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Griggs, Chauncey Wright – Grigsby, Melvin

Griggs, Chauncey Wright

merchant, lumberman, banker, was born Dec. 31, 1832, in Tolland, Conn. He remained in Minnesota for thirty years, prosperously engaged in business, except while at the front during the civil war, where he won the rank of colonel. In 1887 he rehe removed to Tacoma, and took charge, as president, of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co.

Griggs, Clark Robinson

railroad president, legislator, was born March 6, 1824, in North Adams, Mass. He helped to organize several railroads; and was for three years president of the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western railroad company. He was a member of the Masthe Massachusetts legislature in 1857-58, and in 1867-68 was a member of the Illinois legislature.

Griggs, George King

soldier, railroad manager, was born Sept. 12, 1839, in Henry county, Va. He served through the civil war and received the rank of colof colonel. In 1891 he was appointed general superintendent, treasurer and paymaster of the Danville and West Railroad company of Danville, Va.

Griggs, James M

journalist, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 29, 1861, in Lagrange, Ga. He moved to Dawson in 1885; was elected solicitorgeneral of the Pataula judicial circuit in 1888, and was re-elected in 1892. He was appointed judge of the same circuit, and was twice re-elected without opposition .

He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Griggs, John William

lawyer, state senator, governor, was born July 10, 1849, in Newton, N. J. In 1879 he began the practice of law in Paterson, N. J. In 1875 he was elected to the state assembly, and was re-elected to a second term. In 1882 he was elected to the state senate, and was re-elected in 1884. In 1896 he was elected governor of New Jersey.

Griggs, Nathan K

lawyer, poet, He is one of the foremost lawyers of Nebraska; and attorney for several of the leading railroads of the west. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, which have appeared in Poets of America and other standard collections.

He is also a hymn writer of national reputation; and collection of his hymns were published in 1892; and a his compositions constantly appear in standard musical publications.

Griggs, Samuel Chapman

publisher, was born July 20, 1819, in Tolland, Conn.

He began business as a book seller in Hamilton, N. Y., but in 1848 moved to Chicago, where he continued in the same calling, and in a few years was at the head of the largest book selling business in the northwest.

Grigsby, Hugh Blair

historical scholar, was born Nov. 22, 1806, in Norfolk, Va . He represented Norfolk in the legislature when scarcely more than a boy; and in 1829-30 was a member of the state convention with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other noted men. ne was president of the Virginia Historical society, and became in 1871 chancellor of William and Mary college. He died April 28, 1881, in Charlotte county, Va.

Grigsby, Melvin

lawyer, banker, legislator, was born June 8, 1845, in Po- Wis. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in company C, second regiment Wisconsin cavalry. He has written a work of his prison life and escape. He has been a member of the city council of Sioux Fals, and is a succesful bank president.

He has served with distinction as a member of the South Dakota state legislature, and has been attorney-general for the state of South Dakota.