Jedediah Wilder Granger (October 25, 1818 – August 17, 1902) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and pioneer settler of Iowa and South Dakota.
After his marriage, in 1840, he moved west to Mackinac County, Michigan, where he worked in the logging industry as a surveyor and estimator.
[2] In 1862, Granger volunteered for service in the Union Army and was commissioned first lieutenant in Company A, 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
After the death of his wife in 1882, Granger sold his property in Wisconsin and moved west to a farm in Webster, Dakota Territory, where he remained for the rest of his life.
[4] Their eldest son Robert E. Granger enrolled as a private in the 1st Iowa Cavalry Regiment and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bayou Meto, in Arkansas; he was 20 years old.