OBIT: Charles GRIFFIN, 1918, formerly of Blair County, PA

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REV. GRIFFIN, M. E. MINISTER, PASSES AWAY

  A telegram to the Times, from Mrs. Rev. Charles Griffin, of Glenhope, 
last night brought the news of the death of her husband, Rev. Charles 
Griffin at that place on Wednesday afternoon.
  The telegram brought no other information except that he was aged 65 
years, and that funeral announcements would be made later.  Rev. 
Griffin was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and was well 
known in this city, having been connected with the Fifth Avenue church 
in this city at one time, and with the Methodist church at Eldorado.  
In 1914 he was assigned to the Frankstown charge, which he held for 
four years, being transferred to the Glenhope charge at the last 
general conference.
  While at Frankstown, Rev. Griffin filled the pulpits of the four 
churches on the charge, Canoe Creek, Frankstown, McKee and Claysburg.  
It was during his pastorate on this charge, that the new church was 
erected at Claysburg, and he left the charge in the most flourishing 
condition that it has been in for many years.
  By birth, he was an Englishman, from where he came to America, 
spending some time in Canada, where he was married, in Toronto.  He was 
not a great pulpit orator but was a good pastor and was much devoted to 
his work and spent his entire time ministering to his people.  The 
cause of death was not stated in the message.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Friday Morning, December 20, 1918