Benjamin Franklin Griscom (1832 - 1902)

Born 20 Jun 1832 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Linda (Thompson) Griscom — married [date unknown] in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1902 at age 70 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Benjamin F., the eldest son, was born in Reading PA. He became a boilermaker and possibly received his early education in iron from his uncle William M. Griscom who in 1851 established the Reading Hardware Works, a foundry which manufactured all kinds of building hardware.

On February 25, 1856, he married Sarah Melinda Eachus Thompson. A few years later they moved to Ohio and settled in Fairfield Township, Butler County, about ten miles north of Cincinnati.

In 1869, after the Civil War, they moved to Chattanooga TN, where he joined the H. Clay Evans Iron Works as a master mechanic in steel and iron work. Later he moved to Cole City GA to manage the Geor­gia State Mines.

He was buried in Chat­tanooga's Citizens Cemetery, but the exact place of death is unclear.^[1]

For more see^[2]

Children:

HARRY FRANKLIN GRISCOM (Iate1856-Jun 24 1888) m Nov 25 1880 FRAN­CES JULIET WATERS (Oct 27 1856-Jul 3 1945). A newspaper publisher, lived in Chat­tanooga TN. Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery. Widow m2 widower Henry Templar, a wholesale grocer from Omaha NE.

GEORGE WILMOT GRISCOM (Jul 1858-Nov 22 1858).

WILLIAM SAMUEL GRISCOM (Aug 1860-Feb 1 1944) m Dec 16 1885 EMMA MAE NORRIS (1866-Dec 26 1946). A pressman, lived in Chattanooga TN. Both buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.

CHARLES W. GRISCOM (Oct 1864-Nov 29 1907) m Oct 17 1883 CLAUDIA L. SPAULDING (c1866-Jan 12 1942). A printer, lived in Chattanooga TN. Both buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.


CLARENCE EDWIN GRISCOM (c1867-after1910) m by1895 SARAH____ . Moved to Texas.

ANNA J. GRISCOM ( -by1900).

SAMUEL GRISCOM ( -by 1900).

Five other children; all died prior to 1900.

Franklin was born in 1832. Franklin Griscom ... He passed away in 1902. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Griscom family tree made by Anna Griscom, dau. of Samuel Griscom, in 1876 for Clement Ac­ ton Griscom ; Milton V. Griscom and Mary (Everett) Gris­com notes. 1880 US Census, Hamilton Co. TN, p. 155; 1900 US Census, Dade Co. GA, Cole City, ED. 50, p.5: age 67, machinist, etc.
2. ↑  Harrell, Elizabeth Jean, The Quaker ancestry of Samuel Griscom, 1787-1849, and his wife, Ann Powell, 1789-1860, of Salem County, NJ, and Reading, PA : Bacons of Cumberland Co. 1989, pp.158-161. [Available from the FamilySearch Catalog]   https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/143988-the-quaker-ancestry-of-samuel-griscom-1787-1849-and-his-wife-ann-powell-1789-1860-of-salem-county-nj-and-reading-pa-bacons-of-cumberland-co-nj?viewer=1&offset=0#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= 
3. ↑ Entered by John Griscom, Jun 17, 2012

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