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Edwin Eugene Griggs (1808)

Edwin Eugene (E E) Griggs
Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New Yorkmap
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Contents

Biography

Family, Stephentown, New York

Edwin Eugene Griggs was born on September 12, 1808, in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. His parents were Dr. Joshua Griggs Jr, and Annis "Nancy" Stearns. His siblings who also were all born in Stephentown were:

  1. Sophronia Griggs Bogue or Booge (1792-1877)
  2. Laura Griggs Peckham (1793-1869)
  3. Unknown male Griggs (1796-)
  4. Harriet Maria Griggs Doty (1800-)
  5. Julia Ann Griggs (1803-1841)[1]

Marriage, Lebanon Springs, New York 1836

He married Louisa Bentley on September 29, 1836, in Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York at Columbia Hall by Elder Sands.[2] Lebanon Springs is only about 6 miles south of Stephentown. Lebanon Springs was a vacation resort town near New Lebanon, New York, spirtual home of the Shakers. Griggs must have moved there sometime in the early 1830's.

Children

Edwin and Louisa Griggs had 5 children all born in Lebanon Springs. A girl and a boy died in 1842. Their living children were:

  1. Maria Louise Griggs Meeker (1838-1926)
  2. Julia Ann Griggs Wrenn (1842-1902)
  3. Fannie Peckham Griggs Huling (1844-1931)[3][4][5]

Griggs was one of the storekeepers most active in trade in Lebanon Springs.[6] He was a general agent for the state in New Lebanon Springs for Jones Drops for Humors in 1842.[7]

E E Griggs, seller of Jones Drops for Humors, New Lebanon Springs, 23 Aug 1842

Lebanon Springs, New York to Chicago, Illinois 1845

In September 1845 Griggs aboard the steamship Constitution, and his family moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois when Chicago numbered about 13000 inhabitants.[8] His wife's family, the Bentleys also moved from Lebanon Springs to Chicago. They were a very prominent Baptist family. I do not know what business Griggs was in, but I think he probably worked for one of the Bentleys, most likely William Northrop Bentley Jr (1808-1852), his brother-in-law who was involved in the lumber business.[9]

The California Gold Rush 1849

On the 11th of April 1849, Griggs left Chicago to go to California for the gold rush. His traveling companions were John M Orr and E G P Whittleberger and they called themselves Orr & Company.

John Orr was from Portaferry, County Down, Ireland. He moved to Chicago in 1847 to start a new life and was joined by Thomas Warnock who was probably a relative. John Orr wrote letters to his father, the Reverend John M Orr in Portaferry. These letters are available for viewing on the Irish Emigration Database. Orr vividly described his journey to California and his adventures there. The letters are fascinating reading. They are too long for me to put in this biography, so I just summarized them. Please click on the links to see the entire transcription of the letters.

In 1849 they were involved in a lumber business called Bentley, Orr, and Warnock.[10] Bentley was a brother of Griggs' wife, Louisa. In the letters, Bentley is referred to as being the brother of Cyrus Bentley, a lawyer who was also a brother of Louisa Bentley Griggs. I think he was probably William N Bentley, a lumber dealer who died in 1852.

The gold fever hit Chicago and people left en masse. Orr and Warnock sold their shares in Chicago lots and a couple of canal boats to Bentley but prices had fallen greatly. I think the canal boats were used to bring lumber down from Wisconsin.

The Irish Emigration Database Letters 1849-1850, Gold Mining to Hay Business

On May 4, 1849, John Orr wrote his first letter to his father describing their journey to California. Their journey began on April 11, 1849. They started with a wagon and 3 yoke of oxen, and later bought 4 more yoke of oxen. The first 100 miles from Chicago to Peru, Illinois were very difficult because of heavy rain causing flooding and thick mud everywhere. It took them a full week to get to Peru where they boarded a steamer for St Louis, Missouri. Wherever they went, they were never alone. There were hundreds of other travelers with wagons, oxen, and mules on their way to California. This letter was sent from a camp near St Joseph, Missouri.[11]

