BIOGRAPHIES
COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF THE COUNTIES OF
HURON AND LORAIN, OHIO
CONTAINING
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens
and of Many of the Early Settled Families
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
J. H. BEERS & CO.
1894
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A. L. Garford |
ARTHUR LOVETT GARFORD
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N. B. Gates |
COLONEL NAHUM BALL GATES
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HENRY J. GAWN - See
JAMES GAWN |
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JAMES GAWN
(deceased) was born in the Isle of Man, in August,
1829, and died in Lorain county, Ohio, Jan. 23,
1885.
When three years old he came with his parents to the
United States, and to Lorain county, Ohio. In
Black River township he followed blacksmithing and
farming till 1848, in which year he was united in
marriage with Miss Louisa E. Barnes, and the
young couple then for seven years made their home in
the village of North Amherst. In 1855 Mr.
Gawn purchased the farm of one hundred acres in
Amherst township, where he passed the remainder of
his days, and where his widow now resides.
Three children were born to this marriage, viz.:
Ellen, wife of H. N. Steele,, of North
Amherst (they have four children); Henry J.;
and Marion E., who died Sept. 6, 1888.
HENRY J. GAWN, only son of
James and Louisa E. (Barnes) Gawn, was born
in Amherst township, Lorain Co., Ohio, June 25,
1855. He received his education at the common
schools on Middle Ridge, Amherst township, and
learned the trade of blacksmith with his father, at
which he works a little, but is chiefly engaged in
farming. In 1888 he was married to Miss
Melissa Smartwood, of Amherst township, and one
child, Frank, has been born to them.
Henry J. Gawn operates a nice farm of thirty-six
acres devoted to general agriculture.
Politically he is a Democrat, and takes a lively
interest in all county affairs.
MRS. LOUISA E. GAWN was
born, reared and educated in Amherst township, when
there was little else than wild woods, and settlers
were, literally, "few and far between." She
was born Aug. 27, 1828, a daughter of Ezekiel G.
and Elvira (Harrington) Barnes, the former of
whom was born Sept. 1, 1799, in Old Becket, Mass.,
and came with his parents to Amherst, Lorain county,
in 1817. In 1825 he visited the East, and was
there married same year to Miss Elvira Harrington
who was born Mar. 5, 1805, in Massachusetts.
Returning to Amherst township, he continued
agricultural pursuits, and became prosperous.
He and his wife were the parents of five children,
viz.: Gilbert H., a resident of Amherst
township; Louisa E., widow of James Gawn;
G. Monroe, who died in 1891, leaving a widow;
Henry D., deceased in 1869, and Sardis N.
a prominent farmer of Amherst township. The
father was called from earth, Dec. 18,1881, the
mother on Jan. 29, 1888.
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MRS. LOUISA E. GAWN - SEE
JAMES GAWN |
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THOMAS GAWN,
leading capitalist of Lorain, and one of the most
influential citizens of Lorain county, is a native
of same, born Dec. 25, 1829. His parents were
natives of the Isle of Man, and coming to this
country about the year 1822 settled in the northern
part of Black River township, Lorain Co., Ohio,
where they carried on farming with much success.
The father died in 1868 at the age of seventy-seven
years, the mother in 1881, when eighty-six years
old. They had a family of seven children, of
whom Mrs. Thomas Radcliff and our subject are
the only surviving members.
Thomas Gawn received such an education as was
provided in the pioneer schools of his boyhood in
Lorain county, and was reared to the arduous duties
of the farm. Apart from agricultural pursuits,
which he followed for some time, he became
interested in the shipping business early in 1862,
since when he has had heavy investments in lake
vessels. He is a member of the Lorain
Steamship Company, and has been one of the leading
stockholders in some of the best steamships that
sail the lakes, besides smaller vessels.
In 1854 Mr. Gawn was married to Miss Elmina
Moore and immediately thereafter settled on a
farm whereon part of the town of Black River
(Lorain) now stands. He has seen in his day
both the slow and rapid growth of his section of the
county, Lorain developing from a village to a
thriving city, and wa a man in business here long
before the days of steam and electricity. He
has been identified with the best financial
institutions of Lorain from their inception, and is
a stockholder and one of the main supporters of the
Lorain Savings Bank. Politically he is a
lifelong Republican.
