Sacramento County
Biographies
JAMES GRIFFITH
JAMES
GRIFFITH.--The recent and almost phenomenal development of Sacramento
County must be attributed in part,
at least, to the foresight and courage, the experience and high standard of
ethics, of such realtors as James Griffith, of the Griffith Company, well-known
dealers in high-grade real estate and dependable insurance. He was born in Ireland, on September 27,
1876, the son of Michael and Hanna (Gallagher) Griffith, estimable citizens and
devoted parents, now at rest from their earthly labors; and he attended first
the schools of his native district, and later those of the section in the
United States to which he migrated.
When
only twelve years of age, he crossed the ocean to New York, and after spending
some time in the Empire State, moved on to Pennsylvania. Once through with school-work, and old enough
to undertake heavier responsibilities, he set out as a commercial “drummer,”
and for twenty years he traveled while representing first-class firms.
In
1908 he came to Sacramento, where
he is now the head of an enterprising company of his own, dealing particularly
with ranch properties, and renders a real service to those wishing to deal in
first-class real estate, and to be properly protected by dependable insurance. He belongs to the Sacramento Chamber of
Commerce, and never loses an opportunity to “boost” for the city and the county
in which he is so pleasantly situated, and which gives him such a generous
support. In 1922 he became first
vice-president of the Vita Rice Products Company of California.
In
1904, Mr. Griffith was married to Miss Beatrice Moran, a native of Ireland,
who died in January, 1914. In February,
1918, he chose as his second wife a popular lady of Marysville, Miss Elizabeth
Cutts, the daughter of James Cutts of that city. One child, Elizabeth Hanna, has blessed this
happy union. Mr. Griffith is a member of
the Knights of Columbus, in which he has attained to the fourth degree; of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians; and also of the Young Men’s Institute. He is very fond of fishing, and when it comes
to a choice he never neglects the call of the rod and reel.
Transcribed by Barbara Gaffney.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 544.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles,
CA. 1923.
© 2007 Barbara Gaffney.