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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. He was the author of Medical Botany; and Universal Formulary. He died June 26, 1S50, in Philadelphia, Pa. ginia.

John E., educator, lawyer, legiswa.s born Oct. 24, 1864, in Delaware

GriflSth,

lator,

He attended

county, Ohio.

the Speneerian

business Cleveland,

college of at-

Ohio;

the Denison

tended

university of G r a nville, Ohio; and graduated from the Cincinnati law school in 1890. In 1895 he was elected to the seventysecond Ohio general assembly of Ohio; and

was

elected

to the

seventy-third assembly in 1897, and was made speaker pro tern of the house of representatives. In 1898 he became clerk of the United States and territorial courts for the fifth district of 'Sew Mexico. Griffith,

Samuel,

was born Feb. 73 he was a

the agricultural college at Brookings. He taught in the district schools of South Da1893-98 kota; in was teacher of sciences in the high school of Aberdeen, S.D.; and taught botany in the university of Arizona. Since 1901 he has been assistant agrostologist in the United States department of agriculture at Washington, D.C. Griffiths, John Willis, naval architect, inventor, author, was born Oct. 6, 1809, in New York City. He was a naval architect He Avas the author of of New Y'ork City. Treatise on JIarine 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. Griffits, Thomas, lawyer, jurist. In 1739 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania.

John was born

educator, college pres1857, in Unitia, Tenn. 1888-89 he filled the chair of mathe-

Griffitts,

ident,

During

P.,

in

matics in the London college, Tennessee. During 1893-95 he was professor of natural science in the Ewing

congressman, In 1871representaltive from Pennsyllawyer,

14, 1816, in Britain.

vania to the forty-second congress. in Mercer, Pa.

He

and Jefferson college; and in 1895-99 he was president of Roane college of Wheat, Tenn. In 1899 he became

died

Griffith, William, lawyer, jurist. He was one of tile earliest judges of the United States circuit court; and in 1801 was appointed by President Jefferson to the third He died in the South. circuit.

William Herrick, business man, was born .Ian. 27, 1866, in Castleton-on-Hudson, X.Y.; and is the only

principal

surviving

of

Edwin H.

late fith,

son

a,

the Grif-

successful bank-

er, and Mary Louisa Knowlton. He attend-

ed the tary

Albany

academy

Yale

mili-

and

aftertraveled in

college;

ward he Europe and acted as foreign

correspondent

for the New York

Home

Journal, the Al-

bany 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 also regent in Albany of the sons of Jhe revoluHe is greatly interested in genealogy, tion. and is a member of a, dozen different patriotic orders and historical and art societies, and has filled various offices of honor in

Oliver

of

Springs high school, Tenn. He has contributed valuable articles

Griffith,

genealogist,

657

and scientific literature. Samuel Powell, physician, was

to educational Griffitts,

born July 21, 1759, in Philadelphia, Pa. He founded the Philadelphia dispensary in 1786, and was its physician for seven years. In 1817-26 he was vice-president of the college of physicians; and was one of the edithe

Eclectic

He

Repertory.

tors

of

May

12, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Grigg, John, publisher, banker,

died

was born

He entered' a publishin 1792 in England. ing house in Philadelphia in 1816; and in 1823 began business on his own account. He retired in 1850, with a large fortune, afterward became a private banker. died Aug. 2, 1864, in Philadelphia.

and

He

Griggs, Chauncey Wright, soldier, merchant, lumberman, banker, state senator, 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 removed to Tacoma, and took charge, as

Griffiths, David, educator, botanist, author, was born in 1867 in Wales. He was educated

president of the St. Paul and Tacoma lumber company. He served two terms in the lower house; and three in the state senate

at the Groton academy of South Dakota; graduated from the high school of Aberdeen and received degrees of B.S. and M.S. from

of Minnesota. Griggs, Edward turer, author, was

many

of them.

42

Howard,

educator, lec9, 1868, in

born Jan.