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William F. Grinnell

Merchant/Diplomat

Centurion, 1861–1899

Full Name William Fowler Grinnell

Born 2 June 1831 in Greenfield, Massachusetts

Died 11 December 1912 in Paris, France

Buried Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Proposed by Levi Parsons Morton

Elected 1 June 1861 at age twenty-nine

Archivist’s Note: Brother-in-law of Levi P. Morton