H.L Grant, born in Woonsocket, R.I., was the son of John S. D. & Lucinda C. Brown Grant. His father worked as a superintendent at a cotton mill. H.L. was educated in the public schools and the academy of Woodstock.
In September 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. A. 6th Conn. Vol. Inf., where he rose to the rank as a major. He was first in action in Charleston Harbor where he was wounded. He was awarded a medal of honor in August 1863. After being confined to a bed in Beaufort for eight months he rejoined his 6th Conn. and served on provost duty at Hilton Head, S.C. He was appointed to 10th Army Corps in Virginia and served in the entire Virginia campaign on the staff of General Hawley. He fought at Ft. Fisher and was made provast at Wilmington until the close of the war and later at Goldsboro in 1866.
He was the third and last Provost Marshal for Goldsboro. He liked the people of Wayne county and they liked him. He went back to Connecticut after the Marshal Law was lifted in 1868. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" E. Green and returned to Goldsboro to raise a family.
In Goldsboro, he was appointed postmaster and served in this position for 17 years. He was elected to N.C. Constitutional Convention in 1868. He was elected in 1894 without his consent to the U.S. Senate and re-elected in 1896. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Committee on Education and did much to establish the graded schools in the East. He served on many committees including; Finance, Agricultural, Penal Institutions, Insane Asylum, Counties, Cities, and Towns. He served as school trustee and secretary of Goldsboro Schools for twenty years. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Colored Normal School for ten years and Goldsboro alderman for several years. In 1899 he was appointed Clerk of U.S. District Court for Eastern N.C. He had four deputy clerks under him in Wilmington, New Bern, Washinton, and Elizabeth City. He served in this office until 1913.
In business life, Major Grant was equally active. In 1874 he purchased from W.R. Lane most of the abandoned lots of old Waynesborough which was located on a clay hill on the north banks of the Neuse River. Here he established his brick manufacture business with his son, Louis N. Grant. He also formed a real estate firm of H.L. Grant and Son, dealers in farm and city property. When the First Baptist Church built its new brick church in 1912, Grant purchased the old church and lot and erected a five-story, fireproof Grant Office Building which was repurchased by the church in 1938.
H.L Grant was a liberal benefactor as his many generous deeds testify, not only to his church but to school and St. Episcopal Church. In 1885 he gave the brick for the Bell Tower. There are four solid brick homes on the South of William Street, besides the Grant Building, that were built of old Waynesborough clay.
Hiram and Lizzy had two sons and three daughters. They were all educated in the Goldsboro City Schools. The first son, John Hiram, born in February 1870, who became a minister of a Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio, was first ordained a minister by the First Baptist Church of Goldsboro in 1894. Their daughter Evelyn married Daniel Gay and lived in Worcester, Mass. Daughter Mabel married John F. Bowles of Statesville, N.C., daughter Minnie E. died in Goldsboro in 1916. Lewis N., called Louie, stayed in Goldsboro as he was associated with his father in the H.L. Grant Brick Manufacturing business. He later moved to Greenwich, Conn.
Major Grant died in Goldsboro on March 8, 1922. The funeral was held from the First Baptist Church with burial in Willow Dale Cemetery. Mrs.Grant died in 1913 in Philadelphia following an operation. She was interred beside her husband in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Source: The Heritage of Wayne County, N.C, 1982, page 252. The bio was originally written by Charles S. Norwood.
Stephen H. Grant, great-grandson's family blog link:
https://stephenhgrant.com/civil-war-footprint-of-my-great-grandfather-maj-hiram-lewis-grant/
In September 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. A. 6th Conn. Vol. Inf., where he rose to the rank as a major. He was first in action in Charleston Harbor where he was wounded. He was awarded a medal of honor in August 1863. After being confined to a bed in Beaufort for eight months he rejoined his 6th Conn. and served on provost duty at Hilton Head, S.C. He was appointed to 10th Army Corps in Virginia and served in the entire Virginia campaign on the staff of General Hawley. He fought at Ft. Fisher and was made provast at Wilmington until the close of the war and later at Goldsboro in 1866.
He was the third and last Provost Marshal for Goldsboro. He liked the people of Wayne county and they liked him. He went back to Connecticut after the Marshal Law was lifted in 1868. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" E. Green and returned to Goldsboro to raise a family.
