sentences:  Chester Griswold filled several positions of public trust, serving a number of years as supervisor of Nassau, and was for three years (1823, 1831 and 1835) one of the members of the New York State Assembly representing the County of Rensselaer.His grandfather Simeon Griswold served as a five time member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.Griswold was educated for commercial pursuits, and at the age of seventeen entered the iron and hardware house of Messrs. Hart, Lesley & Warren, in Troy.