On November 1, 1849, John Orr wrote again to his father from Sacramento, California. It took them more than six months to get to Sacramento! They went from Independence, Missouri to Fort Kearney, Nebraska, over the Rocky Mountains to Utah, following the Humboldt River through Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevadas to Sacramento. The trip was miserable. Many men died of cholera, fevers, dysentery, and scurvy. The stock died of starvation, dehydration, and poisonous plants. Whittleberger or Mittleberger, the 3rd partner couldn't go on and left them at the beginning of the Rocky Mountains. The trails were so steep that all the wagons had to dump most of their food and provisions just to continue. Griggs got scurvy but recovered. Sacramento was a city of 3,000 inhabitants living in tents. Just 3 months previously it was a city of 50 people! Supplies and food were very expensive there at that time. Orr and Griggs went to the mines immediately upon arrival to try and get enough gold dust to pay for their trip and what they needed to survive while there.[12]

On June 13, 1850, John Orr wrote his father and told him that the tents had mostly disappeared, replaced by actual buildings in Sacramento. There were now more than 10,000 residents! More emigrants were arriving everyday, but most left and went home when they found out how hard they had to work. Orr and Griggs had found that they could make lots more money cutting hay and no longer tried to mine for gold.[13]

On August 7, 1850, John Orr wrote his sister describing what California was like mostly calling it very hot and barren in the summer and flooded and muddy in the winter. In a city of 10,000, there were only about 300 woman. The men were from all nations including Australia, India, Canada, Great Britain, Europe, China, and South America. All languages were spoken and all religions were practiced there. They were making a lot of money in the hay business, but because provisions were still so expensive they were just getting by.[14]

On October 27, 1850, John Orr wrote his father and told him to send any further letters to Stockton, California. He and Griggs were heading out to the Mokelumne River where Archie and Thomas Warnock were. He had been ill with diarrhea for the past 2 or 3 weeks and had lost around 20 pounds but wrote that he was well now. Orr and Griggs were closing their hay business in order to start a store in the mines.[15]

On November 8, 1850, E E Griggs wrote a sad letter from Sacramento to John Orr's father informing him that his son had died of cholera after 18 hours of being ill with diarrhea. Cholera is an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea. At first Griggs tried to care for Orr himself, but after he did all he could he went to get a doctor. Nothing the doctor tried helped, so when the doctor left, Griggs called for assistance a mutual friend from Chicago named Briggs who had experience in such cases and stayed by until the last and assisted in the burial. They buried him in the burial ground a mile below Sacramento. Griggs said "I have but one brother, and had I heard of his death, I think it would not have affected me more painfully than did the death of John M. Orr."[16]

The 1850 United States Census

The 1850 Census shows E E Griggs, age 42 in Chicago Ward 2 with his wife, Mrs Griggs, age 37, and their 3 daughters, Louisa, age 12, Julia A, age 8, and Fanny P, age 6, all born in New York. Mr Griggs was listed as a gold digger. I'm fairly certain Griggs was not in Chicago because of the letters and was in fact in Sacramento.[17]

The Irish Emigration Database Letters Continued 1851-1852

On January 22, 1851, John Orr's father wrote Griggs a letter thanking him for "the kindness and attention you showed him (his son) in his illness and at his death, and for the respect shown to his poor earthly remains."[18]

On December 12, 1851, Griggs wrote John Orr's father about transmitting the proceeds of his son's property as well as some local news. He also said, "It appears that her majesty's dominions are not destitute of gold; and if the reports from Australia are true, a great rush will be the result; in fact many have already left this, for that land of promise."[19]

On May 15, 1852, Griggs wrote John Orr's father saying that Griggs was sending his dead partner, John Orr's share of their business to his father, the Rev John Orr, in installments. Griggs and his other partner, Warnock, put a headstone on John Orr's grave near Sacramento.[20]

The 1852 California State Census

The 1852 California State Census taken the 22nd of July, shows E E Griggs, age 43, a banker, born in New York, last residence Illinois, living in Sacramento.[21]

The California Digital Newspaper Collection 1853, Brick Business

On February 19, 1853, Griggs placed an ad in the Sacramento Daily Union selling a brickyard and other items. Perhaps he was in the brick business or building houses during this time.[22]

Griggs selling brickyard, horses, wagon and house, Sacramento, 19 Feb 1853

California Newspaper Articles 1854, Bookseller

On April 1, 1854, the Placer Herald in Rocklin, California ran this article. Griggs is now in the bookselling business.[23]

