Background
Grosvenor, William Mason was born on April 24, 1835 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Mason and Esther D. (Scarborough) Grosvenor.
Grosvenor, William Mason was born on April 24, 1835 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Mason and Esther D. (Scarborough) Grosvenor.
Attended Yale, 1861-1853.
Editor, New Haven (Connecticut) Palladium, 1859-1861. Enlisted in 13th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, 1861, promoted captain, 1862. Commissioned colonel 2d Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards, 1863.
Editor Journal-Courier, New Haven, 1864-1866.
Editor Saint Louis Democrat, 1866-1870, 72-75, helped Carl Schurz in his election to the United States Senate, 1872, provided evidence leading to conviction of more than 100 leaders Saint Louis Whiskey Ring, 1873-1874. Economics editor New York Times, 1875-1900.
Frequently gave aid to the United States Government in connection with tariff acts and other financial measures. Controlled Electro Matrix Printing Company during Panic of 1893.
Author: Does Protection Protect, 1871.
American Securities, 1885.
Married Ellen M. Stone, 1867. Married second, Ellen Sage, 1870.