Edward Wellington "Ned" Griffin (1869 - 1938) Ned Griffin was born in Chicago. He became the auditor and general manager for the North American Trading & Transportation Co. (AT&T) in Dawson, Nome, Chena and Fairbanks. He purchased the NAT&T stores in Chena, Fairbanks, and Ruby and sold the business to the Northern Commercial Co. in 1916.((Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, //Who's Who in Alaskan Politics.// Portland: Alaska Historical Commission, 1997: 37.))