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JOHN CARD SELDEN, son of George and Elizabeth (Card) Selden, was
born in Erie, November 28, 1825. From 1844 to 1850 he was a clerk in a
store in Troy, New York. The latter year he joined his brother George in
California, returning to Erie in 1853 and joining his father in the
mercantile business, subsequently purchasing the store and changing it
from general merchandise to that of hardware and manufacturing supplies,
which he continued until 1872. In 1868 he became interested in the
establishment of the Selden & Griswold Manufacturing Company. Later, and
until his death on May 12, 1888, he was associated with his brother
George
in the Erie City Iron Works. He was for a number of years a member of the
board of water commissioners of Erie. For many years he was connected with
the Erie County Bible Society and was long a leading member of the First
Presbyterian church of Erie. He was married February 28, 1855, to Lydia
M., daughter of Matthew Griswold Sr., and sister of Hon. Matthew Griswold.
To them were born two children—Marion, and Grace Card (wife of Commander
Frederick L. Chapin, U. S. N.). A twentieth century history of Erie County, Pennsylvania : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1909, pages 478-479. More Erie County History Books Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.
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