Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 273.  Jefferson County.
CHARLES GRIFFITH RICHIE, county judge of Jefferson county, was born in
Louisville, January 18, 1868, a son of Henry Clay and Sophia (Spurrier)
Richie, the former a native of New Albany, Indiana, and the latter of
Sumner county, Tennessee.
     Judge Richie was educated in the public schools of his native city,
and was graduated at the high school in 1887.  In October of the same year
he entered the law department of the University of Louisville, where he
was graduated with honor in April 1889.  The possession of a graduation
diploma from that institution does away with all further examinations for
admission to the bar, and Mr. Richie, therefore, at once entered upon
practice, meeting with phenomenal success from the beginning.  He has made
for himself a brilliant record at the bar.  Holding his clients' interest
as dear as his own, and sparing no labor in the preparation of cases, he
came before the court thoroughly master of the points in litigation, and
with a logical argument set forth the truth which he wished to
establish in a clear, concise and convincing way.  The success which ever
crowns intelligent effort came to him, and he soon had a large clientage.
     In 1894 Mr. Richie was urged by the Republican party to become its
candidate for the office of county judge, but for a time he declined to
do this.  Later he was prevailed upon by many friends and supporters to
allow his name to be used, for he believed it to be his duty to his party
and his fellowmen.  The election returns showed that he was the people's
choice, and he is not only one of the youngest men ever elected to the
office of county judge, but was the first Republican to fill any judicial
position in Jefferson county.  The election was a tribute to his personal
worth and popularity, as well as his legal ability.  He took his place
upon the bench January 7, 1895.  His official career has merited and
received the approval of the representatives of all parties.  His decisions
have been models of judicial soundness, showing a broad and comprehensive
knowledge of the law, and evincing a judgment entirely unbiased by fear
or favor.
     Judge Richie is a member of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order
and Knights of Honor, is past president of the B.O.O. Mizpah, and belongs
to the Methodist Episcopal church, south.  He was married on the 29th of
August, 1895, in Sumner county, Tennessee, to Miss Marguerite P. Pierce,
a daughter of Lafayette and Nannie Pierce, of the same county.
Richie Spurrier Pierce
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Sumner-TN IN

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