Ann Sholes and her husband Frank moved to Hillsdale, Michigan, as newlyweds in 1845. The Gridleys ran a grocery store and had two sons and a daughter. The youngest, little Helen, died at ten weeks of age. Exactly what occurred to husband Frank is not known, but he was committed to the Michigan Insane Asylum, remaining apart from Ann until his death in 1887.
Her efforts to improve Oak Grove Cemetery through the Ladies Cemetery Association are well documented, as was her charity work as one of the founders of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
Considered one of Hillsdale's most heroic figures, the name of Ann Gridley was chosen in 1911 as the name of the town's newly-organized Daughters of the American Revolution.
--Old B-Runner
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