James Griffith and Margaret Thompson

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Husband James Griffith ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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       Marriage:  - Ireland

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Wife Margaret Thompson ¹

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Children

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1 M Hugh C. Griffith ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 5 Nov 1829 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Isabel Lewis (      -Aft 1890) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Griffith

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He was born in Ireland, and before leaving his native country married his wife, with whom he emigrated to the United States and settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He and his wife had seven children, of whom four sons and two daughters grew to manhood and womanhood; three of the sons were still living in 1890.

He was a common laborer, but he was endowed with that peculiarity of his race—a combination of strong intelligence and a high sense of honor. He believed in the principles of the Democratic party, and was a man of good judgment and excellent ideas of citizenship.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 56.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 92.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 768.