Early Life
Jedediah M. Grant was born February 21, 1816 to Joshua Grant and Athalia Howard Grant in Windsor, New York. He was baptized into the Church of Christ on March 21, 1833 at the age of 17. By the age of 18 he had participated in Zion's Camp, marching from Kirtland, Ohio to Missouri under the direction of Joseph Smith, Jr.. Though the physical objectives of the march weren't met, many members later became leaders of the LDS Church. Jedediah's close relationship with these men from such an early age would last the rest of his life.
Grant was among the first Latter-day Saint missionaries to go to Maryland, North Carolina, and the present boundaries of Virginia. His preaching efforts in the Toms River area of New Jersey in the late 1830s lead to first conversion of members of the Ivins Family.
Grant was one a group of men (which also included Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff and George A. Smith) who were called in 1844 to campaign for Joseph Smith's election to President of the United States.
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