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Note: X-POP3-Rcpt: griffinhouse@@earthma.zelacom.com Return-Path: <jackb@@borg.com> X-Sender: jackb@@mail.borg.com Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 13:05:59 +0100 To: griffinhouse@@zelacom.com From: jackb@@borg.com (Jack Bathrick) Subject: Oneida County Query-Griffin
Unclear what you are looking for from your Oneida County Query;However here is what "Our County and Its People" (1896) has to say:
"Griffin,Charles A., was born in January 20,1845 in Florence,Oneida county. His great-grandfather, Nathaniel Griffin, came from Connecticut to Clinton, N. Y., in 1785, purchased of Gen. George Washington a farm near College Hill (the deed being now in Albany), and died there. Ransom, son of Nathaniel, was born in Clinton, had four children; Ira B., Emily, Parnell, and Jane, and died there in 1829. Ira B. Griffin was born there March 19, 1820, lived after his father's death with his grandfather, and upon his mother's second marriage moved to Florence, where he still resides. He is a farmer and owns about 600 acres of land. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. K, 189th N. V. Vols., and served until the war closed, being commissary sergeant. He married Mary Bellows, who died in 1882, leaving three children: Ransom and Ella E. (Mrs. Jeremiah Dunn), of Florence, and Charles A., of Utica. Mary Jane, another daughter, married H. C. Bickwell in 1869 and died in 1870. Charles A. Griffin attended the public schools of Florence, the Camden Union School, and Rome Academy, and was graduated from Eastman's Business College at Pouglikeepsie in February, 1805. He then came to Utica and for one year was bookkeeper for D. Owens & Son, bakers and confectioners. For another year he was a clerk and bookkeeper for Wetmore & Cuttis, general merchants of Camden, and in 1867 became bookkeeper for John Griffiths, wholesale dealer in teas, coffees, and spices in Fayette street, Utica. January 1, l87l, T. J. Griffiths came in as John Griffiths & Co., and January 1, l872, Mr. Griffin and R. W. Jones were admitted partners. In 1876 John Griffiths retired and the other three continued as Griffiths & Co. March 1, 1879, the firm became Griffiths, Griffin & Hoxie, the partners being T. J Griffiths, Charlos A. Griffin, and John C. Hoxie. May 1, 1888, Mr. Griffiths withdrew and the firm has since been Griffin & Hoxie. In 1880 the business was moved to 10 Liberty street, where it was burned out in 1894. It was then established in its present qoarters in Catharine street, and now maintains a wholesale grocery trade, covering a radius of 100 miles. In January, 1881, Mr. Griffin was married to Cornelia W., daughter of Levi Wheaton, of Utica, and they have two children: Wheaton I., and Charles A., jr."
Regards,JB
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