"1810-04-21Z"^^ . "1810Z"^^ . "Gridley, Asahel"@en . . . "1881-01-25Z"^^ . "1881Z"^^ . . . . "Asahel Gridley"@en . . "Member of theIllinois House of Representatives" . . "American politician" . . "Asahel Gridley (April 21, 1810 \u2013 January 25, 1881) was an American politician, lawyer, merchant, and banker. Born in New York, Gridley moved to Bloomington, Illinois when he was twenty-one. He served as a brigadier general in the Black Hawk War and was elected to three terms in the Illinois General Assembly. There, he lobbied to have the Illinois Central and Chicago and Alton Railroads pass near Bloomington."@en .