TAYLOR   COUNTY, GA - Obits- Dr. James Griffith

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Obituary of Rev. Dr. James Griffith published in the Southern
Christian Advocate (Macon) on Wednesday, January 24, 1872:

Reverend Dr. James Griffith died 20 Nov. 1871 at Butler, Ga. He
had served for many years as Superintendent of the Methodist
and Baptist Union Sunday School of Butler, Ga. Several
obituaries were submitted to the Southern Christian Advocate by
members of his Sunday School Class. "His readiness to mitigate,
according to his means, the sufferings of poverty, endeared him
strongly to the poor, and will cause them deeply to deplore his
loss. His consecrated life was a shining illustration of the
truth that connection with temporal pursuits need not chill the
ardor of the soul or abate its Christian sympathies. Well done,
good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord."


Notes for JAMES GRIFFITH:
) DR. JAMES GRIFFITH
Dr. James Griffith, believed to be the son of the James
Griffith listed on the 1830 census in Bibb County, Georgia was
born in 1820, in either Georgia or North Carolina. It is not
known where he attended medical school or if he studied as an
apprentice to another physician. Nor is it known exactly how he
acquired the title "Reverend but a love for preaching as well
as medicine seems to have been a characteristic. Dr. Griffith
married (1st) Jinsey Ann R. Johnson, daughter of William L. and
Lavinia Johnson, on January 9, 1848, in Crawford County,
Georgia. She died January 21, 1859, in Butler, Taylor County,
Georgia.
The following children were:
* William L., born in Crawford County, Georgia in 1849. He married Beatrice Willis.
*Howard, born in Crawford County, Georgia. He married Mary Butts.
*Ingatius Few, born in Butler, Crawford County, Georgia, on January 4, 1851. On December 12, 1871, he married Emma Pyron (or Byron). He was also a reverend. He died in Mancos, Colorado, on February 15, 1908. He is buried there next to his daughter, Hattie whom he had followed to Colorado because of ill health.
*Benjamin A., born in Taylor County Georgia, in 1853.
*Walter Johnson, born in Taylor County, Georgia, in 1853 and died at Reynolds in 1921. His wife was Alice Long.
Dr. Griffith married (2nd) Sarah Ann Johnson, daughter of William and Lavinia Johnson. There were no children. The date of marriage was February 14, 1860. She died in 1861.
Dr. Griffith married (3rd) Eva Bryant on May 6, 186. The following children were born:
* Parsons B. (1863-1907).
* Pierce, (1865-  ?  ).
*James, (1857-1894).
*Virginia, (1859-1884).