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Elijah (Jonah) Griffith 1839–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1839

Birth Location: Wayne, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 1930

Death Location: Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA

Father: Jonah Griffith

Mother: Sarah Merriman

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Elijah (Jonah) Griffith was born in 1839 in Wayne, Ohio, USA, the child of Jonah G Asa Griffith And Sarah Elijah Merriman. Elijah (Jonah) Griffith passed away in 1930 in Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah (Jonah) Griffith was born in 1839 in Wayne, Ohio, USA, the child of Jonah G Asa Griffith And Sarah Elijah Merriman.
  • Elijah (Jonah) Griffith passed away in 1930 in Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA.

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Elijah Griffith's Ancestors

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Elijah Griffith
1839–1930
Birth Place: Wayne, Ohio, USA
Parents
Jonah G. (Asa) Griffith
1810–1877
Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah ((Elijah)) Merriman
1812–1892
Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Asa Griffith
1785–1853
Warrington, York, Pennsylvania, USA
Jane Blair
1784–1843
York, York, Pennsylvania, USA
Elijah ((William)) Merriman
1788–1834
Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (N) McCoy
1792–1870
Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William II
1756–1844
Elizabeth Merriman
1760–1830
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Griffith's Timeline

3 Records

1839
1839
Birth of Elijah (Jonah) Griffith in Wayne, Ohio, USA
Wayne, Ohio, USA
1929
29 Dec 1929
Age 90
Death of Elijah (Jonah) Griffith in Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
1930
1930
Age 91
Death of Elijah (Jonah) Griffith in Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA
Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1839
    Event Place: Wayne, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Dec 1929
    Event Place: Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA

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