Amos Eiza Griffith (1856-1946)

GRIFFITH, MILLHONE, THROCKMORTON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 4/20/2019 at 12:20:30

AMOS EIZA GRIFFITH, minister and district superintendent in the Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, died January 23, 1946, at the home of his son, Arthur E. Griffith, Cleveland, Ohio; born in Story county, Iowa, July 17, 1856; graduated from Iowa State college at Ames in 1878, and ordained as a minister at Winterset, Iowa, September 15, 1882; took his master of science degree at Simpson college, Indianola, Iowa, in 1885, and studied later at Garrett Bible Institute at Evanston, Illinois; served as pastor of Wesley Methodist church in Des Moines, secretary of Iowa Methodist hospital and superintendent of the Iowa National Bible Training school. Des Moines; long years were spent as a minister and district superintendent, as well as a leader in Iowa Methodism. Dr. Griffith was a Scottish Rite and Thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the First Methodist church. Des Moines. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paul Millhone, Clarinda, and Mrs. Grace Throckmorton, Oskaloosa; three sons, Foss H. Griffith, Des Moines; Dudley D. Griffith, Seattle, Wash.; and Arthur E. Griffith, Cleveland; and ten grandchildren.

Citation: "Amos Eiza Griffith."The Annals of Iowa 27 (1946), 330-330.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.17077/0003-4827.6488