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  Griggs, Chauncey W.
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NameChauncey W. Griggs
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Tacoma, Washington , United States
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Born December 31, 1832
Died October 29, 1910 (77 years)
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InfoChauncey Wright Griggs

Minnesota politician - Carver district of St. Paul representative (1864), Alderman for the 4th Ward of St. Paul (1876-1881), Minnesota State Senator (1866-1870, 1881-1887)

Later became a lumberman in Washington State and Democratic politician. Born in Connecticut, his family moved to Ohio in 1848. After serving in the Civil War, Griggs worked in various businesses before relocating to Washington in 1887, where he formed a lumber company with A.G. Foster, later a U.S. Senator.

American Lumbermen (1906), pp. 12-16.
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