Bennington

GRIFFITH, Edward

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pp 206-207

Edward GRIFFITH, lawyer and judge of probate, Manchester [Bennington County, 
Vermont], was born 07 January 1871 at East Dorset [Bennington County, 
Vermont], son of John Marcellus and Mary (KELLY) GRIFFITH. Educated in the 
public schools; Burr and Burton Seminary; Dartmouth College, B. L. 1893; New 
York Law School LL. B., 1896. Admitted to the New York bar in 1896, and to 
the Vermont bar in 1909; practiced law in New York City from 1896 to 1899; 
was manager of the Whiteface Inn, Lake Placid [Essex County, New York] 
1899-1902; assistant manager of the Astor House, New York, one year; manager 
of Churchill Hall and Rexmere Hotel, Stamford [Delaware County], New York, 
three years; proprietor of Marlboro Inn, Montclair [Suffolk County], New 
York, two years. Came to East Dorset [Bennington County, Vermont] in 1908, 
and engaged in mercantile business with his father for one year. Republican; 
first selectman of Dorset one year; in 1910 elected judge of probate for 
Manchester district, which position he now holds. Member of Phi Delta Theta 
fraternity, and the Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society of Dartmouth College.

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