Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Gould, Frank Horace, lawyer; born, Fayette Co., Ia., Aug. 29, 1856; son Albert Langdon and Jane Augusta (Holbrook) Gould. Educated public schools, Santa Clara County, Cal.; Yinsonhalers College, San Jose; State Normal School, San Jose; B.L., Alabama State University of Law, 1887. Married Hester A. Farnsworth, Jan. 16, 1879; second, Nettie Eaton, 1898. Crossed plains to California, 1862. Member of Legislature from Merced County, 1891-95. Speaker of Assembly of California, and ex-officio regent of State University, 1893-95. Building and loan commissioner, 1897-1901. Director State Hospital, Agnews, 1894-1900. Chairman Democratic State Convention, 1896, 1904. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee, 1894 to 1896. Clubs: Olympic, Union League, Commonwealth. Democrat. Residence: 1329 12th Ave.; office: Merchants National Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

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Govin, Rafael R., capitalist, of 90 West St., New York City, was born, Matanzas, Cuba; son of Rafael and Rosa (de Tejada) Govin; attended Columbia Coll.; married May S. Medina. Pres. Interocean Oil Co. and dir. subsidiary companies, Interborough Ferry Co.; dir. Interborough Met. Street R.R. Co. Independent. Received decorations from South Am. govts. Mem. Assn. Bar City of N.Y. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, N.Y. Yacht, Down Town, Midday, Lotus.

Gow, James Ellis, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Botany, geology. Born Fontanelle, Ia., Feb. 22, 1877. Ph.B., Iowa, 1901, M.S., 1906, Ph.D., 1912. Assistant forest expert, U.S. Bureau Forestry, 1901-04; head department botany, Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ., 1904-08; professor botany, Coe, 1908. Instructor botany, Iowa, summers 1901-8. Forestry Association; fellow Iowa Academy; assistant to Iowa Geological Survey, 1911-13. National Geographic Society, Esperanto Association of North America, U.S. Esperanto Association. President Iowa Esperanto Association, 1908-10; Iowa horticultural Society. Botany of Adair County, Ia.; morphology of the aroids.—Embryology of Calla, Acorns and other aroids; geology of Adair County, Ia.; geology of Cass County, Ia.

Grace, William Charles, senator from the sixth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph, Wis. born in Jackson County, Mich., June 15, 1881, and is of Irish and German descent. He removed with his parents to Lucas County, Ohio, when he was five years of age, the family afterwards returning to Michigan and locating at Clinton, Lenawee County. 1904 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1907, and began the practice of law at Kalamazoo. Mr. Grace is a Democrat, but has never actively engaged in politics. He was elected to the senate Nov. 5, 1912, by a vote of 6,092 to 5,146 for Will A. Cavin, 488 for Don C. Cook, 1,855 for Guy H. Lockwood and 5,182 for Willis J. Burdick. He was formerly a woolen worker in the wool sorting and weaving departments in several mills in the Middle West.

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Graebner, W. H., business man and state official, of 1080 National Ave., Milwaukee, Wis was born April 2, 1854, in Detroit, Mich.. In 1898-1902 he served as alderman for the City of Milwaukee, and in 1902-08 he was city treasurer. He is engaged in general insurance, real estate and loans, and is prominently identified with business and public affairs. In 1891-95 he was a member of the State Board of Control of the Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions, and is again serving as a member of that board.

Graham, James H., congressman, was born April 14, 1852, in Ireland, came to Sangamon County, Ill., in 1868. He was elected to the office of state's attorney of Sangamon County in 1892, serving four years; since then Mr. Graham has given his entire time to the practice of law; was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Illinois as a Democrat, and was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Springfield, Ill.

Graham, John Martin, banker; educated in public schools of Mass., graduating with honors; married, 1873. Studied law, 18611863; cashier State Bank, 1'863-1865; cashier National Bank in Mass., 1865-1882; president International Trust Co., 1882 to Feb. 14, 1914; now director. Unitarian. Residence: 37 Commonwealth Ave. Office: 45 Milk St., Boston.

