Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1902 — Death of Charles F. Griffin. [ARTICLE]

Death of Charles F. Griffin.

Charles F. Griffin, one of the ablest and best known men of Northwest Indiana, died soon after midnight Saturday night, at his home in Hammond. He was sick about ten days with cerebral meningitis. He Was 45 year old and lived all his life in this state, and nearly all of it in Lake county. He was secretary of state for twd terms, being first elected when only 29 years old. He was a national commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans, was a delegate to several national Republican conventions; was a prominent candidate for the nomination for governor in 1896, and also a noted leader in benevolent societies and church work. He was a 33rd degree Mason and that order will have charge of his funeral, Tuesday. He- served in the Spanish war as an officer in 157th Indiana regiment. Mr. Griffin was always specially well known and popular in Jasper county apd the first public advocacy of his nomination for secretary of state was made in the Rensselaer papers.