Obituary:
Nancy C. Grant, daughter of Jordan and Mary Grant was born in Dade county Missouri Nov. 16, 1846, and departed this life Jan. 24, 1934, aged 87 years 2 months and 8 days, and with the exception of occasional visits to other states has spent her long and useful life in the land of her birth. She was the fourth in point of age in a family of nine children. Those preceding her in death were Mrs. Elizabeth Mabes, Richard Grant, James A. Grant, and Mrs. Louise Smith. Those of her brothers and sisters who survive are Jasper N. Grant of Everton, Mo., Mrs. Callie Stoddard [Sarah Frances Studdard] of Mountain Home, Ark., Mrs. Martha Smith of Everton, Mo., and Mrs. D. B. Drisdel [Sister, Parthena "Thenie" Drisdel} of Everton, in whole home and in whose tender care she spent the closing months of her life.

She was united in marriage with Thomas J. Divine about the year 1867 [Jan. 14, 1866], the husband dying about the year 1916. To this union seven children were born, four of whom lived to maturity and became heads of families. They are Jasper, whose location is not known, at present, Newton of Cochran Calif., Mrs. Mollie Duncan of Greenfield and James now deceased.

Besides her immediate family she leaves 19 grand children and several great grandchildren.

Aunt Clate Divine was a remarkable woman and lived an eventful life of service in every community where she lived. To those in distress and sorrow she was a ministering angel, carrying a ray of sunshine and gladness wherever she went, and in long confinement preceding the death of her companion she cared for him with that patient devotion which only the true wife and mother possesses.

Born in 1846, she was just emerging from girlhood when the ravages of the Civil war were sweeping the land, yet during that mighty period she performed heroically what ever task confronted, whether household durries or driving the ox team on the farm, this learning in early life that the only service worth while was that which lightened the burdens of others, and made the world a little brighter wherever she went.

She was a life long Christian having made a profession of religion in earl life, uniting with the Baptist church and later with her husband uniting with the Christian church in Seybert of which she was a faithful member till death.

She was a member of the Order of the Rebekahs, and lived the principles of that noble order.

She will be missed by a host of friends who came under the influence of her life and example, in a special way in the communities where she has lived. To those who knew her best, the loss will be the greatest. She closed her good life in the home of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Drisdell, where she was cared for with a patient devotion, which only a sister can bestow, denying themselves that they might add to her comfort and minister to her wants in her affliction.

January 24, brought to a close her long and useful life, filled with good deeds, noble sacrifices and a life-long devotion to the things that were right. Peace to her memory.

Funeral services were conducted by Tom Procter in the Christian church at Dadeville. Interim was in the Fanning cemetery.

The Greenfield Vidette, Greenfield, Missouri
01 Feb 1934, Thu • Page 8

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The date of death for Aunt Clate on her cemetery stone is incorrect. Her death certificate stated 1933 and 1934 until a supplementary death certificate was issued stating 1934 (Death Certificate #639). Also, her obituary appeared in the "Vedette", the Greenfield, Missouri newspaper, in 1934.

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Nancy Clayton Grant was named after her great grandfather, Clayton Morgan Stockton. She was a Great Aunt to my mother, Hester Hazel Sims Fallwell. My Mom remembered her as such a happy person and said Aunt Clate laughed all the time and was such a joy to be around.

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REMINISCING by Walter Smith
(The following is an excerpt from his daily column when writing for an Everton, Missouri newspaper back in 1941.)

"The writer's aunt, Mrs. Thomas Divine (Nancy Clayton "Clate" Grant) who spent part of her last days in California, and who has been her peaceful sleep for several years, was our regular correspondent while in California. The following is part of one of her letters to us.

A trip was made to Springfield, Missouri by her and some of the younger children of the family. Uncle Jep Grant (Clate's brother) was a small boy at that time and one of the passengers on the old time schooner wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen. They started from their home on Lynn Branch; the distance to Springfield by the crude roads of those days was perhaps forty or more miles.

In the wagon was gingerbread and other sweets, also included as a good sized ole sow that they had butchered. The weather was very cold and the hog was loaded into the wagon, not cut up, and was soon frozen solid. We cannot remember how many days Aunt Clate stated that it took to get to their destination. However, when they got to Sac River near a large spring, later known as the Dalton Spring, there was a ford. The oxen were very thirsty and before the crossing was come to, they took out through the woods and into the river but it so happened that the water was shallow at that point and after a lot of coaxing they pulled out on the other side "all top side up". Uncle Jep Grant came very near freezing as he was rather small for such a trip. In course of time they reached Springfield.

The (civil) war was going on and many soldiers were camped in town. The gingerbread and other pastries were soon all sold. The old sow was yet to be sold. She had not been dressed as a butcher might have done it, there were patches of hair left in spots. One of that gang was around the wagon said, 'That's an ole boar isn't it?' . . . . ."

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I'm sure there was more of this story written but the newspaper clipping I was copying from was brittle and the rest of the column was gone. I'm assuming there must have been quite a discussion about the pig being an "ole boar" or a sow. Hopefully, she was able to sell her pig for a sow as it would have brought much more money.

Another note is that Uncle Jep (Jasper Newton Grant) was only about 5 years younger than Aunt Clate, so I would imagine Aunt Clate was not much more than a teenager herself when they made this trip in the freezing cold weather. She must have been a very tough "pioneer woman" indeed!

The writer of the column "Reminiscing" is my grandmother's brother. My grandmother is Mary Olive "Ollie" Smith Sims. Aunt Clate is a sister to their mother Martha Rowena Grant Smith.