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Grant, John William, capitalist; born, West Point, Ga.,  July 26, 1867; son of William D. and Sarah Frances (Reid) Grant; graduated from Univ. of Georgia, B.C.S.; married, Atlanta, Ga., April 11, 1893, Annie Martin Inman; children: Margaret, William D., John W., Jr., Annie. Worked in a bank two years after leaving college, then assisted father in management of large real estate interest in Atlanta, and after his death continued to manage and to develop and enlarge the properties. Vice-president and director Third National Bank, Georgia Savings Bank; treasurer Kimball House Co., Grant Construction Co.; director Trust Co. of Georgia, Southern Mutual Insurance Co. One of executors of Hugh T. Inman estate, one of largest in the south. Councilman, alderman and chairman of finance committee of City Council at Atlanta. Democrat; Presbyterian. Served as member Board of Education, city of Atlanta; member Chi Phi college fraternity, Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Motoring, traveling, riding and golf. Clubs: Capital City (president), Piedmont Driving, Atlanta Athletic. Residence: 423 Peachtree St. Office: Grant Bldg., Atlanta. Director Southern Ry.

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Gray, Finly H., congressman, was born July 24, 1864, in Fayette County, Ind. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.

Gray, George M., merchant, 54 Worth St., New York City; residence: 152 Madison Ave., N.Y. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia. Member Calumet and University clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.

Gray, Thomas Tarvin, Tide Water Oil Co., Bayonne, N.J. Chemistry. Born in Franklin, Pa., Aug. 29, 1881. Columbia, 1907-08; chemist, various companies, 1899-1903; chief chemist, Tide Water Oil Co., 1903; F.A.A.; Chemical Society (one time asst. editor "Abstracts"; member of committee on industrial terms; member of committee on petroleum and its products);member of committee on fuels and asphalts, Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry; Society for Testing Materials (member of committee on lubrication and lubricants; member of petroleum products committee); member Chemist Club, International Association for Testing Materials, Royal Society of Arts. Viscosity of Oil Mixtures, Comparison of Viscosmeters, Petroleum and Its Products, Gasoline, Paraffin Oils, Spindle and Cylinder Oils, The Manufacture of Petroleum Products.

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Green, Adolphus Williamson, pres. Nat. Biscuit Co., 409 W. 15th St., New York City, was born, Boston, Jan. 14, 1843; s. John H. and Jane (Ryan) Green; grad. Boston Latin Sch., 1859, Harvard Coll., 1863; m. Chicago, July 3, 1879, Esther Walsh. Prin. Groton High Sch., Mass., 1863-1864; 2nd ass't librarian, 18641867; librarian, Mercantile Library Ass'n, 1867-1869; in law office Evants, Southmeyd & Choate, 1869-1873, when admitted to bar; att'y for village of Hyde Park, Chicago, 1882-1884; later att'y for South Park comm'rs. Mem. firm Goudy & Green, 18841.893; later Green, Willits & Robbins, and Green, Peters & Babst. One of organizers Nat. Biscuit Co., and mem. Exec. Com., later chm'n B 'd of Dirs., until 1905; pres. since 1905. Delegate-at-large to Nat. Democratic Conv., 1892. Democrat.

Green, Charles Ernest, banker of San Francisco, Cal.; born Detroit, Mich., Oct. 31, 1855, son of John W. and Helen D. Green; educated Columbian Coll. (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., Adrian College, Michigan; married, San Francisco, 1882; Mary E. Eldridge; three sons. Vice-president and director Crocker National Bank, Santa. Cruz Portland Cement Co., Standard Portland Cement Co.; director Mercantile Trust Co., San Mateo Bank, San Francisco Hotel Co., Pacific Improve- ment Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Treasurer Old People's Home, York and Scottish Rites Mason, including 33 degrees honorary. Clubs: Pacific Union, Bohemian, San Francisco Golf and Country, Burlingame Country, Olympic.

Green, Edward Howland Robinson, railroad president and capitalist of New York City, was born Aug. 22, 1868, in London, England; and is the son of Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America. He graduated from Fordham College of New York, and subsequently he studied law in Chicago, Ill. After admission to the bar he entered the railway service and served consecutively as clerk, foreman, superintendent and general manager; and is today the youngest railroad president in the world, being president of the Texas Midland Railroad, residing at Terrell. He is a director and stockholder in numerous-banks, and personally looks after his mother's vast real estate interests in the west and southwest. He is serving his second term as chairman of the Republican Party of Texas; in 1900 was delegate at large to the Republican National Convention; and has been tendered the nomination for governor on various occasions. He organized and is president of the famous Tarpon Club.

