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Contentment, also known as the Grattan House, is a historic home located near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It has a pair of slightly projecting interior end chimneys placed at each end of the standing-seam metal gable roof with a brick parapet ...
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Thomas Colley Grattan (1792 – 4 July 1864) was an Irish novelist, poet, dramatist, travel writer, historian and diplomat. Born in Dublin , he was educated for the law, but did not practise. He wrote a few novels, including The Heiress of Bruges (4 volumes, 1830); but his best work was Highways and Byways , a description of his Continental ...
Henry Grattan Donnelly (c. 1850–1931) was an author and playwright born in Baltimore, Maryland. Named after the Irish politician Henry Grattan , Donnelly traveled West and became a reporter for the Omaha Bee when he was in his late teens.
Chevalier William Henry Grattan Flood (baptised 1 November 1857 [1] – 6 August 1928) was a noted Irish author, composer, musicologist and historian. As a writer and ecclesiastical composer, his personal contributions to Irish music produced enduring works, although he is regarded today as controversial due to the inaccuracy of some of his work.
John Grattan O'Connell (October 27, 1902 – March 14, 1942) was an American professional football player and sportswriter. He played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1926 to 1927. He played for the Hartford Blues during the 1926 season and the Providence Steam Roller during the 1927 season.
His headstone read "Don't forget the poor Shaughraun. In memory of Thomas Grattan Riggs, Born at Buffalo, U.S.A., 1835; Died 15th June 1899, Aged Sixty-four years. Erected by His Friends." The Elks, the fraternal order of which he was a lifetime member, arranged in 1908 to provide a headstone for his grave. [12] [13]
Grattan Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,809. [3]