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Samuel Griswold (December 27, 1790 in Burlington, Connecticut – September 14, 1867 in Clinton, Georgia) was an American industrial pioneer in the 1820s based in central Georgia. He was the founder of Griswoldville village, an industrial site. His father was Jeremiah Griswold (1745–1813) and his mother was Phoebe Case (1751–1798).
The Griswold family (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ z w ɔː l d,-w əl d /) [1] is an American political family from Connecticut and New York of English descent. The family's fortune originates from the 19th Century industrial and merchant pursuits.
The community was founded as an industrial site/company town by, and named for, Samuel Griswold, proprietor of a local cotton mill. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In addition to his three-story, 24-room mansion, Griswold built a church, slave and workers quarters, expanded his cotton gin factory (which later produced firearms), a saw mill , a grist mill ...
Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857), American editor, critic, and anthologist; Samuel Griswold (1790–1867), American industrial pioneer; Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793–1860), American author, better known under the pseudonym Peter Parley; Stanley Griswold (1763–1815), American politician; Tom Griswold (born 1953), American radio host
Samuel Griswold Goodrich (August 19, 1793 – May 9, 1860), better known under his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author. Biography.
Samuel Griswold; Simeon Griswold; William M. Griswold; L. Anita Lihme; V. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer This page was last edited on 15 October 2023, at 21:36 ...
Merry's Museum (1841–1872) was an illustrated children's magazine established by Samuel Griswold Goodrich in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1841. Louisa May Alcott served as editor for a year or so, and also contributed stories, as did Lucretia Peabody Hale, Caroline Hewins, Rebecca Sophia Clarke, Helen W. Pierson, and others. For some time it was ...
Griswold Building, original name of The Albert (Detroit), a former office building on the National Register of Historic Places Griswold House (disambiguation) The Griswolds , an Australian two-piece indie rock band