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D. L. Gibbs |
DAVID L.
GIBBS, a prominent farmer and stockman of
Carlisle township, is a native of same, born Mar.
15, 1828, a son of
RANSOM and Julia (Pritchard)
GIBBS.
The father of our subject was born in Waterbury,
Conn., and was reared, educated and married in New
Haven county. After the birth of their first
child there, he and his wife came to Ohio, and made
a settlement in Carlisle township, Lorain county.
Mr. Gibbs cutting two miles of the Elyria
road, and building a log house at the end of the
road, where he made his new home, the family being
among the first settlers on Murray Ridge. The
father died Mar. 17, 1879, at the advanced age of
eighty-three, the mother when fifty-eight years old.
Grandfather Obed Gibbs came to the county at
the same time, accompanied by his wife, Hannah
(Scoville), and they both died in Carlisle
township. To Ransom and Julia (Pritchard)
Gibbs were born four children, viz.: Jane,
who was married to George Boughton, and died
in Nebraska; Lewis, deceased in Washington
City; Harriet, wife of Alonson Wooster,
of Elyria; and David L.
The subject of these
lines received his education in the public schools
of Carlisle township, and from early boyhood worked
on the farm. He is now owner of 204 acres of
highly-cultivated land, where he carries on stock
farming. In 1849 he married Miss Jane M.
Slauter, a native of Pennsylvania, and two
children blessed their union; Carrie, wife of
M. L. Chapman, of Denver, Colo. (they have
three children - Hattie, Nellie and Henry);
and Hattie V., wife of F. M. Hance,
now of Oberlin. Politically Mr. Gibbs
is a Democrat.
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GEORGE W. GIBSON.
This gentleman, proprietor of the leading livery and
hack business in Oberlin, comes of ancestry whose
home was the soil of Scott and Burns -
"land of the mountain and the flood."
Our subject was born Nov. 19, 1845 in Russia township,
Lorain Co., Ohio, a son of Orin and Elizabeth
(Freeman) Gibson. The parents were natives
of New York, and in 1833 came to Ohio, locating in
Brownhelm township till 1835, when they moved to
Russia township on a farm, which at that time was
all in the woods, but is now one of the best
cultivated in the township. The father died
May 30, 1884, in Oberlin, where the mother is yet
living. She was born in Vermont, a daughter of
Luther Freeman, also a native of the Green
Mountain State, who in 1824 came to Russia township,
Lorain county, where he passed the rest of his days.
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Gibson were the parents of
three children, as follows: Louisa,
wife of Nathan B. Nash, residing in Russia
township, Lorain county; Anna, who was
married to David Brobert, and died in 1886 in
Oberlin; and George W.
The subject of these
lines was reared and educated in his native
township, and assisted in the opening up of the home
farm, working thereon till March, 1881, when he came
to Oberlin and embarked in his present livery
business. On Dec. 25, 1870, Mr. Gibson
was married, in Russia township, Lorain county, to
Miss Catherine Plain, a native of Broome
county, N. Y. (daughter of Henry Plain), who
came to Lorain county in 1861. One of her
brothers, during the Civil war, enlisted in the
Federal army from Lorain county. Two children
have been born to this union, Electa and
Raymond. In his political sympathies
Mr. Gibson identifies himself with the
Republican party, and in 1882 he was appointed
deputy sheriff, a position he is yet filling.
Socially he is a member of the Knights of Honor.
He owns the old homestead in Russia township, and is
a well-to-do, popular citizen.
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MRS. SARA
E. GIBSON, a highly respected lady of
Ridgeville township, was born in Louisville, N. Y.,
daughter of Wright and Betty (Holmes) Lewis,
who were married in New York State, where they
passed the rest of their lives. The Lewis
family are of Scottish ancestry.
The subject of this sketch was reared in her native
State, and attended school at Binghamton, N. Y.,
where she was married, in 1865, to Henry B.
