Descendants  of  John  Griffith

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN² GRIFFITH  (JOHN¹) was born March 11, 1806 in Bedford Co, PA, and died February 09, 1872 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.  He married MARGARET FEASTER Abt. 1835 in Bedford Co, PA, daughter of MARTIN FEIGHTER and ANN(A) EGLI(N).  She was born May 19, 1819 in near Martinsburg, (now) Blair Co, PA, and died August 29, 1850 in (now East) St. Clair Twp, Bedford Co, PA.
More About JOHN GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow cem., Orange Twp, Rush Co, Indiana
Census:  Bet. 1840 - 1860, Farmer in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN
Migration:  1837, To Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN from PA
Notes for MARGARET FEASTER:
Sister of Jacob Feaster whose bio is posted on this site.
More About MARGARET FEASTER:
Burial:  Hoover Brethren cem., Fishertown, Bedford Co, PA

Children of JOHN GRIFFITH and MARGARET FEASTER are:
      i.  SARAH³ GRIFFITH, b. November 04, 1836, Bedford Co, PA; d. September 22, 1846, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.
More About SARAH GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN

2.  ii.  SAMUEL GRIFFITH, b. August 10, 1838, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. October 25, 1917, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.

3.  iii.  MARTIN D. GRIFFITH, b. 1839, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. 1878, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.

4.  iv.  CAROLINE GRIFFITH, b. December 15, 1842, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. April 12, 1868, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.


Generation No. 2

2.  SAMUEL³ GRIFFITH (JOHN², JOHN¹) was born August 10, 1838 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN, and died October 25, 1917 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.  He married SUSAN APPLE October 29, 1865 in Rush Co, IN, daughter of ELIAS APPLE and MAGDALINE SLIFER.  She was born October 05, 1846 in Montgomery Co, Ohio, and died August 1917 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.
More About SAMUEL GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN
Census:  Bet. 1870 - 1910, Farmer in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN
More About SUSAN APPLE:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN

Children of SAMUEL GRIFFITH and SUSAN APPLE are:
      i.  ELMER ELLSWORTH⁴ GRIFFITH, b. 1866, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. 1947, Rushville, Rush Co, IN; m. SARAH C. SIMMONS, October 16, 1887, Rush Co, IN; b. 1866, IN; d. 1950, Rushville, Rush Co, IN.
Notes for ELMER ELLSWORTH GRIFFITH:
Census records indicate this couple had no children.
More About ELMER ELLSWORTH GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp,  Rush Co, IN
Census:  1910, Carpenter-lumbermill in Rushville, Rush Co, IN
More About SARAH C. SIMMONS:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN

      ii.  VAN ELIAS GRIFFITH, b. 1867, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. 1868, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.
More About VAN ELIAS GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Rush Co

      iii.  CAROLINE GRIFFITH, b. 1870, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. 1935, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN (never married).
More About CAROLINE GRIFFITH:

Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.

3.  MARTIN D.³ GRIFFITH (JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 1839 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN, and died 1878 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.  He married ELLEN MONTANE November 04, 1875 in Rush Co, IN.  She died 1877 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.
More About MARTIN D. GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Rush Co
More About ELLEN MONTANE:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Rush Co

Child of MARTIN GRIFFITH and ELLEN MONTANE is:
      i.  CLARK D.⁴ GRIFFITH, b. 1876, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. 1887, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.
More About CLARK D. GRIFFITH:

Burial:  Moscow Cem, Rush Co.

4.  CAROLINE³ GRIFFITH (JOHN², JOHN¹) was born December 15, 1842 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN, and died April 12, 1868 in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.  She married ISAAC SLIFER October 08, 1863 in Rush Co, IN, son of ABSOLOM SLIFER and SUSAN //.  He was born September 1837 in IN.
More About CAROLINE GRIFFITH:
Burial:  Moscow Cem, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN
More About ISAAC SLIFER:
Census:  1870, Farmer in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN
Census1:  1880, Farmer, living w/parents Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN

Children of CAROLINE GRIFFITH and ISAAC SLIFER are:
      i.  CASSIE ELIZABETH⁴ SLIFER, b. Abt. 1865, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; m. PLEASANT M. BENTLEY, October 01, 1884, Rush Co, IN.
More About CASSIE ELIZABETH SLIFER:
Census:  1880, Living w/Slifer grandparents in Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN

      ii.  JOHN F. SLIFER, b. Abt. 1866, Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN; d. of Marion Co, Kansas 1888.
More About JOHN F. SLIFER:
Census:  1880, Living w/ Slifer grandparents Orange Twp, Rush Co, IN.

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