Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1916 — Obituary of Mrs. Phoeba Grant. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Phoeba Grant.

Mrs. Phooba Morlan Grant, daughter of Joseph and Myolma Morlan, was born in Cdlumbiana county, Ohio, May 2, 1839, and removed to Jasper county, Ind., in 1859 with her parents, settling on the Morlan farm west of Rensselaer. She was one of seven children, Edmund, Joseph, Cynthia Stapleton, Kathryn Morlan, Martha Morlan, Dillon, all deceased. One brother, Omar Morlan, of Newton township, the only surviving member of the family. She resided with her parents until April 1, 1866, when she was married .to Francis Marion Grant. To this union were born six children, Lucy and Ulysses, deceased, Nellie/ Edmund, Grace Grant FrAncis, Leila Grant Zeigler and one .grandchild, Grant Zeigler, to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother. The husband and father preceded fier i n death. She united with the Church of God in her girlhood and has been a faithful member ever since. She was a devoted wife and mother and was loved by all who knew her.