Gibson, a native of Meadville, Penn., where he
was educated. After marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Gibson moved to Pittsburgh, Penn., thence to
Cincinnati, Ohio, where they resided a number of
years, during which period he was engaged in the
sewing machine business. Later he became
manager of the Hall Safe and Lock Co., and he was
also connected with the Chicago Safe and Lock Co.
for some time. He was manager of several
different companies, being a shrewd business man,
and commanded a salary of ten thousand dollars a
year. He died Mar. 16, 1891. In politics
he was a Republican. A few years ago Mrs.
Gibson, while on a visit to Lorain county, Ohio,
purchased an improved farm of thirty-six acres,
where she now makes her home.
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ALANSON GILLMORE.
This honored old pioneer of Lorain county deserves
more than a passing notice in this volume, were it
only for his continuous residence here of over
fourscore years, in that period witnessing the
transformation of forests wild into fields of golden
grain; and the time of the old postboy and
stage-coach giving place to the era of steam and
electricity.
Mr. Gillmore was born in April, 1805, in
Hampshire county, Mass., seventh in the family and
the only survivor of eight children born to
Edward and Elizabeth (Stewart) Gillmore, both
also natives of Massachusetts. In 1812 they
came to Lorain county, the journey from Hampshire
county, Mass., being made overland with teams, and
occupying thirty days. They located on land on
the shore of Lake Erie, two miles west of the mouth
of Black river. Here they opened out a farm,
on which they passed the rest of their busy lives.
The mother died in February, 1844, the father on
Apr. 9, 1846. He was a strong John Quincy
Adams man, also a supporter of John Adams;
in his later life he was a Democrat.
Alanson Gillmore was seven years old when his
parents brought him to Lorain county, and he was
reared on the shore of Lake Erie, his education
being received at the primitive schools of those
early days. When the family first came here,
they killed game in abundance in what is now Black
River township. Our subject distinctly
remembers Perry's victory on Lake Erie, and the
firing at the time of Hull's surrendering of
Detroit to the Canadian militia. Till he was
twenty-one years of age he worked on a farm, and
then went into a shipyard with Capt. Augustus
Jones of the sloop "William Tell." For
over thirty years he was employed as a ship builder,
working chiefly in the principal cities along the
lakes.
On Feb. 23, 1833, he was married to Miss Evaline C.
Jones, a native of Connecticut, whose
half-brother came to Lorain, Ohio, in 1818. To
this union were born five children (all yet living
except one), as follows: Adelaide E.,
wife of Edmund Gillmore, of Lorain; Simon
A., married, and living in Lorain; Joel M.,
a seafaring man, drowned in Lake Michigan July 2,
1886; Byron A., residing in Lorain, and
Fannie, wife of Capt. Thomas Wilford,
also of Lorain. The mother of this family died
on the farm on Lake Erie, Oct. 5, 1850, and Feb. 10,
1859, Mr. Gillmore married Emma Lynch.
She died in 1863, and June 5, 1865, our subject was
united in marriage, in Dodge county, Wis., with
Mrs. Sarah Mantoe, a native of New Hampshire,
daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Barron) Burnham,
who in an early day migrated to Michigan, thence to
Wisconsin at the time it was a territory. This
Mrs. Gillmore had been twice married before
her union with our subject, first time to Mr. A.
Bankson, by whom she had two daughters, viz.
Louisa, wife of William Cross, of
Fairmount, Minn.; and Jennie widow of
William Washington Peanick. By her
marriage with Mr. Mantoe she had one son:
George Arthur, in San Francisco, Cal., foreman
in a bonded warehouse. During the Revolution
Grandfather Jonathan Barron served as an
aid-de-camp to his father Gen. Barron.
Jonathan Barron married a Miss Minor.
In politics our subject was originally a Whig, and
since the formation of the party has been a strong
Republican; he has served as justice of the peace
(two terms) and township assessor. In matters
of religion he is a member of the Disciple Church.
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EDMUND
GILLMORE. A biographical record of
Lorain county would be incomplete were prominent
mention not made of this gentleman, who is a native
of the county, born Feb. 10, 1833, in Black River
township.
