Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Griffith, Joshua September 6, 1822

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JOSHUA GRIFFITH, one of the careful farmers and highly respected citizens of Mt.
Pleasant township, is a son of Daniel and Mary (Newill) Griffith and was born in
Mt. Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, Pa., September 6, 1822. His paternal
grandfather, Abijah Griffith, was a resident of Mt. Pleasant township for many
years and was engaged in the common agricultural pursuits of his day. His
maternal grandfather, Thomas Newill, was a descendant of the old and early
settled Newill family of Mt. Pleasant township. He was born and reared on his
father's farm, attended the early schools of the first quarter of the eighteenth
century and engaged in farming, which was the common occupation of the settlers
of that day in Westmoreland county. He died on the farm now owned by the subject
of this sketch. Daniel Griffith (father) was born in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. He was reared on1 a farm, received his education in old
subscription schools and followed farming till his death. He married Mary
Newill, by whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters: John (dead);
Joshua, Elizabeth and Jane.

    Joshua Griffith was reared in his native township and trained to all kinds
of farmwork. He attended the rural schools and after obtaining what was
considered at that day a fair education he engaged in his present business of
farming and stock-raising. He owns ninety-five acres of good land which he keeps
in first-class order. His farm is situated near the young and rising town of
Keckshurg.

    Joshua Griffith married Elizabeth Mathias. To Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were
born four children, two sons and two daughters: Henry married Amy Barnhart,
follows teaching and is now serving as auditor of Mt. Pleasant township; Emily,
wife of James Obley, who is engaged in farming; Lincoln (dead); and David, who
is attending the “Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute.”

    Politically Joshua Griffith is a republican.  He is a member of Mt. Pleasant
Presbyterian church, which was known in old times as the “Middle church.”


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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