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GRISWOLD (Soundex G624) — See also BAREWOLD, CRISWELL, ELLISWORTH, GRISWALD, GROSSWALD, JENSWOLD, KNATWOLD, NEISWONGER, NISWONGER, RABENWOLD, SLETWOLD, WOLD, WOLDANSKI, WOLDEN, WOLDERT, WOLDRIDGE.   GRISWOLD: See also Hestes W. Alford — William Thomas Anderson — Gaspar Griswold Bacon — Homer Griswold Barber — Matthew Griswold Bevin — Albert Asahel Bliss — Philemon Bliss — James Wallace Borden — Marcellus G. Boss — Mortimer Elwyn Cooley — Arthur Griswold Crane — Algernon Sidney De Wolf — William Treyanne Francis — Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen — Frederick Frelinghuysen — Griswold I. Gilbert — Bret Harte — William Hillhouse — James Hillhouse — Edmund Holcomb — Griswold B. Holman — Burton Everett Hoskins — John Russell Kellogg — Clement Phineas Kellogg — Adoniram Judson Kneeland — Elbert Leroy Lampson — Griswold H. Morgan — Samuel Finley Breese Morse — Samuel Holden Parsons — Noah Phelps — Elisha Phelps — Edwin Jay Pinney — William I. Randall — George Griswold Sill — John Griswold Webb — Griswold Woodward   Griswold, A. J. — of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Ariz. Postmaster at Nogales, Ariz., 1901. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Albert Clinton (1884-1954) — also known as Albert C. Griswold — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., February 10, 1884. Republican. Life insurance agent; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield; elected 1920. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 21, 1954 (age 70 years, 161 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Albert Griswold and Mary (Stillman) Griswold; first cousin four times removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; second cousin twice removed of Ashbel Griswold; second cousin thrice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Hale Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur Tappan Kellogg and James Otis.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Griswold, Alexander H. — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1831-32. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Arabelle A. — of Little Haddam, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Postmaster at Little Haddam, Conn., 1901. Female. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Arthur H. — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield; elected 1904. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Ashbel (1784-1853) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn., April 4, 1784. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Meriden, 1820, 1826, 1828, 1831; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1833. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., March 30, 1853 (age 68 years, 360 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Constant Griswold and Rebecca (Boardman) Griswold; married to Lucy Frary and Anna Hall; second cousin twice removed of Albert Clinton Griswold; third cousin once removed of Arthur Tappan Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of John Willard, Almar F. Dickson and Constant Webb Chatfield.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Griswold, Byron H. — of Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Glastonbury; elected 1916. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Charles — of New York. U.S. Consul in Manila, 1856-67. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Charles — of Winona County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 11, 1865. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Griswold, Charles A. — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from West Hartford; elected 1904. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Charles C. — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Lyme, 1839. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Charles L. — of Chester, Middlesex County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state senate 19th District, 1870-71. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Chester — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1823, 1831, 1835. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, D. G. — Republican. Independent Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1932. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Daniel W. — of East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1820. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Daniel W. — of Manchester, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Manchester, 1826. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Deirdre — Socialist. Workers World candidate for President of the United States, 1980. Female. Still living as of 1980.   Relatives: Daughter of Vincent Copeland and Elizabeth (Ross) Copeland.   See also Wikipedia article   Griswold, Dwight Palmer (1893-1954) — also known as Dwight P. Griswold — of Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Neb. Born in Harrison, Sioux County, Neb., November 27, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; newspaper editor; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska state senate, 1925-29; Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 12, 1954 (age 60 years, 136 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Dwight Hubbard Griswold and Clarissa (Palmer) Griswold; married, September 25, 1919, to Erma Elliott; second cousin four times removed of Elijah Abel and Daniel Fiske Kellogg; second cousin five times removed of Aaron Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Franklin Warren Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Kellogg, Albert Gallatin Kellogg and Charles Kellogg.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Val Peterson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Griswold, Earl F. — of Sullivan, Franklin County, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for Missouri state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Edgar W. — of Essex, Middlesex County, Conn. First selectman of Essex, Connecticut, 1901. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Edward (1839-1910) — of Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., June 30, 1839. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Guilford, 1882-83, 1903-08. Died April 13, 1910 (age 70 years, 287 days). Interment at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Joel Griswold and Polly (Bartlett) Griswold; married, May 12, 1868, to Anna E. Dudley.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Elihu — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1839. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Elmer Wells (1861-1916) — also known as Elmer W. Griswold — of Prospect, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., December 29, 1861. Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Prospect, 1913-14. Died December 23, 1916 (age 54 years, 360 days). Interment at Prospect Town Cemetery, Prospect, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Justus Wells Griswold and Louisa Griswold; married to Flora Mabel Elton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Erwin Nathaniel (1904-1994) — also known as Erwin N. Griswold — Born in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 14, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; dean, Harvard Law School, 1946-67; U.S. Solicitor General, 1967-73. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 19, 1994 (age 90 years, 128 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Harlen Griswold and Hope (Erwin) Griswold; married to Harriet Allena Ford.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Griswold, F. D. See Frank David Griswold   Griswold, Florence T. — also known as Mrs. J. C. Griswold — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from Texas, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1928. Female. