Tenth Generation

412. Doctor John Cornelius GRIGGS Ph. D. (~) was born on 29 September 1865 in Spring Valley, Fillmore County, MN.^48,50,135 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lowell, Kent County, MI.²⁵⁴ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Plymouth, Litchfield County, CT.²⁵⁵ John appeared in the census in 1900 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, CT.²⁵⁰ About 1900 he was in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.²⁵ He was a Professor of Music at Vassar College. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Poughkeepsie Township, Dutchess County, NY.²⁵⁰ About 1920 John was in Canton, China.²⁵ He was the Professor of English in Canton Christian College. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.²⁵⁰ He died on 20 July 1932 at the age of 66 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA.^25,50 Obituary Notes: "Dr. John C. Griggs, 67, for many years professor of music at Vassar College, and for 8 years professor of English in Canton Christian College, Canton, China, died here yesterday.

A native of Terryville, Conn., he was a graduate of Yale. He is survived by his widow, the former Anne Seymour Cook of Hartford, and three children." John was buried in Terryville, Plymouth Township, Litchfield County, CT.⁵⁰ in the Hillside Cemetery.

Doctor John Cornelius GRIGGS Ph. D. (~) and Anne Seymour COOK were married on 23 July 1890. Anne Seymour COOK was born in 1868.²⁵⁸ She died in 1947 at the age of 79.²⁵⁸ She was buried in 1947 in Terryville, Plymouth Township, Litchfield County, CT.²⁵⁸ in the Hillside Cemetery.

Doctor John Cornelius GRIGGS Ph. D. (~) and Anne Seymour COOK had the following children: