VICTOR N. GRIFFITH

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 347-348

VICTOR N. GRIFFITH. This country is entering upon one
of the most wonderful periods of its existence, and during
the next quarter of a century history is going to be made
of a surprising character by the young men who during
the titanic war that convulsed the world were developed
in every way and prepared for the years of civic useful-
ness to come. Some of them have not yet found their right
place in life since their return home, but a few have, and
are already showing of what they are capable. One of
these young Americans of the finest type of citizenship is
Victor N. Griffith, sheriff of Boone County, and a forceful
factor in the life of Madison.

Victor N. Griffith was born at Griffithville, Lincoln
County, West Virginia, October 28, 1893, a son of T. A.
and Martha A. (Midkit) Griffith, both of whom were born
in West Virginia. The father is a farmer, and very active
in public matters, having served for some time as a justice
of the peace, and otherwise rendered good service to his
community.  He maintains membership with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to the Baptist
Church, in the good work of which he is very active. The
Griffith family is one of the old ones of the South, and
Griffithville was named in its honor. Sheriff Griffith's
paternal grandfather was born in Virginia, and came of
English and Scotch ancestry. The maternal grandfather
was killed while serving as a soldier during the war between
the two sections of the country.

Growing up at Griffithville, Sheriff Griffith attended its
common schools, and subsequently took a course in the Mad-
ison Normal School and one in the Broaddus School at Bar-
boursville. When he was twenty-two years old he took a
position as bookkeeper in a general store, and held it until
he was appointed deputy sheriff of Boone County in 1917,
which office he resigned in July, 1918, to go into the army
under the selective draft. After receiving his honorable
discharge, following the signing of the armistice, he went
with the Crane Company as bookkeeper at Van, West Vir-
ginia, leaving that concern in 1919 to become assistant
cashier of the Boone County Bank at Madison. In the fall
of 1920 he was elected sheriff of the county, and assumed
the duties of his office January 1, 1921. He is making a
splendid record as sheriff, and both as an official and per-
sonally he stands well with everybody.

In 1915 Sheriff Griffith married at Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, Miss Jeane Workman, a daughter of John L. and
Harriet (White) Workman, both natives of West Virginia.
There are no children. Fraternally Sheriff Griffith is a
Scottish Rite and Shriner Mason, an Odd Fellow and Knight
of Pythias. He maintains membership with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Sheriff Griffith is an earnest young
man who fears nothing when in the pursuit of his duty,
and yet is so square that he insists on each man in his
charge receiving fair treatment no matter what his crime
may be. He is a young man who knows how to secure from
others a whole-hearted cooperation, and he and his depu-
ties are proving to the people of Boone County that they
are perfectly capable of maintaining order, and determined
to faithfully enforce the law.  Such a man as Sheriff
Griffith will go far, and it is safe to predict that his prog-
ress will be attended with a loyal public service.


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