William A. Griffith and Mary Turney

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Husband William A. Griffith ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1862 - Buena Vista, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hugh C. Griffith (1829-      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Isabel Lewis (      -Aft 1890) 1 2

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       Marriage: 5 Nov 1884 1

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Wife Mary Turney ¹

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         Father: Adam J. Turney (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Emma Eyster (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M James Hazlett Griffith ¹

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           Born: 23 Sep 1885 1
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2 F Elizabeth Turney Griffith ¹

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           Born: 23 Oct 1887 1
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General Notes: Husband - William A. Griffith

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He received his education in the public schools, the normals at Greensburg and the Southwestern State Normal School at California, PA. At the age of seventeen he began to teach and continued in that work until he was twentytwo. For two years he was principal of the public schools at Penn Station, and for two years vice-principal of the schools of Greensburg, PA. In 1882 he entered the law office of Hazlett & Williams, where he did clerical work until October 9, 1883, when he was registered as a law student. He was admitted to the bar April 3, 1886, and September 1 of the same year formed a partnership with V. E. Williams (one of his preceptors), under the firm name of Williams & Griffith.

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

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

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

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 16.