Grindal RAWSON

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Grindal Rawson was a carpenter and cabinet maker, and was much distinguished for his mechanical genius as well as for his general intelligence. During the Revolutionary war, he was employed by the U.S. Government in the manufacture of utensils of war. He settled in Providence about 1741, was an exemplary member of the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock's church.

Family/Spouse: Hannah LEAVENS. Hannah was born in Killingly, Connecticut; died on 21 Dec 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BOYD. Elizabeth was born about 1726; died on 31 May 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Zerniah HARRIS. Zerniah was born about 1731; died on 10 May 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grindal married Nancy ATWELL about 1771. Nancy was born in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island; died in 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Joined the Revolutionary army at the age of 16, and served during the war, part of the time as a lieutenant.

Joseph married Elizabeth RHOADES in 1785. Elizabeth was born in 1766; died on 9 May 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grindal married Lucretia CORNELL on 30 Mar 1824. Lucretia died on 23 Nov 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Grindal Rawson and Lucretia Cornell

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Edward was a graduate of Amherst College, class of 1851. Failing health caused him to give up his cherished plan of preparing for the ministry, and he turned his attention to teaching. He had many calls in that profession, classical and otherwise, the last one being that of the Public High School at Scranton, pa., which was finished and opened under his personal supervision. While thus occupied he took occasion to visit the scene of the poet Campbell's "Gertrude of Wyoming," where he took a severe cold, which soon resulted in his death, which occurred Aug. 6, 1859, at Woodstock, Conn. At a meeting of the Barnard Society of the Conn. Normal School the following resolution was adopted:

Whereas, God, in his Providence has again entered our circle and removed by death Mr. Edward
D. Rawson;

Resolved, That in this dispensation we have lost one whose high purpose and Christian life made him an ornament in the profession of Teaching and while deeply mourning his loss, let us live so that it may be said of us, as it can truly said of him, "He hath done what he could."

Edward married Lucy Rebecca LAY in Nov 1853. Lucy (daughter of Steuben LAY and Martha WRIGHT) was born on 08 Oct 1831; died on 15 Mar 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]