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American Biographical Notes
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page 180
GRISWOLD, GEORGE, was b. at Lyme, Ct.; began business with his brother
Nathaniel, in N.Y., as a merchant, in 1794, and long maintained all
honorable and conspicuous place among the merchants of that city, and as
a man noted for his benevolence and charity. He was a whig [p.180]
elector in 1848, but held no other public office, and d. Sept. 5, 1859,
on Staten Island, a. 83.

American Biographical Notes
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page 180
GRISWOLD, JOAB, b. in Goshen, Ct., June 29, 1769; settled early in
Herkimer co.; was an active federalist; was appointed co. clerk in
March, 1798, and held 6 y.; the office and records were burned the night
before he was to deliver possession to his successor, perhaps by
accident. He was a lawyer and farmer, and lived at Herkimer. (Benton's
Herkimer Co., N. Y, p. 316.)

American Biographical Notes
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page 180
GRISWOLD, JOHN, d. at Hyde Park, N.Y., Aug. 4, 1856, a. 74; native of
Lyme, Conn., and a prominent merchant of New York.

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