Legislator Details


Anthony Grosfield
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 45

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 1/4/1843
City: Westphalia, Germany
County:
Country: Germany
 
Death
Date: 11/19/1927
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 11/23/1927
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Mount Elliot Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Elizabeth Vogt of Detroit 11/14/1871; children: John A., Frank A., Charles P., Frederick A., Arthur A. and one other

Number of Children: 5

Background

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Military Service:
Occupation: insurance, real estate
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Theodore and Franziska (Grobbel) Grosfield. He was first a clerk in a general store. He left Germany secretively to evade mandatory conscription and arrived in Hull, England on a cattle boat. A steamship brought him to New York July 13, 1963. He worked for a munitions plant in Cold Springs, NY for a year before moving to Collinsville, CT and learned grinding and polishing edged tools. In 1866 he traveled in search of work and settled in Detroit that July as a store clerk. A few months later he and his father bought a grocery business. In 1882 the grocery store became a hardware store until 1887. In 1887 Griswold turned to real estate and insurance for his livelihood. From 1892-1910 he was senior member of Grosfield & Scanlon. In 1910, he dissolved the partnership and formed his own company. In 1874, he was on the common council; alderman if the 12th district 1 term; elected to the board of estimates in 1886 and he served 4 years on the board of education. He was an active member of the Detroit Real Estate Board and the Detroit Board of Commerce.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Fifth Legislature, 1889-1890
Chamber: Senate
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Agricultural Interests , Asylum for the Criminal Insane, Public Health , Supplies and Expenses , Industrial Home for Girls , State Prison
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District: 3
District Description: City of Detroit wards 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16; twps of Brownstown, Canton, Dearborn, Ecorce, Huron, Monguagon, Nankin, Romulus, Springwells, Sumpter, Taylor, Van Buren and city of Wyandotte wards 1, 2 and 3, in Wayne Co.

Date Elected: 11/6/1888
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1889
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

Catlin (L) p.452-53; Fuller p.452-53; Burton 1-5 p.152, portrait, p.153; Michiganology; Manual 1889 p.626
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