Green, Frederic B., physician and surgeon, of. Elmira, N.Y., was born, North Chemung, N.Y., March 12, 1865; s. Daniel B. and Sarah (Breckhorn) Green; ed. in dis. school in country, Starkey Sem., Starkey, N.Y., and Univ. of Buffalo, N.Y., M.D., 1894; m. Elmira, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1893, Sara E. Grandall; children: Roswell Park Green, b. April 4, 1895, Frederick B., b. Dec. 22, 1898. Has been in practice in Elmira, N.Y., since graduation. City physician and surgeon to Police and Fire Dep 'ts for two years. Democrat; Congregationalist. Mem. Chemung County Med. Soc., N.Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n; Past High Physician of High Court of N.Y., Ind. Order of Foresters. Mem. Masonic, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Maccabees, Modern Woodmen; Chemung Co., Forest, Fish and Game Protective Ass'n, etc. Recreations: Hunting, fishing, and staying during warm weather at cottage at Arcadia on the Chemung.

Green, Henry Woodhull, lawyer, banker; born Trenton, N.J., 1867; son of Charles Ewing and Mary Livingston (Potter) Green; graduated from Princeton College, A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894, New York Law School, LL.B., 1894, married, New York, Jan. 14, 1895, Helen Wood Watts; children: Helen Wood, Henry Woodhull, Jr. Vice-president Trenton Banking Co., since 1909; secretary and treasurer United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Co., since 1906; vice-president Princeton Water Co., since 1910. Member Grounds and Buildings and Finance Committee, and chairman of Library and Apparatus Committee of Princeton University. Republican; Presbyterian. Elected 1898, life trustee of Princeton University; trustee Mercer Hospital, Young Men's Christian Association; president and treasurer Lawrenceville School, since 1898; member Sons of American Revolution, New Jersey Historical Society. Recreations: Golf, motoring. Clubs: University, Princeton (New York); Princeton (Philadelphia); Trenton Country, Lotos (Trenton). Residence: 155 W. State St. Office: 5 W. State St., Trenton.

Green, Lemuel Bartine, editor; born Belmar, N.J., Jan. 26, 1856, son of Samuel M. and Deborah A. (Newman) Green; educated in public schools of Hempstead, L.I., Centerport, LI, and Northport, L.I.; married, Centerport, L.I., Nov. 24, 1880, Minnie E. Bunce; children: Arthur P., born 1883; Alden W., born 1892. Editor the Argus, Patchogue, L.I. Has traveled over nearly every state in the United States, also through Canada. Pres. Suffolk County Press Assn.; Suffolk County Board of Trade; Patchogue Board of Trade. Sec. Southside Lodge, F. and A. M., for sixteen years; sec. Suwassett Chapter, R.A.M., for fifteen years; recorder Patchogue Commandery, K.T., for ten years; treas. Patchogue Engine Hose Co.; treas. Association of Exempt Firemen of Patchogue. Mem. Kismet Temple, Mystic Shrine, Brooklyn, N.Y.; mem. Brookhaven Lodge, I.O.O.F., Court Advance, F. of A., Queen Village Encampment, I.O.O.F., Rebekah Lodge No. 404, I.O.O.F., N.Y. Press Assn. Club: South Bay Yacht. Justice of the peace of town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, N.Y. Address: Patchogue, L.I., N.Y.
  

  
Green, Sara Elizabeth, physician and surgeon, of Elmira, N.Y., was born, New Albany, Pa., April 29, 1868; d. Henry Mead and Eliza Dorcas (Hall) Crandall; ed. common .schools of Pa., Academic Course in New York; grad. Med. Dep't Univ of Buffalo, M.D., 1906; m. Elmira, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1893, Frederic B. Green;children: Roswell Park, b. April 4, 1895, Frederic B., Jr., b. Dec. 22, 1898. Has practiced medicine since graduation. Before marriage taught sch. in Southern States. Has traveled through several Southern States. Congregationalist. Mem. Chemung Co. Med. Soc., Med. Soc. State of N.Y., Woman's Med. Soc., State of N.Y.; Eastern Star, Court of Amaranth (Ind. Order Foresters), I.O.F. Recreations: Boating and fishing, spends summer months at the cottage.