Mr. Gillmore is a son of Quartus and
Elizabeth (Reid) Gillmore, the former of whom
was a native of Chester, Hampden Co., Mass., a son
of Edmund and Elizabeth (Stuart) Gillmore,
also of Massachusetts, born of English and Scotch
ancestry, respectively. From their native State they
came west to what was then known as the "Connecticut
Western Reserve," locating, in 1811, in what is now
Lorain county, Ohio, where he bought wild land which
he cleared, passing the rest of his days thereon.
He was a farmer and land-owner in Amherst and Black
River townships, and he and his wife died in Black
River township, in 1843 and 1844, respectively.
They had a family of ten children - nine sons and
one daughter - a brief record of them being as
follows: (1) Quartus, born in 1790, has
mention made further on. (2) Aretus,
born in Massachusetts in 1792, died in Lorain
county, Ohio. (3) Orrin, born in
Massachusetts in 1794, died in Cuyahoga county,
Ohio. (4) Simon, born in 1796, died in
Detroit, Mich., in 1833; he was a ship carpenter by
occupation. (5) Truman, born in 1798, died in
Lorain county, Ohio, in 1881. (6) Linas,
born in 1801, died in Lorain in 1881. (7)
Roxanna, born in 1803, was married in Lorain
county to Robert Wright, and died in Oregon.
(8) Alanson was born in 1805. (9)
Edmund born in 1801, died in Minnesota.
(10) James Madison, born in 1811, died in
Lorain county, Ohio.
Quartus Gillmore came west with his parents, the
journey being made with teams. In what is now
Lorain county, Ohio, he married Elizabeth Reid,
who died in 1876, surviving her husband seven years,
he having passed away in 1869. In politics he
was an active Whig, afterward a Republican; was for
many years a magistrate, and about 1837 was
appointed the first trustee of Black River township.
Of their family of children, Quincy A. was
born in Lorain county in 1825, and was educated in
the public schools of Norwalk and at Elyria Academy;
was a teacher in the public schools for three years;
in 1845 entered the Military Academy, where he
graduated at the head of his class, and ultimately
became a noted general. He died in Brooklyn,
N. Y., Apr. 7, 1888.
Edmund Gillmore
received his education at the public schools of
Black River township, Lorain county, and at the age
of fifteen commenced sailing on the lakes, making
trips to Oswego, Chicago, and all lake ports, which
vocation he continued in for ten years. He
also worked at ship caulking, and while so engaged
on one occasion received a severe injury.
For ten months he was with a brother in New York
City, acting as shipping agent and assistant
draughtsman.
In 1858 Edmund Gillmore was united in marriage
with Miss Adelaide E. Gillmore, a native of
Lorain, Lorain Co., Ohio, and a daughter of
Alanson Gillmore, of Lorain. To this union
has been born one child, Quincy a. Gillmore,
a prominent attorney at law of Elyria, Ohio.
Politically our subject is a pronounced Republican,
and has held several offices of trust in his
locality, such as assessor from some time, township
clerk for fifteen years, justice of the peace since
1863, and notary public for the past twenty years.
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GEORGE GILLMORE,
a representative and prosperous farmer of Black
River township, was born on his present farm Feb.
28, 1837, a son of Truman and Levina (Messenger)
Gillmore.
The father of subject
was born in Berkshire county, Mass., whence when
aged about thirteen years he came to Lorain county,
Ohio, with his father,
Edmund Gillmore, of whom mention is made
elsewhere. Truman was married in Lorain
county to Miss Levina Messenger, also a
native of Berkshire county, Mass., born in 1810, and
she is still living in Lorain county.
Truman Gillmore before marriage was a sailor,
and afterward a ship caulker.
Politically he was originally a Whig, and then, on
the formation of the party, a stanch Republican.
He died Dec. 25, 1888, the father of two children -
Angeline (now Mrs. David Wallace, of
Black River township) and George.
The subject of these
lines received his education at the common schools
of Black River township, and was reared to
agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, the same
one he now owns and lives on, and which is situated
on the outskirts of the town of Lorain. Mr.
Gillmore is a strong adherent of the principles
embodied in the platform of the Republican party,
and has always identified himself with the
progressive interests of Lorain county. He has
never married, but with true filial piety is caring
for his mother in her declining years.
