St Johns County FlArchives Biographies.....Griffin, James B. March 7, 1884 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg87-88.  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        JAMES BURNIE GRIFFIN, M. D. Other of the learned professions minister
to the needs of humanity, but none holds the importance of that of medicine.
Man can adjust his quarrels without the intervention of the men of law; he can
work out his own spiritual salvation, and he can educate himself in letters;
but life itself depends upon the skill of the physician and surgeon. Today
there is no class of men so respected and honored as those who have dedicated
their lives and talents to the amelioration of the ills of mankind and the
prevention of the spreading of disease. St. Augustine is the home of a number
of distinguished members of the profession, and among them one who is held in
grateful esteem is Dr. JAMES BURNIE GRIFFIN, a member of the State Board of
Medical Examiners for Florida, vice president of the St. Johns County Medical
Society and a veteran of the World war.
	Doctor Griffin was born March 7, 1884, at Acton, Ontario, Canada, and 
is a son of CLAYTON BURNHAM and MARY ELLEN (BRODDY) GRIFFIN, the former a 
native of Herkimer, New York, and the latter of Aaron, Ontario, Canada. Mr. and 
Mrs. Griffin are now residents of Detroit, Michigan, and have three daughters 
and one son. The eldest of his parents’ children, Dr. JAMES BURNIE GRIFFIN 
attended the public schools of his native place and the Collegiate Institute of 
Windsor, Ontario, following which he pursued a course at the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor. He then enrolled as a student of Hahnemann Medical 
College, Chicago, from which he was graduated in medicine and surgery in 1909, 
and following this performed hospital service at Flower and Bellevue Hospitals, 
New York City; Brompton Road Hospital, London, England; and Wayne County 
Asylum, Detroit, Michigan. In March, 1912, he came to St. Augustine, where he 
has since been in the enjoyment of a large and constantly increasing general 
practice. On December 30, 1914, Doctor Griffin’s talents were first officially 
recognized by his appointment as a member of the State Board of Homeopathic 
Medical Examiners for Florida, a position in which he served until April 30, 
1917. On July 5, 1921, he became a member for three years of the State Board of 
Medical Examiners for Florida. He is a member of the St. Johns County Medical 
Society, of which he was elected vice president in 1922; the Southern 
Homeopathic Medical Society, of which he was vice president in 1916; and the 
American Institute of Homeopathy. As a fraternalist he holds membership in St. 
Augustine Lodge No. 827, B. P. O. E., and is a thirty-second degree Mason and a 
member of Valley Consistory, New York City. He likewise belongs to the St. 
Augustine Rotary Club and the St. Augustine Yacht Club. His well-appointed
offices are located at No. 44 Jefferson Theater Building.
	On June 12, 1916, Doctor Griffin enlisted in the Medical Corps of the 
Florida National Guard and received his commission as first lieutenant, being 
assigned to the First Florida Field Hospital. He served with that organization 
at the State Camp in Florida, and on the Mexican border until March 26, 1917, 
and was then on leave and special service until June 13, 1917, when he was 
ordered to the Medical Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and 
subsequently was assigned to establish, train and command the training camp for 
Medical Detachment National Guard units at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia. On 
September 3, 1917, Doctor Griffin was transferred to the Seventy-seventh 
Division at Camp Upton, New York, as assistant division surgeon, and October 6, 
1917, was promoted to major, Medical Corps, N. A. He likewise served as 
training officer for the Medical Department of the division. Arriving in France 
in February, 1918, in July of that year he was assigned to the command of the 
Three Hundred and Second Sanitary Train of the Seventy-seventh Division, and 
while serving thus was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Medical Corps, 
cited in General Orders, and given the United States Army general citation for 
services as commanding officer of the 302nd Sanitary Train. On March 1, 1919, 
he was assigned to the American Soldier Student Detachment in Great Britain, as 
commanding officer of Student Detachment, United States Troops, at Kings 
College, London, England, and, returning to the United States in August, 1919, 
received his honorable discharge August 3. Doctor Griffin is the possessor of 
the following metals: Mexican Service, British General Service and World war 
with three clasps and citation star. During 1921 and 1922 he served as post 
commander of St. Johns’ Post No. 37, American Legion.


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