agriculturist of Dover Township, La Fayette County, Mo., owns a finely cultivated farm of three hundred and twenty-one and a-half acres, located upon section 13, township 50, range 26. Upright in character, temperate in habits, and public-spirited in action, our subject has always been identified with the march of improvement, and ever taken a leading part in the local enterprises of his neighborhood. Widely known and highly respected, he is thoroughly at home in the history of the early days, and the progressive advancement of each prominent interest is as familiar to him as the daily recurring events of the past year. The Page family were among the early immigrants to America, and are of Scotch and English descent. The first representative of the branch of the Pages to which belongs Granville R. settled in Virginia in the latter part of the sixteenth century. John Page, the American statesman born in Virginia in 1743, was an intimate friend of Thomas Jefferson and a member of the Colonial Council. During the Revolutionary struggle he rendered important services to the Government and freely contributed from his private purse to the public cause. In 1802 he was elected Governor of Virginia, and during his lifetime occupied many positions of trust, and passed away in 1808, his death being mourned a national loss. The parents of our subject, Axel H. and Sarah (Ennis) Page, were both native Virginians, as were the paternal and maternal grandparents. The maternal grandfather was John Ennis, well known as a man of influence and position in the Old Dominion, while Grandfather Joseph Page has also a large circle of friends, whose respect and esteem he fully possessed. Axel H. Page made his home in Kentucky, and in this latter State Granville R. was born in the month of January, 1817, his birthplace being Warren County, where he remained until ten years of age, when, with his parents he removed to La Fayette County, Mo. The family settled in Dover Township, and here, nearly sixty-six years ago, our subject went to school in the little log house where the scholars received their early instruction. At nineteen years of age Mr. Page, who had been trained in agricultural duties at home, began farming on his own account, and in 1836 located in Platte County, Mo., where he remained eighteen months. In 1838 our subject returned to La Fayette County, and in the fall of 1841 settled upon his present farm, and for the first two years lived in a log cabin, but then built a more modern and commodious abode. During the first years of his agricultural experience in his present location Mr. Page raised hemp extensively, but after the war devoted himself more to general farming and stock-raising, handling chiefly graded Shorthorns. For some time he bought and shipped large numbers of stock, and, year after year, has increased his possessions by industry and capable management. Our subject, while a kind friend and true neighbor, is opposed to secret organizations, and has never affiliated with any order. Once a Whig, later a pronounced Democrat, he voted for Henry Clay, and is a firm advocate of the time-honored Jeffersonian Democracy. July 23, 1855, occurred the first marriage of Mr. Page, who was then united with Miss Mary A. Ridge, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of William Ridge, who was born in Kentucky, but who removed to Missouri with his family in the fall of 1834. Mrs. Page became the mother of quite a family of children, five of whom are now living: William A., John (deceased), Sara F., Nancy, Mary E., Eliza J. (deceased), and Alice L., the youngest daughter, who still survives. January 1, 1856, our subject contracted his second marriage, his present wife having been the sharer of his joys and sorrows for thirty- seven years. Mrs. Lucinda (Johnson) Page is the daughter of William Johnson, a native of Tennessee, who came to Missouri in 1819, and who experienced the struggles and triumphs of the early settlers in the Territory. The ancestors of Mrs. Page were of English descent, but her paternal grandfather was one of the Revolutionary heroes who fought for God and liberty. Mr. and Mrs. Page have been the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living: Lou Ella, Jennie B., George A., Ida L., Benjamin L., Heber, Joseph J. and Temple R. Mr. and Mrs. Page and their family, now variously located, are all numbered among the useful and energetic citizens who are important factors in the upbuilding and permanent advancement of national interests, and are all esteemed for their upright and honorable methods in the daily business of life. Many of the early settlers of Missouri have passed away, and the remaining pioneers now and then gather together to once more recount the experiences of yore, and among the organizations of La Fayette County is the Old Men's Club, of which association Mr. Page is an active and honored member. Mr. and Mrs. Page are both valued members of the Christian Church, with which religious denomination our subject has been actively connected for fifty-six years. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 Additional Comments: Comment: Disregard that 2nd paragraph about Gov. John Page - no known connection to this line of Pages. Contributed by Don Page - depage@ipa.net This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/