GRANVILLE B. OLNEY
Granville B. Olney, son of Vernon L. and Louisa Olney, was born in Know county, Ohio, November 3, 1841. His ancestors were of English descent. When he was eight years old, his parents moved to Mahaska county, where his early life was spent. From 1864 to 1866, he was in Rhode Island, employed by H.G. Williams, in the cities of Providence and Pawtucket, one year, and by George W. Angel, to run a farm and milk wagon, one year. He then returned home and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed four years. In 1869 and 1870, he carried on carpentering and manufacturing beehives, together. In 1871 he came to Cass county, and purchased eighty acres of land. He owned at one time, on hundred and eighty acres, all under cultivation and well improved. He is largely engaged in stock raising. In 1872 his sales of stock amounted to seventy-eight thousand dollars. In 1884 he made an improvement in the "Langstroth" bee-hive, which is proving a financial success. He was married February 2, 1870 to Anna M. Taylor, a native of Noble county, Ohio, and daughter of John and Louisa (Stewart) Taylor, of whom the former is of French descent, and the latter of Irish. Mr. and Mrs. Olney have three children...John B., Vernon O, and Anna M. Mr Olney is a member of the I.O.O.F.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 596-5977.