In Goldsboro, he was appointed postmaster and served in this position for 17 years. He was elected to N.C. Constitutional Convention in 1868. He was elected in 1894 without his consent to the U.S. Senate and re-elected in 1896. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Committee on Education and did much to establish the graded schools in the East. He served on many committees including; Finance, Agricultural, Penal Institutions, Insane Asylum, Counties, Cities, and Towns. He served as school trustee and secretary of Goldsboro Schools for twenty years. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Colored Normal School for ten years and Goldsboro alderman for several years. In 1899 he was appointed Clerk of U.S. District Court for Eastern N.C. He had four deputy clerks under him in Wilmington, New Bern, Washinton, and Elizabeth City. He served in this office until 1913.
In business life, Major Grant was equally active. In 1874 he purchased from W.R. Lane most of the abandoned lots of old Waynesborough which was located on a clay hill on the north banks of the Neuse River. Here he established his brick manufacture business with his son, Louis N. Grant. He also formed a real estate firm of H.L. Grant and Son, dealers in farm and city property. When the First Baptist Church built its new brick church in 1912, Grant purchased the old church and lot and erected a five-story, fireproof Grant Office Building which was repurchased by the church in 1938.
H.L Grant was a liberal benefactor as his many generous deeds testify, not only to his church but to school and St. Episcopal Church. In 1885 he gave the brick for the Bell Tower. There are four solid brick homes on the South of William Street, besides the Grant Building, that were built of old Waynesborough clay.
Hiram and Lizzy had two sons and three daughters. They were all educated in the Goldsboro City Schools. The first son, John Hiram, born in February 1870, who became a minister of a Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio, was first ordained a minister by the First Baptist Church of Goldsboro in 1894. Their daughter Evelyn married Daniel Gay and lived in Worcester, Mass. Daughter Mabel married John F. Bowles of Statesville, N.C., daughter Minnie E. died in Goldsboro in 1916. Lewis N., called Louie, stayed in Goldsboro as he was associated with his father in the H.L. Grant Brick Manufacturing business. He later moved to Greenwich, Conn.
Major Grant died in Goldsboro on March 8, 1922. The funeral was held from the First Baptist Church with burial in Willow Dale Cemetery. Mrs.Grant died in 1913 in Philadelphia following an operation. She was interred beside her husband in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Source: The Heritage of Wayne County, N.C, 1982, page 252. The bio was originally written by Charles S. Norwood.
Stephen H. Grant, great-grandson's family blog link:
https://stephenhgrant.com/civil-war-footprint-of-my-great-grandfather-maj-hiram-lewis-grant/
H.L Grant, born in Woonsocket, R.I., was the son of John S. D. & Lucinda C. Brown Grant. His father worked as a superintendent at a cotton mill. H.L. was educated in the public schools and the academy of Woodstock.
In September 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. A. 6th Conn. Vol. Inf., where he rose to the rank as a major. He was first in action in Charleston Harbor where he was wounded. He was awarded a medal of honor in August 1863. After being confined to a bed in Beaufort for eight months he rejoined his 6th Conn. and served on provost duty at Hilton Head, S.C. He was appointed to 10th Army Corps in Virginia and served in the entire Virginia campaign on the staff of General Hawley. He fought at Ft. Fisher and was made provast at Wilmington until the close of the war and later at Goldsboro in 1866.
He was the third and last Provost Marshal for Goldsboro. He liked the people of Wayne county and they liked him. He went back to Connecticut after the Marshal Law was lifted in 1868. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" E. Green and returned to Goldsboro to raise a family.
In Goldsboro, he was appointed postmaster and served in this position for 17 years. He was elected to N.C. Constitutional Convention in 1868. He was elected in 1894 without his consent to the U.S. Senate and re-elected in 1896. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Committee on Education and did much to establish the graded schools in the East. He served on many committees including; Finance, Agricultural, Penal Institutions, Insane Asylum, Counties, Cities, and Towns. He served as school trustee and secretary of Goldsboro Schools for twenty years. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Colored Normal School for ten years and Goldsboro alderman for several years. In 1899 he was appointed Clerk of U.S. District Court for Eastern N.C. He had four deputy clerks under him in Wilmington, New Bern, Washinton, and Elizabeth City. He served in this office until 1913.
In business life, Major Grant was equally active. In 1874 he purchased from W.R. Lane most of the abandoned lots of old Waynesborough which was located on a clay hill on the north banks of the Neuse River. Here he established his brick manufacture business with his son, Louis N. Grant. He also formed a real estate firm of H.L. Grant and Son, dealers in farm and city property. When the First Baptist Church built its new brick church in 1912, Grant purchased the old church and lot and erected a five-story, fireproof Grant Office Building which was repurchased by the church in 1938.
H.L Grant was a liberal benefactor as his many generous deeds testify, not only to his church but to school and St. Episcopal Church. In 1885 he gave the brick for the Bell Tower. There are four solid brick homes on the South of William Street, besides the Grant Building, that were built of old Waynesborough clay.
