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Isaiah GRIFFIN

Isaiah GRIFFIN

Male 1836 - 1923  (87 years)

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  • Name Isaiah GRIFFIN 
    Born 17 Jan 1836  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Birthplace given in his 1860 marriage record as Fayette County, Pennsylvania, but in his 1895 marriage record as Greene County, Pennsylvania..
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 7] 
    Died 18 Apr 1923  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Mole Hill Cemetery, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I118345  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2021 

    Father Thomas GRIFFIN,   b. 13 Jun 1810, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1885  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth CASEMAN,   b. 13 Sep 1813, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1892, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F23243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth DOAK,   b. 30 Sep 1839, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1891, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 4 Oct 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Eliza GRIFFIN,   b. Jul 1862,   d. 1941  (Age ~ 78 years)
     2. Ida Belle GRIFFIN,   b. Feb 1864,   d. 1936  (Age ~ 71 years)
     3. Edgar W. GRIFFIN,   b. 1867,   d. 1967  (Age 100 years)
     4. Cora E. GRIFFIN,   b. 2 Nov 1873, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1927, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. Mary Thomas GRIFFIN,   b. 12 Feb 1880, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1964, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Bertha GRIFFIN,   b. May 1884,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Family ID F50599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Jane GRIM,   b. 22 May 1860, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1910, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  [9] 
    Married 27 Oct 1895  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10] 
    Notes 
    • Following the 1891 death of his first wife, Elizabeth Doak, Isaiah Griffin married her niece, Elizabeth Jane Grim Richards, widow of George W. Richards..

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      Isaiah Griffin, 64, b. Jan 1836, farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 40, b. May 1860, married 4 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Earl, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Eliza, 37, b. Jul 1862, single; dau Bertha, 16, b. May 1884; stepdau Ella Richard, 15, b. Sep 1884; stepson Homer Richard, 13, b. May 1887, farm laborer. All born in West Virginia except for Isaiah, born in Pennsylvania.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerateed on Apr 25 1910:
      Isaiah Griffin, 74, farmer, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Elizabeth J, 49, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Eliza, 47, single; dau Bertha, 25, single; son Earl, 12; dau Opal, 7; son Homer Richards, 22, single, no occupation.
    Children 
     1. Earl GRIFFIN,   b. 2 Jul 1897, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1982, Pampa, Gray Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Opal GRIFFIN,   b. 1903,   d. 1957  (Age 54 years)
    Documents
    118345_IsaiahGriffin_ElizabethJGrimRichards_MarriageRecord_27Oct1895.jpg    		118345_IsaiahGriffin_ElizabethJGrimRichards_MarriageRecord_27Oct1895.jpg
    Family ID F50603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mole Hill Cemetery, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    3. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 9, Line 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038251&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    5. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    6. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    7. [S2197] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    8. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 9, Line 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038251&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Isaiah Griffin, single, farmer, age 24, b. Fayette Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Griffin; and Elizabeth Doak, single, 21, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Alexander & Eliza Doak. Married on Oct 4 1860 in Tyler County, officiated by William James.

    9. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    10. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12041450&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Isaiah Griffin, 59, b. Greee Co Pennsylvania, res. Ritchie Co; and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Richards, 35, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Oct 27 1895 "at Residence of Samuel Grimm," officiated by D. A. McGinnis, a Minister of the M. E. Church.