GRIFFITH BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GRIFFITH, Daniel P. - b: 1855 Louisa Co, IA
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 570
residence: Springfield Twp

Daniel P. Griffith, proprietor of a fine farm of 196 acres located in sections 27 
and 22 of Springfield township, is one of the successful live stock producers and 
feeders of Henry County. He was born in Louisa County, Iowa, March 30, 1855, the 
son of Isaac and Rebecca (Parris) Griffith, to whom nine children were born. 
Isaac Griffith was born in West Virginia in 1813 and went to Ohio when a young 
man. Not long after settling in Ohio he located in Iowa, where he was married. In 
1868 he came to Missouri and bought a farm in Benton County, becoming owner of 
200 acres of land which was his home until his death in 1878. The youthful days 
of Isaac Griffith were spent in poverty and he made his own way in the world. 
Having been left an orphan when a child, he was reared by a colored woman until 
he was able to make his own way. Mrs. Rebecca Griffith was born in New Jersey 
in 1821 and departed this life in 1877. Daniel P. Griffith was reared to young 
manhood on the farm in Benton County and he purchased a part of the old home 
place. His start in life was not auspicious, having began his career with a team 
of horses purchased on time and no money. He sold out his holdings in Benton 
County in 1885 and came to Henry County, where he purchased his farm and made 
good improvements thereon. For a period of ten years he operated the Thrush 
Mercantile Store. Mr. Griffith was married on March 2, 1884, to Mollie Strader, 
who was born in Tennessee March 2, 1863, the daughter of Jesse Strader, an 
early settler in Henry County, who later went to Oklahoma and died in that State. 
Four children have been born to Daniel P. and Mollie Griffith, as follow: Mrs. Ethel 
Cheatham, Buckner, Kansas, is the mother of two children, Paul and Uel; Sherman, 
was born February 15, 1888, married February 17, 1913, to May Schoonover, and 
has one child, Alma, resides on the home place; Horace, born April 16, 1892, a 
soldier in the National Army, member of the 110th Ammunition Train, now on the 
western front in France, and Leota, at home. Mr. Griffith is a Republican and has 
served as justice of the peace in Springfield township. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Griffith's success has been mainly due to the 
feeding and raising of live stock, his annual sales of live stock fed on his place 
exceeding three carloads. He is a progressive and enterprising citizen who stands 
high in his community.

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