Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS GRIFFIN, of of Courts 1859. ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. John Quincy Adams Griffin, of Charlestown, Maiden and Med-fofdt June 23, J859, to September J, J859 (2 months)*. Born in Londonderry, N. H., July 8, 1820. After living atime in Pelham, where he attended the district schools, he went toGroton, Mass., in 1844 at the age of eighteen, where he preparedfor college at the Groton academy. In 1846 he entered AmherstCollege, but did not graduate, having
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS GRIFFIN, of of Courts 1859. ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. John Quincy Adams Griffin, of Charlestown, Maiden and Med-fofdt June 23, J859, to September J, J859 (2 months)*. Born in Londonderry, N. H., July 8, 1820. After living atime in Pelham, where he attended the district schools, he went toGroton, Mass., in 1844 at the age of eighteen, where he preparedfor college at the Groton academy. In 1846 he entered AmherstCollege, but did not graduate, having quitted its classic shades,when, as he termed it, they could learn him nothing more. Hewas admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1849, and we next find him,in 1850, editing a Free Soil paper in Lawrence, although livingin Charlestown, being an ardent advocate of the principles enun-ciated by that party. He was City Solicitor of Charlestown, andan earnest opponent of annexation. Representative in 1855, beingFree Soil candidate for Speaker, receiving twenty-nine votes,the entire party strength. Moving to Maiden he represented thattown in 1859 and I860. It was mainly through his efiforts thattolls were abolished betw^een that section of Middlesex countvand Boston, conferring a great blessing upon the
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