Charles Shriver Grant

Notes:

Charles Shriver Grant, 88, of 74 Washington Street, Frostburg, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. A native of Cresaptown, he was a son of the late Joseph and Carrie (Winters) Grant. His wife, Mrs. Genevieve (MacDonald) Grant, preceded him in death. Mr. Grant was a retired carpenter, contractor and grocery store owner. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Company. Surviving are two sons, Allan J. Grant, Frostburg; Charles W. Grant, Sarasota, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Bodkin, Mrs. Judy Williams and Mrs. Dorothy Hayes, all of Hagerstown; a brother, Marshall Grant, Rawlings; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Parker, Cresaptown; Mrs. Lillian Beck, Santa Maria, Calif.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, LaVale, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. A Christian wake service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 8, 1976.

Family/Spouse: Genevieve Marie Mac Donald. Genevieve (daughter of Allan MacDonald and Ellen Radigan) was born in 1889 in Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 14 Mar 1958 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Allan J. Grant was born in Private.
2. Charles W. Grant was born in Private.
3. Helen Grant was born in Private.
4. Judith Grant was born in Private.
5. Dorothy Grant was born in Private.

Notes:

Joseph GRANT (Charles-1) was born on 4 Sep 1854. He died on 13 Jan 1935. A card of thanks appeared in the January 20, 1935 Cumberland Evening Times from Mrs. Grant and Children.

Joseph + Caroline Virginia Winters. Caroline (daughter of John Smith Winters and Harriett S. Sigler) was born on 29 Nov 1863 in Cresaptown, Allegheny County, Maryalnd; died on 5 May 1952 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Carrie Virginia Grant, 88, native of Cresaptown, died today at Sacred Heart Hospital. She resided in Fairgo with a daughter, Mrs. Isaac Parker. Mrs. Grant was a daughter of the late John and Harriet (Sigler) Winters. She was a member of the Cresaptown Assembly of God Church. She is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Sanford Robinette, and Mrs. Chelsie Liller, both of Cresaptown, and Mrs. Lester Beck, Lebanon, Fa.; four sons, Leonard and Ray Grant, both of Lebanon, Pa.; Charles Grant, Cresaptown; and Marshall Grant, Brunswick; 40 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren. The body will remain at the Hafer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m., with Rev. Ira Moore, pastor of the Cresaptown Assembly of God Church, officiating. Interment will be in Eckhart Cemetery.

The Cumberland Evening Times, May 2, 1952

Notes:

Per the research of Col. G.T. MacKenzie (Ret.) collected from elderly ancestors beginning in 1929, after Charles Grant died in 1856, James Moses McKenzie raised the four children of Charles Grant and Mary Ann McKenzie until all reached the age of 21.

Charles married Mary Anna McKenzie on 22 Feb 1847 in Allegany County, Maryland. Mary (daughter of James Moses McKenzie and Margaret Agnes Porter) was born on 1 Mar 1826 in Allegany County, Maryland; died in May 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth recorded in Western Maryland Catholics, Koch and Davidson, page 88.

May Anna McKenzie was baptized on March 11, 1827.

John + Harriett S. Sigler. Harriett was born on 29 Jul 1828 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 24 May 1920 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the research of Col. Gabriel T. MacKenzie James Moses McKenzie and Margaret Agnes Porter McKenzie's tombstones had no lettering on them as they were red soft ferrous rectangular stones and time had obliterated all marking on them when he saw them in 1953 in the old Moses McKenzie Cemetary in Cresaptown, Maryland. A Mr. Sanford Robinette, 114 Winchester Road, Cresaptown showed Col. MacKenzie the above mentioned tombstones. Mr. Robinette is the husband of Lena Grant Robinette, daughter of Joseph F. Grant, deceased 1931, a grandson of James Moses and Margaret.

The (James) Moses McKenzie cemetery is located off McKenzie Tower Road, south of Cresaptown, Maryland. Take the Winchester Road Extension, turn left on McKenzie Tower Road. Go about .8 mile and the cemetery is on the right.

Moses McKenzie was listed in the 1860 Allegany County, Maryland Census as living in Disr=trict 6, page 193. His age was listed as being 65 years old. His wife, Margaret, was still alive and her age was listed as being 55.

They had the following children residing with them: Richard, age 22, Emily, age 19, Elizabeth, age 17, Ann, age 13, Charles, age 10 and Marian, age 3.

From the archives of Col. G.T. Mackenzie (Ret.) comes the following:

"there is a family record filed with the estate and will of the above Moses (James Moses) MacKenzie in the Allegany COunty Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland where, I. Col. Gabriel T. MacKenzie, U.S. Army, retired, great grandson of the said Moses filed said family record with Moses' will but mistakenly said Daniel, father of Moses, was the son of Daniel instead of correctly stating that (James) Moses was the son of Daniel, son of Gabriel, son of John and Katherine."

