History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . the call of the church, it having been occupied asa parsonage by the two preceding clergymen, and is stillMr. Gridleys home, having been rebuilt. Mr. Gridley received his education in the schools of hisnative town, has led the life of a farmer, and is highlyrespected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In 1827 he married Sybil, daughter of Chester Ayers,Esq., of Granby, by whom he had five children, only oneof whom is living,—Charles ,


History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . the call of the church, it having been occupied asa parsonage by the two preceding clergymen, and is stillMr. Gridleys home, having been rebuilt. Mr. Gridley received his education in the schools of hisnative town, has led the life of a farmer, and is highlyrespected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In 1827 he married Sybil, daughter of Chester Ayers,Esq., of Granby, by whom he had five children, only oneof whom is living,—Charles , born Oct. 27, 1845,now a merchant in South Hadley. Mrs. Gridley died , 1845. March 2, 1847, Mr. Gridley married Maria, daughter ofThomas Burnham, Esq., of Lisbon, Conn., and has one souby this marriage,—Edward White, born Sept. 20, 1852,now in the drug business at Holyoke, Mass. iMr. Gridley has been a member of the CongregationalChurch for more than fifty years, toward the support ofwhich he has largely contributed. He was a dyed-in-the-wool Abolitionist in early life, but a Republican sincethe organization of that


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