. M. GRIFFITH, AGED PATRIOT, CROSSES DIVIDE
Surviving his wife by only two weeks, J. M. Griffith, Civil war veteran and Bellingham pioneer, died Sunday at the age of 85 years. Mrs. Griffith passed away on April 7. Mr. Griffith was at various time adjutant of the J. B. Steadman post of the G. A. R. and patriotic instructor in the city schools. He had lived here since the late eighties. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Riste and Mrs. Florence Griffith Hannan, of Seattle; two sisters, Margaret Griffith and Mrs. Mary Smyser, and five grandchildren, living in Pennsylvania. The funeral services will be held at O. R. Hollingsworth's funeral home Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., with the Rev. Duncan McPhail, pastor of the First Baptist church, an old personal friend, officiating, assisted by members of the J. B. Steadman post, No. 24.
Mr. Griffith was born in York, Penn., in 1837. When the Civil war broke out he was a student at Delaware college. He enlisted in the 87th Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. While recovering from a bullet would and an amputated thumb, he studied in a military academy in Philadelphia and while in that city he met Miss Susan Bowman, to whom he was later married. Mr. Griffith was one of the first members of the First Congregational church. He was a familiar figure in Bellingham, where his friends were legion.
(From The Bellingham Herald, April 23, 1923)
Surviving his wife by only two weeks, J. M. Griffith, Civil war veteran and Bellingham pioneer, died Sunday at the age of 85 years. Mrs. Griffith passed away on April 7. Mr. Griffith was at various time adjutant of the J. B. Steadman post of the G. A. R. and patriotic instructor in the city schools. He had lived here since the late eighties. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Riste and Mrs. Florence Griffith Hannan, of Seattle; two sisters, Margaret Griffith and Mrs. Mary Smyser, and five grandchildren, living in Pennsylvania. The funeral services will be held at O. R. Hollingsworth's funeral home Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., with the Rev. Duncan McPhail, pastor of the First Baptist church, an old personal friend, officiating, assisted by members of the J. B. Steadman post, No. 24.
Mr. Griffith was born in York, Penn., in 1837. When the Civil war broke out he was a student at Delaware college. He enlisted in the 87th Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. While recovering from a bullet would and an amputated thumb, he studied in a military academy in Philadelphia and while in that city he met Miss Susan Bowman, to whom he was later married. Mr. Griffith was one of the first members of the First Congregational church. He was a familiar figure in Bellingham, where his friends were legion.
(From The Bellingham Herald, April 23, 1923)
. M. GRIFFITH, AGED PATRIOT, CROSSES DIVIDE
Surviving his wife by only two weeks, J. M. Griffith, Civil war veteran and Bellingham pioneer, died Sunday at the age of 85 years. Mrs. Griffith passed away on April 7. Mr. Griffith was at various time adjutant of the J. B. Steadman post of the G. A. R. and patriotic instructor in the city schools. He had lived here since the late eighties. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Riste and Mrs. Florence Griffith Hannan, of Seattle; two sisters, Margaret Griffith and Mrs. Mary Smyser, and five grandchildren, living in Pennsylvania. The funeral services will be held at O. R. Hollingsworth's funeral home Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., with the Rev. Duncan McPhail, pastor of the First Baptist church, an old personal friend, officiating, assisted by members of the J. B. Steadman post, No. 24.
Mr. Griffith was born in York, Penn., in 1837. When the Civil war broke out he was a student at Delaware college. He enlisted in the 87th Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. While recovering from a bullet would and an amputated thumb, he studied in a military academy in Philadelphia and while in that city he met Miss Susan Bowman, to whom he was later married. Mr. Griffith was one of the first members of the First Congregational church. He was a familiar figure in Bellingham, where his friends were legion.
(From The Bellingham Herald, April 23, 1923)
Surviving his wife by only two weeks, J. M. Griffith, Civil war veteran and Bellingham pioneer, died Sunday at the age of 85 years. Mrs. Griffith passed away on April 7. Mr. Griffith was at various time adjutant of the J. B. Steadman post of the G. A. R. and patriotic instructor in the city schools. He had lived here since the late eighties. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Riste and Mrs. Florence Griffith Hannan, of Seattle; two sisters, Margaret Griffith and Mrs. Mary Smyser, and five grandchildren, living in Pennsylvania. The funeral services will be held at O. R. Hollingsworth's funeral home Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., with the Rev. Duncan McPhail, pastor of the First Baptist church, an old personal friend, officiating, assisted by members of the J. B. Steadman post, No. 24.
Mr. Griffith was born in York, Penn., in 1837. When the Civil war broke out he was a student at Delaware college. He enlisted in the 87th Pennsylvania regiment and served three years. While recovering from a bullet would and an amputated thumb, he studied in a military academy in Philadelphia and while in that city he met Miss Susan Bowman, to whom he was later married. Mr. Griffith was one of the first members of the First Congregational church. He was a familiar figure in Bellingham, where his friends were legion.
(From The Bellingham Herald, April 23, 1923)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
