STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1902, page 1, column 6 ORRIN M. GRANNIS, 12 Sep 1818 - 17 Feb 1902 Orrin M. Grannis was born in Portage county, Atwater township, Ohio, September 12, 1818. At the age of sixteen he came with his parents to Lima, LaGrange county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood. August 4, 1845, he was married to Mary W. Crandell. To this union were born five children, three dying young. His son Ivory, died April 20, 1886. One daughter, Mrs. W. W. Frink, her husband and three grandchildren, Ralph and Arch Frink, and Lester Grannis, are left to mourn their loss. He united with the M. E. church at Flint, Indiana, in 1862. In 1886, he and his wife moved to Kansas. Since the fall of 1890 they have made their home with their daughter. On April 30, 1893, the wife and mother, after years of poor health, was called to the home that awaits all who trust in the Lord. He was a man of unusual vigor for one of his age. He united with the M. E. church at Cimarron, of which he continued a faithful member until God called him home on the 17th of February, 1902, at the age of 83 yeas, 5 months and 5 days. Funeral services were held February 20, in the M. E. church at Cimarron, Rev. Gross, officiating. Burial in the city cemetery. (Picture included with obituary) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Orrin M. Grannis, 12 Sep 1818 - 17 Feb 1902, married Mary W. (Crandall) Grannis, 04 Aug 1821 - 30 Apr 1893. They were buried in the City Cemetery, Cimarron, Gray County, Kansas. Orrin was the son of Palmer Grannis, 09 Nov 1787 - 30 Oct 1846, and Eunice (Merriam) Grannis, 10 Aug 1791 - 04 Oct 1830. Mary was the daughter of Ivory Crandall, born 1795 in Lima, Indiana. CHILDREN: all born in Lima, Indiana. Sabine M. Grannis, 09 Aug 1846 - 03 May 1847, burial place unknown. Ivory P. Grannis, 22 Nov 1847 - 20 Apr 1886, burial place unknown. Loy C. (Grannis) Frink, 07 Aug 1851 - still alive in 1902, on 20 May 1897, in Lima, LaGrange County, Indiana, married Wallace W. Frink, 1847, date of death unknown. Ira W. Grannis, 28 Apr 1854 - 06 Oct 1854, burial place unknown. Augusta A. Grannis, 28 May 1856 - 02 May 1863, buried at Flint Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990", by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 761. www.familysearch.org Submitted by: Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net