"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63N-JT4 : 13 March 2018), A J Grinnell in household of Lyman Grinnell, E.D. 3, Barre, Orleans, New York, United States; citing p. 21, line #24, family #172, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 592,746.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHJ-S1G : 18 March 2020), Alvin J Grinell in entry for Lyman Grinell, 1870.
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"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZ4-GMW : 25 September 2017), Alvin J. Grinnell and Damaris Witham, 15 May 1881, Adel, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing reference it 2, p 10, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,112.
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