Fred Anderson Griffith (1888 - 1955)

Born 28 Feb 1888 in Broughton, Hamilton, Illinois, United States

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Died 1955 at about age 66 in Piggott, Clay, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Fred was born in 1888^[1][2]. Fred Griffith ... He passed away about 1955.^[3]

Living members of the family say Fred was working at building a RR near Shirley, Arkansas, became friends with a local farmer, Lonnie Melton. After Lonnie Melton passed away, Fred married the widow, Mae, with two sons. In 1922, the farm was lost to back taxes and they moved (by covered wagon) east to Bomer, Arkansas. They were share croppers farming, untill they retired and moved to Piggott, Arkansas.

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Died 06 JUL 1955. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, USA. Cause: Heart disease.

Buried 07 JUL 1955. Piggott Cemetery, Piggott, Arkansas, USA.

Census: 1940

Military Service: NO.

Alias: FRED.

Occupation: Farmer.

Note: #N27. #H56.

Notes

Note H56Time of death was 4:30 pm burial was 7/71955. Missouri state file # 21294 filed July 19, 1955.

Baptised in 1941 Services Piggott Church of Christ at 2 PM Thurs by Glenn Mc Doniel. Buried in Piggott cemetery with Russell Mortuary in charge.

1940 census http:/search.ancestry.com/cgi-binsse.dll?ssrc=pt_t63322349_p481042944.

1900 Mayberry, Hamilton, IL. USA, US Federal Census

Note N27Fred moved to Shirley to work on the RR from (McClaners Bow Cty?) Ill.

1910 RR Depot built in Shirley.

1911 Shirley Incorporated.

Grandpa slept in the bed with 2 of his brothers and they died in the bed with him and he was so sick he didn't know until he got better. They kept a stove rolling hot cause they thought they had to be kept warm. Papa said he kept his face toward the window and got fresh air is why they think he lived because he was getting fresh air cause there was a whole in the side of the window. This was told to me by his youngest Wilma.

1900 Mayberry, IL age 12.

Died 06 JUL 1955. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, USA. Cause: Heart disease.

Buried 07 JUL 1955. Piggott Cemetery, Piggott, Arkansas, USA.

Census: 1840 Swian, Clay, Arkansas.

Military Service: NO.

Alias: FRED.

Occupation: Farmer.

Note: #N27. #H56.

Notes

Note H56Time of death was 4:30 pm burial was 7/71955. Missouri state file # 21294 filed July 19, 1955.

Baptised in 1941 Services Piggott Church of Christ at 2 PM Thurs by Glenn Mc Doniel. Buried in Piggott cemetery with Russell Mortuary in charge.

1940 census http:/search.ancestry.com/cgi-binsse.dll?ssrc=pt_t63322349_p481042944.

1900 Mayberry, Hamilton, IL.

Note N27Fred and Lonnie moved to Shirley to work on the RR from (McClaners Bow Cty?) Ill.

1910 RR Depot built in Shirley.

1911 Shirley Incorporated.

Grandpa slept in the bed with 2 of his brothers and they died in the bed with him and he was so sick he didn't know until he got better. They kept a stove rolling hot cause they thought they had to be kept warm. Papa said he kept his face toward the window and got fresh air is why they think he lived because he was getting fresh air cause there was a whole in the side of the window. This was told to me by his youngest Wilma.

1900 Mayberry, IL age 12.

Fred Griffith ... He passed away about 1955.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K354-35X : 12 December 2014), Fred Anderson Griffith, 1917-1918; citing Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,530,648.
2. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4M8-CN8 : 8 April 2016), Fred Anderson Griffith, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
4. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFL-6Z2 : accessed 6 September 2017), Fred Griffith, Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 131, sheet 4B, line 71, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 83; FHL microfilm 1,820,083.
• 1930 US Census, Clay County, Arkansas
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVH-8C9 : accessed 6 September 2017), Fred Griffith, Swain Township, Clay, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-35, sheet 8A, line 35, family 31, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 124.