his lumber interests to purchase a run-down hotel in downtown Kenosha and refurbish it into a landmark. The hotel re-opened to fanfare in 1876, and was known for 25 years as the "Grant House". It changed hands several times after Grant's death, and was torn down in the 1920s. Grant died at his home in Kenosha on April 12, 1891. Personal life and family Levi Grant was the only child of Joshua Grant and his wife Esther ( Naramore). The Grants were descendants of Scottish American immigrants, and were distant cousins of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant married Frances E. Etheridge on April 25, 1832. Frances was a daughter of Nathaniel Etheridge, a farmer in Greene County, New York, who died serving in the War of 1812. They had two children together. Their son, Emory Levi Grant, also became a prominent businessman in Kenosha and served on the city council. After his father's retirement, he continued the family lumber business in partnership with George D. Head. He was also a member of the original board of directors of the Zalmon G. Simmons Library in Kenosha. References External links 1810 births 1891 deaths People from New Berlin, New York Politicians from Kenosha, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American politicians People from Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin 19th-century American businesspeople