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W. D. GRIERSON, merchant, P. O. Hiett, was born in Lexington, Ky., in the year 1839 and is a son of John and Ann Grierson, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Alexander Grierson. Our subject was only two years old when he came with his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he was reared on the farm and received a common school education. He enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1864, and was immediately put on duty and saw active service until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged and returned to his home. On his return to civil life he followed farming for a year or so when he opened a store of general merchandise at Hiett, where he has since transacted business. In 1873, he was appointed Postmaster (Grant’s administration), a position he has since occupied. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was married in 1874 to Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew Evans, an old settler. They were parents of three children — Margaret, Sarah and Alphonso.