Hiram and Lizzy had two sons and three daughters. They were all educated in the Goldsboro City Schools. The first son, John Hiram, born in February 1870, who became a minister of a Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio, was first ordained a minister by the First Baptist Church of Goldsboro in 1894. Their daughter Evelyn married Daniel Gay and lived in Worcester, Mass. Daughter Mabel married John F. Bowles of Statesville, N.C., daughter Minnie E. died in Goldsboro in 1916. Lewis N., called Louie, stayed in Goldsboro as he was associated with his father in the H.L. Grant Brick Manufacturing business. He later moved to Greenwich, Conn.
Major Grant died in Goldsboro on March 8, 1922. The funeral was held from the First Baptist Church with burial in Willow Dale Cemetery. Mrs.Grant died in 1913 in Philadelphia following an operation. She was interred beside her husband in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Source: The Heritage of Wayne County, N.C, 1982, page 252. The bio was originally written by Charles S. Norwood.
Stephen H. Grant, great-grandson's family blog link:
https://stephenhgrant.com/civil-war-footprint-of-my-great-grandfather-maj-hiram-lewis-grant/
In September 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. A. 6th Conn. Vol. Inf., where he rose to the rank as a major. He was first in action in Charleston Harbor where he was wounded. He was awarded a medal of honor in August 1863. After being confined to a bed in Beaufort for eight months he rejoined his 6th Conn. and served on provost duty at Hilton Head, S.C. He was appointed to 10th Army Corps in Virginia and served in the entire Virginia campaign on the staff of General Hawley. He fought at Ft. Fisher and was made provast at Wilmington until the close of the war and later at Goldsboro in 1866.
He was the third and last Provost Marshal for Goldsboro. He liked the people of Wayne county and they liked him. He went back to Connecticut after the Marshal Law was lifted in 1868. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" E. Green and returned to Goldsboro to raise a family.
In Goldsboro, he was appointed postmaster and served in this position for 17 years. He was elected to N.C. Constitutional Convention in 1868. He was elected in 1894 without his consent to the U.S. Senate and re-elected in 1896. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Committee on Education and did much to establish the graded schools in the East. He served on many committees including; Finance, Agricultural, Penal Institutions, Insane Asylum, Counties, Cities, and Towns. He served as school trustee and secretary of Goldsboro Schools for twenty years. He was Secretary and Treasurer of Colored Normal School for ten years and Goldsboro alderman for several years. In 1899 he was appointed Clerk of U.S. District Court for Eastern N.C. He had four deputy clerks under him in Wilmington, New Bern, Washinton, and Elizabeth City. He served in this office until 1913.
In business life, Major Grant was equally active. In 1874 he purchased from W.R. Lane most of the abandoned lots of old Waynesborough which was located on a clay hill on the north banks of the Neuse River. Here he established his brick manufacture business with his son, Louis N. Grant. He also formed a real estate firm of H.L. Grant and Son, dealers in farm and city property. When the First Baptist Church built its new brick church in 1912, Grant purchased the old church and lot and erected a five-story, fireproof Grant Office Building which was repurchased by the church in 1938.
H.L Grant was a liberal benefactor as his many generous deeds testify, not only to his church but to school and St. Episcopal Church. In 1885 he gave the brick for the Bell Tower. There are four solid brick homes on the South of William Street, besides the Grant Building, that were built of old Waynesborough clay.
Hiram and Lizzy had two sons and three daughters. They were all educated in the Goldsboro City Schools. The first son, John Hiram, born in February 1870, who became a minister of a Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio, was first ordained a minister by the First Baptist Church of Goldsboro in 1894. Their daughter Evelyn married Daniel Gay and lived in Worcester, Mass. Daughter Mabel married John F. Bowles of Statesville, N.C., daughter Minnie E. died in Goldsboro in 1916. Lewis N., called Louie, stayed in Goldsboro as he was associated with his father in the H.L. Grant Brick Manufacturing business. He later moved to Greenwich, Conn.
Major Grant died in Goldsboro on March 8, 1922. The funeral was held from the First Baptist Church with burial in Willow Dale Cemetery. Mrs.Grant died in 1913 in Philadelphia following an operation. She was interred beside her husband in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Source: The Heritage of Wayne County, N.C, 1982, page 252. The bio was originally written by Charles S. Norwood.
Stephen H. Grant, great-grandson's family blog link:
https://stephenhgrant.com/civil-war-footprint-of-my-great-grandfather-maj-hiram-lewis-grant/
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