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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 617-618]

    HENRY GRUNDY was born in Lancashire, England, July 21, 1838.  His
    father, JOSEPH GRUNDY, deceased, was one of the early settlers of
    Cedar Township.  He was born, reared and married in England.  His
    wife was MARGARET CROSS, and they were the parents of eleven child-
    ren, nine sons and two daughters.  They lived for many years on the
    same farm in Cedar Township where the widow still resides.  HENRY
    GRUNDY, the subject of this brief biography, was married in his
    native land, in May, 1862, to Miss MARY ANN KNIVETON, a native of
    Lancashire, England, and a daughter of JOHN and MARY (MATHER) KNIVE-
    TON.  In 1871 Mr. GRUNDY became a resident of Cherokee County; he
    settled on wild land in Cedar Township, and has since been a valued
    member of that farming community.  He now owns 160 acres of land
    which he has brought to an advanced state of cultivation.  He has a
    comfortable house, a good barn, and has further added to the beauty
    and value of his place by planting a grove of forest trees.  Mr.
    GRUNDY devotes his time exclusively to farming and stock-raising,
    and has been attended with success, and all his efforts in this
    direction.  Six children have been born to Mr. GRUNDY and wife: MARY
    ALICE, the wife of FREDERICK LOWELL, of Cedar Township; ANN, wife of
    JABEZ CORRY, resides in California; DAN, JULIA, EDITH and ELLA.  In
    politics Mr. GRUNDY gives his support to the Republican party.  He
    is a man well informed upon general topics, is genial in disposition,
    and is numbered among the leading farmers of Cedar Township.

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