grand'ther

"'Cause it's allers carried us 'long as slick as a cart with new-greased wheels; and 'cause, stranger, my grand'ther was one of Marion's boys, and spilt a lettle claret at Yewtaw for the old consarn, and I reckon he'd be oneasy in his grave if I turned my back on it now."

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

You stay here; make yer money on the old Cape, where yer father an 'grand'ther made it afore you.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

This trophy of my skill I would have fastened against the wall of my room or my hall, and I would feel proud to think that my grandchildren could point to that bird -- which I would carefully bequeath to my descendants -- and say, ` My grand'ther shot that bird, and with that very arrow. '

The Magic Egg and Other Stories 1884

This trophy of my skill I would have fastened against the wall of my room or my hall, and I would feel proud to think that my grandchildren could point to that bird -- which I would carefully bequeath to my descendants -- and say, ` My grand'ther shot that bird, and with that very arrow. '

The Magic Egg and Other Stories Frank Richard Stockton 1868

Therein your grand'ther would have done the very same.

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

It was in that very business with your grand'ther, captain.

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Your grand'ther didn't then entirely forget the white man!"

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Your grand'ther wished the same, and there are them still lying in the Otsego mountains, as I hope, who would gladly have given me a palace for my dwelling.

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

I see your grand'ther was just, and did his duty, too, by his offspring!

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Your grand'ther would have said, that when the enemy was nigh, a soldier could do no better than to obey."

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820