Griffin, Thomas
congressman, was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1803 to 1805. was GRIFFIS, WILLIAM ELLIOT, born Sept. 17, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He is a Dutch reformed clergyman, pastor in Schenectady in 1877-86; in charge of the Shawmut congregational church in Boston in 1886-92; and subsequently settled at Ithaca, N. Y. He is an authority upon Japanese topics, and the author of The Mikado's Empire; Japanese Fairy World ; Corea: the Hermit Nation; The Tokio Guide; The Yokohama Guide; Japan in History, Folk-Lore, and Art; The Religions of Japan; Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us; The Lily Among Mat- Thorns, a biblical study; Life of Matthew Calbraith Perry; Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations; Townsend Harris, first American envoy in Japan; and Honda the Samurai, a Story of Modern Japan.
GRIFFITH, BENJAMIN MORDECAI, physician, was born April 14, 1831, in Shelby county, Ky. He received his education at the common schools of Kentucky and Missouri; and at Woods' academy of Louisiana, Mo. This successful physician of Springfield, Ill., has been president of the state board of health of Illinois; and was the first president of the first state medical society.