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Frank David (1888-1967) — also known as F. D. Griswold — of Clarence, Shelby County, Mo. Born in Shelby County, Mo., January 17, 1888. Republican. Candidate for Missouri state house of representatives from Shelby County, 1942, 1944. Died in Shelby County, Mo., May 19, 1967 (age 79 years, 122 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Clarence, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Charles Wesley Griswold and Mary Frances Griswold; married to Anna Ashby.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Frank L. — of Trumbull, Fairfield County, Conn. Republican. First selectman of Trumbull, Connecticut, 1904; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Trumbull; elected 1904. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Frederick A. — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield; elected 1912. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Frederick F. — of Summit, Union County, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Gaylord (1767-1809) — of Herkimer, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., December 18, 1767. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Herkimer County, 1796-98; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1803-05. Died in Herkimer, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 1, 1809 (age 41 years, 73 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Sylvanus Griswold and Mary (Collins) Griswold; married, August 3, 1796, to Mary Hooker; first cousin twice removed of Erastus Wolcott, Oliver Wolcott Sr. and Edmund Holcomb; second cousin once removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of Albert Asahel Bliss and Philemon Bliss; second cousin thrice removed of Nelson Platt Wheeler and William Egbert Wheeler; second cousin four times removed of Alexander Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Elisha Phelps; third cousin once removed of Oliver Ellsworth, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter Buell Porter, John William Allen, Norman A. Phelps, James Samuel Wadsworth, George Smith Catlin, Henry Titus Backus, John Smith Phelps, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold and Roger Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Charles Jenkins Hayden, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, William Walter Phelps, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third cousin thrice removed of Sheffield Phelps, Carl Trumbull Hayden, James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of Jason Kellogg, Benjamin Trumbull, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Lancelot Phelps, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr. and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Hezekiah Case, Parmenio Adams, Oliver Owen Forward, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Walter Forward, Abiel Case, Chauncey Forward, Harrison Blodget, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Anson Levi Holcomb, Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill, William Gleason Jr., James Phelps, Leveret Brainard, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and Allen Jacob Holcomb.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, George — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Republican. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1908; first selectman of Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1911. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, George R. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Wayne County Register of Deeds, 1837-41; Wayne County Clerk, 1843-47; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1848-49, 1853-54. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Giles — of Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Goshen, 1826-28. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Glenn Hasenfratz (1890-1940) — also known as Glenn Griswold — of Peru, Miami County, Ind. Born in New Haven, Franklin County, Mo., January 20, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Miami County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (11th District 1931-33, 5th District 1933-39). Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died in Peru, Miami County, Ind., December 5, 1940 (age 50 years, 320 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Sylvanus C. Griswold and Annie Louise (Hasenfratz) Griswold; married, November 27, 1913, to Edith Connally.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Griswold, Grace M. — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 2nd Ward; elected 1938. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, H. W. — of San Fernando, Los Angeles County, Calif. Postmaster at San Fernando, Calif., 1887. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Hal H. — Republican. Candidate for Ohio state attorney general, 1926. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Harry C. — of Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Windsor; elected 1930. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Harry T. — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. Griswold, Harry Wilbur (1886-1939) — also known as Harry W. Griswold — of West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis. Born near West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 19, 1886. Republican. Farmer; member of Wisconsin state senate 32nd District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died in Washington, D.C., July 4, 1939 (age 53 years, 46 days). Interment at Hamilton Cemetery, West Salem, Wis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Griswold, Henry S. — of Fillmore County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 14, 1871. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Griswold, Hezekiah — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1823. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Hugh H. — of Merced, Merced County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, I. H. — of Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. Postmaster at Elyria, Ohio, 1901. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Irving H. — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Mrs. J. C. See Florence T. Griswold   Griswold, J. Sherman — of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingworth, 1902. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, J. W. — of Calaveras County, Calif. Member of California state assembly 13th District, 1862-63. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, James A. — of East Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from East Granby, 1898. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Jared — of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Farmington, 1826-29. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Jared (d. 1835) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Whig. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1835; died in office 1835. Died November 22, 1835. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, John — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for New York state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1919. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, John Ashley (1822-1902) — of Catskill, Greene County, N.Y. Born in Cairo, Greene County, N.Y., November 18, 1822. Democrat. County judge in New York, 1863-67; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1869-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1894. Died in Catskill, Greene County, N.Y., February 22, 1902 (age 79 years, 96 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Griswold, John Augustus (1822-1872) — also known as John A. Griswold — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 11, 1822. Mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1855-56; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1863-69; Republican candidate for Governor of New York, 1868; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 31, 1872 (age 49 years, 355 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Griswold, John C. — of California. Member of California state assembly 8th District, 1869-71. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, John E. — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn. Republican. