History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, MO
William Griffith

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri,   published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pgs. 736, 737 
Cedar County Section

William Griffith, postmaster at El Dorado Springs, is a native 
of Pike County, Mo., born in 1846, and is the third of four sons 
and five daughters, born to Judge Albert G. and Sallie P. (Pickett) 
Griffith, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively.  The 
parents emigrated from Kentucky to Pike County, Mo., about 1832, 
and there Mr. Griffith died in 1874.  Mrs. Griffith is still living.  
Her parents both died in Pike County, Mo.  Judge Albert G. Griffith 
was left fatherless when but a boy, and after growing up, he was quite 
prominent man in Pike County, Mo.  He was a farmer by occupation, was 
judge of Pike County Court from 1868 to 1872, and the last two years 
of his life was presiding judge of that county.  He was also a justice 
of the peace for six years.  He an wife were members of the Christian 
Church, as were also all the children, with the  exception of William 
Griffith.  The latter received a liberal education in the country 
schools, assisted his father on the farm, and when eighteen years of 
age, or in 1865, he joined Company K, Third Illinois Cavalry, as 
corporal, and went at once to Mississippi, where he remained until 
the war closed.  He was then sent to the northwest frontier, where 
he remained until the fall of 1865, when he was discharged.  He then 
returned home, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1874 was 
united in marriage to Miss Sallie, daughter of W. H. and Mary J. Nalley, 
natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Nalley were early settlers of Pike County, where they lived many years.    
They are now residing at Appleton City, Mo.  To Mr. Griffith and wife 
were born two children, one son (now dead) and a daughter.  In 1876 Mr. 
Griffith came to St. Clair County, Mo., where he farmed until 1880, 
after which he engaged in the lumber business.  In 1882 he came to El 
Dorado, where he engaged in the lumber business with Robinson Brothers, 
and continued at this until 1888, when he was made deputy postmaster.  
In February, 1889, he was appointed to the position of postmaster, and 
has had full charge of the office since.  He was a member of the city 
council two years, and is a member of Col. Leonard Post No. 251, G. A. R. 
In 1888 he was adjutant of the Twelfth District Veteran Association of 
the Twelfth Congressional District of Missouri.  Mrs. Griffith was born 
in 1856, and is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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