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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 126


CHARLES B. GRIFFITH.

	Charles B. Griffith is one of the enterprising young business men 
of Denver who has already made for himself a creditable position in 
financial circles, having a large clientele as an investment broker. He 
was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, June 30, 1893. His father, Charles D. 
Griffith, was for many years a shoe manufacturer but is now living 
retired in his native city of Terre Haute. He has figured quite 
prominently in trade circles and was president of the Manufacturers' 
Association there. He was also one of the founders of the Traffic Club 
and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In political affairs, too, he 
has exerted considerable influence and from 1901 until 1903 he 
represented his district in the state senate of Indiana, having been 
elected on the democratic ticket. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar 
Mason and in his life has exemplified the beneficent spirit of the 
craft. He married Jessie Barrick, who also survives, and they have 
reared a family of three children, Grace, Helen and Charles B., all of 
Denver.

	Charles B. Griffith pursued his education in the schools of 
Denver, in the Culver Military Academy of Culver, Indiana, and in the 
Lawrencevllle School at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, following which he 
entered the University of Colorado, from which he was graduated with 
the class of 1915. He made his Initial step in the business world by 
entering the bond department of the International Trust Company, with 
which he remained for a year and a half, after which he became 
associated with the bond house of Gregg, Whitehead & Company. He has 
become well known as a bond broker of the city, recognized as a young 
man of marked energy and enterprise, and he is rapidly building up a 
most desirable clientage.

	In June, 1917, Mr. Griffith was united in marriage to Miss 
Virginia McCrea, of Denver. He belongs to the chapter of Sigma Alpha 
Epsilon in connection with the University of Colorado. His political 
allegiance is given to the democratic party and his religious faith is 
indicated by his membership in the Christian Science church. He turns 
to literature for recreation and recognizes the fact that there is no 
keener joy in life than that which comes through intellectual stimulus. 
Western business enterprise finds in him a worthy exponent and that 
which he has already achieved in financial circles foreshadows the 
possibilities of the future.