Person:Henry Grinnell (4)
Henry Grinnell
b.18 Feb 1799 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
d.1874
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 May 1785
  1. Cornelius Grinnell1786 -
  2. Joseph Grinnell1788 -
  3. Sylvia Grinnell1791 -
  4. William P. Grinnell1797 -
  5. Henry Grinnell1799 - 1874
  6. Abraham B. Grinnell1801 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1822
  1. Henry Walton Grinnell1843 - 1920
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Facts and Events
Name Henry Grinnell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Feb 1799 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1822 to Sarah Minturn
Death? 1874
Reference Number? Q1606814?

In 1818 went to New York City where he became a clerk in the commission house of H. D. & E. B. Sewell. In 1825 Henry joined his brother Joseph Grinnell and formed Fish, Grinnell & Company. In 1850 he financed the outfitting of two vessels, the Advance and the Rescue, to search the Arctic for the lost Franklin Polar Expedition. He was also one of the founders of the American Geographical and Statistical Society.


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Henry Grinnell (February 18, 1799 – June 30, 1874)[1] was an American merchant and philanthropist.

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References
  1. ↑ New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1932)
    203.

    GRINNELL, Henry, Feb. 18, 1799 [ch. Cornelius and Silvia, C.R.3.]
    (See page 4, Explanations, No. 7)

  2.   Henry Grinnell, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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