A9 Row A, place 9

ISAAC GRANDY

Corporal, Co. A, 38th U.S. Colored Infantry. Minister. Born Camden County, North Carolina, about 1844. Died Providence, November 28, 1922.

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Headstone of Isaac Albert Grandy, grave A9

The stone reads

ISAAC GRANDY
Co. A. 38. N.Y. Col. Troops
Died Nov. 28 1922

White marble, lying nearly flat and tilted, the lettering darkened by soil or residue. Legible. The first letters of lines 1 and 2 are worn at the edge. Photograph IMG_0819 (B. Brennan). [1]

The stone and the Army's records agree on the name, the company and the number 38, and disagree on the state. The stone carves "N.Y." Every card in his service record, the pension index and the Army's own cross-reference say "U.S. Col'd Infantry," and the regiment was raised at Norfolk, Virginia. [2][9] Nothing in his file connects him to New York. The error is on the stone, and its origin is not known. The stone also omits his rank. [2]

Life

Isaac Grandy was born in Camden County, North Carolina, in the early 1840s, to Edward, called Ned, and Amy Grandy. [3][11][15]

On January 5, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia, he enlisted in Captain Clapp's company of the 1st Eastern Virginia Colored Infantry, which became Company A of the 38th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was twenty, a farmer. [2] He was sick in hospital at Portsmouth that spring and on fatigue duty at Point of Rocks the next winter. He was made a corporal and mustered out at Indianola, Texas, on January 25, 1867. [2]

On September 2, 1869, at Portsmouth, a widower at twenty-seven, he married Lizzie Weston, a widow. [3] In 1870 he was a huckster; his son Peter, born in 1863, lived with them. [4]

By 1880 they were in Providence, at the rear of 105 Meeting Street, he a laborer, she a laundress. [5][6] In 1881 he opened a savings account; the clerk noted that he could write. [7] By 1885 the state census called him a clergyman. [8] In 1888 he applied for an invalid pension. [9]

In 1900 he was a widower and a minister in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and sat with its pastors when they formed an Anti-Saloon League. [10][22] In 1901 he was minister of the A.M.E. church in Lee, Massachusetts, where on March 28 he married Sarah F. Brown, born Taylor, a widow from Fall River. [11] In 1904 her daughter Caroline, ten, died at Plainville, Connecticut. [23] By 1910 he had a church in Meriden. He buried parishioners, spoke in the schools on Memorial Day, and told a church audience about his war. [12][24][25][26]

By 1916 he had retired to Providence. [13] In 1920 he owned the house at 32 Superior Street. [14] He died there on November 28, 1922. Sarah applied for a widow's pension eight days later, and died in the same house in 1942. [9][15][28]

The records

Headstone photograph (shown above) — Headstone of Isaac Grandy, grid A9, Prescott Post lot, 2026 (IMG_0819). [1]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
Compiled military service record, twenty-five cards, NARA RG 94: jacket, descriptive-book card, muster-in roll, hospital muster roll, company muster rolls April 1864 to December 1866, returns, cross-reference card, muster-out roll. [2]
General Index to Pension Files card, NARA T288: invalid application 1888, widow's application 1922. [9]
records/A9/1922-providence-death-return.jpg — City of Providence, Return of a Death, no. 3282, 1922. [15] ⟨Providence City Archives copy; confirm hosting⟩ (not yet hosted)

Census pages, marriage registers, the bank signature book, the directory and the newspapers are cited in Sources and will be linked to their repositories, not hosted.

