California Biographies

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin 
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from 
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176


W. H. GRANT. Numbered among the horticulturists of Tulare county is W. H. Grant, who 
is located on a ranch of thirty-nine acres, of which thirty-five is given over to the cultivation 
of oranges, all bearing navels. Mr. Grant is a native of Cherryfield, Me., where he was born 
February 3, 1869. His father, Timothy L. Grant, was a New England farmer. A descend- 
ant of patriotic ancestry he enlisted in a Maine regiment during the Civil war and served until 
its close. His wife, formerly Mary Willie, a native of Maine, is also living, their home being 
still in that state. The eldest of five living children, W. H. Grant was reared to young manhood 
in his native state, receiving a good education through the medium of the public and high 
schools in the vicinity of his home. In manhood he became connected with the George Emory 
Company, of Boston, who were engaged in getting out mahogany lumber in Central America. 
He" was sent to that country, where he remained for four years, and was then located in the 
northern part of Minnesota. Finally resigning his position with this firm, he went to Minneap- 
olis, Minn., where he accepted a like position with another lumber firm. In Eveleth, Minn., 
April 16, 1904, he was united in marriage with Eda F. Conway, the daughter of Thomas A. 
Conway, whose biographical sketch follows. After his marriage Mr. Grant came to California, 
locating upon a ranch of thirty-nine acres. This is all under irrigation from the Pioneer Ditch, 
in which company Mr. Grant is interested. He is also identified with the Zante Citrus Associa- 
tion. Fraternally Mr. Grant was made a Mason in Cherryfield, Me., and both himself and wife 
are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Politically he is a stanch advocate of the prin- 
ciples of the Republican party.