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QUARTUS
GILLMORE is a member of one of the early
families of Loran county, of which he is a native,
born in May, 1839, a son of Quartus and Elizabeth
(Reid) Gillmore. The Gillmores are
of Scotch ancestry, and early settlers of
Massachusetts.
The father of our subject was a native of
Massachusetts, whence in the spring of 1810 he set
out on foot for Ohio, where he located land in what
was then the Connecticut Reserve, which land is now
in Lorain county. In the fall of the same year
he returned to Massachusetts, and in the spring of
the following year once more came to his new
settlement (this time in company with his father,
Edmund Gillmore), and here passed the rest of
his days in farming; he died in 1869, his widow in
1876. They were both Methodists, and in
politics he was first a Whig, then a Free-soiler,
and, in his later years, a Republican. They
reared a family of eight children, namely:
Gen. Quincy A., a native of Lorain, Lorain
county (after leaving school, and up to the age of
twenty, he taught school; then entered the Military
Academy at West Point, where in 1849 he graduated at
the head of his class; he graduated at the head of
his class; he was well known in the Civil war, and
his death, occurred at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1888);
Elizabeth, wife of W. Prince, of
Cleveland; Sophia, wife of D. S. Leslie,
of Northport, Mich.; Roxana, wife of A. B.
Spooner, in California; Edmund, a
resident of Lorain; Alice, wife of James
Connolly, of Lorain (she died in January, 1893);
Quartus, subject of this sketch; and
Cornelius, residing in Cleveland, Ohio.
Quartus Gillmore received a liberal education at
the public schools of his native county, and at the
age of seventeen commenced sailing on the lakes, a
vocation he followed several years, at one time as
captain of a vessel. In 1866 he gave up
seafaring life, and embarked in the grape-growing
industry, continuing in this until 1882, when he
formed a partnership with a Mr. Stang, under
the firm name of Stang & Gillmore, dredgers
and pier builders. In 1888 they dissolved
partnership, since when Mr. Gillmore has
carried on the same line of business alone.
In 1859 our subject was married, in Lorain, Ohio, to
Miss Mary Fitzgerald, who was born in Michigan,
but reared in Lorain county, Ohio, daughter of
Almond and Mary (Root) Fitzgerald, of
Massachusetts, who in an early day came to Lorain
county, where they died. To Mr. and Mrs.
Gillmore have been born four children:
Quartus A., married and residing in Cleveland,
Ohio; Mary Isabelle, wife of Theodore
Burgess, of Lorain, who is employed on the C. L.
& W. R. R.; Theodore Leroy* , married and
residing at
Conneaut,
Ohio; and William, at home. Mr.
Gillmore in his political preferences has been a
Republican since his first vote was cast for
Abraham Lincoln. Socially he is a member
of the Knights of the Maccabees and Royal Arcanum.
He is the owner of considerable property in Lorain.
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ALANSON GILLMORE
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QUINCY
A. GILLMORE, a leading, attorney at law of
Elyria, was born May 12, 1859, in Lorain county,
Ohio, a son of Edmund and Adelaide E. (Gillmore)
Gillmore), also natives of the county, who are
now residents of the town of Lorain.
Our subject received his education in received his
education in Oberlin and Delaware Wesleyan Colleges,
graduating in 1881. Making a study of law, he
graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1883,
and in the fall of 1884 located in Elyria for the
practice of his chosen profession, in which he has
met with well-merited success. In 1884 he was
married to Miss Frankie G. Brown, and one
child has come to brighten their home, named
Scott E. Politically Mr. Gillmore
is one of the most ardent Republicans in this
section, and he is a member of the K. of P. and of
the Lorain County Bar Association.
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GEORGE GILLMORE
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F. E. Griffin |
F. E. GRIFFIN
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GRISWOLD FAMILY - See
E. C. GRISWOLD
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E. C. Griswold |
E. C. GRISWOLD.
The family, of which this gentleman is a prominent
member, claim German descent, the first of the
ancestry, of whom there is record, having come to
England with the Prince of Orange. The name
was originally spelled Griswolde.
