History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              BIOGRAPHY. 967
ceived the degree of Alaster of Arts in 1906 from the same institution, Mr. Grifiith Avas always a persevering student, and his strenuous efl'orts to reach the high standard of scholarship he attained, unfor¬ tunately, impaired his health, so that he. found it necessary to retire to the life of a farmer in order to regain his health.
He has never aspired to hold public office, but has served as super¬ intendent of schools of his township for two years, 1901 to 1903, and is justice of the peace and notary public at the present time. He has always favored temperance legislation and clean politics, and has been affiliated with both the Prohibition and Republican parties. He was a member at one time of the Independent Order of Good Templars, serving as chief templar in the local lodge. At the age of ten years, he united with the Alethodist Episcopal church at Elo, AVisconsin, of which he is still a member. , In 1890 he received a license to preach in the Alethodist Episcopal church; was ordained a deacon in 1900, and as an elder in 1904. He has often filled the pulpit in his home church, and in neighboring country and village churches on emergency occasions, and has taught a Bible class by the lecture method for scA^eral years.
On April 9, 1897, Mr. Griffith was married to Miss Alyrtie AI, ' Clarlv, daughter of Reverend Oscar B. and Delucia Clark, now resi¬ dents of AVeyauAvega, Wisconsin. Air. Clark is a superannuated Aleth¬ odist clergyman, Avidely knoAvn throughout eastern AA^isconsin, Mrs. Griffith was born at Kingston, Wisconsin, February 18, 1873. She is a high school graduate, and has taught for several years in the public schools. Air. and Mrs. Griffith haA^e one child, Albert AVilliam Griffith, born January 31, 1899,
Air. Griffith has traveled extensively throughout the United States, having toured the YelloAvstone park, the Yosemite valley, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Garden of the Gods, the Mammoth Cave, the Natural Bridge and the Niagara Falls. He has visited many of the important cities of the east and of the west, and has attended the great expositions at Chicago, St. Louis, Portland and JamestoAvn.
Mr. Griffith is at the present time li.Adng on the old farm in Utica, combining literary pursuits and legal matters wdth manual labor, preferring the quiet life of the country to the bustle and turmoil of the city.
George Grueb, who is one of the many prosperous farmers of Omro, Rushford township, was born in AA^ittenburg, Germany, No¬ vember 15, 1857. His parents Avere John and Alagdalene (Weismer) Grueb, AA^ho never left the fatherland, preferring to spend their lives