Green, Warren L., engraver, printer, of 70 Broad St., New York City, was born, N.Y. City, May 19, 1866; s. Francis George and Antoinette Luqueer (Macdonough) Green; ed. Wilson & Kellogg Sch.; m. Paris, France, Feb. 4, 1891, Jeanne Marguerite Thierry; one d., Marguerite Macdonough, b. 1896. Entered service of Am. Bank Note Co. as apprentice in 1882; mg 'r Canadian branch, 1896; 2d v.-p., 1901; 1st v.-p., 1903; pres. since 1906; dir. Am. Bld'g Co., Westchester Av. Bank. Clubs: Metropolitan, Lotos, Whitehall Lunch (N.Y. City), Greenwich Country, Indian Harbor Yacht, Clove Valley Rod and Gun. Rideau (Ottawa), Garrison (Quebec), Triton Fish and Game, Metropolitan, also Midday Club, (N.Y. City).

Green, William R., congressman, was born in Colchester, Conn. In 1894 he was elected district judge and served five terms. He was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Republican, and resides in Audubon, Ia.

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Greene, Arthur Maurice, Jr., Sunnyslope, Spring Ave., Troy, N.Y. Mechanical engineering. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 4, '72. B.S., Pennsylvania, '93, M.E., '94. Instr., Drexel Inst., '94-'95; mech. eng., Pennsylvania, '95-'02; prof., Missouri, '02-'07; Rensselaer, '07-. Asst. engineer, Phila. Traction Co., '93, '97, '98, '04; mech. engineer and chairman of group jury, Nat., Export Expos., '99; junior dean, sch. eng., Missouri, '06-'07. Ex-President Society of Engineers of Eastern New York. F.A.A.; manager A.S.M.E.; Eng. Educ.; Franklin Inst. Heating and ventilating systems. Effect of piston rod on the initial condensation in an engine; effect of cylinder ratios in compound engines; piston leakage; pumping machinery. Author: Treatise on Pumping Machinery, Treatise of Heating and Ventilation, Treatise on Applied Thernudynamics; joint author: Treatise Elements of Steam Engineering. In preparation: Elements of Refrigeration.

Greene, Edward Lee, educator and author of many works of systematic botany and botanical history of Washington, D.C., was born Aug. 20, 1843, in Hopkinton, R.I. An intense passion for study of plant life manifested- itself in earliest years; and only a new impulse was given to it by the removal of the family from R.I. to the prairie regions of Illinois, when the future botanist was in his twelfth year. In 1866 he received the Ph.B. degree at Albion College, Wisconsin, and at once entered into the occupation of teacher, and each year, for botany's sake, in a new field. As early as 1870 he had reached the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Territory, and while all spare time was given to botanical research in that very new field, he was prevailed on by friends to receive ordination to the Episcopal ministry. During the years between 1872 and 1885 he was engaged professionally in missionary work at stations in Colorado, Wyoming, California, Arizona and New Mexico, all the while in correspondence with eminent botanists, adding much to the knowledge of the native vegetation of all those stretches of new territory. In 1885 he was asked to take charge of the department of botany in the University of California. This chair he occupied until 1895, Then accepted the like situation in the Catholic University at Washington, D.C. The degree of LL.D. had been conferred by the University of Notre Dame in 1894. In 1904 he was made Honorary Associate in Botany under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. While at the California University he established the botanical journal "Erythea" and published his "Flora Franciscana," and also a "Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay." Other and very extensive contributions of new botanical knowledge are in five volumes entitled "Pittonia," and two volumes of "Leaflets of Botanical Observation." A more recent undertaking is a general history of his favorite science under the title of "Landmarks of Botanical History," of which the first volume is published, the second soon to appear.

Greene, Frank Lester, United States congressman from the first district of Vermont, was born Feb. 10, 1870, in St. Albans, Vt. In 1899 he became editor of the St. Albans Daily Messenger. He was elected to the sixty-second congress to fill a vacancy; was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in St. Albans, Vt.

