Ellis, Griffith Ogden, 1869-1948
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Born in Urbana, Ill., Nov. 19, 1869. Worked for a newspaper there before attending the U. of M. law school. Came to Detroit in 1891. After graduation became an instructor at Sprague Correspondence School of Law in Detroit, became president of it in 1908. Vice-pres. of the Collector Publishing Co., which became Sprague Publishing Co., when he and William C. Sprague established The American Boy Magazine of which he was editor-in-chief. He was Appointed to the street Railway Commission by Mayor Couzens in 1920 and elected president of it from 1921-1929. He was vice President & Pres. of the Win. A. Scripps Co., a real estate firm, assoc. ed. of the American Legal News. Married Ellen Winifred Scripps, niece of James E. Scripps, in 1897. He died in Pasadena, California, Feb. 2, 1948. (from BHC Biog. file) (blue index cards).
From the description of Griffith Ogden Ellis papers, 1888-1929. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 662450069
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referencedIn | Alumni Association (University of Michigan), Individual Photographs, ca. 1880-ca. 1960s | Bentley Historical Library | |
creatorOf | Ellis, Griffith Ogden, 1869-1947. Griffith Ogden Ellis papers, 1888-1929. | Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library | |
referencedIn | Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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associatedWith | University of Michigan |
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Death 1948
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