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GRISWOLD, Hattie Tyng, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1S40; daughter of the Rev. Dudley and Sarah (Hayues) Tyng; grand- daughter of Dudley and Rachel Tyng and of Elisha and Betsy (Bartlett) Haynes; and a descendant of Jolin Haj-nes of Slirewsbury, Eng- land. Her maternal grandfather, Elisha Haynes, was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1850 her family removed to Columbus, Wis. She was educated at home by her father and began while very young to do literary work. She was married Feb. 18, 1863, to Eugene S. GrLswold of Colum- bus, Wis. She is the author of: Apple Blossoms (1878); Home Life of Great Anthers (1886); Wait- ing on Destiny (1887); Lucille and Her Friends (1889); Fencing with Shadows (1892); PcrsonaZ Sketches of liecent Authors (1899); and contribu- tions of both prose and verse to periodicals.

GRISWOLD, John Augustus, representative, was born in Nassau, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1818. He was an inmate of the family of his uncle. Gen. John Ellis Wool, U.S A., at Troy, N.Y, after he had reached his majority and was employed in the Rensselaer iron works, of which he afterward became principal

owner. He was mayor of Troy in 18.50. When the civil war began he was active in or- ganizing the volun- teer army and aided in fitting out three regiments of in- fantrj', the " Gris- wold liglit cavalry " officially known as the 21st New York cavalry, and the " Black-horse cav- alry." He aided John Ericsson in building the Monitor and became personally responsible with C. S. Bushnell and John F. Winslow in its cost and in seeing that it was built and equipped within the 100 daj's prescribed by the U.S. gov- ernment. Had the Monitor jjroved a failure Mr. Griswold would have been the loser of at least one-third the cost. He was a Democratic repre- sentative in the 38th congress, and a Republican reijresentative in the 39th and 40th congresses, serving 1863-69. He was a member of the commit- tee on naval affairs and was largely responsible for the ironclad monitors constructed during the war. He was the defeated candidate for governor of the state of New York in the election of 1868. He was a liberal benefactor to the various chari- ties supported by the citizens of Troy, and was a trustee of the Rensselaer polytechnic institute, 1860-72. He died in Troy, N.Y., Oct. 31, 1873.

GRISWOLD, Matthew, governor of Connecti.

cut, was born in Lyme, Conn., March 25, 1714; son of John and Hannah (Lee) Griswold; grand- son of Matthew and Phoebe (Hyde) Griswold, and of Tliomas and Mary (DeWolf) Lee, and great- grandson of Matthew Griswold (1620-1698), who came to America from England in 1639 and set- tled at Windsor, Conn., removing thence to Say- brook, and finally to Lyme. Matthew was educated in the public schools. He was married Nov. 10, 1743, to Ursula, daughter of Gov. Roger Wolcottof Windsor, Conn. He represented Lyme in the state legislature in 1751; was a member of the council in 1759, of the committee of safety in 1775; judge and chief justice of the superior court; governor of Connecticut, 1784-86, and president of the state convention of 1788 that ratifie.l the Federal constitution. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon liim by Yale in 1779. He died at Lyme, Conn., April 28, 1799.

GRISWOLD, Roger, governor of Connecticut, was born in Lyme, Conn., May 21, 1762; son of Gov. Matthew and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold. He was graduated from Yale in 1780, was admit- ted to the bar in 1783, and practised in Norwich, Conn. He removed to Lyme in 1794; and was a Federalist representative in the 4th-8th con- gresses, 1795-1805. He declined the portfolio of war tendered him by President Adams in 1801, and in 1807 became judge of the supreme court of Connecticut. He was a presidential elector in 1809; deputy-governor of Connecticut, 1809-11; and governor, 1811-12. He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard in 1811 and from Yale in 1813. He died in Norwich. Conn., Oct. 25, 1812.

GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot, author, was born in Benson, Vt., Feb. 15, 1815; son of Rufus and Deborah (Waas) Griswold, who came from Connecticut to Vermont, settled first in Orwell, then in Benson and in 1818 in Hubbardton. His mother was a native of Martha's Vineyard, and descended from Governor Mayhew, 1643. He trav- elled extensively in the United States and Europe, and became a printer, afterward a Baptist clergy- man, and finally a journalist and author. He was editor-in-chief of Graham's Magazine, Philadel- phia, 1842-43, and was later on the editorial staff of various papers in Boston and New York city, including the Nero Yorker, the Neio AVorld and Brother Jonathan, and edited the International Magazine. New York city, 1850-52. He pub- lished a volume of poems and a volume of ser- mons (1841); Poets and Poetry of America (1843); Biographical Anmial (1842); Christian Ballads and other Poems (1844); TTte Present Condition of Phi- losophy (1844); Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century (1845); Prose Writers of Amer- ica (1847. 2d ed., 1853): in collaboration with others Washington and the Generals of the Eevoln-