Newton Co., IN Bio

Newton County, Iroquois Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton,
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   HENRY T. GRIGGS, farmer and stock-raiser, a native of Morris,
Grundy County, Illinois, was born October 29, 1845, and is the fifth
of the six children of Peter M. and Catharine (Moore) Griggs, both
natives of Pennsylvania, and pioneers of Grundy County, Illinois, where
they improved two farms, and where Mr. Griggs died in 1849.  Mrs. Griggs
is yet living at Piper City, Illinois.
   Henry T. Griggs enlisted January 2, 1864, in Company C, Seventy-sixth
Regiment Illinois Infantry; he was in the battle of Mobile, in several
skirmishes, and was discharged June 6, 1866.
   March 30, 1869, he married Miss Clara, daughter of Peter Retterath,
which union was honored with two children--Frankie (deceased), and Ella.
In 1846 Mr. Griggs purchased 140 acres of his present farm, to which he
added until he has 440 acres of very excellent land, with a fine frame
house and other desirable improvements, including three miles of 
beautiful hedge.
   Mr. Griggs raises and ships considerable stock, 45 to 50 head of 
cattle, 50 to 75 head of hogs, and 10 to 15 head of horses per year; he
also raises from 4,000 to 5,000 bushels of oats, and 200 to 400 bushels
of flax.  He is a prosperous farmer.

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