Question: In which county was Joseph A. Griffo born?

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Mary Cecilia Bailly: She was born Eleanor Cecilia Kinzie Bailly in Mackinac County, Michigan, on June 2, 1815.  Her father was Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Bailly de Messein, a Canadian fur magnate of French descent, and her mother was Marie Le Fèvre de la Vigne (Tou-se-qua), a member of the Ottawa tribe.  When Eleanor was seven, the family moved to the Joseph Bailly Homestead, Porter County, Indiana.  This homestead was much traveled by various Native American tribes, including the Menominee, Winnebago, Fox and Dakota Sioux.

Hawthorne House (Pine Apple, Alabama): The Hawthorne House, also known as the Col. J. R. Hawthorne House, is a historic plantation house in Pine Apple, Alabama, USA.  The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1854 for Joseph Richard Hawthorne by Ezra Plumb.  Joseph Hawthorne was born in 1805 in North Carolina, but the family had relocated to Wilkinson County, Georgia by 1810.  Hawthorne moved to Conecuh County, Alabama in the 1830s and finally settled in Pine Apple in the 1850s.  He owned several large plantations in Conecuh and Wilcox counties.  He died in Pine Apple in 1889.  The house was sold out of the family after his death, but was brought back into the family when acquired in 1935 by Gladys Hawthorne Whitaker and her brother, Dr. Julian Hawthorne, a New York physician.  They restored the house and it remained in the family until Mrs. Whitaker's death in 1980.  The house was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.  It was purchased after the death of Mrs. Whitaker by Dr. Edward Childs of Mobile.  The house was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 9, 1992 and to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1985 with the name of Hawtorn House.

Joseph and Clara Amanda H. Moorhead House: The Joseph and Clara Amanda H. Moorhead House is a historic building located east of Ely, Iowa, United States.  Joseph was a native of Holmes County, Ohio and Clara was from Chemung County, New York.  They settled in Putnam Township in 1855 with their two sons.  The Moorhead daughters were born in Iowa.  The family initially lived in a log house before the original part of this house was built in 1859.  The house is the only known residential example of heavy timber frame construction that remains in Linn County from its settlement period.  This construction method was more common in barn construction.  The house was originally a rectangular two-story structure with side gables.  Additions and a wrap-around porch were added in later years.  Two barns associated with the farm, no longer extant, were located across the road.

Zerzan (surname): Several people named Zerzan in the U.S. are descended from Joseph W. Zerzan, who was born In Ujezd, Litomysle, Bohemia April 14, 1848, and died Feb. 20, 1915 in Schuyler, Nebraska, USA.  In 1864 he immigrated with his parents to the U.S. from the Czech Republic and lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he worked for a railroad for two years.  In 1868 he moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he worked as a clerk in a grocery store with his future brother-in-law Joseph Dvorak.  In November 1870 he married Mary Shonka who was also from Bohemia.  In 1871 Joseph they moved to West Point, Nebraska where he operated a general merchandise store.  In 1876 he moved to Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska where he farmed and taught school.  A year later he was employed by Jellison & Miller, dealers in hardware and machinery in Schuyler.  Later with John Nieman he purchased the business, operating it for ten years.  He then devoted his time to real estate, loans and the insurance business.  He was Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska C.S.P.S.  He spoke, read and wrote Bohemian, English, and German.  His six children were: Josephine, married to Charles S. Safarik, Schuyler; Mary K. married to M. J. Bouse, David City; Emma, married to L. Stopka, Chicago; Edward W. Zerzan, (who was a mayor of Schuyler); Dr. George F. Zerzan, Holyrood, Kansas, and Charles J. Zerzan Sr. married to Margaret Mahony, Portland, Oregon.

Joseph W. Chinn: Joseph W. Chinn (February 13, 1866 – August 16, 1936) was born at the Brockenbrough house in Tappahannock, Virginia to Joseph William Chinn and Gabriella Brockenbrough Chinn.  Judge Chinn was raised at his family home, Wilna, in Richmond County, Virginia south of Warsaw, Virginia.  He attended Colonel Council’s School in King and Queen County, Virginia and, after teaching for several years, decided to study law.  He entered the University of Virginia Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1890.  He began the practice of law in Warsaw.  In 1891, he was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Richmond County and served in that capacity for twenty-four years, He resigned in 1915 to accept the position of judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Virginia.  The Special Court of Appeals was formed in 1924 and, in 1925, Judge Chinn became a member of that court.  He remained as a member of that court until it was dissolved three years later.  On December 3, 1931, he was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia and stayed on the bench until his death.

Rome, New York: Rome is a city in New York State.  It is located in Oneida County, which is in north-central or Upstate New York.  The population was 33,725 at the 2010 census.  Rome is one of two principal cities in the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which lies in the "Leatherstocking Country" made famous by James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales," set in frontier days before the American Revolutionary War.  Rome is in New York's 22nd congressional district.

Joseph Griffo: Joseph A. “Joe” Griffo (born January 16, 1956) of Rome, New York is currently a New York State Senator representing the 47th district.  The 47th district encompasses all of Lewis County, most of Oneida County, and St. Lawrence County.

Edward Burke (priest): Edward William Burke (3 July 1847-10 November 1915) was a priest, president of Carlow College, and founder of St. Joseph's Academy, was born in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.  He attended Carlow College and shortly after, he went Maynooth College, where he became an ordained priest.  After one year in Dunboyne Institute, he subsequently became a professor, vice-president and president of Carlow College, and parish priest of Bagenalstown, County Carlow.  He also established St. Joseph's Academy of Bagenalstown.

Robert Malcomson: Robert Malcomson was born 8 July 1795 in County Cavan, Ireland.  He emigrated to Upper Canada about 1819 as a "military emigrant" (i.e, free passage to Canada on a military transport ship bringing soldiers back to Britain after the War of 1812).  He married Catherine Stevenson (1799–1853) and together they had seven children - Jane Stinson (1822-), Joseph (1824–1905), Ann Watt (1825–1904), Robert (1825–1905), Sarah Hartin (1830–1904), James (1854-), and Elizabeth ?  (1836-).  Robert Malcomson died 28 March 1868 and was buried in South March two days later.  He left his sons Joseph and Robert $1.00 each, and his daughters Jane Stinson, Ann Watt, Sarah Hartin and Eliza Malcolm (sic) $0.25 each.  As well Joseph got 5 acres of Lot 11, Concession 2.  The rest of his land, goods, etc. went to son James, who was his executor.

Mike Opat: Michael Joseph Opat (born March 25, 1961) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota.  He serves on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, the governing body for the largest county in Minnesota, with more than 1.1 million residents and an annual budget of $1.7 billion.  Opat represents District 1 (out of 7 districts), an area that includes more than 160,000 residents and encompasses six suburban cities: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, New Hope, Osseo, and Robbinsdale, as well as North Minneapolis.  In his time on the County Board, Opat has led, among other initiatives, policy and governance changes at Hennepin County Medical Center, numerous advancements in public infrastructure including the revitalization of the Humboldt Greenway, reconstruction of Highway 100 in the northern suburbs, construction of the new Brookdale library, the construction of Target Field and expansion of the Twin Cities area transit network, including the Bottineau line along County Road 81 through the northern part of the county.

Supporting paragraphs: Joseph Griffo Rome, New York
Answer: Oneida County