Eighth Generation

55. Dr. Osman J. GRIGGS (~) was born on 14 October 1844 in Fayston Township, Washington County, VT.^36,83 (His gravestone lists his year of birth as 1845, but his obituary indicates that he died in 1877 "in the 33rd year of his age." That would put his birth year as 1844.)

He appeared in the census in 1850 in Colchester, Chittenden County, VT.⁴⁴ He appeared in the census in 1855 in Barre Mills, Barre Township, La Crosse County, WI.⁴⁵ Osman appeared in the census in 1860 in Barre Township, La Crosse County, WI.¹⁹ Between 1865 and 1870 he was a druggist in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^42,92 At the time of his marriage in 1866, his occupation was listed as "Druggist." He appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ He and his wife were living next door to the family of his father, Lucius, and his occupation was "Druggist." Between 1871 and 1877 Osman was a medical doctor in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁰ He appeared in the census in 1875 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁶ He and his family were living with his parents. He died on 16 August 1877 at the age of 32 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^36,48,50 Obituary Notes: "In Tomah, Wis., Thursday evening, Aug. 16th, 1877, Mr. O. J. Griggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Griggs, in the 33rd year of his age."

He died 4 days after his mother, and his grave marker is on the opposite side of hers on their grave obelisk. The cause of his death is not known, but he was a doctor and may have been treating her.

It is believed that his father and youngest sister, Hattie, are also buried at that obelisk. Osman was buried on 18 August 1877 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery (Original Plat, Block 2, Lot 70).
(His middle name may have been "Judge," the same as the middle name of his mother's father.)

Dr. Osman J. GRIGGS (~) and Anna "Annie" WOODLEY were married on 4 July 1866 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^92,93,94 They were married at the M. E. Church by W. S. Wright, and their witnesses were F. C. Brock and Ruth Brock. Anna "Annie" WOODLEY, daughter of Mathias WOODLEY and Julia Ann ERWIN, was born in 1850 in Pennsylvania.^37,82,95 (This is an 1866 map of Wisconsin.)

(She was listed as age 20 in the 1870 Census, indicating a birth year of about 1850, and as age 26 in the 1880 Census, which would indicate a birth year of about 1854; the latter would have put her at age 12 when she married Osmon Griggs in 1866, so the 1880 Census enumerator probably made an error.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Pepin, Pepin County, WI.⁹⁶ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^37,50,97 Annie appeared in the census in 1875 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁶ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁸² She was listed as "Allie," age 26, born in Pennsylvania, and she and her son were living with her second husband, Dr. Charles Calvert. She died on 8 August 1899 at the age of 49 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.^95,98,99 (Her husband was a Widower in the 1900 Census.)

(Gary Griggs' research of the Forest Hill, Lakeview, St. John's Lutheran, St. Patrick's Catholic, Sacred Heart Catholic and Oak Grove cemeteries in Eau Claire failed to find her gravestone or that of her second husband, Charles.)

Dr. Osman J. GRIGGS (~) and Anna "Annie" WOODLEY had the following children: