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Mahala Elvira Griffith (1802 - abt. 1852)

Mahala Elvira Griffith
Born in Jackson County, Tennesseemap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 50 in Illinois, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Account by Earl Lee McLain about his Family

Grandfather Lee’s father came from Virginia and went to Tennessee and married Mahalia Griffin. (He) went to Springfield, Illinois but I do not recall the date. He had a farm just about where Springfield now is located and that is where Grandfather Lee and all his brothers and sisters were born. The two older boys, Uncle Ab (Abner Gresham Lee) and Uncle Jim (James Tilford Lee) came out to California just about the time of the gold rush, probably just before. They returned to Springfield, got the family together and started for California by ox team and covered wagon. They arrived in California in 1852. Great-Grandfather Lee took up a ranch in the Nicolaus district as did some of the boys. Grandfather Lee had a saloon in Nicolaus and it was in Nicolaus that he and Ellen Vahle were married and where our mother, Christine Lee were born as were her sisters and brother except the youngest sister. Grandfather Lee (Levi W. Lee) moved to Pentz which is 12 Miles from Magalia about 1883 and engaged in ranching. His youngest daughter, Loretta was born here and this is where our father (Elijah Luther McClain) and mother (Christine Isabel Lee McLain) were married. [1]


1850 Census, Washington County, Illinois

Gender: Female
Birth: Circa 1802
Tennessee, United States
Residence: 1850
Washington county, Washington, Illinois, USA
Age: 48
Schedule: Population
Husband (implied): George W Lee
Members of Household
Head (implied) George W Lee 53
Wife (implied) Mahala Lee 48
Son (implied) Walter C Lee 16
Daughter (implied) Mahala A E Lee 14
Daughter (implied) Isabella B Lee 12
Son (implied) Leon W Lee 9 (Note: This is likely Levi Woodbury Lee)
Son (implied) George C Lee 7
Daughter (implied) Isyphena A Lee 7[2]

Sources

  1. Account by Earl Lee McLain of his family history. Recorded as an oral history project by Mary Plasterer Mclain around 1965.
  2. Census: Township: Washington; Schedule: Population; County: Washington; Series: M432; State: Illinois; Family: 52; Date: 1850; Image: 210

Research Notes

Death Place: On the plains enroute to California, probably in Illinois.





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