Excerpt from The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Vol. 2: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region About the Head of the Maumee River; Also the Story of the Townships of Allen County

In issuing these volumes to our subscribers the publishers desire to say a word of appreciation for the editor, Mr. B. J. Griswold. In the course of a long service in like publications, and after laboring with hundreds of writers and editors in many parts of the country, it remains to Mr. Griswold to be esteemed by us the most efficient and in every way the most satisfactory person with whom it has been our province to be associated in a similar line of endeavor. Although relatively a newcomer to Fort Wayne, he has, nevertheless, been able to bring to his work an enthusiasm which usually comes only through long years of intimate association with the locality that is the subject of research. His talents have richly equipped him for preserving not only the verbal story but also the scenic part; and herein is where most histories, both local and general, are remarkably incomplete. The embelishments of these volumes alone make this work unique and valuable, and we enter tain no doubt that they will be appreciated and long cherished by those who have been fortunate enough to anticipate their worth.

Mr. Griswold was born October 13, 1873, at Osage, Iowa, the son of James J. And Ruth Velerie (arnold) Griswold, who still reside there. The father was born in Canada, and the mother in Michigan. After leaving the public school, B. 'j. Griswold began his newspaper experience in the office of the Osage Weekly News, and was afterward engaged on the staffs of the Waterloo (iowa) Courier, the Cedar Rapids (iowa) Gazette, the Terre Haute (indiana) Tribune, and the Indianapolis (indi ana) Star. He came to' Fort Wayne in 1902 and served for nine years as a cartoonistnoqfht'he Fort Wayne Daily News, and later was engaged in the same capacity with the Fort Wayne Sentinel. Previous to the latter experience he became one of the founders of the Fort Wayne Engraving Company. His present business, the Progressive Advertising Company, was established in 1914. On March 21, 1901, Mr. Griswold was united in marriage with Miss Clara Louise Norton, at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mr. Griswold is an active member of the Rotary Club, of which he is serving as secretary, and of the Quest Club and the Commercial Club. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Plymouth Congregational church.

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