ID: I3806
Name: James Lewis GRIFFITH
Sex: M
Birth: 4 MAR 1849 in Somerset Co. PA 1
Death: 23 JAN 1924 in Bolivar, Westmoreland Co. PA 1 2
Burial: West Fairfield Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co. PA
Note: 1880 PA Census: Westmoreland Co. St. Clair Twp. ed 122, p. 8, lines 30-39 Series T9, roll 1205, dwelling 71, family 73, 7 June 1880
Elizabeth MYERS, age 58, Single, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. David [MYERS], age 47, brother, single, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Thomas WADE, age 71, uncle, widowed, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Louis GRIFFITH, age 30, son-in-law, married, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Phebe [GRIFFITH], age 39, wife of G., married, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Robert STEEL, age 14, no relation, b. Iowa, parents b. Penna. Elizabeth J. GRIFFITH, age 6, dau of Griff. Geo. Myers [GRIFFITH], age 4, son of Griff. Anna P. [GRIFFITH], age 2, dau of Griff. Myrtle [GRIFFITH], age 1, dau of Griff. ___________________________
1900 PA Census: Indiana Co. West Wheatfield Twp. ed 66, p. 5a, lines 8-14 Series T623, roll 1416, dwelling 76, family 80, 5 June 1900
James L. GRIFFITH, Boarder, Mar 1847, age 53, marr. 29 yrs, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Stationary Fireman [boarding with William (June 1855) & Susan (Aug 1851) BOWSER and their four children] ___________________________
1910 PA Census: Westmoreland Co. New Florence Borough, Chestnut St., ed 170, p. 4b, lines 60-64 Series T624, roll 1430, dwelling 83, family 83, 18 April 1910
Edward KOOKENBROD, Head, age 33, marr. (1st time) 6 yrs, b. Penna., father b. Germany, mother b. Penna., Teamster Annie S., wife, age 33, marr. (1st time) 6 yrs, 2 children / 2 surviving, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Herbert R., son, age 4; Virginia M., dau, age 3 James L. GRIFFITH, father-in-law, age 61, divorced, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Laborer: Water Works ___________________________
1920 PA Census: Westmoreland Co. New Florence Borough, Vine St., ed 171, p. 5b, lines 91-96 Series T625, roll 1663, dwelling 133, family 136, 15 January 1920
James L. GRIFFITH, Head, owns home, free of mortgage, age 70, divorced, b. Penna., parents b. Penna. Annie A. STEELE, Head, rents, age 46, widowed, b. Penna., parents b. Penna., Washerwoman: At Home Helen, dau, age 12; John R., son, age 13; Rebecca, dau, age 11; Ruth, dau, age 11 ___________________________
Indiana, PA: Indiana Weekly Messenger, issue of Thursday, 31 January 1924, p. 4, col. 2
G.L. Griffith
G.L. Griffith, aged 74 years, died on Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.J. Cline, of Bolivar. The funeral services were conducted on Saturday at the home of Mrs. Ida Smith, of New Florence, and interment followed in the cemetery at that place.
[Decedent's name was James Lewis Griffith - ed.] ___________________________
West Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA Transcribed 26 June 2001 by Michael Scott Caldwell
J.L. GRIFFITH | MAR. 4. 1849 | JAN. 23. 1924 ___________________________
_UID: 501055E028E6426AB80F559037021766B173
Change Date: 22 APR 2013
Father: Hiram GRIFFITH b: 1819 in PA
Mother: Rebecca J. HAIR b: 9 APR 1819 in Jenner Twp. Somerset Co. PA
Marriage 1
Phoebe SNYDER b: 23 DEC 1849 in St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA
Children
Elizabeth J. GRIFFITH b: 4 FEB 1872 in St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA George Myers GRIFFITH b: 13 APR 1876 in New Florence, Westmoreland Co. PA Anna C. GRIFFITH b: SEP 1877 Myrtle A. GRIFFITH b: 22 MAR 1879 in New Florence, St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA Ida Mae GRIFFITH b: 22 OCT 1881 in St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA James Franklin GRIFFITH b: 21 NOV 1883 Chauncey D. GRIFFITH b: 6 NOV 1885 in New Florence, St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA Albert L. GRIFFITH b: 22 NOV 1888 in St. Clair Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA Sources:
- Text: Tombstone.
- Title: Indiana, PA: Indiana Weekly Messenger
Repository: Newspaper Page: obituary, issue of Thursday, 31 January 1924, p. 4, col. 2
- Text: 1900 PA Census
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