Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell (22-Dec-1821/31-Mar-1891)

GRINNELL, GRENELLE, HASTINGS, CHAPIN

Posted By: Don Wherry (email)
Date: 11/14/2012 at 23:14:12

The target of Horace Greeley's famous directive: "Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles."

Minister and pillar of the Congregationalist Church, Republican organizer, town founder, abolitionist, railroad promoter, elected member of the Iowa State Senate and the U. S. House of Representatives, patron and guiding spirit of Grinnell College.

Offsite linkage to:
Berrier, G Galin. "Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell" The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press, 2009. Web. 14 November 2012

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