George Grennell Jr. (December 25, 1786 – November 19, 1877) was a

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from

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. He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts on December 25, 1786, to parents George and Lydia (Stevens) Grennell. He attended

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and graduated from

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in 1808. He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and served as prosecuting attorney for Franklin County 1820–1828. Grennell was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate 1825–1827. Grennell was elected as an

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to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-six Congresses and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1839). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838. Grennell served as a trustee of

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1838–1859, a judge of probate 1849–1853, clerk of Franklin County Courts 1853–1865, and the first president of the

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. Grennell married twice: first to Helen Adelle Blake in 1814 and second to Eliza Seymour Perkins in 1820. His son

George Blake Grinnell George Blake Grinell (November 11, 1823 – December 19, 1891) was an American merchant and financier. Grinnell was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, the son of George Grinnell Jr. (also spelled Grennell), state senator and U. S. representative, ...

became a noted businessman. Grennell died in Greenfield, Massachusetts November 19, 1877 and was interred in Greenfield's Green River Cemetery.

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