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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821 - 1891)

Rev. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Born in New Haven, Addison, Vermont, United Statesmap
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Died at age 69 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Josiah was born in 1821. He was the son of Myron Grinnell. He passed away in 1891.

Josiah married Julia Anna Chapin on 4 February 1852 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She was 24, born in Springfield, with father Chauncey Chapin.[1]

J.B. Grinnell founded the town of Grinnell, Iowa. He attracted the small liberal college, Iowa College, to Grinnell. As part of the move of the college from Davenport, Iowa, the college changed its name to Grinnell College.

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  1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887"
    Citing cn 20 p 109, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,418.
    FamilySearch Record: XPJ2-HFB (accessed 19 April 2022)
    FamilySearch Image: 939V-3D3Q-X5
    Josiah B Grinnell (30y) marriage to Julia Anna Chapin on 4 Feb 1852 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

"Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJ6-Z1P : 9 February 2018), Josiah B. Grinnell and Julia Anna Chapin, 05 Feb 1852; citing Vol.5pg29Cn22, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,416.

  • New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915, Accessed From Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLD-YLN : 14 August 2017), Josiah B Grinnell, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 190, sheet 525D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,362.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 November 2020), memorial page for Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (22 Dec 1821–31 Mar 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #2227, citing Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

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