What we don't know

His birth year. Twelve records give ages or years that fall between 1842 and 1847: age 20 at enlistment in January 1864; 27 at marriage in 1869 and in the 1870 census; 36 in 1880; "born 1843" in his own bank signature of 1881; 40 in 1885; "Aug. 1846," 53, in 1900; 54 in 1901; 65 in 1910; 69 in 1916; 74 in 1920; "August 29," age 80, at death. Two records put the birthday in August. The pension file should settle it. [2]–[15]
His first wife. In 1869 he was already a widower. His son Peter was born in June 1863, before Isaac enlisted. Peter's 1942 death certificate first gave the mother's name as Mary, then corrected it to Elizabeth; the 1880 census says Peter's mother was born in Virginia, as Elizabeth was. Whether Peter was Elizabeth's son or a first wife's is open. [3][5][18]
Whether he was born enslaved. No record seen says so either way.
Where Elizabeth died. She was alive in Providence in 1885; he was a widower by June 1900. [8][10]
His churches. He was a clergyman by 1885, minister of the A.M.E. church in Lee in 1901, and had a church in Meriden by 1910; the Bridgeport, Plainville and Meriden churches are not named. Sarah's 1942 funeral was at Winter Street A.M.E. Zion, Providence. [8][10][11][12][23][28]
Caroline. The 1900 census called Caroline E. Brown, born July 1893, his granddaughter and Sarah's child; the 1904 notice called her his daughter. She was Sarah's daughter by her first marriage. Her death is not yet found in Connecticut records. [10][23]
His G.A.R. post. In 1911 he took part in Meriden G.A.R. observances as one of the old soldiers. Whether he belonged to the Meriden post, or to a post in Providence, is not yet documented. [25][26]
The pension file. The index gives the numbers (invalid application 683051, certificate 449779, filed from Massachusetts, 28 Dec. 1888; widow's application 1197640, certificate 949404, filed from Rhode Island, 6 Dec. 1922; consolidated file XC 2713200). The file itself has not been ordered. Where was he in 1888, that he filed from Massachusetts? [9]
The date of his promotion. The muster-out roll says "promoted Corpl. Jan 1/65," but every company muster roll carries him as a private through February 1866 and as a corporal from the March–April 1866 roll. The copyist's "65" may be "66." [2]
Why the stone says "N.Y." [1][2]
James Grandy (1855–1920) of Elizabeth City, N.C. His death certificate names his father as Isaac Grandy of Camden County and his mother as Mary Dozier. Our Isaac was about eleven in 1855. James is more likely the son of an older Isaac Grandy of the same county, perhaps a kinsman. Not this family until shown otherwise. [19]
The "13" on Marguerite's birth record. The Providence register numbers her the thirteenth child of the mother. Sarah had reported seven children born by 1910. The count needs checking against the register's practice. [12][13]
When he was buried in this plot, and the City's ledger entry. The death return says "North Burial Ground." [15]
Descendants. Peter (1863–1942), John I. (1902–64), Amy O. (1904–68), Ardella F. (1905–86), Paul A. (1909–54), Esther V. (1911–36), Marguerite M. (1916–94). Living descendants are not named on this page. [12][13][14][17][18]

Sources

Conflicts. Birth year: see What we don't know; no single record is preferred, and the page says "early 1840s." Birthplace: the Army, the 1869 register and the 1885 census say Camden County; the family's later records say Belcross, which is in Camden County; both are used. Sarah's birthplace: Fall River, Mass. [10][11][17] against Virginia [13]; Fall River is weighted as the earlier and more often repeated. Promotion date: see What we don't know.

