BORN:(1-10-1822)   DIED:(7-6-1897)   BURIED:( Church Cemetery )
Home State:( Ohio )

She was a good wife and mother, bearing 13 children, ten being raised to adulthood and three dying young.  She was a good housekeeper, thrifty and industrious.  She and her husband gave their children a good education.  Two of the girls were school teachers, one teaching for 40 years after her marriage. She taught her daughters to be good housekeepers, good cooks and she was very critical of their suitors, making sure they were industrious, eligible men.  She was famous as a good cook and operated a boarding house in her dining room.  One of her daughters, who was crippled, was taught dressmaking so she could be self-supporting.  Bethia's only son John, was given a medical degree from the best school in Cincinnati, Ohio at that time.  It must have afforded her great satisfaction that he moved to Wayne County, West Virginia and set up his practice among her people.  She was a very proud lady, very neat, attractive, slender and always well groomed.  She died July 6th, 1897 at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 26 days.  Her husband William Harrison Grant, was born May 12th, 1814 and died August 4th, 1894 at the age of 80 years, 2 months and 18 days.