Griswold Brothers

Pictured here are Griswold brothers outside the Griswold Inn, identified as (left to right) Rev. Edwin Viets Griswold, Howard Lee Griswold, William Lawrence Griswold, Herbert W. Griswold, and George H. Griswold. They were five of fourteen children born to Worthington Franklin Griswold and Fondelia Ruth Griswold. Worthington and Fondelia Griswold raised the family in the former Griswold Inn. The Griswold inn was built in 1811 adjacent to the north-east quadrant of the Village Green by Worthington pioneer Ezra Griswold, great-grandfather of the men pictured here.

Rev. Edwin Viets Griswold (b. 1879, d. 1950) attended Ohio State University Law School and later entered Seabury Western Seminary in Evanston, IL. He married Olive L. Snyder of Chillicothe, OH. Howard Griswold (b. 1878, d. 1955) was a mechanical engineer and worked for 40 years with the Metal Products Company in New Jersey. He married Cora Roberts. William Lawrence Griswold (b. 1872, d. 1961) graduated from Ohio State University in 1892 and married Georgianna Johnson of Flint, OH. He was a municipal revenue collector and relocated to New York, then Atlanta. Herbert Griswold (b. 1882, d. 1956) was a plumber and building contractor in the Worthington area. He married Jeanette Phillips. They resided at 788 High St., the family owned building known as the Griswold Inn. George Griswold (b. 1867, d. 1938) relocated to Chicago, IL where he worked as a cook. He married twice, first to Mary Hopkins and second to Amy Schwartz.