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Gridley, Richard – Griffin, John K

Gridley, Richard

soldier, was born Jan. 3, 1711, in Boston, Mass. He entered the patriot army in 1775 and was made a major-general in command of the continental artillery. He died June 20, 1796, in Stoughton, Mass.

Grier, James Alexander

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1846 in Pennsylvania. He is a united presbyterian clergyman of Pennsylvania, professor in Alleghany Theological seminary, and the author of Secret Societies; and Biography of Jeremiah Rankine Johnston.

Grier, Robert Cooper

lawyer, jurist, was born March 5, 1794, in Cumberland county, Pa. In 1846 he was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. He moved to Philadelphia in 1848. He died Sept. 25, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Grierson, Benjamin Henry

soldier, merchant, was born July 8, 1826, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1863 he made the celebrated raid through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana; and attained the brevet of major-general in the United States army.

Griffin, Charles P

legislator, was born Sept. 3, 1842, in Henrietta, Ohio. In 1868 he moved to Toledo, Ohio, and was elected to the legislature in 1887, re-elected in 1889, and again in 1891.

Griffin, Cyrus

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1749, in Virginia. He was a member of the legislature; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1778 to 1781, and in 1787 and 1788, and was its president in 1788. He was president of the supreme court of admiralty; a commissioner in 1789 to the Creek nation; and judge of the United States district court for Virginia from 1789. He died Dec. 14, 1810, in Yorktown, Va.

Griffin, Frank M

journalist, was born Aug. 17, 1859, in Greenup Union, Ky.

He is the editor and owner of the Eastern Kentucky Democrat of Greenup, Ky. For three years he was postmaster at Enterprise, Ky., and is very prominent in fraternal orders.

Griffin, George

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 14, 1778, in East Haddam, Conn. He was a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Sufferings of Our Saviour; Evidences of Christianity; and The Gospel its Own Evidence. He died May 6, 1860, in New York city.

Griffin, Gilderoy Wells

journalist, author, was born March 6, 1840, in Louisville, Ky. He is a journalist who has been consul in Australia and elsewhere. He is the author of Studies in Literature; Danish Days; Visit to Stratford; New Zealand, her Commerce and Resources; and Life of George Prentice.

Griffin, Isaac

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1817.

Griffin, John

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to Indiana; and in 1800 was appointed a judge of the United States court for that territory. In 1806 he was appointed to the same position for the territory of Michigan, where he remained for many years.

Griffin, John K

congressman. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1831 to 1841. He died Aug. 1, 1841, at Milton, S. C.