On stone with wife Hattie Alice Smith Griffin
C. W. Griffin, president of the Griffin Broom Company, died at his home, 502 East Chestnut street, at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been in failing health for several months, suffering from cancer, which was the cause of his death. For the past three weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. They will be conducted by its pastor, Dr. W. A. Keve, and W. M. Gray. The sermon will be by Rev. Gray. The Grand Army of the Republic will take part.
Mr. Griffin would have been 76 years old Thursday of next week, having been born
June 23, 1845, in Franklin county, Vermont. He was a Civil War veteran, enlisting in Company K of the Seventeenth Illinois infantry and being honorably discharged after serving three years of service.
Immediately after quitting the army he came to Kansas and in 1866 homesteaded 160 acres of virgin soil in Woodson county, seven miles northwest of Humboldt.
On September 7, 1867, he married Harriet Alice Smith in Iola. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters---Agnes May, Theodore Rush, Harriet Olive, Mrs. H. A. Baxley, Calvin Willard, and Frank Burr. Mrs. Griffin died several years ago, and one daughter, Agnes May is also dead.
Mr. Griffin moved to Chanute in April of 1910 and started the manufacturing of brooms in a small way. The business grew to such proportions that it was necessary to enlarge the building and in May of 1919 at his instance the Griffin Broom Company was organized. He became its president and continued to act in this capacity until his death.
He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. W. I. McReynolds (daughter) and family, 418 East Chestnut street; F. B. Griffin (son) and family, 416 East Chestnut street; Mrs. William Baxley (daughter) and family of Tulare, Cali; C. Garrison, husband of Agnes May, deceased (daugthter) and family of Tulare, Cali; Theodore Rush Griffin and Calvin Willard Griffin (sons) of the home address.
Mr. Griffin was well and favorably known throughout this section of Kansas.
He was a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The Chanute Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 18, 1921, Pg. 1
C. W. Griffin, president of the Griffin Broom Company, died at his home, 502 East Chestnut street, at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been in failing health for several months, suffering from cancer, which was the cause of his death. For the past three weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. They will be conducted by its pastor, Dr. W. A. Keve, and W. M. Gray. The sermon will be by Rev. Gray. The Grand Army of the Republic will take part.
Mr. Griffin would have been 76 years old Thursday of next week, having been born
June 23, 1845, in Franklin county, Vermont. He was a Civil War veteran, enlisting in Company K of the Seventeenth Illinois infantry and being honorably discharged after serving three years of service.
Immediately after quitting the army he came to Kansas and in 1866 homesteaded 160 acres of virgin soil in Woodson county, seven miles northwest of Humboldt.
On September 7, 1867, he married Harriet Alice Smith in Iola. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters---Agnes May, Theodore Rush, Harriet Olive, Mrs. H. A. Baxley, Calvin Willard, and Frank Burr. Mrs. Griffin died several years ago, and one daughter, Agnes May is also dead.
Mr. Griffin moved to Chanute in April of 1910 and started the manufacturing of brooms in a small way. The business grew to such proportions that it was necessary to enlarge the building and in May of 1919 at his instance the Griffin Broom Company was organized. He became its president and continued to act in this capacity until his death.
He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. W. I. McReynolds (daughter) and family, 418 East Chestnut street; F. B. Griffin (son) and family, 416 East Chestnut street; Mrs. William Baxley (daughter) and family of Tulare, Cali; C. Garrison, husband of Agnes May, deceased (daugthter) and family of Tulare, Cali; Theodore Rush Griffin and Calvin Willard Griffin (sons) of the home address.
Mr. Griffin was well and favorably known throughout this section of Kansas.
He was a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The Chanute Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 18, 1921, Pg. 1
On stone with wife Hattie Alice Smith Griffin
C. W. Griffin, president of the Griffin Broom Company, died at his home, 502 East Chestnut street, at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been in failing health for several months, suffering from cancer, which was the cause of his death. For the past three weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. They will be conducted by its pastor, Dr. W. A. Keve, and W. M. Gray. The sermon will be by Rev. Gray. The Grand Army of the Republic will take part.
Mr. Griffin would have been 76 years old Thursday of next week, having been born
June 23, 1845, in Franklin county, Vermont. He was a Civil War veteran, enlisting in Company K of the Seventeenth Illinois infantry and being honorably discharged after serving three years of service.
Immediately after quitting the army he came to Kansas and in 1866 homesteaded 160 acres of virgin soil in Woodson county, seven miles northwest of Humboldt.
On September 7, 1867, he married Harriet Alice Smith in Iola. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters---Agnes May, Theodore Rush, Harriet Olive, Mrs. H. A. Baxley, Calvin Willard, and Frank Burr. Mrs. Griffin died several years ago, and one daughter, Agnes May is also dead.
Mr. Griffin moved to Chanute in April of 1910 and started the manufacturing of brooms in a small way. The business grew to such proportions that it was necessary to enlarge the building and in May of 1919 at his instance the Griffin Broom Company was organized. He became its president and continued to act in this capacity until his death.
He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. W. I. McReynolds (daughter) and family, 418 East Chestnut street; F. B. Griffin (son) and family, 416 East Chestnut street; Mrs. William Baxley (daughter) and family of Tulare, Cali; C. Garrison, husband of Agnes May, deceased (daugthter) and family of Tulare, Cali; Theodore Rush Griffin and Calvin Willard Griffin (sons) of the home address.
Mr. Griffin was well and favorably known throughout this section of Kansas.
He was a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The Chanute Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 18, 1921, Pg. 1
C. W. Griffin, president of the Griffin Broom Company, died at his home, 502 East Chestnut street, at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been in failing health for several months, suffering from cancer, which was the cause of his death. For the past three weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. They will be conducted by its pastor, Dr. W. A. Keve, and W. M. Gray. The sermon will be by Rev. Gray. The Grand Army of the Republic will take part.
Mr. Griffin would have been 76 years old Thursday of next week, having been born
June 23, 1845, in Franklin county, Vermont. He was a Civil War veteran, enlisting in Company K of the Seventeenth Illinois infantry and being honorably discharged after serving three years of service.
Immediately after quitting the army he came to Kansas and in 1866 homesteaded 160 acres of virgin soil in Woodson county, seven miles northwest of Humboldt.
On September 7, 1867, he married Harriet Alice Smith in Iola. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters---Agnes May, Theodore Rush, Harriet Olive, Mrs. H. A. Baxley, Calvin Willard, and Frank Burr. Mrs. Griffin died several years ago, and one daughter, Agnes May is also dead.
Mr. Griffin moved to Chanute in April of 1910 and started the manufacturing of brooms in a small way. The business grew to such proportions that it was necessary to enlarge the building and in May of 1919 at his instance the Griffin Broom Company was organized. He became its president and continued to act in this capacity until his death.
He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. W. I. McReynolds (daughter) and family, 418 East Chestnut street; F. B. Griffin (son) and family, 416 East Chestnut street; Mrs. William Baxley (daughter) and family of Tulare, Cali; C. Garrison, husband of Agnes May, deceased (daugthter) and family of Tulare, Cali; Theodore Rush Griffin and Calvin Willard Griffin (sons) of the home address.
Mr. Griffin was well and favorably known throughout this section of Kansas.
He was a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic.
The Chanute Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 18, 1921, Pg. 1
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