Blount County AlArchives Biographies.....Griffith, Robert G. 1851 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    ROBERT G. GRIFFITH, one of the leading and substantial business men and
farmers of Summit, was born in 1851, and reared in Blount county, Ala., a son of
Robert and Mary E. (Van Zandt) Griffith, of whom full mention is made above.
Robert G. Griffith, the younger, was raised on the old homestead farm and
attended the common schools of the neighborhood. In 1872 he married Sarah A.
Hinds, daughter of Alfred L. and Mary (Carnes) Hinds, who were early settlers of
Alabama. To this union eight children have been born, of whom seven are still
living: Charles, Robert, James, Alfred L., Walter, Mary and Sarah. The mother of
this family was born and reared in Blount county, and is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. In 1878 Mr. Griffith engaged in mercantile business
at Brooksville, in partnership with H. B. Henry and Alvah O. Dixon, and remained
in business with this firm till 1879, when he moved to Summit, and, in
connection with Mr. Henry, engaged in business at this point, the firm name
being Griffith & Henry. When Mr. Griffith withdrew from the firm he went to
Texas, and for about four months engaged in the cattle trade in partnership with
his brother, and in 1881 he and his brother engaged in business at Summitt,
under the firm name of R. G. Griffith & Bro., and remained together until 1885,
when they removed to Cullman, where they conducted the business one year, and in
1887 returned to Summitt and continued in business one year longer, when the
brother withdrew, and since that time Robert G. Griffith has conducted the
business alone. He has a good trade and has the confidence of all who know him.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 506

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