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    George MacCullough Grier

    Birth: 9-27-1802

    Death: 12-20-1878

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Grier, Frances Elizabeth (FTG) | Marriage Date: 12-20-

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George Grier was a prominent lawyer in New York State. At the beginning of his career, Gov. William H. Seward appointed Grier the surrogate of Orange County in 1840, a position he held for several years. Grier married Seward's cousin, Frances Elizabeth Grier, in 1833. As a married relation of the Seward family, Grier was also an executor of Samuel S. Seward's will and a trustee of the Seward Institute in Florida, NY.

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George Grier was a prominent lawyer in New York State. At the beginning of his career, Gov. William H. Seward appointed Grier the surrogate of Orange County in 1840, a position he held for several years. Grier married Seward's cousin, Frances Elizabeth Grier, in 1833. As a married relation of the Seward family, Grier was also an executor of Samuel S. Seward's will and a trustee of the Seward Institute in Florida, NY.
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