Joseph Grant

Joseph Grant - was born in Sandusky county, March 9, 1826, and settled in this county in 1876. On the 25th day of June, 1877, he was killed by the falling of a tree. He, in company with his son Francis, and his son-in-law, went into the woods to make ties; they cut down a tree which in falling, struck another, and threw it back, or to one side, and before Mr. Grant could escape, it fell on to and completely crushed him. A wife and seven children were left to mourn his loss. In the Fall of the same year the family was attached with typhoid fever which took one, Josephine, from their flock. On the 8th of June, 1854, Sarah M. Netcher became Mrs. Joseph Grant; she was born in Pennsylvania, March 2, 1831. Her parents were natives of Germany; her father, Francis Netcher, was born in December 28, 1802 and died in 1880; her mother, Elizabeth (Miller) Netcher, was born in 1810 and died in 1850. Her children are: Catherine, born August 7, 1855; Christina, March 6, 1858, died November 29, 1873; Sarah Josephine, May 6, 1860, died November 16, 1877; Rebecca Jane, December 3, 1863; Frances Merian, December 15, 1865; John Franklin, April 28, 1868; Burton and Herbert, July 24, 1871. Business, farming. Address, Defiance, Paulding county, Ohio.