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Torrington, 1910. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Joseph M. — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Democrat. Postmaster at Lansing, Mich., 1859-61. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Leavitt S. — of Michigan. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1908. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Leonard C. — of Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Rocky Hill; elected 1934; defeated, 1936. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Leonard W. — of Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn. First selectman of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 1926. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Leverett M. — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont 3rd Ward, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, M. — of California. Member of California state assembly 4th District, 1875-77. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Mabel E. — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Progressive. Vice-chair of Wisconsin Progressive Party, 1936. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Margaret A. — of Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1926. Female. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Marvin — of Harwinton, Litchfield County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Harwinton, 1821, 1823-24, 1826, 1829, 1831. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Marvin E. — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920 (secretary, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); member of Pennsylvania state senate 49th District, 1925-28. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Mary B. — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Democrat. Delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1965; member of Connecticut state house of representatives 109th District; elected 1970. Female. Still living as of 1970.   Griswold, Matthew (1714-1799) — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., March 25, 1714. Lawyer; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1759-69; Deputy Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84; Governor of Connecticut, 1784-86; delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788. Died in Lyme, New London County, Conn., April 28, 1799 (age 85 years, 34 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Griswold and Hannah (Lee) Griswold; married, November 10, 1743, to Ursula Wolcott (daughter of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); sister of Oliver Wolcott Sr.; aunt of Oliver Wolcott Jr.); father of Roger Griswold; uncle of Samuel Holden Parsons and James Hillhouse; great-grandfather of John William Allen, Henry Titus Backus and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle of George Frederick Stone; third great-grandfather of Selden Chapin; fourth great-grandfather of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; first cousin twice removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy and Albert Haller Tracy; first cousin thrice removed of George Griswold Sill; first cousin four times removed of Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton and Samuel Lord (1831-1880); first cousin five times removed of Joseph Augustine Scranton, Samuel Lord (1859-1925) and Joseph Buell Ely; first cousin six times removed of Harry Andrews Gager; second cousin once removed of Erastus Wolcott and Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill and Thomas Worcester Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Augustus Frank, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; second cousin four times removed of Augustus Brandegee, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Arthur Evarts Lord and George Leffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Theodore Prentis, Frank Bosworth Brandegee, Henry Arthur Huntington and Allan Percy Sill; third cousin of Frederick Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Nathaniel Merriam, Peter B. Garnsey, Samuel Clesson Allen, James Doolittle Wooster, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed of Elijah Abel, Calvin Fillmore, Daniel Greene Garnsey, Bela Edgerton, Samuel George Andrews, Roscius R. Kennedy, Elisha Hunt Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Millard Fillmore, Harrison Blodget, Edmund Holcomb, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell, Ira Chandler Backus, Julius Hotchkiss, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Gilbert Ezra Read, William Judson Clark, William Fessenden Allen, Charles Hull Clark, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Rush Green Leaming, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Alfred Wolcott, Frederick Hobbes Allen and Hiram Bingham.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Matthew — Member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1805-17. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Matthew (1833-1919) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., June 6, 1833. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1862, 1865; manufacturer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97. Died, from heart disease, in Erie, Erie County, Pa., May 19, 1919 (age 85 years, 347 days). Interment at Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold; married, January 8, 1866, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married, April 13, 1876, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson of Roger Griswold; granduncle of Selden Chapin; great-grandson of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; great-granduncle of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; second great-grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin of John William Allen and Henry Titus Backus; second cousin twice removed of Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Huntington; third cousin of James Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, William Woodbridge, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Isaac Backus, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert Haller Tracy, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, George Frederick Stone, Thomas Worcester Hyde, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Pitkin and James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, George Griswold Sill, Charles Edward Hyde, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Edmund Holcomb, Erastus Clark Scranton, Theodore Sill, Sereno Hamilton Scranton, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen, Samuel Lord, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell and Frederick Hobbes Allen.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Morley Isaac (1890-1951) — also known as Morley Griswold — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Elko, Elko County, Nev., October 10, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1927-34; Governor of Nevada, 1934-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1936 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1948. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Delta Tau Delta. Died October 3, 1951 (age 60 years, 358 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Chauncey Warner Griswold and Mary Ellen (Dakin) Griswold; married, August 4, 1920, to Marianne Williamson.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Griswold, Oscar C. — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1943, 1957; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1961; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Raymond A. — of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingworth; elected 1926. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Rex — of Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz. Candidate for mayor of Mesa, Ariz., 2008. Still living as of 2008.   Griswold, Robert I. — of Grant County, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for Wisconsin state assembly from Grant County 2nd District, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Roger (1762-1812) — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., May 21, 1762. