Elisabeth Brockman was born in Taswell Co., N.C., January 19th, 1815, of German and Irish parentage. She lived there until her mother died in June, 1825, when she moved with her father to Rutherford county, Tennessee, and remained there until her marriage with Edmond P. Grant, June, 1839, and lived with him and her family until his death, when she purchased a farm in Cub Prairie, about six miles south of this city, and lived there until the spring of 1872, when she came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Susan E. Patton, in this city, and has remained a member of the family since.

Father and Mother Grant, with their two children, Nannie and Susan, joined the M. E. Church, at Bethel in 1857. Mother Grant joined the church at the age of 16 years, and we who know her best believe that she has lived her life in accord with her profession and that a crown awaits her beyond the valley.

She died at the residence of her friend, Mrs. Annie L. Pace at nine o'clock p.m., June 13, 1893, age 78 years, 4 months, 6 days. Her last hours were the brightest and best of her Christian experience.

Source: Daily Register
Date: Friday, June 16, 1893
Submitted by Lori Lisenby Leonard