When Edgar Griswold was born on 1 May 1855, in Michigan, United States, his father, Apollos Griswold, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Cole, was 30. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Lydia Ann Thompson. He lived in Ottawa, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Belding, Ionia, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 17 March 1908, in Mecosta, Michigan, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mecosta, Morton Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English (Warwickshire): habitational name from Griswolds Farm in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, which is named with Old English grēosn ‘gravel’ + weald ‘woodland’.
History: Edward Griswold (1607–91) and his family were Puritans who came to the American colonies from Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, on the Mary and John, arriving on 30 May 1630. They settled first in Dorchester, MA, and in 1639 moved to Windsor, VT. Their relative, Matthew Griswold, came to New England in 1639, settling eventually in Lyme, CT.
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