Iowa Family Group Sheet for James GRIFFTH Prepared by Marilou West Ficklin (terrulian@nccn.net) 4 August 2005 HUSBAND: James GRIFFITH Born: 11 December 1801 in VA [1, 8-11] Died: 27 April 1884 in Chicago, Cook County, IL [1,3] Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago [1] Father: Joseph Griffith [14] Mother: Catherine [unknown] [14] WIFE: Elizabeth Mary HALL Born 12 April 1805 in OH [2, 8-11] Died: 23 September 1891 in: Chicago, Cook County, IL [2,4] Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago [2] Father: William HALL [16] Mother: Jane LANE [16] Marriage Date: 11 January 1825 Marriage Place: Knox County, OH [5] Children: Child 1. Catherine GRIFFITH, female [13] Born: 1827 in: Bladensburg, Knox County, OH [8,17,18] Died: [abt. 1879, Quincy, Adams County, IL] [16] Buried: [ Quincy ,IL] [16] Spouse: Orson West [17-19] Marriage date: abt. 1850; Marriage Place: unknown Child 2. Rachel GRIFFITH, female [13] Born: 25 Mar 1832 in: Bladensburg, Knox Co., OH Died: unknown Buried: unknown Spouse: Pleasant Morris HARLAN [7,8,11] Marriage date: 28 Sep 1858; Marriage Place: Quincy, Adams, County, IL [7] Child 3. William H.GRIFFITH, male Born: abt. 1838 in OH [8,9] Died: unknown Buried: unknown Spouse: Sarah GRIFFITH [6] Marriage date: Unknown; Marriage Place: unknown Child 4. James GRIFFITH, male Born: abt. 1841 OH [8,9] Died: unknown Buried: unknown Spouse: unknown Marriage date: unknown; Marriage Place: unknown Child 5. Elizabeth GRIFFITH, female Born: abt. 1843 OH [8,9] Died: unknown Buried: unknown Spouse: unknown Marriage date: unknown Marriage Place: unknown Child 6. Cyrus GRIFFITH, male Born abt. 1845 IA [8,9,10] Died: unknown Buried: unknown Spouse: unknown Marriage date: unknown; Marriage Place: unknown Notes: James Griffith and family spent only a short time in Iowa, having come from Knox and Muskingum Counties in Ohio. Their youngest son, Cyrus, was born in Iowa in 1845. Land records show they owned land in Johnson County until about 1850.[12] It was probably in Solon that their daughter Elizabeth met Orson West whose father had platted the town of Solon. Sources: 1. James Griffith : Physician's Certificate of Death # 1884 - 39938, Cook County, IL (also gives burial place and age at death from which birth date is calculated). 2. Elizabeth [Hall] Griffith: Physician's Certificate of Death # 1891 - 5219, Cook County, IL (also gives burial place and age at death from which birth date is calculated) 3. Obituary of Dr. James Griffith, Chicago Tribune, 28 April 1884, p. 8. 4. Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep 1891, p. 3. 5. Marriage of James Griffith and [Elizabeth] Mary Hall, Knox County Probate Court Marriage Records 1808-1838, p. 117, LDS Film 1294304. 6. Marriage of William H. Griffith and Sarah Griffith in Esther Weygandt Powell, Tombstone Inscriptions and Family Records of Belmont county, Ohio (Akron OH, 1969), p. 102. 7. Birth of Rachel Griffith and her marriage to Pleasant Morris Harlan, Quincy, Adams Co. IL, cited in Alpheus H. Harlan, History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family, 1914. 8. 1850 U.S. Census for Johnson County, IA, Big Grove Township, NARA microfilm M432, page 181, line 25: James Griffith, 49, b. VA; Elizabeth 47, b. OH; Catherine, 23 b. OH; Rachel, 19 b. OH; William, 12 b. OH; James 9 b. OH; Elizabeth 7, b. OH; Cyrus 5, b. IA. 9. 1860 U.S. Census for Jackson County, MO, Kansas City, Div. 35, NARA microfilm M625, page 78, household 688: James Griffith, 59, b. MD; Elizabeth, 55, b. OH; William H. 21, b. OH; James, 20, b. OH; Elizabeth, 16, b. OH; Cyrus 15, b. IA. 10. 1870 U.S. Census for Marion County, MO, Warren Twp, Hannibal P.O. 5th dist, NARA microfilm M 593, page 608, household 176, 21 Aug. 1870: James Griffith, 69, b. VA; Elizabeth 66, b MD; Cyrus H. 25, b IA; Kate, 8 ,b. MO James W.; b. MO. 11. 1880 U.S. Census for Cook County, IL, Chicago, NARA microfilm T9-0192, page 315B, LDS Film 1254192, online version at Family History Library. James Griffith 79, b. VA,father b. MD, mother b. MD; Elizabeth Griffith, 76, b. PA, father b. MD, mother b. MD; P.M. Harland, son-in-law, 56, b. VA; Rachel Harland, daughter, 47, b. OH; T.K. Harland, granddaughter, 18, b. MO. 12. James Griffith Certificate 3117, Iowa City Land Office 16 Sept 1850 , pat 1 April 1850, nw 1/4 se 1/4 Sec 22, Twp 81N R6W, Bk 6, p. 218. Photocopy, National Archives, Textual records, Land Entry Case File, Washington, D.C. 13. Catherine and Rachel Griffith Certificate 3117, Iowa City Land Office 16 Sept 1850 , pat 1 April 1850, nw 1/4 se 1/4 Sec 22, Twp 81N R6W, Bk 6, p. 218 14. Knox County Ohio Deed Book E, p. 418, 20 Aug 1823, Joseph Griffith Jr [sic] and Catherine his wife of Belmont County, OH to James Griffith of Belmont County, OH. 15. Knox County Ohio Deed Book J-320, Obediah Hall and Amos decd to heirs,[siblings] including Elizabeth Griffith, wife of James 16. Catherine Griffith, believed buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Sec. 132, south half Bl. 11, plot purchased by Orson West in 1879, According to Quincy Woodland Cemetery, 1846-1900, Vol 4 (Quincy: Great River Genealogical Society, June 1992). No burial record has been found for Catherine . 17. U.S. Census 1870, Illinois, NARA microfilm M 593, Adams Co., Roll 186, Quincy, Ward 2 , p. 36, dwelling 253, household 270: Orson C. West, head, 43, b. NY; Catherine, wife, 43, b. OH; James, son, 18, b. MO; Alfred, son, 13, b. IL; Pleasant, son, 11, b. MO; Charlie, son, 8, b. IL; Cora, dau, 5, b. IL; Opal, dau, 3, b. IL 18. U. S. Census 1860, 2nd filming, Missouri, NARA microfilm M653, Roll 625, Jackson Co., Kansas City, Div. 35, Vol. 11, p. 89, line 17, dwelling 737, household 785, O.C. West, 38, clerk, b. NY; Catherine, 33, b. OH; James, 8, b. MO; Albert, 3, b. IL; Alfred, 3, b. IL; Pleasant M., 7 mo., b. MO 19. James Griffith West, Napa County, CA, Death Certificate, #281, gives mother's maiden name as "Griffith."