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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).
Matthew Griswold VII, grandson of governor Roger Griswold, founded the Griswold Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of the Griswold cast-iron products. Samuel Griswold, a descendant of settler Edward Griswold, moved to Georgia and was notable for producing weapons for the Confederate Army.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich (August 19, 1793 – May 9, 1860), better known under his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author. Biography.
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 ...
The annual was chiefly edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (and briefly by Nathaniel Parker Willis), and published in Boston, Massachusetts. Nathaniel Hawthorne contributed, as did Alvan Fisher, Abel Bowen and other writers and artists.
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 ...
She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Ely Goodrich. [2] She was the elder sister of Samuel Griswold Goodrich. [1] She was also sister to Charles A. Goodrich who became a Congregational minister. [3] Her father served as pastor over the Congregational Church. [4] The family removed to Berlin, Connecticut, where Whittlesey was chiefly ...
Griswold (also spelled Griswald) is a surname of English origin, from the Old English greosn ... Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793–1860), American author, ...