oseph Rhode Grismer was born in Albany, New York on November 4, 1849, the middle of three girls and two boys raised by Irish immigrants, Christopher and Bridget Grismer.[1] According to later records his birth parents may have been Valentine Grismer and Adelaide Huda.[2] In his youth Grismer attended the Albany Boys Academy and upon graduation served with the 192nd New York Volunteer Regiment over the waning months of the American Civil War. After the war’s end Grismer returned to Albany where at some point he found his calling as a member of the Histrionic Amateur Dramatic Club.
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