Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 368.

FRANKLIN T. GRIFFITH

Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway, Light and Power
Company, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 6, 1870. His grandfather,
John Griffith, was a native of Canada and of Welsh descent. The father, William
Alexander Griffith, was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1841. He was a lieutenant in
the Ninth New Hampshire Infantry during the Civil war and was several times
severely wounded while serving as a sharpshooter. He afterward became a building
contractor of Minnesota and California and he and his wife are now residents of
Oakland, California.

Franklin T. Griffith attended the Oakland public schools and the Oakland Academy
and in February, 1891, became cashier of the Willamette Pulp and Paper Company
of Oregon City. In 1894 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Oregon
City, being associated with Joseph E. Hedges under the firm name of Hedges &
Griffith. He moved to Portland in 1909 and with R. A. Lelter and Harrison Allen
formed the law firm of Griffith, Leiter & Allen. For a number of years he was
general attorney of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company and became its
president in 1913.

Mr. Griffith was married July 15, 1896, in Oregon City to Miss Etta Pope and
they have two children: Harriet and Janet. He is a member of the Waverly Club
and past president of the Arlington Club, is a thirty-second degree Mason and a
republican in politics. During the World war he was the federal director of
labor for Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.