Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Frank Grant 
Birth27 Mar 1880, West Virginia
Census16 Jun 1880, Grant Dist, Ritchie Co, WV
Memoroll#1413, pg 418
Census3 May 1910, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Memoroll#278, pg 15
OccupationCarpenter
Misc. Notes
Son of George Lawrence Grant (b. 1851, PA) and Maria Elena “Lena” Locker (b. 1856 VA - 1930 WV) m. 1877
He is listed with his mother and step father, Herman Ellis, in 1910 in Chicago.
He married Hattie in 1915, with both listing their residence as Chicago.
It is not clear whether Benjamin died or they divorced, as his wife remarried James Ivie in 1919.
He is listed with his mother and step father, Herman Ellis, in 1910 in Chicago.
He married Hattie in 1915, with both listing their residence as Chicago.
It is not clear whether Benjamin died or they divorced, as his wife remarried James Ivie in 1919.
Spouses
Birth17 Jun 1871, Madrid, St Lawrence Co, NY
Death26 Sep 1944, Tippecanoe Co, IN
MemoState Soldiers Home hospital
Burial28 Sep 1944, Indiana Soldiers Home Cem, Tippecanoe Twp, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Memo Area WWI, Section South Central, Row E, Grave 28
FatherWilliam Wilson (1840-1919)
MotherElizabeth Ann Wells (1842-1918)
Misc. Notes
In 1900, she is listed as a servant, working as a hotel cook, and living with Henry Beringer’s family.
She was married to William Henry Hall in in 1913 in Santa Ana, Calif.
Hattie then married Benjamin Frank Grant in 1915 in Indiana, with her last name as Hall.
In 1919, she took her mother’s remains from Chicago to Madrid, NY for burial in the family plot. She was then married in November 1919 to James H. Ivie in Danville, IL.
In 1930, she and James Ivie were both listed in the Sailors & Soldiers Home in Illinois, as Hattie M. (57, NY).
By 1940, they had been moved to the State Soldiers Home in Indiana, where she is listed as Ada H. Ivie (68, NY).
Was married to James H Ivie (1867-1946) when she died.
[Obituary]
MRS. JAMES H. IVIE
Mrs. Hattie M. Ivie, 74, wife of James H. Ivie, Spanish War veteran, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Soldiers Home hospital. Born in Madrid , NYY, she entered the home in 1926, from Vigo county. Surviving are the husband and two sons, Robert Thomas of Casper, Wyo., and LeRoy, of St. Louis.
The body is at the Templeton funeral home and services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Soldiers Home chapel.
She was married to William Henry Hall in in 1913 in Santa Ana, Calif.
Hattie then married Benjamin Frank Grant in 1915 in Indiana, with her last name as Hall.
In 1919, she took her mother’s remains from Chicago to Madrid, NY for burial in the family plot. She was then married in November 1919 to James H. Ivie in Danville, IL.
In 1930, she and James Ivie were both listed in the Sailors & Soldiers Home in Illinois, as Hattie M. (57, NY).
By 1940, they had been moved to the State Soldiers Home in Indiana, where she is listed as Ada H. Ivie (68, NY).
Was married to James H Ivie (1867-1946) when she died.
[Obituary]
MRS. JAMES H. IVIE
Mrs. Hattie M. Ivie, 74, wife of James H. Ivie, Spanish War veteran, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Soldiers Home hospital. Born in Madrid , NYY, she entered the home in 1926, from Vigo county. Surviving are the husband and two sons, Robert Thomas of Casper, Wyo., and LeRoy, of St. Louis.
The body is at the Templeton funeral home and services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Soldiers Home chapel.
Marriage30 Apr 1915, Porter Co, IN
No Children