Griffin, Solomon Bulkley – Griggs, John William
Griffin, Solomon Bulkley
journalist, author, was born Aug. 13, 1852, in Williamstown, Mass. He is a journalist of Springfield, Mass., who has published Mexico of To-Day.
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.
Griffith, David
clergyman, was born in 1742 in New York city. At the second Virginia convention of his church in May, 1786, Dr. Griffith was chosen bishop. He died Aug. 3, 1789, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Griffith, Goldsborough Sap- Pington
philanthropist, was born Nov. 4, 1814, in Havre-de-Grace, Md. In 1866 he was elected president of the Maryland union commission; and contributed largely to the erection of the Young Men's Christian association building in Baltimore.
Griffith, George Bancroft
author, poet, was born Feb. 28, 1841, in Newburyport, Mass. As the editor and author of The Poets of Maine, and The Poets of Massachusetts, he has become well known. Mr.
Griffith has written extensively for the leading newspapers and magazines of America; and number of his beautiful poems have been incorporated in Poets of America a and other standard works. George Bancroft Griffith is one of the editors of this work; and has written succinct biographies of many prominent men of the New England states.
Griffith, Harrison P
educator, was born Feb. 25, 1837, in Laurens county, S. C. In 1881 he was elected principal of Cooper-Limestone Female institute. He is an able educator, and has done much toward building up the fortunes of the south.
Griffith, John E
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 24, 1864, in Delaware county, Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati law school in 1890; and in 1895 he was elected to the seventy-second Ohio general assembly.
Griffith, Mary Louisa Knowl- Ton
the wife of the late Edwin H.
Griffith, a successful banker of Castletonon-Hudson, N. Y., was born March 26 , 1833, in Greenbush, N. Y. She received her education at the East Greenbush and Nassau academies, and at Tyler's institute of Pittsfield, Mass. She has always taken the keenest interest in the annals of history, and is the author of several genealogical works.
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Griffith, Robert Eglesfield
educator, physician, botanist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1798, in Philadelphia. was a physician and botanist who was from 1838 a medical professor in the university of Virginia. He was the author of Medical Botany; and Universal Formulary. He died June 26, 1850, in Philadelphia, Pa. con-
Griffith, Samuel
lawyer, gressman, was born Feb. 14, 1816, in Britain.
He was elected a representative to the forty-second congress from Pennsylvania.
Griffith, Samuel Newell
educator, clergyman, was born May 12, 1833, in Pike, Wyoming county, N. Y. He was educated at the Lawrence university of Appleton, Wis., from which institution he graduated in 1861; and from that time until 1864 he filled the chair of mathematics in his alma mater. He then attended the Garrett Biblical institute of Evanston, Ill.; graduated in 1867, and has since attained success as an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. During 1867-70 he preached in Chicago and vicinity; and in 1870-72 was principal in the Mosley school of that city. In 1872-75 he served as pastor of the Kalamazoo methodist episcopal church; and during 1875-88 filled pastorates in Summerfield, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Racine, Appleton and Stevens Point.
From 1883-92 he filled pastorates in North Dakota; and in 1892-97 in western Wisconsin. In 1891 he was a delegate to the second ecumenical methodist conference, held at Washington, D. C.
Griffith, William
jurist. He was one of the earliest judges of the United States circuit court; and in 1801 was appointed by President Jefferson to the third circuit.
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.
Griffiths, John Willis
naval architect, author, was born Oct. 6, 1809, in New York city. He was a naval architect of New York city, and the author of Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture, a work of great value; The Ship Builders' Manual; and The Progressive Ship Builder. He died April 29, 1882, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Griffitts, John P
educator, college president, was born in 1857, in Unitia, Tenn. He attended the Grant university , from which institution he received the degrees of B. S., B. Lit., and M. S. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar.
During 1888-89 he filled the chair of mathematics in the Loudon college, Tenn. In 1892 he was licentiate of instruction, university of Tennessee; and in 1893 received the dethe aegree of D. Sc. from the National university of Chicago. During 1893-95 he was professor of natural science in the Ewing and Jefferson college; and since 1895 has been president of Roane college of Wheat, Tenn. In 1897 he was given the degree of Ph. D. by the American Temperance university of Harriman, Tenn.
Griffitts, Samuel Powell
physician, was born July 21, 1759, in Philadelphia, Pa. He founded the Philadelphia dispensary in 1786, and was its physician for seven years. He died May 12, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Grigg, John
publisher, banker, was born in 1792, in England. He entered a publishing house in Philadelphia in 1816 , and in 1823 began business on his own his own account, and was very successful. Heretired in 1850, with a large fortune , and afterward became a private banker.
He died Aug. 2, 1864, in Philadelphia.
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.