William James Griffith was the second of ten children of Hezekiah Griffith and Millicent Beers. He was born April 26, 1814 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York.
William died October 21, 1886.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP8D-DJQ : accessed 2016-08-24), entry for William Joseph /Griffith/.
"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins and Sardinia, Erie County, New York", by Erasmus Briggs. Rochester N.Y.: Union and Advertiser Company's Print, 1883.
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