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Mary M. <I>Griffith</I> Arthur

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Mary M. Griffith Arthur

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
17 Aug 1908 (aged 77)
Saltillo, Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Burial
Saltillo, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Mary was the daughter of Greenberry (G B) Griffith and Fathia Rhodes. After Fathia died G. B. married Frances Jane Smith. Mary had 2 brothers, David C. R. Griffith and Jessie Terrell Griffith and one sister Nancy Evelyn Griffith Holbert. Her half sister was Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffith Brem and her half brother was John Taylor Griffith. They all moved to Texas with the Arthur's in about 1855.
Mary and John married in 1849 in Franklin County, VA. They moved to Texas from Virginia in a covered wagon. The Arthur's were among the first founders of Saltillo and Mary was one of the pioneer women and after her husband John died in 1882 she raised their youngest son Henry Dow who was my grandfather. She was my great grandmother and her step mother, Frances Smith Griffith, was my great great aunt.
Mary was the daughter of Greenberry (G B) Griffith and Fathia Rhodes. After Fathia died G. B. married Frances Jane Smith. Mary had 2 brothers, David C. R. Griffith and Jessie Terrell Griffith and one sister Nancy Evelyn Griffith Holbert. Her half sister was Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffith Brem and her half brother was John Taylor Griffith. They all moved to Texas with the Arthur's in about 1855.
Mary and John married in 1849 in Franklin County, VA. They moved to Texas from Virginia in a covered wagon. The Arthur's were among the first founders of Saltillo and Mary was one of the pioneer women and after her husband John died in 1882 she raised their youngest son Henry Dow who was my grandfather. She was my great grandmother and her step mother, Frances Smith Griffith, was my great great aunt.


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  • Created by: Wanda Corn
  • Added: Feb 5, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10431529/mary_m-arthur: accessed ), memorial page for Mary M. Griffith Arthur (7 Apr 1831–17 Aug 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10431529, citing Old Saltillo Cemetery, Saltillo, Hopkins County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Wanda Corn (contributor 46777927).