Short Biography of Paul W. Grierson

PAUL W. GRIERSON is the popular, well-known and efficient Postmaster of Calumet. During nearly his entire residence here he has been in office,—a fact which indicates not only his fidelity to duty but also shows the confidence and regard reposed in him by his fellow townsman.

Mr. Grierson is numbered among the native sons of Michigan, his birth having occurred on Ontonagon county, on the 16th of March, 1861. The family is of Scotch-Irish origin. The father, James Grierson, was a native of Scotland, and in 1840 bade adiue to home and friends, preparatory to his emigration to the New World. He first located in Detroit, Michigan, and subsequently removed to the copper regions on Lake Superior, settling in Keweenaw county. He is now occupying the position of surface captain for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.

The gentleman whose name introduce this review was reared in the State of his nativity and attended the public schools until seventeen years of age, acquiring a good knowledge of the common English branches and of some of the more advanced studies. Reading, experience and observation have in later years added to his fund of knowledge, and he is now a well informed man, versed in all matters of current interest. He entered upon his business career in the employ of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in the humbe cpacity of office boy, and continued with that company for three and a half years, when he secured a situation as mine clerk with the Copper Falls Mining Company, of Keweenaw county. He continued there for three years, or until the mine closed, after which he came to Calumet, where he has since made his home,—one of the esteemed residents of this place.

Not long after his arrival in Calumet Mr. Grierson received the appointment of Postmaster and entered upon his duties in 1888. So acceptably did he fill the office that he was re-appointed on the 26th of June, 1893, an is still serving, with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He is always true and loyal to any duty, whether public or private, and the affairs of the post-office are ably administered. In the fall of 1892 Mr. Grierson was nominated for the office of County Treasurer, but failed of election. In his political views he is a stalwart Democrat, ardently advocating the principles of his party.

In his social connections Mr. Grierson is connected with the Masonic fraternity, having become a Royal Arch Mason, and also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is devoted to the best interests of the community in which he makes his home, is public-spirited and progressive and withholds his support from no enterprise that is calculated to advance the general welfare. A well spent life and pleasant, genial, social manner have gained him many friends, whom we feel assured will be pleased to see the record of his life in the history of the Upper Peninsula.

Source: "Memorial record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan" ³²¹⁶