Gravestone of Isaac Grandy, grave A9, Prescott Post plot, North Burial Ground, Providence. Photograph by Bernard Brennan (IMG_0819), ⟨date⟩.
Compiled Military Service Record of Isaac Grandy, Co. A, 38th U.S. Colored Infantry (Capt. Clapp's Co., 1st Regiment Eastern Virginia Colored Infantry). National Archives, Washington, D.C., RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War, Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 38th USCI, jacket "Grandy, Isaac," no. 569. Twenty-five cards: jacket (card numbers 6503910–6505481, 9142084; reverse annotated with pension references); Company Descriptive Book card (age 20, 5 ft 7 in., dark complexion, eyes and hair; born Camden Co., N.C.; farmer; enlisted Jan. 5, 1864, Norfolk, Va., by D. E. Clapp, 3 years; "Mustered out Jany 25/67"); muster-in roll, Norfolk, Jan. 23, 1864; hospital muster roll, Balfour U.S.A. General Hospital, Portsmouth, Mar.–Apr. 1864; company muster rolls, enlistment to Apr. 30, 1864 (absent, at Balfour General Hospital), May–June through Sept.–Oct. 1864 (present), Nov.–Dec. 1864 (absent, "detailed for fatigue duty at Hospital Point of Rocks Va. by circular order from Hd. Qrs. 2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 18th A.C. Nov. 15/64"), Jan.–Feb. 1865 (absent, same detail), Mar.–Apr. 1865 through Feb. 28, 1866 (present, private), Mar.–Apr. 1866 through Nov.–Dec. 1866 (present, corporal); Returns card; cross-reference card ("Name appears also as Grandley, Isaac"; R&P Office stamp 40802916, Jan. 27, 1899); company muster-out roll, Indianola, Tex., Jan. 25, 1867 (last paid to Oct. 31, 1866; due soldier $37.24 clothing; "Joined as Recruit. Promoted Corpl. Jan 1/65. Remained as such to discharge. Retains his knapsack, haversack & canteen per S.O. No. 114 A.G.O."). Read by Bernard Brennan and Claude from Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863–1865, images 31039_174776-00517 to -00541, 31 Oct. 2026. ⟨NARA microfilm publication and roll for the 38th USCI⟩
Register of Marriages, City of Portsmouth, Virginia, year ending Dec. 31, 1869, p. 101, line 1: Sept. 2, 1869, Isaac Grandy and Mrs. Lizzie Weston, colored, ages 27 and 20, both widowed; he born Camden County, N.C., she Mathews Co., Va.; both of Portsmouth; his parents Edward and Amy Grandy; farmer; by W. D. W. Schurman. Library of Virginia, Richmond, ⟨reel⟩; Ancestry image 62154_i1023825-00509.
U.S. Census, 1870, Portsmouth, Jefferson Ward, Norfolk County, Virginia, p. 59, dwelling 507, lines 37–39: Isaac Grandy, 27, B, huckster, born North Carolina, male citizen; Lizzie, 30, domestic servant, born Virginia; Peter, 6, born North Carolina. NARA M593, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 4268798_00238.
U.S. Census, 1880, Providence, Rhode Island, ED 11, p. 27, house 105, family 235, lines 31–33: Isaac Grandy, B, 36, laborer, born N.C., parents N.C.; Elizabeth, 40, wife, laundry work, born Va., parents Va.; Peter, 17, son, at school, born N.C., father N.C., mother Va. NARA T9, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 4244435-00619.
The Providence Directory (Providence: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1884), 201: "Grandy Isaac A. laborer, h. rear 105 Meeting"; "Grandy Peter A. porter, 100 Westminster, h. rear 105 Meeting." ⟨confirm year; the page lists deaths of 1883⟩ Ancestry image 14534458.
Providence Institution for Savings (Old Stone Bank), signature book, vol. 11, 1880–82, p. 241, entry of June 4, 1881: "Isaac Albert Grandy, or his wife — born 1843, rear 105 Meeting St., Neptune Line, born N. Carolina. He writes." and "Elizabeth Grandy, or the survivor of them — 40, née Williams, Virginia," her mark. Rhode Island Historical Society, Old Stone Bank records, ⟨MSS no.⟩; Ancestry, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., Old Stone Bank Records, 1844–1924, image osbsb_11_1880-82_241. ⟨"Neptune Line" read as his employer, the Providence–New York steamship line; confirm⟩
Rhode Island State Census, 1885, Providence, Ward 2, district 17, family 150, line 29: Isaac A. Grandy, head, B, 40, married, born N.C., parentage N.C., clergyman. Rhode Island State Archives; Ancestry image 41271_307542-00606.
