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DANIEL GRIMM, oil producer, is a son of Abraham and Caroline (Koehler) Grimm, and was born in Rheinish Bavaria, on the borders of France, in 1838, and came to America in 1850. In early life Mr. Grimm was engaged as a clerk in a grocery house at Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1861 he came to Franklin and engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1869 went into oil producing. In 1866 Mr. Grimm was married to Carrie F., daughter of William Weyman, of New York city. They are the parents of two sons and six daughters: Charles D., and Eugene Eaton; Stella K., wife of John F. Renfro, of Opelika, Alabama; Lula, Mary Etta, Eva C., Lida, and De Pearl. Politically Mr. Grimm is a Democrat, has served two terms on the city council, and belongs to the Masonic order, and the A. 0. U. W. He is one of the most successful and substantial business men of Franklin.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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