Griggs and Jameson have bookstore in Sacramento, the Placer Herald. p 2, 1 Apr 1854

On September 30, 1854, the Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 8, Number 1099, 30 September 1854 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3, ran an ad stating: "DISSOLUTION — NEW FIRM — The copartnership heretofore existing between Griggs & Jameson, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 15th inst., Mr. Jameson having on that day sold his interest to E. E. GRIGGS & CO. Griggs & Jameson desire to return their unfeigned thanks to their friends and the public, for the liberal patronage bestowed upon them. E. E. GRIGGS. J. S. JAMESON. Sacramento, Sept. 26, 1854 New Firm. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. E. E. GRIGGS & CO."[24]

Dissolution of Griggs & Jameson, New Firm E E Griggs & Co, Sacramento, 29 Sep 1854

Colville's Sacramento Directory 1855-56

The 1855-56 Colville's Sacramento Directory lists Griggs E E and Co, stationers, Second between J and K- boards at Mrs Chesley's, L between Second and Third. The website address is no longer available because it was found on Rootsweb which was hacked and being rebuilt.

E E Griggs, 1855-56 Colville's Sacramento Directory

Sacramento Newspaper Articles 1856-1857, Alderman and Bookseller

In 1856-1857, Griggs was very involved in Sacramento life. In January of 1856 he still owned his own bookstore, E E Griggs & Co.[25]

Ad For E E Griggs & Co Bookstore

He was elected Alderman in the First Ward in July of 1856 and was active in the city meetings and other community events.[26]

E E Griggs Elected Alderman

On April 4, 1857, Alderman Griggs was assaulted by H A Appleton, the Sacramento City Printer. Griggs alerted the City Council that the City Planner was overcharging on his printing fees to the city.[27]

Griggs Assaulted by City Printer

On April 6, 1857, Appleton was fined $30 for assaulting Griggs in the matter of the city delinquent tax list swindle.[28]

City Printer Fined $30 for Assaulting Griggs

On May 16, 1857, Griggs signed a correspondence along with 42 other enlightened men requesting an astronomy lecture from A R Jackson.[29]

Griggs signed requesting an astronomy lecture

On October 8, 1857, there was an article in the Sacramento Daily Union about a meeting to establish a library for Sacramento. E E Griggs added his name to a list of residents and business firms inviting the public to the meeting.[30]

Meeting to establish a library association, 8 Oct 1857

Then on November 21, 1857, after being such an active citizen of Sacramento, Griggs does something very unexpected. He sells his bookstore to George H Lovegrove![31]

Griggs sells bookstore to George H Lovegrove, 21 Nov 1857

Lawsuit: E E Griggs vs G H Lovegrove 1858, Sacramento

The sale of the bookstore to Lovegrove apparently didn't go well. Lovegrove signed a promissory note on January 17, 1858 saying he would pay Griggs $400 with 2% interest by March 1, 1858. On March 1st Griggs sued Lovegrove for not paying him back on the promissory note and giving him titles to 2 lots in exchange for selling Lovegrove his bookstore. Griggs won the suit and Lovegrove was ordered to pay him $1,842.63.[32]

The following snipets about the lawsuit are from Google Books. Because the book, A. B. Bookman's Weekly - Volume 79 - Page 639, is dated 1987, you can't see the entire article.

Snipet: ... complaint plaintiff shows to the court that on the 17 day of January 1858 said defendant executed and delivered to him his promissory note in substance as follows: By the first of March next I promise to pay Edwin E. Griggs . . . $400 with 2% interest . . . (signed) George H. Lovegrove ... the further cause of complaint ... the sum of $108.57 for other books, pamphlets, and magazines.23 The result of this litigation was a judgment against Lovegrove by the court in the amount of $1,842.63.

Snipet: The additional $108.57 may have been books that came addressed to Lovegrove 's store but that had not been part of the original agreement. In general, the courts protected those with written agreements and in most of these cases justice was swift and final. It is probable that Lovegrove had hoped to make quick profits on the existing stock and that he had no intention of building up the store or completing the transfer of property to Griggs. Once Lovegrove was forced to dispose of the ...

Snipet: …one lot of land twenty by eighty on the west side of 5th Street between J and I Streets, also two lots of twenty by eighty each but lying on 12th Street between H and I Streets ... the titles to be perfect and conveyed to plaintiff . . . free from taxes through the year 1858 and further agreed to plaintiff . . . that he the defendant would execute and deliver to plaintiff his promissory note for the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, payable on the 1st day of March 1858 with interest at the rate of 2% per month… on the said days defendant took possession of the ... It is probable that Lovegrove had hoped to make quick profits on the existing stock and that he had no intention of building up the store or completing the transfer of property to Griggs.

Snipet: …books, stationary, fixtures, in the said agreement. Griggs then described what actually took place: … defendant did not convey to plaintiff said lots or $1400 as agreement…the sum now being owed with interest $1510.00… for further cause of complaint plaintiff shows to the court that on the 17th day of January 1858 said defendant…

Sacramento Newspaper Articles 1858, Leaving Sacramento

On March 1, 1858, the Sacramento Daily Union reported that Griggs had failed to show for jury duty. He may have been in another court on that day for his lawsuit against Lovegrove.[33]

Griggs failed to show for jury duty

On April 1, 1858, George H Lovegrove posted an ad in the Sacramento Daily Union saying that Griggs has absolutely no connection with Lovegrove's bookstore as of March 31,1858.[34]

E E Griggs has no connection with the Union Bookstore as of 31 Mar 1858

For the next six months there is no mention of Griggs in the newspaper until September 15, 1858 and that is the last mention of Griggs in the Sacramento Daily Union I have found. It is in a list of letters remaining in the post office for him that have never been picked up. I don't think he is in Sacramento anymore.[35]

List of letters remaining in the Sacramento post office for the month of September

Back to Chicago From Sacramento 1859, Bookseller

In The Chicago Record, Volumes 1-3, by James Grant Wilson in Google Books under The Church Record, January 1, 1859, I found E E Griggs selling Notes from Plymouth Pulpit by Henry Ward Beecher, at 186 Lake St. He is described as "a new comer among us, whom we commend to the notice of our book-buying readers." It seems Griggs has a new bookstore back in Chicago where he left his family nearly 10 years ago![36]

The bookstore Griggs had on 186 Lake St in Chicago apparently was not successful, or perhaps Griggs was no longer happy being in Chicago with his family. For whatever reason an ad was posted in the Chicago Tribune announcing an assignee's sale bearing the date of the 27th of April 1859. On June 1, 1859, a gun shop moved into 186 Lake St. Everything in the bookstore including the books and furnishings were to be auctioned off on November 9, 1859 at 89 South Water Street. Griggs made Alfred Bellamy the assignee in charge of the sale.[37]

Bellamy Liquidating Bookstore for Griggs, Chicago, 9 Nov 1859

Alfred Bellamy was Griggs' wife's sister, Rhoda Bentley Bellamy's husband or Edwin Griggs' brother-in-law.

I found an ad dated August 25, 1858 in the Chicago Tribune that read: "N0TICE OF DISSOLUTION. THE C0-partnership composed of the undersigned, under the name and style of Bellamy, Meeker & Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Alfred Bellamy, Arthur B Meeker, Cyrus Bentley, Chicago. Aug, 2, 1858. Co-partnership, the undersigned have this day formed a co-partnership, as the successors of Bellamy, Meeker & Co., in the Coal and Iron business, under the name and style of A. B. Meeker & Co. Chicago. August 2, 1858. A B Meeker and M T Meeker."[38]

Cyrus Bentley in the ad was Griggs' wife's brother, and a prominent attorney. A B Meeker was the husband of Griggs' eldest daughter, Maria Louisa Griggs Meeker, and M T Meeker was A B Meeker's father. The Meekers were involved in the coal and iron business and were very wealthy.

Left Chicago to Parts Unknown 1859, the E E Griggs Mystery

The business and private lives of the Bentleys and of all their relatives were very intertwined as you can see. They were very successful businessmen in early Chicago. I get the feeling that Edwin Griggs really didn't want to be involved in their world. He was a wanderer and a man of books and education, not high finance. Because of this his marriage fell apart and he left Chicago for the second time. Probably some of his Bentley in-laws knew what happened to him, but they never told anyone. Edwin Griggs was a shameful secret that they kept to themselves. To this day, no one knows where he went or when he died.

