Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Griggs, Jacob M April 12, 1829 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 10, 2006, 3:02 am Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882 JACOB M. GRIGGS, farmer, P. O. Morris, is a native of Pennsylvania, born April 12, 1829. He came to the site of Morris in 1837, with his father, who built the second house in the place in 1838. The father died in Morris in April, 1849. Our subject attended the first school ever organized in Morris. He was married, January 13, 1862, to Miss Emma COCHRAN, daughter of Samuel COCHRAN, of Morris, born February 28, 1840. The family consists of seven children, viz., Sigel A., born January 25, 1863; Henry B., February 5, 1866; Helen J., March 1, 1868; Minnie M., November 14, 1871; Birdie W., September 10, 1875; Archie R., June 2, 1877; Gracie G., November 6, 1879. Mr. GRIGGS has about seventy-five acres of farm land in Section 9 of Morris Township, and one hundred acres in Section 16 of Saratoga Township, valued at $60 per acre. He is associated with the brick and tile business with Messrs. MARTIN and STEEP, the firm known as GRIGGS, MARTIN & STEEP. Mr. GRIGGS is a persistent temperance worker and a Republican. [Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/griggs71nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb