Richard Tully Griswold was born in Marion county, Ohio, October 17th, 1846. He removed to Madison county, Iowa, in 1865. He was married to Violen (Viola) M. Dulebohn in Keokuk, Iowa, September 21, 1874. Came to Smith county, Kansas, in 1886, and bought the farm where he has lived ever since.
He died of la grippe January 30, 1890 at his home where he was surrounded by his family, a loving and faithful wife who sustains a great loss, one half-brother, John Griswell (Griswold), and an adopted daughter Mrs. B. Travis.
In the death of Mr. Griswold the community has sustained the loss of one of her best citizens whose voice and influence was always on the side of morality and good citizenship. It may be truthfully said that no one ever charged R. T. Griswold with an impure motive or a selfish act. May the citizenship in which his mould was cast be greatly multiplied in our community.
In his death, not only the particular church to which he belonged, but the cause of Christ has lost one of its faithful workmen. Of him it may be truthfully said he was larger in his conception of christian thought and purpose than any one church. He could and did worship in all of our churches, in the highest and best sense of the word. May the spirit of true and Christlike love and devotion which so beautifully characterized him be mightly multiplied.
It remains to be said that the death of so good a man must be the most keenly felt by the bereaved wife and other surviving relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church of which the diseased was a member. Rev. E. H. Fleisher her of that church preaching the sermon, Rev. Baay of the Presbyterian church and Rev. Platt of the Congregational church, assisting.
The text was selected by the deceased before his death and was by him given to his pastor. It is contained in the first verse of the 5th chapter of II Corinthians.
Two chief thoughts were developed. First, "The souls longing and the saints positive assurance of immortality." Second, "The incompleteness of human life without a conscious immortality."
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, February 2, 1899, Page 1
He died of la grippe January 30, 1890 at his home where he was surrounded by his family, a loving and faithful wife who sustains a great loss, one half-brother, John Griswell (Griswold), and an adopted daughter Mrs. B. Travis.
In the death of Mr. Griswold the community has sustained the loss of one of her best citizens whose voice and influence was always on the side of morality and good citizenship. It may be truthfully said that no one ever charged R. T. Griswold with an impure motive or a selfish act. May the citizenship in which his mould was cast be greatly multiplied in our community.
In his death, not only the particular church to which he belonged, but the cause of Christ has lost one of its faithful workmen. Of him it may be truthfully said he was larger in his conception of christian thought and purpose than any one church. He could and did worship in all of our churches, in the highest and best sense of the word. May the spirit of true and Christlike love and devotion which so beautifully characterized him be mightly multiplied.
It remains to be said that the death of so good a man must be the most keenly felt by the bereaved wife and other surviving relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church of which the diseased was a member. Rev. E. H. Fleisher her of that church preaching the sermon, Rev. Baay of the Presbyterian church and Rev. Platt of the Congregational church, assisting.
The text was selected by the deceased before his death and was by him given to his pastor. It is contained in the first verse of the 5th chapter of II Corinthians.
Two chief thoughts were developed. First, "The souls longing and the saints positive assurance of immortality." Second, "The incompleteness of human life without a conscious immortality."
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, February 2, 1899, Page 1
Richard Tully Griswold was born in Marion county, Ohio, October 17th, 1846. He removed to Madison county, Iowa, in 1865. He was married to Violen (Viola) M. Dulebohn in Keokuk, Iowa, September 21, 1874. Came to Smith county, Kansas, in 1886, and bought the farm where he has lived ever since.
He died of la grippe January 30, 1890 at his home where he was surrounded by his family, a loving and faithful wife who sustains a great loss, one half-brother, John Griswell (Griswold), and an adopted daughter Mrs. B. Travis.
In the death of Mr. Griswold the community has sustained the loss of one of her best citizens whose voice and influence was always on the side of morality and good citizenship. It may be truthfully said that no one ever charged R. T. Griswold with an impure motive or a selfish act. May the citizenship in which his mould was cast be greatly multiplied in our community.
In his death, not only the particular church to which he belonged, but the cause of Christ has lost one of its faithful workmen. Of him it may be truthfully said he was larger in his conception of christian thought and purpose than any one church. He could and did worship in all of our churches, in the highest and best sense of the word. May the spirit of true and Christlike love and devotion which so beautifully characterized him be mightly multiplied.
It remains to be said that the death of so good a man must be the most keenly felt by the bereaved wife and other surviving relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church of which the diseased was a member. Rev. E. H. Fleisher her of that church preaching the sermon, Rev. Baay of the Presbyterian church and Rev. Platt of the Congregational church, assisting.
The text was selected by the deceased before his death and was by him given to his pastor. It is contained in the first verse of the 5th chapter of II Corinthians.
Two chief thoughts were developed. First, "The souls longing and the saints positive assurance of immortality." Second, "The incompleteness of human life without a conscious immortality."
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, February 2, 1899, Page 1
He died of la grippe January 30, 1890 at his home where he was surrounded by his family, a loving and faithful wife who sustains a great loss, one half-brother, John Griswell (Griswold), and an adopted daughter Mrs. B. Travis.
In the death of Mr. Griswold the community has sustained the loss of one of her best citizens whose voice and influence was always on the side of morality and good citizenship. It may be truthfully said that no one ever charged R. T. Griswold with an impure motive or a selfish act. May the citizenship in which his mould was cast be greatly multiplied in our community.
In his death, not only the particular church to which he belonged, but the cause of Christ has lost one of its faithful workmen. Of him it may be truthfully said he was larger in his conception of christian thought and purpose than any one church. He could and did worship in all of our churches, in the highest and best sense of the word. May the spirit of true and Christlike love and devotion which so beautifully characterized him be mightly multiplied.
It remains to be said that the death of so good a man must be the most keenly felt by the bereaved wife and other surviving relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church of which the diseased was a member. Rev. E. H. Fleisher her of that church preaching the sermon, Rev. Baay of the Presbyterian church and Rev. Platt of the Congregational church, assisting.
The text was selected by the deceased before his death and was by him given to his pastor. It is contained in the first verse of the 5th chapter of II Corinthians.
Two chief thoughts were developed. First, "The souls longing and the saints positive assurance of immortality." Second, "The incompleteness of human life without a conscious immortality."
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, February 2, 1899, Page 1
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R.T. GRISWOLD
DIED Jan. 30, 1899
AGED 51 years. 1mo. 13 days.
He suffered much in life.
Now is free from pain, sorrow, sin and strife.
Stone base GRISWOLD
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