Giles H. Gridley, a native of Tioga county, was born in 1835. He was married in 1859 to Miss Sylvena Lamphere, of Andover. They are both members of the Seventh-Day Baptist Church. Mr. Gridley came to Alfred in 1865 from Andover. He owns a farm of one hundred and thirty-eight acres.
(1879 “History of Allegany County,NY”- F.W.Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, NY,NY)