ELIZABETH
SCOTT BOISSEAU GRANTOld Family Photos
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ELIZABETH
SCOTT BOISSEAU GRANT
BESSIE by her Father, also called Bettie.
My great grandmother. (1896)
Daughter
of the Confederacy by way of her Father
Captain Joseph Boisseau (see his bio)
Dr.
ROBERT LEE GRANT, Prior to leaving Kentucky
On his way to practice medicine in Arkansas.
My great grandfather. (about 1888)
Wedding
Invitation of
Elizabeth Scott Boisseau
Dr. Robert Lee Grant
Dr.
Grant & Bessie Boisseau Grant
Wedding Day, October 8th, 1896
Shreveport, Louisiana
Dr.
Grant in 1908
48 years of age
I have the pocket watch he is wearing, still in excellent working condition.
CAPTAIN
JOSEPH BOISSEAU
CONFEDERATE NAVY AND RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN
FATHER OF ELIZABETH (above) and my great great grandfather. (? 1880)
Capt.
Joseph
Taken in 1900 five years before his death.
At his home, 1509 Abbie Street, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Bullitsburg
Baptist Church 1900, standing in the yard is my great great grandfather William Henry Grant
born in 1821, he and Jane
Willis Grant my gg-grandmother are buried in the cemetery here. In the door way is Rev. Dr.
Robert Kirtley. The writing is that of Bessie Boisseau Grant. CEMETERY
PAGE
Dr.
Robert Lee Grant and son Robert Lee Grant at home in Shreveport, LA.
Horse was Dan Patch a Stakes winning trotter.
Taken about 1909
Anna
May Hobusch Grant our grandmother
and her mother Helen Olga Hagen
in St. Louis around 1928.
Anna
May Hobusch about 1914, our grandmother "Grant"
Written on back of photo:
"from Aunt Carrie, when you were a little girl"
Warrant
Officer Robert Lee Grant our grandfather
WW2
Son of Bessie Boisseau & Dr. Grant
Robert
Lee Grant son of Dr. R. L. Grant
Enjoyed reading about the Civil War
Especially about General "Lee" and General "Grant"
UNKNOWN
LITTLE GIRL, VERY OLD ON METAL PLATE
WAS IN THE BOISSEAU PHOTOS.
Dr.
Grant
Bessie Boisseau Grant
Nettie Boisseau