History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 550-551, Canton Township
Frederick M. Grant, of the firm of Barrere & Grant,
attorneys, is a native of Orange, Conn., where he was born in 1838. He
received an academic education at the Orange Academy and at Smith's
Grammar School, the latter located at New Haven. He enlisted as private
in Co. F, 12th Conn. Inf., Sept. 18, 1861, and was promoted 2nd Lieut.;
in 1862 was appointed 1st Lieut. by Gen. B. F. Butler in 4th La. Native
Guards, and in 1863 promoted to Capt., and served until Jan. 12, 1866.
This regiment served in nearly all the battles fought in the Department
of the Gulf 1862-5 inclusive. The following morning after the assault
on the enemy's works at Mobile only 9 of Capt. G.'s company were able
to report for duty, the rest either killed or wounded. At the close of
the war Mr. G. located at Knoxville, Ill., and read law in the office
of Judge Hannaman and March, 1869, was admitted to the Bar and began to
practice at Galesburg, and was City Attorney during 1870-1. In Jan.,
1873, came to Canton. He was married at New Haven, Conn., in 1862, to
Miss Grace Willoughby. Geo. B., Edna W. and Clara L. are their children.