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805, 4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1809-11; Governor of Connecticut, 1811-12; died in office 1812. Died in Norwich, New London County, Conn., October 25, 1812 (age 50 years, 157 days). Interment at Griswold Cemetery at Black Hall, Old Lyme, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married to Fanny Rogers; nephew of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); grandfather of Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); granduncle of John William Allen and Henry Titus Backus; second great-grandfather of Selden Chapin; third great-grandfather of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; first cousin of James Hillhouse, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Frederick Wolcott; first cousin twice removed of James Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); first cousin thrice removed of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, George Frederick Stone, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed of James Wadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin, Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Phineas Lyman Tracy, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and Albert Haller Tracy; second cousin twice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott and George Griswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund Holcomb, Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen, Samuel Lord (1831-1880) and Frederick Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Judson H. Warner, Joseph Augustine Scranton, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler, Samuel Lord (1859-1925), Henry Augustus Wolcott and Joseph Buell Ely; second cousin five times removed of Harry Andrews Gager and Alexander Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Daniel Pitkin and Zina Hyde Jr.; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill and Thomas Worcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Henry Ward Beecher, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Augustus Frank, Leveret Brainard, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, John Robert Graham Pitkin, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root, Augustus Brandegee, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Frederick Walker Pitkin, George Buckingham Beecher, Luther S. Pitkin, Claude Carpenter Pinney, Arthur Evarts Lord and George Leffingwell Reed; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, Peter B. Garnsey and James Doolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Abel, Calvin Fillmore, Daniel Greene Garnsey, Bela Edgerton, Samuel George Andrews and Roscius R. Kennedy.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Griswold, Connecticut, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Griswold, Roger M. (born c.1853) — of Kensington, Berlin, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., about 1853. Republican. Physician; surgeon; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Berlin, 1915-16; first selectman of Berlin, Connecticut, 1920. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Samuel A. — of Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Whig. Postmaster at Marion, Ohio, 1849-53. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Seneca O. — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Sherman See J. Sherman Griswold   Griswold, Shubael — of East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1821-23. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Stanley (1763-1815) — Born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn., November 14, 1763. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of Michigan Territory, 1805-08; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1809-11; justice of Illinois territorial supreme court, 1810-15; died in office 1815. Congregationalist. Died in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill., August 21, 1815 (age 51 years, 280 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Griswold, Stephen — of Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1830-31. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Stephen M. — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1886-87. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Griswold, T. F. — of Covina, Los Angeles County, Calif. Postmaster at Covina, Calif., 1901. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Theodore J. — of Wisconsin. Democrat. Candidate for Wisconsin state senate 17th District, 1962. Still living as of 1962.   Griswold, Timothy — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2008. Still living as of 2008.   Griswold, Timothy E. (1838-1908) — of Bloomfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Hartford County, Conn., November, 1838. Republican. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Bloomfield, 1900, 1904. Died in Bloomfield, Hartford County, Conn., 1908 (age about 69 years). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Clarence Griswold and Sarah (Goodrich) Griswold; married, April 30, 1862, to Sarah Adelade Barnard; second cousin of Phineas Orange Small; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Churchill Strong and Ebenezer Strong; third cousin once removed of William Sidney Pinney and Oliver Dwight Filley; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Augustus Seymour Porter, Peter Buell Porter and Elijah Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Julius Levi Strong; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Norman A. Phelps and John Smith Phelps.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Griswold, W. J. — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Mayor of Durham, N.C., 1909-11. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, W. R. — of Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn. Postmaster at Rocky Hill, Conn., 1901. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Walton C. — of Centerbrook, Essex, Middlesex County, Conn. Republican. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Essex, 1902; first selectman of Essex, Connecticut, 1907-10. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Washington E. — of Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. First selectman of Guilford, Connecticut, 1898. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Wayne — of Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, Wayne — of Norwood, Wright County, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2008. Still living as of 2008.   Griswold, William — of Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn. Republican. Postmaster at Mankato, Minn., 1869-71. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, William A. — of Vermont. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; U.S. Attorney for Vermont, 1821-29. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, William F. — of Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1912. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, William Goodrich (1854-1926) — also known as William G. Griswold — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., 1854. Republican. Market gardener; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1909-10. Died in 1926 (age about 72 years). Interment at Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Minnie Grace Adams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, William L. — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1926. Burial location unknown.   Griswold, William S. (1870-1950) — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., 1870. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1909-10; defeated, 1906. Died in 1950 (age about 80 years). Interment at North Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Griswold, Wyllis — of Auburn, DeKalb County, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at Auburn, Ind., 1860. Burial location unknown.

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