GUILFORD COUNTY, NC - OBITS - William L. Griffith - 1880 ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bradford Griffith bgrif@attglobal.net *************************************************************** Obituary of William L. GRIFFITH, from the Cleveland, Tennessee, Banner, 09 July 1880. Died, in this county, 8 miles east of Cleveland, on the 3d instant, William L. Griffith, with the dropsy, after long and painful suffering, which he bore with much fortitude, and retaining his senses until the last. The deceased was born in Gilford (sic) County, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 1800, and emigrated to Tennessee in 1825, where he has remained ever since. He embraced religion when 21 years old and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church, where he lived a peaceable and consistent member; his desire was to live no longer, and was only waiting the Lord's will to be done--while on his death bed he so expressed himself--as being the silent instrumentality of many of his early associates who made progressions and outstripped him to the good world. He is gone to that heavenly home, To meet kindred ones in eternal bliss, Who recently passed through the tomb, There with Jesus ever to rest.