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John Owen Griffith (1807 - 1882)

John Owen Griffith
Born in Jenners, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 17 Apr 1853 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died at age 74 in Jenners, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

John was born in 1807. He is the son of Abner Griffith and Mary Owen. [1]


Year: 1850; Census Place: Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania[2]

  • John O Griffith 43/m, PA
  • Mary Griffith 17/f, PA
  • Jordon Griffith 11/m, PA
  • Samuel Griffith 7/m, PA
  • Hanah Griffith 42/f, PA

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968[3]

  • Name: John Owen Griffith (farmer)
  • Gender: Male
  • Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1853
  • Marriage Place: Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Father: Abner Griffith
  • Mother: Mary Griffith
  • Spouse: Rachel Rock
  • Spouse Father: David Blough
  • Spouse Mother: Magdalena Blough

Year: 1860; Census Place: Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania[4]

  • John O Griffith 53/m, farmer, $2500 $470, PA
  • Rachel Griffith 32/f, PA
  • Jerden Griffith 20/m, PA, school
  • Samuel Griffith 16/m, PA, school
  • Mary A Griffith 10/f, PA, school
  • Wesley Griffith 6/m, PA, school
  • Meneva Griffith 3/f, PA
  • Sarah J Griffith 1/f, PA

Sometime after April 1865 when John Griffith's second wife Rachel Blough died [5]and before 2 May 1867 Margaret Kring Cole married John Griffith. In May 1867 she is identified in the probate records of George Kring as his daughter married to John Griffith.[6]

In the 1870 census it shows John Griffith and his then wife Margaret's family as:

  • Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
  • John O Griffith Male 66 Pennsylvania
  • Margaret Griffith Female 41 Pennsylvania
  • Wesley Griffith Male 16 Pennsylvania
  • Minerva Griffith Female 14 Pennsylvania
  • Sarah J Griffith Female 9 Pennsylvania
  • Emma L Griffith Female 8 Pennsylvania
  • Margaret Cole Female 9 Pennsylvania[7]

In the 1880 census in Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania, it shows John and Margaret and his daughter Emma Griffith living with them.[8]

On 1 July 1890 Margaret Griffith, shown as widow of William H. Cole gets a pension for his Civil War service. William had served as a Teamster 2 M Dept. usv or usr (can't read the last letter for sure)[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55829154 John Owen Griffith
  2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_828; Page: 98A; Image: 195; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry
  3. ↑ Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968; Original data: Marriage Records. Pennsylvania Marriages. Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania. Ancestry
  4. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1183; Page: 242; Family History Library Film: 805183; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Ancestry
  5. ↑ findagrave.com.
  6. ↑ Orphan's Court of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 02 May 1867
  7. ↑ United States Census, 1870
  8. ↑ United States Census, 1880
  9. ↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
  • "Griffith Family", History of Cambria County Pennsylvania by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907, Vol. 3 pgs 362-367
  • Orphan's Court of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 02 May 1867
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVD-M4V : 16 July 2017), Margaret Griffith in household of John O Griffith, Jenner, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 10, sheet 315A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,195.
  • U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 for Margaret Griffith. Pension 427809.




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