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Griffith, William Herrick

busisness man, genealogist, was born Jan. 27, 1866, in Castleton-on-Hudson, N. Y. He is the only surviving son of the late Edwin H. Griffith, a successful banker, and Mary Louisa Knowlton, a noted author. He attended the Albany Military academy and Yale college; afterward he traveled in Europe and acted as foreign correspondent for the New York Home Journal, the Albany Argus, and other newspapers. For five years he was connected with the First National bank of Albany, and since 1893 has been engaged in the fire insurance business.

He is greatly interested in genealogy, and is a member of a dozen different patriotic orders and historical and art societies, and has filled various offices of honor in many of them.