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Heinrich C. “Henry” Griess

Birth	:	19 Jan 1875 Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	1 Feb 1948 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, Clay County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6189003, -97.8644028
Plot	:	09N-09-03-06
Description	:	Was prominent in banking circles of Sutton as vice president of the Sutton State Bank. A native of Nebraska, he was born in Clay county, January 19, 1875, a son of Peter H. and Sophia (Grosshans) Griess, both natives of Germany where they were married and resided until 1873. In that year they emigrated to America and settled in Sutton, Nebraska, where the father engaged in the grain and coal business. For a number of years he conducted this business successfully but in the panic of 1895 met with severe financial losses form which he never fully recovered. He... Read More	Was prominent in banking circles of Sutton as vice president of the Sutton State Bank. A native of Nebraska, he was born in Clay county, January 19, 1875, a son of Peter H. and Sophia (Grosshans) Griess, both natives of Germany where they were married and resided until 1873. In that year they emigrated to America and settled in Sutton, Nebraska, where the father engaged in the grain and coal business. For a number of years he conducted this business successfully but in the panic of 1895 met with severe financial losses form which he never fully recovered. He was a liberal man and during the panic offered every aid to his many friends. His family was a large one and his sons speak of him as a comrade, for he was their constant companion in his later life. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Griess, nine of them boys, and all of the children are living but one daughter. They are Theodore, a prominent banker and financier of Harvard; Henry C., whose name initiates this review; John G., in the bank at Sutton; William, who is engaged in the lumber and coal business in Sutton; Edward P., postmaster at Sutton, Nebraska; Ferdinand, prominent in the dental profession of Sutton; Gustave, who is engaged with his brother in the dental practice at Sutton; Edward P., who is now serving as postmaster of Sutton and of whom further mention is made on another page of this work; Albert, active in the lumber and coal business in Sutton; and Lydia, who is the wife of J. A. Dennis, a merchant of Eldorado. Throughout his life Mr. Griess was a stanch democrat and took an active part in all local campaigns and movements of that party. Henry C. Griess received his education in the Sutton schools and at the age of seventeen years began began working in a hardware store for twenty dollars per month. For fifteen years he clerked in that store and then decided to enter the hardware business on his own account. He was very successful in this venture and remained in that connection until 1912, when he entered the bank of Sutton as assistant cashier. His rise in the bank was rapid and soon he was made vice president of that organization, in which office he is now serving. On the 23rd of November, 1899, Mr. Griess was united in marriage to Miss Rosana Griess, a daughter of H. P. Griess, an old settler of York county. As a business man her father had achieved a substantial amount of success and in agricultural circles he had taken an influential and leading part. Four children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Griess: Alfred H., who is attending the State University at Lincoln; Esther, a graduate of the Sutton high school with the class of 1921; Helen, in school; and Otto, who is but four and one-half years of age. Since age conferred upon Mr. Griess the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the democratic party. The religious faith of the family is that of the Free Reformed church, in the activities of which they take a prominent part. Mr. Griess maintains an interest in agriculture as the owner of farms in Fillmore, Clay and York counties and aside from his banking interests he devotes some time to writing insurance. Mr. Griess is a prominent and progressive man and readily acknowledged a leading citizen of Sutton. Source: History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska. Editors George L. Burr & O. D. Buck, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1921.

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Heinrich C. “Henry” Griess's memorial is located at: Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, Clay County, USA.
When did Heinrich C. “Henry” Griess death?
Heinrich C. “Henry” Griess death on 1 Feb 1948 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.6189003
Longitude: -97.8644028

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Heinrich Griess

(1851 - 1917)

Sophia Grosshans Griess

(1850 - 1903)

Spouse

Rosina Griess Griess

(1877 - 1963)

Siblings

(1873 - 1961)

(1879 - 1954)

(1881 - 1975)

(1885 - 1965)

(1888 - 1956)

Children

Calvin Erich Griess

(1906 - 1906)

Helen S. Griess

(1909 - 1975)

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Coordinate: 40.6189003, -97.8644028

2. Saronville United Methodist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6147100, -97.9188500

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6. Free German Reformed Salem Church Cemetery
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7. Emmanuel Reformed Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6847220, -97.8811110

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9. Verona Swedish Cemetery
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12. Holy Cross Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6150017, -97.7108002

13. Grafton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6157990, -97.7106018

14. Lushton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7125100, -97.7317100

15. Fairview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4817009, -97.8133011

16. Marshall Union Evergreen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4880300, -97.9573000

17. Faith Evangelical Bible Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7633018, -97.8056030

18. Chapel Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4660988, -97.8816986

19. Friesen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7743988, -97.8450012

20. Clay Center Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5325012, -98.0500031

21. Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7560997, -97.7391968

22. Eller Cemetery
Clay Center, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4956700, -98.0145700

23. Saint Marys Cemetery
Shickley, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4816700, -97.7295400

24. Harvard Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6123047, -98.0920258