Sketch of Harvey Griswold, Warren County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Harvey and Frederick Griswold, of Connecticut, were cousins.  They
emigrated to the West, and settled in what is now Warren County,
Missouri., at a very early date.  Frederick married Rebecca Shobe, 
and opened the first store in Pinckney.  They had no children.
Harvey came to Missouri when he was only about sixteen years of age,
and walked from St. Louis to Pinckney, carrying his wardrobe and all
the property he possessed tied up in a cotton handkerchief.  His
cousin Frederick at first hired him to clerk in his store, but after-
ward bought a store at Marthasville, and sent him there to take charge
of it.  He subsequently purchased the store on his own account, and
followed the mercantile business for many years, acquiring a comfort-
able fortune before his death.  He married Mahala Shobe, a sister of
Frederick Griswold's wife, and they had sixteen children, only six of
whom lived to be grown, viz: Rebecca, William, Sylvanus, Prudence,
Angeline and Frederick.  Mr. Griswold owned the land on which the
graves of Daniel Boone and his wife were situated, and he bitterly
opposed the removal of the remains, but in vain.  It was his intention
to erect a monument over the graves, and otherwise beautify the last
resting place of the old pioneer and his wife.

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