Greene, Nelson H., banker; born Tallula, Ill., March 16, 1873; son of Scott and Sarah Greene; educated in Tallula public schools, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and Northwestern University Law School, Chicago; married, Petersburgh, Ill., June 10, 1897, Betty D. McNeely. Was in banking business at Tallula, Illinois, for ten years; conducted bank at Pleasant Plains, Illinois, one year; became vice-president and manager Peoples' Savings Bank and Trust Co., Moline, Ill., Jan., 1908, which position he still holds. Was mayor of Tallula ten years. Democrat. Ex-president Bankers' Association of Illinois (president 1907-1908). Member American Bankers' Assoc. Council. Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias. Recreation: Golfing. Clubs: Moline, Rock Island Club, Rock Island Arsenal Golf. Residence: 1128 Twelfth Avenue. Office: People's Savings Bank and Trust Co., Moline.

Greene, William Stedman, congressman, was born April 28, 1841, in Tremont, Ill. He has been in the real estate and insurance business since 1866 in Fall River, Mass. He was president Common Council in 1877-79; mayor in 1880-81, 1886 and 1895-97. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Massachusetts as a Republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress of 1913-15; and resides in Fall River, Mass.

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Greever, Walton Harlowe, religious editor; born at Burke's Garden, Va., Dec. 18, 1870; son of John D. and Mary. E. (Spracher) Greever. He was graduated from Roanoke College at Salem, Va., A.B., 1892, and A.M., 1902 and D.D. (Newberry College), 1908, and was graduated from the Lutheran Theologic Seminary, at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, 1896. In addition to successful pastoral work in Bluefield, W.Va., and Columbia, S.C. which he still continues, he became editor of the Lutheran Chun Visitor, the official organ of the United Synod of the Lutheran Church in the South, 1904, and organized and was president and manager of the United Synod Publishing Co., until 1906. He devoted a considerable period to the accumulation of funds and the erection of a publication building for the Lutheran Chun of the. South, in Columbia, S.C. The success of that work led the official organization of the Lutheran Board of Publication the United Synod of the Lutheran Church in the South, and a property and publications were transferred to that board. He continued as editor-in-chief and general manager for the publications and business of that board until May 1, 1914. On that date he gave his entire time to the completion of the organization the Lutheran Survey Publishing Co., and to the establishing the American Lutheran Survey, an international magazine d signed to give a weekly review of world progress and problem from the positive Christian standpoint; main offices, Columbia S.C., with representative headquarters to be established at Chicago and New York. He married in Philadelphia, June 27, 190 Neira Roberta Bruegel, who died Feb. 17, 1912, leaving three children. Residence: Eau Claire, Columbia, S.C. Office: Surve Place, Columbia, S.C.

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Gregg, Alexander White, congressman, was born in Texas He was a member of the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Texas as a Democrat. He was reelected to the sixty-third congress from the seventh district of Texas for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Palestine, Texas.

Gregg, William Henry, retired manufacturer, was born Marc 24, 1831, in Palmyra, N.Y.; educated in public schools of Rochester, N.Y., to 1845; removed to St. Louis, 1846; married, Nov. 2" 1855, Orian Thompson, of St. Louis. President Southern Whit Lead Company, of St. Louis and Chicago, 1867-89, until it wa sold. President Gregg Genealogical Company. Author c "Where, When and How to Catch Fish on the East Coast c Florida" and "Controversial Issues in Scottish History."

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Gregory, John J., jurist; born 1872, in Milwaukee, Wis. educated in .the common schools; received the honorary degree of Bachelor of Law from Marquette University; married, October 10, 1896, Josephine Whitehead. Appointed teller in money order division of Milwaukee Postoffice at the age of 15; remained in postoffice ten years. Admitted to the bar in 1896. Secretary of the Milwaukee Fire and Police. Commission from 1899 to 1910. Elected judge of the Civil Court', April 5, 1910, for a six-yea term, and received the highest number of votes among the thirty nine candidates. Member of various social and fraternal organizations. Address: Milwaukee, Wis.

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Greusel, John Hubert, journalist and author, of 949 West Fort St., Detroit, Mich., was born in Detroit March 20, 1868; son of Joseph and Sophia (V. Stumm) Greusel; descendant of Puritan New England stock, 1640, and of Colonial and Revolutionary soldiers, more especially Gen. Warren, Lieut. Isaac Lockwood and others; married Stella Tolsma, daughter of Seberon F. and Elizabeth (Dei) Tolsma, Detroit, March 27, 1892; educated in Detroit High School; Univ. of Mich., class of 1888; B.L., 1888-90; post-grad. work, specializing in German, literature and American constitutional history, M.L.; staff contributor N.Y. World, N.Y. Herald, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times; national experience in interviewing notable characters, more especially has developed analysis of personality of living leaders; "Life of Edison, Champ Clark and Others," in book series; "Hours with Famous Americans." Member Sons of the American Revolution.

Griest, William Walton was a representative from Pennsylvania to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Republican; was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15, and resides in Lancaster, Pa.

Griffen, Benjamin, glass manufacturer and merchant, 40 Vestry St., New York City; residence, 41 W. 58th St. Director Manhattan Life Insurance Co., also trustee Manhattan Savings Inst. Member University, Metropolitan and Delta Kappa Epsilon clubs and College of the City of New York Alumni Association.

Griffin, D. J., United States congressman from the eighth district of New York, was born March 26, 1880, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 19131915, and resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Griffin, Francis B., hardware merchant, 71 Murray St., New York City; residence, 515 Park Ave. Born in Catskill, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1852. Educated in Elizabeth, N.J. Married. Member of the firm of C. E. Jennings & Co. Treasurer Jennings & Griffin Mfg. Co. Member Hardware, Mendelssohn Glee, Metropolitan and Tuxedo Clubs; Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New England Society and Chamber of Commerce; director East River National Bank, Manhattan Savings Institution.

Griffin, Martin Joseph, C.M.G., LL.D., editor, author, Parliamentary Librarian at Ottawa; born, 1847, at St. John's Newfoundland; educated at St. Mary's College, Halifax; called to the bar, 1868; editor of The Express, Halifax, 1868-74; Herald, Halifax, 1874-78, and of The Toronto Mail, 1881-85; married, 1872, Harriet, daughter of D. Starratt, of Nova Scotia. Contributor to Blackwood 's, The Quarterly Review, Atlantic Monthly, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star and other publications. Address: Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Ont., Canada.

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Griffith, Frederick Winter, manufacturer; born, Phelps, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1858; son of John Watson and Charlotte (Malette) Griffith ; graduated from Hamilton Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1886; married, Phelps, Oct. 1, 1889, Mary E. Adams; children : Frederick A., born 1894; Henry W., born 1896. Treas. and vice- pres. Garlock Packing Co. (large corporation doing business throughout U.S. and foreign countries) ; has traveled extensively abroad; elected trustee Hamilton Coll., 1907; member State Assembly, 1900-02; state senator, 1910-11-12; presidential elector on Republican ticket, 1894; has held many small civil and political offices; president Palmyra Printing Co. Presbyterian. Mason and member Zenobia Commandery K.T., Palmyra, N.Y. Address: Palmyra, N.Y.

Griffith, Griffith Jenkins, philanthropist; born at Glamorganshire, South Wales, Jan. 4, 1850; son of Griffith M. and Margaret (Jenkins) Griffith; came to America, 1865; educated in public schools of Ashland and Danville, Pa., and Fowler institute, New York ; married Miss M. A. C. Mesmer of Los Angeles, Cal., January, 1886. Removed to California, 1873; business manager Herald Pub. Co., San Francisco, until 1878; mining correspondent Alta California, a San Francisco newspaper during palmy days of Comstock Lode developments in Nevada; later engaged extensively in mining in Mexico. Purchased, 1882, Los Feliz rancho, of 4,074 acres, near Los Angeles, and acquired extensive realty holdings in the city. Donated, 1.896, without restriction, 3,016 acres of Los Feliz rancho to city of Los Angeles for public park; also presented, 1912, $100,000 for erection of an astronomical observatory, located on Mount Hollywood, in Griffith Park, for free use of the public for study and scientific research. Colonel California National Guards under Brig.-Gen. E. E. Hewitt, 1884 to 1888. Protestant; Republican; Mason. Member Automobile Club of America of Southern California. Author of "Crimes and Criminals," 1910; "Public Parks and Playgrounds," 1910. Address: Hotel Rosslyn, 443 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
  

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