Edward and Matthew Griswold (the latter of whom
was the direct ancestor of the two Governors
Griswold) were brothers. They resided in
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England (the ancestral
seat being known as Malvern Hall, the coat-of-arms
two greyhounds courant), where another
brother, Thomas, also lived. In 1639,
in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whiting,
they came to America, in company with Rev.
Ephraim Huit and several other members of his
congregation, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut.
(1) Edward Griswold, born in England in 1607,
married, while young, Margaret ____.
After arrival in America he located in a part of
Windsor called Poquonnack, but afterward became one
of the first settlers of Killingworth, Conn., where
he appears to have been a man of much enterprise and
influence. In March, 1663, he was appointed
one of a committee to lay out the undivided lands in
Massaco (Simsbury) to each of the inhabitants of
Windsor as desired or needed. In Killingworth
he was a commissioner and large landholder.
His first wife died in Killingworth, Aug. 23, 1670,
and he then married Sarah, widow of James
Bemis, of New London. He died about 1690.
His children were Francis, George, John and
Sarah, all four born in England (Sarah
was twice married, first to Samuel, son of
William Phelps, Nov. 10, 1650, and second to
Nathaniel, son of Humphrey Pinney.
July 21, 1670); Anne, born in America, June
19, 1642; Mary, born Oct. 5, 1644 (married
Timothy, son of William Phelps, Mar. 19,
1661); Deborah, born June 28, 1646 (married
Samuel, son of William Buel, and went
to Killingworth); Joseph, born Mar. 2, 1647;
Samuel, born Nov. 13, 1649, died at
Killingworth July 6, 1672; John born Aug. 15,
1652.
(2) George married Mary Holcomb Oct. 3,
16__; she died Apr. 4, 1708. He settled in
Windsor, was holder of considerable land, part of
which he bought of the Indians, and was a man of
high respectability. His children were
Daniel, born Oct. 1, 1656; Thomas, born
Sept. 29, 1658; Edward, born May 19, 1660;
Mary, born Sept. 28, 1663; George, born
Dec. 3, 1665; John, born Sept. 11, 1668;
Benjamin, born Aug. 16, 1671; Deborah,
born May 20, 1674 (married Thomas Moore Dec.
12, 1695): Abigail, born Oct. 3, 1676, died
Mar. 7, 1682; Samuel, born Nov. 5, 1681, died
June 1, 1682.
(3) Daniel, born Oct. 1, 1656, married
Mindwell, daughter of Nathaniel
Bissell, Feb. 3, 1680, who died Dec. 31, 1728.
Their children were David and Nathaniel
(twins), born Feb. 14, 1684; Peletiah, born
Sept. 13, 1689; Deborah, born Nov. 7, 1698;
David, born Aug. 6, 1701.
(4) David, born Aug. 6, 1701, married Huldah
Brown, 1731. Their children were David,
born May 25, 1733, died Mar. 6, 1736; Joel,
born 1734; Ezekiel, born Feb. 21, 1737;
Huldah, born Apr. 23, 1739; Sybil, born
Apr. 17, 1742; Deborah, born Mar. 15, 1745;
David, born Feb. 15, 1748; Asinah,
born Sept. 6, 1750.
(5) Joel, born 1734, married May 11, 1758,
Mary Ebens. Their children were Joel,
born Nov. 4, 1758; Elijah, born Aug. 20,
1762; Luther, Ralph and Rufus.
(6) Elijah, born
Aug. 20, 1762, married July 6, 1787, Lydia Adams,
born Aug. 30, 1767. Their children were
Elijah Pinder, born June 12, 1788; Lydia,
born July 24, 1790; Chauncey Gay, born Sept.
16, 1792; Sophia, born Jan. 4, 1794; Julia,
born Mar. 17, 1796; Fanny, born Mar. 5, 1798;
Thirza Maria, born Dec. 29, 1800; Edwin
Elijah (father of the subject of this sketch),
born Aug. 20, 1802; Edson Adams, born June
27, 1804; Mary Catherine, born May 8, 1806;
Luther Dwight, born Feb. 7, 1809.