General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934, card "Grandy, Isaac," Co. A, 38 U.S.C. Inf.: invalid, filed Dec. 28, 1888, application 683051, certificate 449779, Mass.; widow Sarah Frances Grandy, filed Dec. 6, 1922, application 1197640, certificate 949,404, R.I.; remarks "XC 2713200." NARA T288, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 32959_032847-04547. The pension file, NARA RG 15, XC 2,713,200, has not been ordered.
U.S. Census, 1900, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, ED 11, sheet 10B, 395 Broad St., family 221, lines 60–62: Isa. A. Grandy, Rev., head, B, born Aug. 1846, 53, widowed, born No. Carolina, minister, rents; Sarah F. Brown, "daughter," born July 1871, 28, widowed, 1 child, 1 living, born Massachusetts, parents No. Carolina; Caroline E. Brown, granddaughter, born July 1893, 6, at school. NARA T623, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 4118690_00268. ⟨The "daughter" relationship is contradicted by the 1901 marriage record, which gives Sarah's parents as William H. Taylor and Deanna; treat as an enumerator's error or a household convention⟩
Town of Lee, Massachusetts, Marriages Registered 1901, entry 6 (town book, p. 19; state return): March 28, 1901, Isaac A. Grandy, black, of Lee, 54, clergyman, born North Carolina, parents Ned Grandy and Amy Downs, second marriage; Sarah F. Brown, black, of Lee, 30, at home, born Fall River, Mass., parents Wm. H. Taylor and Deanna Bendis ⟨read uncertain⟩, second marriage; by Samuel Hopley, minister, Lee; recorded April 1. Same register, entry 1: Jan. 9, 1901, Hezekiah G. Brown and Amelia Crawford, married by "I. A. Grandy, minister of A.M.E. Church, Lee, Mass." Massachusetts State Archives, Vital Records, ⟨vol. and page⟩; Ancestry images 40143_268322__0001-00018 and 41262_b139474-00069.
U.S. Census, 1910, Meriden, Ward 2, New Haven County, Connecticut, ED 344, sheet 14B, 313 ⟨street⟩, lines 71–76: Isaac A. Grandy, head, B, 65, second marriage, married 11 years, born North Carolina, parents North Carolina, minister, church, rents; Sarah, wife, 38, first marriage ⟨sic⟩, 7 children born, 4 living, born Massachusetts, father Virginia, mother North Carolina; John I., 8; Amie O., 6; Ardella F., 4; Paul A., 1/12; all born Connecticut. NARA T624, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 31111_4327341-00221.
City of Providence, Births Registered 1916, p. 272, line 9: July 19, 1916, Marguerite Marie Grandy, F, colored, child no. 13, 5 Burr's Lane; father Isaac A., 69, colored, retired clergyman, born Camden, N.C.; mother Sarah F. Taylor, 46, colored, born Virginia; physician F. H. Mathews. Providence City Archives; Ancestry image i3718741-00314.
U.S. Census, 1920, Providence, Ward 7, ED 255, sheet 19A, 32 Superior St., family 369, lines 42–49: Isaac A. Grandy, head, owns, mortgaged, B, 74, married, born North Carolina, parents North Carolina, no occupation; Sarah F., wife, 48, born Massachusetts, father Virginia, mother North Carolina; John I., 18, basket maker; Paul A., 10; Amy O., 16, laundress; Ardella, 14; Esther V., 8; Margaret M., 3 6/12, born Rhode Island. NARA T625, ⟨roll⟩; Ancestry image 4384933_00893.
City of Providence, Return of a Death, registered no. 3282: Isaac Albert Grandy, died Nov. 28, 1922, 32 Superior St.; born August 29, age 80 years ⟨months and days overwritten⟩; male, colored, married to Sarah Frances Grandy; minister, clergyman; born Belcross, N.C.; father "don't know"; mother's maiden name Amey Grandy; parents born N.C.; to be buried North Burial Ground; informant Sarah Frances Grandy, wife; cause cerebral hemorrhage, 10 days; physician James H. Gilbert ⟨read⟩; undertaker M. R. Armstrong ⟨read⟩; filed Nov. 29, 1922, Charles V. Chapin, registrar. Providence City Archives; Ancestry image i3813208-00206.
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database, "Grandy, Isaac," 38th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Co. A, private in, corporal out, M589 roll 33; accessed Oct. 31, 2026, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=D0316CA2-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A.