Arthur Meeker Jr, his great grandson wrote a book devoted entirely to the Edwin E Griggs mystery called The Faraway Music. It was a book of fiction, but there were many true facts attributed to the characters who went by different names. Edwin's name was Jonathan Trigg in the book. His wife was Julia Bascomb Trigg and his daughters were Sissy (Rhoda), Nancy, and Loulie Trigg. I really enjoyed reading this book, and recommend it to any relatives who might be interested.[39]

There were rumors that he might have remarried. In another book by Arthur Meeker Jr, Chicago, with Love: A Polite and Personal History, Meeker wrote that Louisa Bentley Griggs saw her husband with another woman at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, but was too shocked to approach him. That story may or may not be true.

Edwin Griggs could have possibly changed his name or even left the country. He could have died with no record. He could have been murdered and his body never found. I have searched for many years and have found absolutely no record of him after his bookstore was auctioned off in 1859. He just disappeared. If anyone knows anything about what happened to him, please contact me. Private messages can be sent from this site to me, the profile manager.

His wife's obituary in 1901 just said that he had died over a quarter of a century ago.[40]

Louisa Bentley Griggs, Obit, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar 1901

I hope wherever he went, he had a good life, free to be himself and not just what others expected him to be.

References

  1. ↑ Family Records
  2. ↑ Rensselaer County, NYGenWeb site - Diaries - George Holcomb Diary, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/diary1.htm -
  3. ↑ Family Records
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBS-NBM : 7 September 2017), Edwin E Griggs, New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 34, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 277; FHL microfilm 17,184.
  5. ↑ Emma Willard and Her Pupils: Or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary, 1822-1872, Bentley Louisa p 136, https://books.google.com/books?id=vfo1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA136&dq=%22e+e+griggs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5zLnVqPjaAhUQnFkKHbBhCAs4RhDoAQgzMAI#v=onepage&q=%22e%20e%20griggs%22&f=false
  6. ↑ Storekeepers most active in trade in Lebanon Springs included E E Griggs, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/newleb/leb_springs.htm
  7. ↑ E E Griggs, seller of Jones Drops for Humors, New Lebanon Spring, New-York Tribune 23 Aug 1842, Tue • Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17381100/e_e_griggs_seller_of_jones_drops_for/?xid=637
  8. ↑ Chicago Yesterdays: A Sheaf of Reminiscences, pg 41-46, Chicago memoirs of Mrs A B Meeker, https://books.google.com/books?id=IpMUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=chicago+yesterdays&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CM-cVcPJMcS4ogTI6bq4Bg&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=meeker&f=false
  9. ↑ Family Records
  10. ↑ History of Chicago, Illinois, by John Moses, Bentley, Orr & Warnock, https://books.google.com/books?id=3bYNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=%22Bentley,+Orr,+%26+Warnock%22,+Chicago&source=bl&ots=QJuHMAlFAv&sig=emo2boZ7qdFL0UMX07Du37qP7Mk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIlcXz8pzbAhWq5oMKHfMiA2AQ6AEwAHoECAEQKg#v=onepage&q=%22Bentley%2C%20Orr%2C%20%26%20Warnock%22%2C%20Chicago&f=false
  11. ↑ 4 May 1849, John M. Orr, St Joseph, Missouri, To his Parents, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/21378
  12. ↑ 1 Nov 1849, John M Orr, Sacramento, CA to his Parents, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/25257
  13. ↑ 13 Jun 1850, John Orr, Sacramento, to Rev John Orr, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/46326
  14. ↑ 7 Aug 1850, John M Orr, California, to Jane Orr, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/30346
  15. ↑ 27 Oct 1850, John Orr, California, to Rev John Orr, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/30016
  16. ↑ 8 Nov 1850, E. E. Griggs, Sacramento, U.S.A. to Rev. John Orr, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/39093
  17. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85K-LMS : 12 April 2016), E E Griggs, Chicago, ward 1, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing family 650, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  18. ↑ 22 Jan 1851, Rev John Orr, Portaferry, to E E Griggs, California, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/41891
  19. ↑ 12 Dec 1851, E E Griggs, Sacramento, California, to Rev John Orr, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/38897
  20. ↑ 15 May 1852, E E Griggs, Sacramento, to Rev John Orr, Portaferry, http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied/records/26993
  21. ↑ "California State Census, 1852," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4NC-RRS : 30 July 2017), E E Griggs, Sacramento, California; citing p. 86, State Archives, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 909,231.