Edwin Elijah Griswold, the last but three
mentioned in the above genealogical record, was born
in the township of Simsbury (of Old Windsor, now
Bloomfield), Conn., and received his education at
the subscription schools of the vicinity, and also
in a private school. He was a clergyman of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and filled incumbencies
in Connecticut, New York State and New York City,
many of his appointments being the best held in the
several localities. Daniel Drew
and the well-known publishers, Harper
Brothers, were among his parishioners. For
seventeen years he was presiding elder, part of the
time officiating in New York City. After
nearly forty-five years of active service in the
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at his
own request he was released from his duties, and
returned to his home in Danbury, Conn. He was
a D. D. of Mt. Union College. On Apr. 20,
1825, he married Miss Nancy Webster, who was
descended by direct line from John Webster,
who was descended by direct line from John
Webster, one of Hartford's early settlers and
the fifth Governor of Connecticut Colony, and the
record of their children is as follows:
Fanny F., born Feb. 22, 1826; E. C.
(subject of sketch); Harriet W., born Feb.
23, 1830, died May 5, 1893; Ann Augusta, born
Sept. 18, 1836; and Mary Victoria, born Nov.
27, 1838, died Nov. 8, 1839. Mrs. Griswold
died Apr. 3, 1870, and Mr. Griswold was
subsequently married to Artemesia W. Pease
(widow of a preacher), who still survives. He
died Apr. 3, 1878.
Edwin Chauncey Griswold was born in Farmington,
Conn., May 18, 827, and received his elementary
education in a preparatory school, after which he
took a course of study at the Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., where he graduated in 1847, being
then twenty years of age. After teaching
school for a time, he became connected with the
Peoples Line of Steamers of the Hudson river, and
was in that service some four years. He then
became connected with the Methodist Book Concern, in
New York City, having charge of the mailing
department, but his health becoming impaired, he
concluded to move westward. Accordingly, in
February, 1854, he came to Elyria, Ohio, and
established a book store, which he carried on for
about twenty-four years, or until 1877, when he sold
out. He has since been, connected with various
business enterprises, among which may be mentioned
the Lakeside Company, of which he is president, and
one of its heaviest stockholders; had also at one
time charge of their hotel at Lakeside. He
owns grape growing and farming interests, and
occupies much of his time in assisting to manipulate
stock companies of various kinds.
On Feb. 2, 1852, in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Griswold
was married to Miss Anne Sweetland, a native
of Hartford, Conn., where and at Mt. Holyoke
Seminary, Massachusetts, she received her education.
The following is a brief record of their children:
(1) Ellen Augusta, born Nov 23, 1852, in New
York City; after graduating at Elyria High School
she entered upon a course of study at Baldwin
University, Berea, Ohio, and had reached the Senior
class, when failing health caused her to leave; she
afterward graduated at Cleveland Normal School; she
was married to Rev. Lucius C. Smith, July 12,
1878, and died Dec. 28, 1878 in Copiapo, Chili, S.
A., her husband being a missionary of the M. E.
Church, one of the "Taylor missionaries." (2)
Edwin Luther was born Feb. 1, 1855, and died
Sept. 26, 1881; he entered upon a course of study at
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., but
unavoidable circumstances prevented his completing
the course; he was engaged in the book business with
his father, and later in Cleveland. (3)
Fannie Martha, born Sept. 4, 1857, graduated at
Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, was
married, Mar. 29, 1882, to G. W. Rice, and
now resides in Hamilton, Ohio; (4) William
Sweetland was born June 20, 1862, and was
educated at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware,
Ohio, and afterward at Case School of Applied
Science, Cleveland, Ohio. He is now in
Lansing, Mich., where he is engaged in the
artificial stone business and selling coal. He
was married Oct. 7, 1885, to Miss Martha H. Wales
of Sandusky, Ohio, and they have two children, viz.:
Edwin Chauncey, born June 9, 1887; and
Marie Sweetland, born Sept. 17, 1892.
Mr. E. C. Griswold is a strong Republican; he
served as clerk of Elyria township thirteen years,
and for years was also township trustee; for several
years he was a member of the board of education and
clerk of the same. In 1876 he was a member of
the M. E. General Conference that met in Baltimore,
Md., and has for many years been an active member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Elyria. He
also holds important relations with several
educational institutions.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio -
Illustrated_ Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1894
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