Griffith Pritchard Griffith

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Griffith Pritchard Griffith (also Griffith P. Griffith , GP Griffith ; born November 3, 1840 in Troy , Rensselaer County , New York , † March 6, 1933 in Cincinnati , Hamilton County , Ohio ) was an American banker .

Life

Family and education

Griffith Pritchard Griffith, who was born in the city ​​of Troy in the US state of New York , was the son of John Morris Griffith and his wife Catalina Wendell Knickerbocker Griffith, received his education at the local public schools.

Griffith Pritchard Griffith married in 1866 the native of Cincinnati Charlotte Lewis Ellis (1843-1884). The marriage resulted in five daughters Kate Lea, Mary Ellis, Alice, Florence and Charlotte. After the death of his first wife, he married Arabella Pollock for the second time. Griffith Pritchard Griffith died in Cincinnati in March 1933 at the age of 92. He found his final resting place in the Spring Grove Cemetery there .

Professional background

Griffith Pritchard Griffith joined the Merchants and Mechanics' bank in his hometown Troy in 1856 as an apprentice banker, and in 1858 he was employed by the Albany Clearing House in Albany , Georgia . The following year he moved to Cincinnati, where he took up a position as a cashier at the Western Branch of the Aetna Life & Casualty Company. He later moved to the Citizens National Bank, where he was appointed President in 1912, a position that he held until his retirement.

Griffith Pritchard Griffith, one of the most powerful and influential bankers in the state of Ohio in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries , was an elected member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati and the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

literature

  • American Bankers Association. Convention .: Proceedings of the Convention of the American Bankers' Association Held at ... The Association, New York, 1890, p. 67.
  • The Bankers Magazine Volume 55. in: American periodical series, 1800-1850. Bradford-Rhodes & Co., New York, NY, 1897, p. 65.
  • United States. Government Printing Office .: Congressional Edition: Volume 3935. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1899, p. 788.
  • Ohio Bankers Association: Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Ohio Bankers' Association. Ohio Bankers Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1913, p. 250.
  • Who was Who in America with world notables: Volume IV, 1961-1968. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1968, p. 382.

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SURNAME Griffith, Griffith Pritchard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griffith, Griffith P .; Griffith, GP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American banker
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Troy , Rensselaer County , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1933
Place of death Cincinnati , Hamilton County , Ohio