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Griswold, Gaylotd, congressman,

was born

in Connecticut. He was a, member of the New York state assembly in 1796-98; and in 1803-05 he was a representative from N'ew York to the eighth congress. He died in 1809. Griswold, Mrs. Hattie Tyng, educator, author, poet, was born Jan. 26, 1840, in Boston, Mass. She is an educator of Wisconsin. She is the author of Apple Blossoms, a volume of poems; Home Life of Great Authors; Waiting on Destiny; an'd Lucille and Her Friends. Her poem, Under the Daisies, has had a wide popularity as a Bong. Griswold, John A., lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in .1827, in Greene coun-

In 1856-59 he was district atty, N.Y. torney of Greene county; and in 1864-68 was county judge. In 1869-71 he was a representative from New York .to the fortyfirst congress as a democrat.

John Augustus, manufacturer, 11, 1818, in Nassau, N.Y. In 1863-69 he was a representative from Griswold,

was born Nov.

New York

to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth

and fortieth congresses as a republican. He died Oct. 31, 1872, in Troy, N.Y. Griswold, Matthew, lawyer, jurist, colonial governor, was born March 23, 1714, in Lynne, Conn. He was a judge, and after-

ward

chief Justice of the superior court of Connecticut; and lieutenant-governor and colonial governor in 1784-85. He died April 28, 1799, at Lyme, Conn.

Griswold, Matthew, manufacturer, congressman, was born June 6, 1833, in Lynne, Conn. In 3 862 he was elected a member of the Connecticut house of representatives; and was re-elected in 1865. He then engaged in manufacturing in Erie, Pa. In 189193 and 1895-97 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifty-second and fiftyfourth congresses as a republican. Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, journalist, author, poet, was born Feb. 15, 1815, in Benson, Vt. He was an industrious compiler literary editor. His best known publications are Female of America Prose Writers of America; Poets and Poetry of America; and

and

Poets

Sacred Poets of England and America. His other works include

Washington and the Generals of the Revolution The Republican Court; Scenes in the Life of the Saviour; and Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire. He died Aug

27, 3857, in

New York

City.

Griswold, Roger, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, cabinet officer, was born May

In 1801 he was 21, 1762, in Lyme, Conn. secretary of war. In 1795-1805 he was a representative from Connecticut to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth congresses; and in 1807 was chosen a judge of He was the supreme coiirt of the state. lieutenant-governor of Connecticut in 180911; and in 1811-13 was the fifth governor. He died Oct. 25, 1812, in Norwich, Conn. Griswold, Sheldon Munson, clergyman, bishop, was born Jan. 8, 1861, in Delhi, N.Y. For twelve* years he was rector of Christ church at Hudson, N.Y. Since 1903 he has been bishop of Salina for western Kansas. Griswold, Stanley, clergyman, journalist, lawyer, jurist. United States senator, was born Nov. 14, 1763, in Torringfordj Conn. In 1804 he became the editor of a democratic paper in Walpole, N.H.; and was soon afterward appointed secretary of the territory of Michigan. In 1809-11 he was Unit ed States senator from Ohio; and was United States judge for the northwestern territory. He died Aug. 21, 1815, in Shawneetown, 111. Griswold, Stephen Benham, librarian, lawyer, was born July 14, 1835, in Vernon, N.Y. In 1860 he was admitted to the practice of law; and since 1899 has been a mem-

ber of the faculty of the Albany law school. In 1868-1904 he was New York state law librarian.

Griswold, William Macrillis, bibliographer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1853, in Bangor, Maine. He is a literary worker of Cambridge; and has published Manual of Misused Words, and many valuable indexes to periodicals. He died in 1899 in Cam-

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bridge, Mass.

Groesbeck, Stephen Walley, soldier, was born on Nov. 26, 1840, in Albany, N.Y. He served throughout the civil war. In 1861 he enlisted in the fourth Iowa cavalry volunteers; and was totally disabled in battle in 1862. In 1864 he accepted an appointment as second lieutenant in the veteran reserve corps; and served as such in the south during the reconstruction period. He then served in various capacities as judge advocate; in 1903 was retired as brigadiergeneral of the United States army; and died in 1904 in St. Louis, Mo. Groesbeck, Telford, lawyer, poet, was bom Aug. 5, 1853, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been judge advocate general of Ohio. He is the author of The Incas, the Children of the Sun, an exceedingly meritorious poem, which depicts the strange and romantic civilization of the Incas. Groesbeck, William Slocomb, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was bom July 24, 1815, in New York City. In 1857-59 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-fifth congress; was a member of the peace congress of 1861; and in 1862 was elected to the state senate of Ohio. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia national