George Grennell Jr.
George Grennell Jr. | |
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Member of the Massachusetts State Senate | |
In office 1825–1827 | |
Personal details | |
Born | December 25, 1786 Greenfield, Massachusetts |
Died | November 19, 1877 Greenfield, Massachusetts | (aged 90)
Resting place | Green River Cemetery |
Political party | Anti-Jacksonian, Whig |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College, 1808 |
Profession | Attorney |
George Grennell Jr.
Grennell was a member of the
Grennell served as a trustee of Amherst College 1838–1859, a judge of probate 1849–1853, clerk of Franklin County Courts 1853–1865, and the first president of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad.
Grennell married twice: first to Helen Adelle Blake in 1814 and second to Eliza Seymour Perkins in 1820.[1] His son George Blake Grinnell became a noted businessman. Grennell died in Greenfield, Massachusetts November 19, 1877 and was interred in Greenfield's Green River Cemetery.
Notes
- ^ Also known as Grinnell
References
- ^ Davis, William T. (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. II. p. 326.
- United States Congress. "George Grennell Jr. (id: G000451)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.