When I explained my reason for calling, she said she had no idea the Grants had appeared in the newspaper’s first wedding announcement. As brief and terse as his wedding announcement, the notice merely reported that he had “dropped dead” in his home at age 60. Sarah Grant died 29 years later. PhotoMs. Haskell’s son David Haskell is an editor at New York magazine and is carrying on the family moonshine tradition. What would John and Sarah Grant think?

Source: New York Times January 23, 2017 23:34 UTC