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Facts and Events
| Name |
Elias Griffith |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[5] |
2 Nov 1833 |
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
| Census[1] |
1850 |
Washington (township), Washington, Iowa, United States |
| Census[2] |
1860 |
Washington, Iowa, United States |
| Marriage |
29 Apr 1867 |
Washington, Iowa, United Statesto Henerietta Arnet Humphrey |
| Census[3] |
1870 |
Washington, Iowa, United States |
| Census[4] |
1880 |
Washington, Iowa, United States |
| Death? |
2 Sep 1887 |
Washington, Iowa, United States |
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References
- ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
- ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
- ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).
- ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
- ↑ Portrait and Biographical Album Washington County Iowa.
- Elias Griffith was born in 1833 In Pickaway Co. Iowa. Son of Robert W. Griffith and Elenor Long. They moved to Washington Co. in 1848.
Like many others of the leading citizens of Washington County, Elias Griffith was reared upon a farm, and was early acquainted with hard work. His educational advantages were somewhat better than the majority of farm boys. In addition to attendance in the common schools, he spent several terms in Washington College, Washington, and on leaving school was engaged in teaching in Clay and Franklin Townships. In 1864 he went to California, where he engaged in mining and lumbering until 1866, since which time he has been engaged in farming in this county. His first farm consisted of 240 acres of land two which he has since added 310 acres, making a farm of 550 acres, all of which was under cultivation.
Mr. Griffith was united in marriage, April 29, 1867, to Henrietta A. Humphrey, daughter of Eli Humphrey and Lucia Snow, born Oct. 30, 1836, in Huntington, Lorain Co., Ohio. She died in Franklin Township, May 16, 1872, leaving two children: John, who made his home with his uncle, George W., and Charles, who resided with his grandfather, Eli Humphrey, in Clay Township. Her body is interred in Grace Hill Cemetery, three miles from the old home. For several years Mr. Griffith was in poor health, being afflicted with asthma. In order to afford relief he spent some of the winters in a warmer climate. The winter of 1882/83 he spent in Colorado, the following winter in Smith County, Kan., and the winer of 1885/86 in Southern California. Notwithstanding poor health, he was able to give personal attention to his farming operations, meeting with success as can only be acquired by industry and economy. The home farm was one of the best improved in Franklin Township, having on it superior farm buildings, including a good, two-story frame dwelling, large and commodious barn, and sheds sufficient to shelter his stock. In addition to general farming made a specialty of stock-raising.
As a citizen of Washington County for a period of about forty years, Mr. Griffith had lived to witness the changes that had been wrought in turning what was almost a wilderness into one of the most productive regions in the fair State of Iowa. That he had done his part in its transformations was well known to every citizen of the county.
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