Elisabeth (Wilkinson) Griffith (1803 - 1878)

Born Aug 1803 in Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Griffith — married [date unknown] in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1878 at about age 75 in Grays Mill, West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1803. She passed away in 1878.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Here he (Joseph Griffith) met Eliza Wilkinson, the daughter of Captain John E. Wilkinson of the English army. Captain Wilkinson had married Lady Alice McKinstry, a daughter of Lady McKinstry, of Scotland. Strangely enough Miss Wilkinson was also a native of county Antrim, Ireland, having been born there during her parents' sojourn in that country. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were married in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1829, and some years after his marriage he brought his young wife to the United States, and settled in Sharpsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where they made their home. This was in the year 1836, and here Mr. Griffith found employment for two years. He went in 1838 to McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and ten years later to Deer Creek township in Allegheny county, at a point where the town of Russelton now stands. Here he purchased a tract of land of some one hundred and fifty-six acres upon which he made his home until his death in the year 1882, on April 8th. To him and Mrs. Griffith were born eleven children, six sons and five daughters, of whom our subject is now the only survivor. One of his sons, James, served in the Federal Army during the Civil War, and gave his life in the cause of Union, dying in 1862 at Fort Delaware.

Sources

• ancestry.com
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 1, p. 464-465)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 34-35)
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2019), memorial page for Elisabeth Wilkinson Griffith (Aug 1803–19 Aug 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #154729550, citing Walter Chapel Cemetery, Cheswick, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Pam Geibel (contributor 48099168) .