Louis Edwin Granger
Born 14 Aug. 1842 in Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.[1] Son of Henry H. Granger and Lucy M. Woodward, sister of EBW.[2] Served for ten years in the military, rising to the rank of colonel, 1861; thereafter became a prosperous businessman, 1871–1889.[3] Married first Carrie Pearson, 16 Mar. 1865, in New Orleans.[4] Wife died; married second Lettie A. Thorndike, 25 Nov. 1870, in New York City.[5] Married third Mamie Decker, 15 Feb. 1872, in Salt Lake City.[6] Visited with EBW in Salt Lake City, 1875, 1881.[7] Divorced; married fourth Jennie C. Niles, 30 Sept. 1880, in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York.[8] Divorced; married fifth Elizabeth Rickerby, 24 Oct. 1882, in New York City.[9] Married sixth Nellie Mabel Angell, 14 Aug. 1888, in Milwaukee.[10] Died 30 Apr. 1899 in Hardwick.[11]
[1] Thomas Williams, comp., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1917), 51. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Apr. 2021), Louis Edwin Granger (LHKK-KYR).
[2] Thomas Williams, comp., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1917), 51. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 8 Apr. 2021), Lucy Minerva Woodward (L7GN-WCG). Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2017), 503.
[3] James Nathaniel Granger, Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn. (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood, and Brainard, 1893), 368–369. “Record of the Courts,” Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), 16 Sept. 1887, 10.
[4] Orleans Parish, LA, Justice of the Peace, Marriage Licenses and Certificates, 1834–1888, Licenses, 4th Justice, 1864–1870, Louis E. Granger and Miss Carrie Pearson, 16 Mar. 1865, microfilm 903932, DGS 4922856, image 69/888, FHL.
[5] New York, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Register of Marriages, New York City, 1829–1940, p. 314, Louis E. Granger and Lettie A. Thorndike, 25 Nov. 1870, microfilm 1671676, DGS 7458802, image 535/683, FHL.
[6] Elias Smith, Journals, 1836–1888, Journal, July 1868–June 1874, p. 275, MS 1319, image 278/474, CHL.
[7] EBW, Diary, 17 Feb. 1875; 12 June 1881; 28 Nov. 1881.
[8] “Personals,” Troy (NY) Daily Times, 4 Oct. 1880, 1. “Record of the Courts,” Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), 16 Sept. 1887, 10. Saratoga Co., NY, County Clerk, Marriage Records, 1908–1921, vol. 12, p. 259, no. 1294, Beatrice Genevieve Granger, microfilm 1287474, DGS 4489254, image 138/566, FHL.
[9] New York, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Manhattan (New York City) Marriage Records, 1866–1937, certificates no. 16925–17955, 1882, cert. no. 17663, Louis Ed. Granger and Eliz. Harriet Rickerby, 24 Oct. 1882, microfilm 1570103, DGS 7590220, image 758/1057, FHL.
[10] Milwaukee Co., WI, Register of Deeds, Marriage Records, 1838–1911, vols. 49–51, 1888–1889, p. 376, no. 1439, Henry H. Granger and Nellie Mabel Angell, 14 Aug. 1888, microfilm 1013978, DGS 4541051, image 97, FHL.
[11] Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages (1841–1895), and Deaths, (1841–1899), Deaths, vol. 494, 1899, p. 342, Louis Edwin Granger, microfilm 964885, DGS 4454431, image 314/519, FHL.