Thomas Stanley Granger (1844 - 1916)

Born 14 Dec 1844 in Brooklyn, New York, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1916 at age 71 in Dayton, Ohio, United States

Biography

Thomas Granger was Wounded in Action during the United States Civil War.

Father William Granger

Mother Mary Denike

Thomas and his brother, William H. volunteered to fight in the Civil War, joining the 48th N.Y. on August 19,1862. Both served through the war. Thomas was wounded in the right leg late in the war, and was discharged from Mower Hospital July 7, 1865. William H. was discharged on June 27, 1865 at Raleigh N.C.

Thomas apparently got himself in trouble with the law in 1888.^[1] He was sent to prison & was released in 1892. He returned to his family^[2] & stayed until his wife died in 1895.

In December of 1896 Thomas packed the three children off to in-laws, and checked himself into The National Home for Volunteer soldiers. He lived in three different soldiers homes and finally passed away in Dayton, Ohio on January 23, 1916. Thomas is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton Ohio section 1 row 14 site 29. ^[3]

Family

• Ellen "Jennie" Jane Crawford 1856 – 1895

Children

• Elizabeth "Lizzie" Granger 1879-

• Robert Granger Sr 1884 – 1935

• George W Granger 1888 – 1966

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Stanley Granger Age: 43 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birth Place: Brooklyn Admission Date: 25 Sep 1888 Admission Place: Ossining, Westchester, New York, USA Sentence Date: 24 Sep 1888 Place Received From: New York Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Sing Sing Prison, 1852-1938; Box: 8; Volume: 24
2. ↑ Name: Thomas Granger Birth Year: abt 1844 Birth Place: United States Age: 48 Gender: Male Citizenship: Citizen Residence Place: Brooklyn, Kings Ward: Ward 25 Election District: 36 Original data: New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education. 1892 New York State Census. Albany, NY: New York State Library. New York State Library
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 715435: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=GRAN&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSsr=1201&GRid=715435&

• 1850 United States Federal Census

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Residence

• New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Military

• Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death

• U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Residence

• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Burial

• Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Burial