Edward Grannis
Edward Grannis was born on November 30, 1838, possibly in Claremont, New Hampshire, to Laurens Grannis and Martha Cole. His father was a farmer who owned at least $3,000 in real estate and $1,000 in personal property by 1860. Edward attended school in Claremont and worked as a laborer on his father's farm. He moved to Guildhall, Vermont, sometime in the early 1860s.
 
Grannis enlisted in the Union army on September 17, 1862, and mustered into Company G of the 15th Vermont Infantry on October 22. The regiment served in the eastern theater of the war, predominantly helping to defend Washington, D.C. Grannis mustered out in Brattleboro, Vermont, on August 5, 1863. He married Hannah Cordelia Knight on April 11, 1867, and he worked as a farmer in Lancaster, New Hampshire. They had two children: Frederick, who was born in November 1868 and died in March 1873; and John, who was born around 1873 and died in December 1891. Grannis applied for a pension in April 1879, complaining of asthma and chronic diarrhea. He died in Lancaster on April 1, 1913.
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(542)Grannis, Edward1838-11-301913-04-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 38

  • (2893) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 7 January 1862
  • (2894) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Martha Grannis, 10 January 1863
  • (2895) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 13 October 1862
  • (2896) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 7 November 1862
  • (2897) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 2 November 1862
  • (2898) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 11 November 1862
  • (2899) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 14 November 1862
  • (2900) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 5 December 1862
  • (2901) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 13 December 1862
  • (2902) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, undated
  • (2903) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 15 January 1863
  • (2904) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 16 January 1863
  • (2905) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 27 January 1863
  • (2906) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 1 January 1863
  • (2907) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 29 January 1863
  • (2908) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 5 February 1863
  • (2909) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Harriet E. Grannis and Margaret Grannis, 11 February 1863
  • (2910) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 11 February 1863
  • (2911) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 19 February 1863
  • (2912) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 22 February 1863
  • (2913) [writer] ~ DL0609.021
  • (2914) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 16 March 1863
  • (2915) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 23 March 1863
  • (2916) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 25 March 1863
  • (2917) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 3 April 1863
  • (2918) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 16 April 1863
  • (2919) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 14 May 1863
  • (2920) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 3 July 1863
  • (2921) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 9 July 1863
  • (2922) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 27 July 1863
  • (2923) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 30 May 1863
  • (2924) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 4 June 1863
  • (2925) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis, 3 August 1863
  • (2926) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 29 October 1862
  • (2927) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 23 December 1862
  • (2928) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis and Martha Grannis, 19 October 1862
  • (2929) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to Laurens A. Grannis, undated
  • (2930) [writer] ~ Edward Grannis to John Grannis, 8 February 1863

People - Records: 5

  • (542) Grannis, Edward is the [child of] (541) Grannis, Laurens A.
  • (542) Grannis, Edward is the [sibling of] (649) Grannis, John
  • (543) Grannis, Martha is the [parent of] (542) Grannis, Edward
  • (604) Grannis, Harriet E. is the [sibling of] (542) Grannis, Edward
  • (605) Grannis, Margaret is the [sibling of] (542) Grannis, Edward

Places - Records: 2

  • (352) [birth] ~ Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  • (351) [death] ~ Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (80) [enlisted] ~ 15th Vermont Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.