John Gransden

  General Notes:

John was a Civil War veteran. Entered as a substitute volunteer 4 Nov 1863
Co I, 2nd Regiment, Michigan Calvary. Joined regiment at Murfreesboro, TN 19 Nov 1863.
Mustered out at Macon GA 17 Aug 1865. Shot in left foot at Wilson raid. Side- Union.
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <<http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>>, acquired 2007.

He would have participated in the following movements and battles, providing he was not on the "sick list"
Sparta November 26, 1863Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24-28, 1863Dandridge, Tenn., December 24, 1863Talbot's Station, Mossy Creek, December 29, 1863Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864Bend of Chucky Road, near Dandridge, January 16, 1864Dandridge January 17, 1864Operations about Dandridge January 26-28, 1864McNutt's Bridge January 27, 1864Fair Garden January 27-28, 1864Swann's Island January 28, 1864Regiment reenlisted March 28, 1864On Veteran furlough April to June, 1864Atlanta Campaign May 1-June 29, 1864 (Non-Veterans).Varnell's Station May 7, 1864Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13, 1864Tilton May 13, 1864
Battle of Resaca May 14-15, 1864Near Cassville May 19, 1864Stilesboro May 23, 1864Burnt Hickory May 24, 1864About Dallas May 25-June 5, 1864Burned Church May 30-June 1, 1864Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw June 10-29, 1864.Lost Mountain June 15-17, 1864Moved to Franklin, Tenn., June 29, 1864Duty of Railroad Defense of the District of Nashville until August 29, 1864Rousseau's Pursuit of Wheeler September 1-3, 1864Lavergne September 1, 1864Pursuit of Forrest September 25-October 5, 1864Pulaski September 26-27, 1864Muscle Shoals October 30, 1864Near Shoal Creek October 31, 1864Shoal Creek, near Florence, November 5-6, 1864On line of Shoal Creek November 16-20, 1864Fouche Springs November 23, 1864Battle of Franklin November 30, 1864Nashville December 15-16, 1864Lynnville and Richland Creek December 24, 1864Pulaski December 25-26, 1864Raid through Mississippi January 17-21, 1865At Waterloo, Ala., until March 11, 1865Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24, 1865Trion April 1, 1865Selma April 2, 1865North Port, near Tuscaloosa, April 3, 1865Occupation of Tuscaloosa April 4, 1865Lanier's Mills, Sipsey Creek, April 6, 1865Talladega April 22, 1865Mumford's Station April 23, 1865Camp at Macon May 1 to July 17, 1865Mustered out August 17, 1865
Residence at time of enlistment noted as Holly Michigan
Don- http://www.michiganinthewar.org/cwmireg.htm


1880 US Census shows John 40 yo, occupation- farmer, born- Canada, fathers birth place- England, mothers birthplace- Ireland, living with his wife Mariah 37 yo, keeping house, born Ohio (OH), parents birthplaces not noted. Daughter Renna 9 yo, at school.
1880 US Census- IGI site

A story told by George Burgess. One day George went down to Johns place where a man from Gladwin came by. He told John he was taking his wife Mariah away from him and taking her back to Gladwin with him. At that time John took off his jacket, gave it to George saying, " Hold this as the blood is going to fly". The man returned to Gladwin without Mariah.
At the time John was in the Union Army he was listed as 5-6 to 5-8 in height with hazel eyes and brown hair.
After coming back to Edenville he built a log home on 80 acres in section 13 Edenville Twp.
After Mariah died he remarried. This time to a Susan( Day) Dunaphy who held a mortgage on his farm. This was in 1894. On March 4, 1897 the mortgage was discharged. They sold the farm and moved to Midland where he died.
This is the same house and property that Lyle Gransden purchased in 1923 Dec.3, and the house burned in 1974 the same year that Lyle died.
John is buried in the Midland Cemetery, section F lot 21 grave #1.(see paper)

John married Mariah Miller. (Mariah Miller was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania, USA ³³⁶ and died on 4 Apr 1892 ³³⁶.)

John next married Susan A Day, daughter of Homer Day and Sara A Rider, on 25 Jun 1896 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, USA. (Susan A Day was born on 12 May 1844 in , Elgin, Ontario, Canada, died on 28 May 1917 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, USA and was buried on 31 May 1917 in Midland Midland, Michigan.)