John T. Grant
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| Born | John Thomas Grant December 13, 1813 Athens, Georgia |
| Died | January 18, 1887 (aged 73) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Founder of engineering firm, land owner |
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John Thomas Grant (December 13, 1813 – January 18, 1887)[1] was an American railroad man.
He was born and raised on a farm near Athens, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1833 with a degree in Forestry.
With his brother James and the unrelated Lemuel Grant he founded an engineering firm called Fannin, Grant and Company which constructed railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, during which time he amassed a large fortune and enormous tracts of land.[2]
The calamity of the American Civil War largely destroyed his prospects. Although, at the time of his death some 20 years later, he still possessed 60,000 acres (240 km2) in Texas.
He died in Atlanta on January 18, 1887, and was interred in the Grant mausoleum in Oakland Cemetery.[3]
Family[]
He married Martha Cobb (Jackson) Grant.[2]
References[]
- ^ Franklin Garrett Necrology Database - Atlanta History Center Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "John T. Grant house - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "Death of Col. John T. Grant". The Telegraph. Atlanta. January 20, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1813 births
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- University of Georgia alumni
- 19th-century American railroad executives
- People from Athens, Georgia
- Burials at Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
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