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James Monroe Griffith

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Birth	:	8 Oct 1840 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	20 May 1912 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	12 - 18 - 8
Description	:	Civil War Veteran--For three years during the War of the Rebellion he served in the Sixth Indiana Calvary, enlisting in July, 1862, and being mustered out in June, 1865. ** Note: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery reports that there is only one James Griffith buried there that being James M. Griffith. NOTE: This is incorrect. 1880 Federal Census for Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas list a James H. Griffith as the son of James M. Griffith & Margeret H. Griffith. James M. Griffith was born in Indiana. ** William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas J. M. GRIFFITH located in Lawrence, Kansas, in December,... Read More	Civil War Veteran--For three years during the War of the Rebellion he served in the Sixth Indiana Calvary, enlisting in July, 1862, and being mustered out in June, 1865. ** Note: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery reports that there is only one James Griffith buried there that being James M. Griffith. NOTE: This is incorrect. 1880 Federal Census for Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas list a James H. Griffith as the son of James M. Griffith & Margeret H. Griffith. James M. Griffith was born in Indiana. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas J. M. GRIFFITH located in Lawrence, Kansas, in December, 1865. There he engaged in the hardware business until he came to Emporia in January, 1870; until the fall of 1882 he followed the same line of business. When Mr. Griffith first came to Emporia his trade extended as far west and south as there were any settlements. He was born in Lafayette, Ind., October 8, 1840, and resided in Indiana until he came to Kansas. For three years during the War of the Rebellion he served in the Sixth Indiana Calvary, enlisting in July, 1862, and being mustered out in June, 1865. He was married near Georgetown, Vermillion Co., Ill., September 5, 1865, to Margaret H. Alexander, who was born in Bucks County, Pa., near Philadelphia. They have four children - Wm. A., James H., Esther B., and George D. From January, 1879, to January, 1882, Mr. Griffith was a member of the Board of County Commissioners. He is president of the Lyon County Mutual Loan Association, organized June 24, 1878, and has held that office ever since. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Knights of Honor. ** The Emporia Gazette, 21 May 1912, Tue JAMES M. GRIFFITH DEAD James M. Griffith, for many years a resident of Emporia, died last night at 8 o'clock, at the home of his son, George Griffith, in Kansas City, Mo. A month ago, Mr. Griffith, who had been in failing health for several years, was stricken with apoplexy, and did not recover from its effects. Mr. Griffith was born in Layette, Ind., October 8, 1840, and came to Kansas in 1865. He located in Lawrence, where he went into the hardware business. He came to Emporia in January, 1870, and carried on a hardware business here for many years. In those early days his trade extended to scores of settlements south and west of Emporia, and his trade was a large one. He was an active citizen of this town, ever alert to advance the best interests of the community. He served the town as mayor, and was a member of the Board of County Commissioners from 1879 to 1882. He was president at one time of the Lyon County Mutual Loan Association, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, serving it as a trustee. He and Mrs. Griffith retained their membership in the Emporia First Church, and for many years were among its most useful and active members. Mr. Griffith served his country in the Sixth Indiana Cavalry from July, 1862, till June, 1865, when he was mustered out. He was married to Miss Mary Alexander, September 5, 1865, and to them were born three sons and one daughter. They are William A. Griffith, professor of design at the Kansas State University; James H. Griffith, and George Griffith, of Kansas City; and Mrs. Charles Jones, of Carlsbad, N. Mex. All were with their father when his summons came. Mrs. Griffith also survives. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were prominently identified with the development of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps in Kansas. They served the Emporia organizations in many capacities, and Mr. Griffith was department adjutant, and Mrs. Griffith department president of the Relief Corps for a term. Five years ago they sold their beautiful home in Emporia--corner of Twelfth Avenue and Merchant Street, now the home of the Hege family--and moved to Kansas City, where they have since lived. Mrs. Griffith is a sister of H. S. Alexander, of Emporia. The funeral will be held in the First Presbyterian Church in Emporia, Thursday afternoon at 2:30. ************* The Emporia Gazette, 21 May 1912, Tue J. M. GRIFFITH The other day the Gazette received a letter from a woman who was born and reared in Emporia. She said: "How few names of our old friends appear in the paper--and so many new names. Has the town changed so much?" The town is changing every day. Year after year the old settlers are going away--some to other towns, many out upon the hill to rest. Out there, J. M. Griffith, who died last night in Kansas City, will lie down to his last rest among more of those who are dear to him, than he will find in town. Yet it is only a few years since he was a vigorous effective part of this community. He served the town as mayor; he was active in all good causes. His name was a strong name on Commercial Street, in the church, in the school life, in the social life of Emporia J. M. Griffith was a man of parts and consequence. He has been absent from the town scarcely half a decade, yet the wheels of events have whirled so rapidly, so many good men and women have laid them down to rest, that he will come to the town where the best of his life was lived, just a little strange, just a little of an outsider. But for all that Emporia owes him much. His ideals of what makes a good town, are a part of the town's reality. His life's endeavors are embedded in the town. He is inseparably connected with the town, and though his fame may fade as his good friends join him on the hill, the influence of a strong, kindly, simple-hearted gentleman who strove with us and lived for a generation with us, always will be a part of our heritage.

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James Monroe Griffith's memorial is located at: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA.
When did James Monroe Griffith death?
James Monroe Griffith death on 20 May 1912 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
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Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Margaret H. Alexander Griffith

(1836 - 1922)

Siblings

Children

James H. Griffith

(1869 - 1912)

Esther Griffith Jones

(1872 - 1941)

George Durward Griffith

(1877 - 1937)

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