John R. Grinolds

1826 - 1913  (86 years)

• Name	John R. Grinolds
  Birth	22 Dec 1826	Westfield, Tioga County, PA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Death	24 Oct 1913	Walnut Lake, Fairbault Co, MN
  Burial	The Old Weston Cemetary, Walnut Lake, MN
  Person ID	I4668	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2002

  
  

  Father	John Matthew Grinolds,   b. Abt 1799, Fairfield, Herkimer Co, NY d. Abt 1888, Lemonweir, Juneau Co., WI (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Matteson,   b. 1799, Herkimer County, NY d. Jun 1879, Lemonweir, Juneau County, WI (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aug 1820	Fairfield, Herkimer County, NY
  Family ID	F2014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Almira Schoonover,   b. 8 Aug 1836, Steuben Co., NY d. 10 Oct 1918, Blue Earth City, Fairbault, MN (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1851
  Children	1. W.H. Grinolds   d. Died age 5 months.  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. George W. Grinolds,   b. 5 May 1853, Troupsburg, Steuben County, NY d. 30 Nov 1903, North Dakota (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Frank Richard Grinolds,   b. 28 May 1859, Easton, Fairbault Co, MN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Theodore Monroe Grinolds,   b. 1860, Fairbault Co, MN d. 1931 (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Sarah Marie Grinolds,   b. 4 Jun 1863, Walnut Lake, Fairbault, MN d. 28 Mar 1908, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co, IA (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Ida A. Grinolds,   b. Jul 1867, MN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Connie L. Grinolds,   b. 1 Jan 1881, Walnut Lake, Fairbault Co, MN d. 6 Jun 1882, Walnut Lake, Fairbault Co, MN (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Source: "The Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan and Jackson, Minnesota". Lewis Publ. Company: Chicago. 1895. "John R. Grinolds, of section 19, Walnut Lake township (post office Easton), is a old settler in this vicinity, arriving here as early as 1858. He was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1826, a son of John M. Grinolds, who was a native of Herkimer County, New York. The latter was a son of Matthew Grinolds, who was a native of Rhode Island. John M. was married, in Tioga County, to Miss Sallie Matson, who was born in Herkimer County, a daughter of Eli Matson, a native of Rhode Island and a Revolutionary soldier. They had nine children, namely: Roxanna, Lucy A., Dorcas M., Polly R., Sarah J., Almira, John R., Matthew and Stephen. The last mentioned was a soldier in the last war, in a Wisconsin rregiment, lost his arm by a shell and bled to death twenty days afterward. The family moved to Juneau County, Wisconsin, in 1853, settling near Mauston, when the country was new. The mother died at the age of eighty-four years, and the father aged eight-eight. By occupation the elder Grinolds was a farmer, and in his politics a Democrat. His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Grinolds, whose name heads this sketch, was reared on a farm and educated in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and Steuben County, New York. In 1854 he came West to Muscatine County, Iowa, and a year afterward went to Juneau County, Wisconsin, and after a residence there two and a half years he came to Freeborn County, Minnesota, to Albert Lea. In March, 1858, came and took a pre-emption and proved up on it as a homestead,--160 acres, in Faribault County. This place now has long been a fine, well-equipped farm, and diversified crops are raised upon it. The premises are ornamented by a splended grove of ten acres, one tree in which, planted by Mr. Grinolds, is now nine feet in circumference. He had at one time 280 acres, but as he has sold a portion, there are now only eighty acres. In 1851, in Steuben County, New York, Mr. Grinolds married Laura A. Schoonover, a daughter of Richard and Vina (Potter) Schoonover, natives of Herkimer County, that State. These parents had nine children, as follows: Job, Emeline, Mima Ann, Daniel, Leonard, Laura, Bailey (a soldier of the late war, now living in Lucas County, Iowa), Jennette and Harriet. Mr. Grinolds' living children are: George W., Richard F., Theodore M., Sarah Maria and Ida A. The deceased are W. H., who died aged five months; and Connie, who died eighteen months old. Mr. Grinolds is a Republican, and he has served in nearly all the township offices, giving satisfaction in all. In his religious principles he is a member of the Baptist Church."