  22. ↑ 19 Feb 1853, Griggs selling brickyard, horses, wagon and house, Sacramento, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18530219.2.14.4&srpos=1&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22e+e+griggs%22----1853---1
  23. ↑ 1 Apr 1854, Griggs and Jameson have bookstore in Sacramento, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18428436/griggs_and_jameson_have_bookstore_in/?xid=637
  24. ↑ 30 Sep 1854, Dissolution of Griggs & Jameson, new firm E E Griggs and Co, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18540930.2.17.3&srpos=4&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22e+e+griggs%22----1854---1
  25. ↑ 11 Jan 1856, Ad for E E Griggs & Co Bookstore, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18560111.2.3.2#
  26. ↑ 14 Jul 1856, E E Griggs elected alderman, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18560714.2.10&srpos=16&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22e+e+griggs%22-ARTICLE-----#
  27. ↑ 4 Apr 1857, Griggs assaulted by City Printer, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18570404.2.12&srpos=52&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1857---1
  28. ↑ 6 Apr 1857, City Printer fined $30 for assaulting Griggs, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18570406.2.8&srpos=41&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1857---1
  29. ↑ 16 May 1857, Griggs signed requesting an astronomy lecture, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18570516.2.14.1&srpos=27&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1857---1
  30. ↑ 8 Oct 1857, Meeting to establish a library association, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18571008.2.8.1&srpos=31&e=-------en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22e+e+griggs%22-------1
  31. ↑ 21 Nov 1857, Griggs sells bookstore to George H Lovegrove, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18571121.2.16.2&srpos=17&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22e+e+griggs%22-------1
  32. ↑ E. E. Griggs vs. G. H. Lovegrove, no. 6244, 6th District Court, Sacramento, California State Archives, Sacramento, A. B. Bookman's Weekly - Volume 79 - Page 639 and 648, 1987, https://books.google.com/books?id=mj3oAAAAMAAJ
  33. ↑ 3 Mar 1858, Griggs failed to show for jury duty, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18580303.2.17&srpos=8&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1858---1
  34. ↑ 1 Apr 1858, E E Griggs has no connection with the Union Bookstore, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18580401.2.13.3&srpos=19&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1858---1
  35. ↑ 15 Sep 1858, List of letters remaining in the Sacramento post office for the month of September, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18580915.2.25.1&srpos=31&dliv=none&e=------185-en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22griggs%22----1858---1
  36. ↑ The Chicago Record, J G Wilson, The Church Record, 1 Jan 1859, https://books.google.com/books?id=A8fDxJq5H44C&pg=RA1-PA151&dq=%22e+e+griggs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQm9OCz9LaAhVykuAKHTw4ByA4ChDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=%22e%20e%20griggs%22&f=false
  37. ↑ E E Griggs Liquidating Bookstore, Chicago Tribune, 09 Nov 1859, Wed, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17348712/e_e_griggs_liquidating_bookstore/?xid=637
  38. ↑ Dissolution of Bellamy, Meeker & Co, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug 1858, Wed, page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19010107/dissolution_of_belamy_meeker_and_co_to/?xid=637
  39. ↑ The Faraway Music by Arthur Meeker Jr, Chicago Tribune Archives, http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1945/11/11/page/118/article/the-literary-spotlight#text
  40. ↑ Obit Louisa Bently Griggs, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar 1901, page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17375413/obit_louisa_bentley_griggs/?xid=637

Sources

  • Family Records
  • Rensselaer County, NYGenWeb site - Diaries - George Holcomb Diary, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/diary1.htm -
  • "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBS-NBM : 7 September 2017), Edwin E Griggs, New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 34, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 277; FHL microfilm 17,184.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85K-LMS : 12 April 2016), E E Griggs, Chicago, ward 1, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing family 650, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




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The Far Away Music by Arthur Meeker Jr
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E E Griggs Elected Alderman
E E Griggs Elected Alderman
E E Griggs, 1855-56 Colville's Sacramento Directory
E E Griggs, 1855-56 Colville's Sacramento Directory
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