Robert Y. Grant

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Robert Y. Grant (November 22, 1819 Liberty, Sullivan County, New York - February 19, 1862) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Joseph Grant (1787–1860) and Susan (Young) Grant (1788–1868). He became a farmer, then dealt in cattle, and about 1851 engaged in the tanning business. On September 4, 1839, he married Sarah Smedes (1819–1871), and they had four children, among them Lt. Oscar B. Grant USMC (1840–1920).

He was a Justice of the Peace from 1849 to 1855; Supervisor of the Town of Liberty in 1854 and 1859; Postmaster of Liberty from 1855; and a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1860 and 1861.

He died from typhoid fever, and was buried at the Liberty Cemetery.

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 442)
Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 59ff)
Tanning Industry in Sullivan County
Post Office Directory (1856; pg. 122)

External links

Robert Y. Grant at Find a Grave

New York State Senate
Preceded by Osmer B. Wheeler	New York State Senate 9th District 1860–1861	Succeeded by Henry R. Low

Persondata
Name	Grant, Robert Y.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 22, 1819
Place of birth	Liberty, Sullivan County, New York
Date of death	February 19, 1862
Place of death	Liberty, Sullivan County, New York

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