Rhode Island Public Health Commission, Certificate of Death, state file no. 68 (1936), Providence no. 710: Esther Virginia Grandy, died March 8, 1936, Chas. V. Chapin Hospital; of 32 Superior St.; born June 4, 1911, Meriden, Conn.; father Isaac Albert Grandy, born Camden County, N.C.; mother Sarah F. Taylor, born Fall River, Mass.; informant Paul Grandy, brother, 133 Dodge St.; buried North Burial Ground. Ancestry image i3814460-00074.
Rhode Island Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, state file no. 1274 (1942), Providence no. 1321: Albert Peter Grandy, died May 22, 1942, 62 Carrington Ave.; 69 years in Providence; born June 22, 1863, Belcross, N.C., corrected to Portsmouth, Va.; retired letter carrier; wife Rachel Augustine Chambers; father Isaac Albert Grandy, born Belcross, N.C.; mother Mary, corrected to Elizabeth, born N.C.; buried North Burial Ground. Ancestry image i3812863-00110.
North Carolina State Board of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, Pasquotank County, register no. 142 (1920): James Grandy, died Nov. 5, 1920, Elizabeth City; born 1855, Camden, N.C.; widowed; laborer; father Isaac Grandy, born Camden Co., N.C.; mother Mary Dozier, born Camden Co.; informant Edmond Grandy; buried Camden Co. Ancestry image 004215986_02895. Not this family; see What we don't know.
Bernard Brennan, "Isaac Albert Grandy, 1844–1922," Ancestry family tree 203574402, person 242658528569, printed Oct. 31, 2026. Working file; not cited on the page.
Find a Grave, memorial for Isaac Grandy, North Burial Ground. ⟨link once verified; link only⟩
"Bridgeport Pastors' Association Will Form an Anti-Saloon League," Bridgeport Herald, Jan. 21, 1900, ⟨page⟩ ("The ministers present at the meeting were H. A. Davenport, George H. Wallace, George D. Reid, L. M. Lounsbury, E. W. Holden, Evan Evants, H. C. Woodruff, C. F. Stimson, Isaac Grandy and John DePue"). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Girl's Queer Death Case at Plainville," Meriden Daily Journal, May 31, 1904, ⟨page⟩ (Caroline Grandy, aged ten, daughter of Rev. Isaac Grandy, died May 30 at Plainville, Conn., after eating wild sorrel; Dr. J. N. Bull attended). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Freeman," funeral notice, Meriden Daily Journal, May 11, 1910, ⟨page⟩ (Rev. I. A. Grandy officiating at the funeral of Edward W. Freeman; burial Walnut Grove cemetery). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Veterans Plan Services to Do Honor to Departed," Meriden Daily Journal, May 9, 1911, ⟨page⟩ (G.A.R. school detail for May 26: Columbia Street, 2 p.m., including Rev. Isaac A. Grandy; Commander Benjamin A. Robinson). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Patriotic Service at First M. E. Church, G. A. R. Members Speak," Meriden Morning Record, July 3, 1911, ⟨page⟩ (Epworth League service; "several G. A. R. men were called upon for remarks about their military careers," among them Rev. Isaac A. Grandy). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Marriage Licenses," Providence News, Dec. 19, 1922, ⟨page⟩ (John Isaac Grandy, 32 Superior street; Grace Marion Jackson, 134 Dodge street). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026.
"Providence Matron Dies," Afro-American (Baltimore), Aug. 8, 1942, ⟨page⟩ (Mrs. Sarah Frances Grandy, 71, of 32 Superior Street, resident twenty-seven years, wife of the late Rev. Isaac Albert Grandy; died at home about July 30; funeral Aug. 2 at Winter Street A.M.E. Zion Church; native of Fall River; said to be a graduate of Hampton Institute; survivors Mrs. Ardella Walker, Misses Amy and Marguerite Grandy, John Isaac and Paul A. Grandy, daughters-in-law Mrs. Albert Grandy and Mrs. Paul Grandy; Andrew Bell Funeral Parlors; interment "North End Cemetery," i.e. North Burial Ground). Google News Archive, screenshot by B. Brennan, Oct. 31, 2026. ⟨The obituary also calls her "an hereditary princess of the Bantu tribe of North Carolina"; recorded here as the family's claim, not used on the page.⟩

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Researched by Bernard Brennan. Records courtesy City of Providence, Department of Parks, North Burial Ground. Revised 2026-11-01.