Griffin, Harry B.
HARRY B. GRIFFIN

     Harry B. Griffin, vice president and secretary of H. M. Bullard & Company at Nos. 91 to 97 Orange street, was born October 27, 1885, in New Haven, a son of Charles Griffin, who was also born in this city and was a son of Harry and Martha Griffin, who were representatives of old Connecticut families of English and Irish descent. Charles Griffin was a button manufacturer and was quite successful in his business interests but died at the age of forty-five years. His wife bore the maiden name of Carrie E. Hatch and was born in Hartford, being a representative of one of the old families of that city. She died in 1908, in New Haven, when forty-four years of age. In the family were but two children, the daughter being Viola, the wife of W. B. Arvine, a resident of Watertown.
     In the public schools of New Haven, Harry B. Griffin pursued his education and after leaving the high school spent two and one-half years at Yale in the study of medicine. He later entered the employ of H. M. Bullard & Company, of which he is now vice president and secretary. They have a very extensive and attractive establishment, carrying a large line of furnishings for homes, including the most attractive products sent out by the furniture manufacturing houses of the country. He has made a close study of public taste and at all times his business methods have measured up to the highest standards of commercial ethics.
     On the 4th of June, 1913, Mr. Griffin was married in Mount Vernon, New York, to Miss Mary Dorcas Greene, a native of the Empire state, although the family was originally from Rhode Island. She is a descendant of General Nathaniel Greene and also a direct descendant of Roger Williams. By her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Dana Bruce, who was born January 5, 1915.
     In his political views Mr. Griffin is a stalwart republican, earnestly advocating the principles of the party because of his belief in their efficacy as factors in good government. He belongs to Hiram Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M. He also has membership in the Racebrook Country Club and in the Union League of New Haven, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Westville Episcopal church. At one time he was a member of Troop A of the Connecticut National Guard, serving for three years as a private. In matters of citizenship he has always stood for that which is most progressive and his loyalty has never been called into question. He cooperates in all that tends to upbuild and benefit city and state and the worth of his character is widely acknowledged by all with whom he has come in contact.
 
 

Modern History of New Haven
and 
Eastern New Haven County

Illustrated

Volume II

New York – Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 
1918

pgs 496 - 497

 
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