| <tab>At the age of 87, he wrote an impressive autobiography. Never perhaps formally published, copies of this book in the form of a 91-page typescript have been in circulation for some years. In it, Grant describes his early years in GC, gives some genealogical information about his family, and most importantly, puts on paper the sole detailed account we have from any of the GC-born railway contractors of the problems, challenges, adventures, dangers and other proceedings of railway-building. He was himself a contractor of rather a minor kind compared with his brother Donald. He expressed himself content with the world, and well cared for, at the time of writing the autobiography, even though with the crash of his fortunes “no worldly goods remain.” Donald Grant died at the home of his daughter in Faribault. (children surviving him: 4) Congregationalist. Mason. In politics, he was a Republican. In 1910 his son George W. Grant was described as being engaged with him in contracting. | <tab>At the age of 87, he wrote an impressive autobiography. Never perhaps formally published, copies of this book in the form of a 91-page typescript have been in circulation for some years. In it, Grant describes his early years in GC, gives some genealogical information about his family, and most importantly, puts on paper the sole detailed account we have from any of the GC-born railway contractors of the problems, challenges, adventures, dangers and other proceedings of railway-building. He was himself a contractor of rather a minor kind compared with his brother Donald. He expressed himself content with the world, and well cared for, at the time of writing the autobiography, even though with the crash of his fortunes “no worldly goods remain.” Donald Grant died at the home of his daughter in Faribault. (children surviving him: 4) Congregationalist. Mason. In politics, he was a Republican. In 1910 his son George W. Grant was described as being engaged with him in contracting. |