Last Will & Testament of Moses McKinzie decd filed Jany 21st 1873
Test Elijah Fuller Regr.
Sworn to as to Custody by Daniel R. McKinzie the Executor therein named and also by John C. Brady John A. Smith & John B. Hudson the subscribing witnesses thereto and admitted to probate & record this 28th day of January 1873
Test Elijah Fuller Regr
Recorded

I Moses McKenzie of Allegany County in the State of Maryland do make this my last will and testament in maner[sic] following that is to say
I give and devise to my son Charles M. McKenzie the mare Moll and colt also the cow that he now claims. I give and devise to my three daughters Elisabeth McKenzie Ann McKenzie and Emily McKenzie one horse and one cow each.
I give and devise to my son Daniel R. McKenzie three hundred dollars to be paid to him as soon after the death of my wife Margaret McKenzie, as condition of my Estate will permit. The said amt being for sevices[sic] rendered after he became twenty one years of age.
All my Real Estate and all my Personal Property not herein before devised I give and devise to my dear wife Margaret McKenzie during her natural life and at her death I direct my Executor herein after named or the survivor of them to sell at such times upon such terms as they or the survivor of them may deem most benificial[sic] and advantagous to my Estate and they or the survivor of them are hereby authorized and empowered to make all nessessary[sic] conveyances of Title to the purchasors[sic] thereof and the proceeds of sales of my Real Estate and of my personal property I hereby will and direct to be equally divided in equal Portion share and share alike amongst my children vis Josiah P. McKenzie, Gabriel T. McKenzie, Daniel R. McKenzie, Charles M. McKenzie, Rebecca Laferty, Mary Ann Grant, Eliza J. Miller, Emily McKenzie, Elisabeth McKenzie and Ann McKenzie
and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife Margaret McKenzie and my son Daniel R. McKenzie Executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twentieth day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventy on

Moses (his X mark) McKenzie (seal)

Signed sealed published declared by Moses McKenzie the above named testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto

John C. Brady
John A. Smith
John B. Hudson

~Genie
Posted May 11, 2013

Moses Mckenzie
United States Census, 1870
Name:Moses Mckenzie
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1870
Event Place:Maryland, United States
Gender:Male
Age:75
Race:White
Race (Original):W
Birth Year (Estimated):1794-1795
Birthplace:Maryland
Page Number:96
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Moses MckenzieM75Maryland
Margaret MckenzieF66Maryland
Daniel MckenzieM30Maryland
Emily MckenzieF27Maryland
Elizabeth MckenzieF23Maryland
Ann MckenzieF20Maryland
Charles MckenzieM17Maryland
William MckenzieM18Maryland
John MckenzieM18Maryland
Joseph MckenzieM15Maryland
Household ID: 690 , Line Number: 34 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000552065 , Digital Folder Number: 004269448 , Image Number: 00484

Moses Mckenzie
United States Census, 1850
Name:Moses Mckenzie
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1850
Event Place:Allegany county, part of, Allegany, Maryland, United States
Gender:Male
Age:54
Race:White
Birth Year (Estimated):1796
Birthplace:Maryland
House Number:2073
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Moses MckenzieM54Maryland
Margaret MckenzieF44Maryland
Thornton MckenzieM19Maryland
Eliza MckenzieF18Maryland
Daniel MckenzieM13Maryland
Emily MckenzieF10Maryland
Elizabeth MckenzieF8Maryland
Ann MckenzieF4Maryland
Chas MckenzieMMaryland
Household ID: 2103 , Line Number: 35 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 277 , GS Film Number: 13194 , Digital Folder Number: 004193973 , Image Number: 00307

James married Margaret Agnes Porter on 6 May 1823 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Margaret (daughter of Gabriel McKenzie Porter and Rebecca Frost) was born on 10 Jan 1804 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 31 Oct 1890 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret's obituary appeared in the Cumberland times and read, as follows: McKenzie, 04 Nov 1890, Mrs. Margaret McKenzie, wife of Moses McKenzie (ed. note: James Moses McKenzie) and the daughter of Gabriel M. Porter, and sister of Joseph Porter, died last Friday (31 Oct) at her home in Cresaptown, age 85. She leaves the following children: Thornton, Joseph, Charles and Richard McKenzie and Mrs. Issac lafferty and s single daughters at home. The funeral is at the Catholic Church at Cresaptown with interment at the home farm near that place.

irth: Jan. 10, 1804
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death: Oct. 31, 1890
Cresaptown
Allegany County
Maryland, USA


Family links:
Spouse:
James Moses McKenzie (1795 - 1873)

Children:
Gabriel Thornton McKenzie (1829 - 1892)*

*Calculated relationship


Burial:
McKenzie Cemetery
Pinto
Allegany County
Maryland, USA

Created by: Doug Oltmanns
Record added: Jul 23, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 94070652

Notes:

The marriage license was issued in Allegany County, Maryland on May 3, 1823. Research of Ray Leidinger. According to the research of J. Albert Smith, they were married in the Catholic Church in Frostburg, Maryland.