Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917

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Charles Henry Grosvenor (CHG) was an attorney, a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, and a United States Congress representative for 20 years. CHG grew up in Athens, Ohio. He was responsible for persuading Andrew Carnegie to provide funds for a library at Ohio University.

Constance Leete (CL) is his granddaughter through his second wife Louise Currier. CL lived in the Grosvenor house until sold to the Episcopal Church in 1948.

From the guide to the Grosvenor family papers, 1819-1944, (Ohio University)

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creatorOf Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917. Letter : Athens, Ohio, to Joseph H. Barrett, [Cincinnati, Ohio?], 1878 July 8. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Pruden family papers 1819-1950. Ohio University, Alden Library
creatorOf Pruden, Samuel Baldwin, 1798-1863. Papers / Samuel Baldwin Pruden. Ohio University, Alden Library
referencedIn Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline), 1842-1930. Collection, f 1880-1882. Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library
creatorOf Bishop, J. W. (Judson Wade), 1831-1917. Judson Wade Bishop and family papers, 1819-1973 (bulk 1855-1917). Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Fairbanks mss., 1819-1939 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Garnett, Robert Selden, 1819-1861. Military officer correspondence, 1847-1900. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Gillman" to "Halpine". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Abram P. T. Elder Papers, 1890-1916, (bulk 1903-1916) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Photographic Portrait File The Huntington Library
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Grosvenor family papers, 1819-1944 Ohio University
referencedIn Butterworth, Benjamin, 1837-1898. Benjamin Butterworth papers, 1857-1908 (inclusive), 1861-1898 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917. Grosvenor family papers 1819-1944. Ohio University, Alden Library
referencedIn Henry Clark Corbin Papers, 1864-1980, (bulk 1898-1909) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Barrett, Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell), 1824-1910. Autograph letter : Cincinnati, Ohio, to C[harles] H. Grosvenor, [Athens, Ohio?], 1878 July 9. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Elder, Abram P. T. (Abram Peter Turner). Papers, 1890-1916 (bulk 1903-1916). Library of Congress
referencedIn Judson Wade Bishop and family papers., 1819-1973 (bulk 1855-1917). Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf Abram P. T. Elder Papers, 1890-1916, (bulk 1903-1916) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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Birth 1833-09-20

Death 1917-10-30

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