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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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SEDDEN B. GRISWOLD, wholesale grocer. Mr. Griswold was born in 1837, in Connecticut. His father, R. L. Griswold, and his mother, Maria, nee Spencer, were natives of Connecticut. S. B. Griswold first embarked in business in Hartford, Connecticut, and was afterwards in business in New York. In 1861 he went to Chicago, Illinois, but soon after enlisted in the Fifty-third Illinois as a private soldier, serving three years. He was promoted to first lieutenant of his company. At the close of the war he engaged in merchandising at Natchez, Mississippi; afterwards bought a plantation of 2,700 acres, which he operated some years. Came to Carthage, Missouri, in the spring of 1868, where he opened a small grocery store, which he has since increased to a large wholesale and retail establishment, where he has since been in business. This house does a business of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum. He has been twice married; both his wives are deceased, his second wife having one child.
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