General Grant McConnell

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Cass City Chronicle
Friday, April 15, 1932, Page Eight
Deaths
Grant McConnell

Funeral services for Grant McConnell, who passed way Friday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m. at his home 8 1/2 miles east of Cass City, were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the Evangelical church. Rev. C. F. Smith officiated and burial was in the Elkland Cemetery.

General Grant McConnell was born July 25, 1864, on a farm one-half mile south of the McConnell school. He was united in marriage with Miss Hattie Helwig April 21, 1872 (sic). The last ten years have been spent ont he farm where Mr. McConnell passed away.

He has been in poor health for several years and the last two months has been quite ill.

He leaves his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Jacob Hiller, one sister, Mrs. Robert Charlton and two grandchildren, all of Cass City.

Mr. McConnell was a faithful worker in the Evangelical church and Sunday School of which he was a member. His faith was strong in his Lord and he remained cheerful through all of his suffering.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2014)

General married Harriet "Hattie" Helwig on 21 Apr 1892 in Tuscola County, Michigan. Harriet (daughter of George Wilhelm Helwig and Catherine Warner) was born on 25 Dec 1870 in Lancaster, Erie County, New York; died on 1 May 1950 in Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Laura McConnell was born on 11 Nov 1894 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 5 Sep 1964 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.