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erable prominence." His military title
arose from his service during the French
and Indian wars, when as major, he was
staff officer of the First Connecticut Regi-
ment, and is said to have taken "a con-
spicuous part in the struggle." In peace
times he applied himself to agriculture,
being possessed of extensive land hold-
ings. He died May 9, 1769. His wife,
whom he married on August 17, 1727,
was Mabel Belden, born February 9,
1707-08, died December 13, 1789.
Their son, Ozias Griswold, was born
January 16, 1735, in Griswoldville. The
farming of his estate became the main
occupation of Ozias Griswold, as it had
been that of his father and grandfather.
He died December 4, 1815, leaving issue,
of which this record is interested in that
by his first wife, Anna (on records
and gravestone, "Anner"), daughter of
Thomas and Mary (Francis) Stanley, of
New Britain. She was born February 5,
1722; married December II, 1760; died
July 26, 1825.
James Griswold, son of Ozias and Anna
(Stanley) Griswold, was born August 21,
1783, and married, January 22, 1812,
Lucy, daughter of Wait Robbins. She
was born January 13, 1783, and died
June 19, 1855. James Griswold, be-
sides carrying on a farm, engaged with
his brother, Thomas, in the business of
dressing cloth.
Albert Clinton Griswold, son of James
and Lucy (Robbins) Griswold, was born
in Wethersfield, September 4, 1827. He
received a superior education, mainly
at the Suffield Literary Institute, and
entered the teaching profession, engag-
ing also to some extent in farming, at
the old homestead. During the Civil
War, Albert Clinton Griswold conducted
a private academy, located in the Marble
Block, Central Row, Hartford, and he
inaugurated military training as one of
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the main essentials of the school curriculum.
On January 13, 1853, he married
Caroline Louisa, daughter of William
Goodrich, of Stepney Parish, Weth-
ersfield. To them were born six children
1. William Goodrich, born May 4, 1854.
2. Frederick Albert, of whom further. 3.
Alma Louisa, who married Dr. Julius E.
Griswold. 4. Mary Robbins, who mar-
ried Charles E. Buckland, of Hartford.
5. Samuel B., now assistant passenger
agent of the Rochester & Pittsburgh
Railroad, at Rochester, New York. 6.
Ellen Means, who married the Rev. Herbert
Macy, of Newington. Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Clinton Griswold were members
of the Congregational church at Rocky
Hill, the former holding church office as
deacon.
Frederick Albert Griswold, son of
Albert Clinton and Caroline Louisa
(Goodrich) Griswold, was educated in the
public schools of his native town. When
fourteen years of age he went to Roches-
ter, New York, where he was engaged as
a clerk in the mercantile establishment
of his uncle Frederick Goodrich. He had
barely reached his majority when, upon
the death of his uncle, he formed a part-
nership with the junior member of the
firm under the name of Witherspoon
& Griswold. In 1885, he sold his interest
in the business, and returned to Con-
necticut, becoming district agent at
Hartford, in 1889, for the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee.
In 1903 he became general
agent for northern and eastern Connecti-
cut, and in 1906 was given the general
agency for the entire State.
On June 18, 1878, Mr. Griswold married
Mary Fosdick, daughter of Henry
Allyn and Catherine Skinner (Bacon)
Stillman, of Wethersfield. To them, in
the many years of their married life, have
been born ten children: 1. Katharine
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