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George Washington Griffith

Birth	:	4 Jan 1823 Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	27 Nov 1886
Burial	:	Rogers Cemetery, Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0992980, -85.3670740
Inscription	:	Father
Description	:	Son of William Griffith & Elizabeth Wolf. He married Scitha Williams on 19 Nov 1846 in Grant County, Wisconsin. Mr. Griffith was a native of Shellsburg, Bedford county, Pa., as were also his parents, William and Elizabeth (Wolf ) Griffith. Of these, little or nothing has been preserved in the traditions of the family. They were of Welsh descent, however, being descendants of a thrifty, strong and long-lived class of people. William Griffith was for many years a merchant in Pennsylvania, carrying on that business successfully and extensively. His wife died in Pennsylvania in middle life, and he spent his last years... Read More	Son of William Griffith & Elizabeth Wolf. He married Scitha Williams on 19 Nov 1846 in Grant County, Wisconsin. Mr. Griffith was a native of Shellsburg, Bedford county, Pa., as were also his parents, William and Elizabeth (Wolf ) Griffith. Of these, little or nothing has been preserved in the traditions of the family. They were of Welsh descent, however, being descendants of a thrifty, strong and long-lived class of people. William Griffith was for many years a merchant in Pennsylvania, carrying on that business successfully and extensively. His wife died in Pennsylvania in middle life, and he spent his last years in this county, at the home of our subject, passing away at an advanced age. The household of which he was the head consisted of six children, he of whom we write, being next to the youngest. The date when he first opened his eyes to the light of the world, was January 4, 1823. His boyhood was passed in his native place in the usual way common to the customs of those times. His educational advantages were limited, but he received sufficient education to enable him always in after life to transact his business with as much accuracy as the average college-bred man. His early and first training was in the mercantile business under his father, with whom he remained and to whom he gave the benefits of his labors until he was sixteen years old. He then started out in the world on his own account, going first to Ohio, where he followed canal boating for several years, and thence to the lead and zinc regions of Wisconsin and Illinois, where he followed mining several years, meeting with more than an average degree of success. In 1846 he made his first trip to Delaware county, and filed on a tract of land in the vicinity of Colesburg. Returning to Wisconsin he married the following year, and coming again to Iowa, with his young wife, settled on his place in Colony township, Delaware county, and at once began improving it. In a few years it developed into one of the most desirable places in that section of the county. After coming to Iowa he was always engaged in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. There was nothing remarkable in his personality or his history. He was a plain, unostentatious man, being singularly free from any evidences of that grasping, over-reaching spirit by which many men are prompted in seeking a foot-hold in a new country. All the trials of a pioneer life Mr. Griffith went through with, bearing his part courageously and discharging his whole duty as a citizen, with faithful axactitude, never aspiring to be more than an humble citizen. In about 1875 he moved to Greeley, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away November 27, 1886, in the home of his adoption, a place in which he always took much interest and for which he always exhibited much attachment and spared no pains or expense to make beautiful and pleasant.

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George Washington Griffith's memorial is located at: Rogers Cemetery, Columbia, Adair County, USA.
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George Washington Griffith death on 27 Nov 1886 in
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Latitude: 37.0992980
Longitude: -85.3670740

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Parent

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Scitha Williams Griffith

(1829 - 1900)

Siblings

Children

Abbie Griffith Vorwald

(1852 - 1913)

Nathan Griffith

(1854 - 1906)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Rogers Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0992980, -85.3670740

2. Keltner Family Plot
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1127200, -85.3765500

3. Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1135100, -85.3774760

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6. Smith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1097600, -85.3929280

7. Dudley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1028090, -85.4011460

8. Union Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0792007, -85.3936005

9. Gilmer Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0791920, -85.3938540

10. Clark Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.0750008, -85.3966980

11. Franklin Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0996810, -85.3230430

12. Milltown Cemetery
Milltown, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1176224, -85.4077148

13. Milltown Church Cemetery
Milltown, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1185670, -85.4072910

14. Pollards Chapel Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1378770, -85.3675460

15. Feese Family Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1202950, -85.3240510

16. Columbia Community Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0937110, -85.3167840

17. Dohoney Cemetery
Milltown, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1072759, -85.4224594

18. Jones Chapel Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0619600, -85.4047240

19. Morrison Grant Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0973587, -85.3067780

20. Bennett Cemetery
Cane Valley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1476212, -85.3589172

21. Tucker Station Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1053690, -85.3060910

22. Allen Family Cemetery
Bliss, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.0587450, -85.3308360

23. Hancock Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1415080, -85.3319830

24. Columbia Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.1047211, -85.3038406