William H. Gridley
William H. Gridley was born around 1834 in New York to Charles and Mary Gridley. His father was a farmer who owned $3,000 of real estate by 1850. He married Phebe Watson around 1859, and they had at least four children: Emma, born around 1861; Edward, born around 1864; Birtie, born around 1870; and Charles, born around 1871. He lived in Clyde, New York, and worked as a farmer. By 1860, he owned $2,800 of real estate and $470 of personal property. He moved to Macedon, New York, in the 1860s, and by 1870, he owned $14,400 of real estate and $4,500 of personal property. He supported the Republican Party, and he was elected assessor for Macedon in 1901. He died sometime after 1905.
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| (3891) | Gridley, William H. | 1834 |
- Conflict Side: Union
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 4
- (10888) [recipient] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 25 February 1863
- (10890) [recipient] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 24 November 1863
- (10892) [recipient] ~ A. G. McAlister to William H. Gridley, 12 July 1863
- (10893) [recipient] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 26 November 1864
People - Records: 1
- (3891) Gridley, William H. is the [sibling of] (3890) Gridley, Edward
Places - Records: 1
- (67) [birth] ~ New York
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 7 March 1901
