Ira Palmer Griswold (1842 - 1918)

Born 12 Oct 1842 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Died 21 Jan 1918 at age 75 in Dawson, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Ira Griswold served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company H;

Ira was born in 1842 to Edson Griswold and Mary. Ira enlisted in Company H of the 103rd OVI on 8 Aug 1862 as a Corporal. On 1 Sep 1864 Ira was promoted to Sergeant. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. Ira married Lucy M. Hall on 31 Mar 1869 in Portage, Ohio. In the late 1870s, Ira is living in Detroit, Michigan and is serving in the Michigan Legislature. He introduced the "Australian Ballot" bill, a form of secret ballot, to the Michigan Legislature. By 1880 Ira is living in Center, Atchison, Kansas as a Farmer. In 1888 Ira purchases land in Plum Creek, which became Lexington, Nebraska and continued farming until he passed away in 1918.

103rd OVI Memorial Foundation

The 103rd O.V.I. is a private organization whose members are all direct descendants of the veterans of the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. We are always discovering new members; if you believe that you might be a member please contact us. We will check our records; if you are a descendant you are welcome to join us for the entire week of our annual reunion. [1]

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58451935/ira_palmer-griswold: accessed March 24, 2024), memorial page for Ira Palmer Griswold (12 Oct 1842–21 Jan 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58451935, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by T&C Lloyd (contributor 47320243).

• Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1904-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Original data: Index to Deaths, 1904-1968. Lincoln, NE, USA: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 705; Page: 534a

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M653_1002; Page: 346; Family History Library Film: 805002

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Center, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Page: 469a; Enumeration District: 009

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska; Roll: 922; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0092

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Lexington Ward 2, Dawson, Nebraska; Roll: T624_842; Page: 8b; Enumeration District: 0106; FHL microfilm: 1374855

• Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Original data: Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2020.

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.

• The Omaha Daily News Tue, Jan 22, 1918 ·Page 5

• Detroit Free Press Sat, Feb 24, 1883 ·Page 5

• Ira P. Griswold, 1842-1918. Account book: 1887-1900 Detroit, Michigan and Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska. https://history.nebraska.gov/collection_section/ira-p-griswold-rg1985-am/