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| Dear Ancestor Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone, The name and date are chiseled out On polished marbled stone. It reaches out to all who care It is too late to mourn. You did not know that I exist. You died and I was born. Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse Entirely not our own Dear Ancestor, the place you filled One hundred years ago Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so. I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew That someday I would find this spot, And come to visit you. |
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| Desdemona Griffiths, sister to William Griffith |
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| John L. Griffiths and his cousin, Anne Evans. This photo was taken in Wales during a trip John took to visit relatives. |
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| Mabel Griffiths, sister to William Griffith |
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| William and Maude (Wheeler) Griffith with children, Edith (baby), Johnny, and Mildred |
| William, John, Mabel with baby Betty (Betty Bland), Melva Jeanette--Dot's daughter, Agnes Bruce (Barney), Bill, and Mildred |
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| This picture depicts Welsh ladies wearing typical 18th / 19th Century Welsh costume. The hat, made of black felt, has a high crown and wide brim, and is worn over a lace cap. The skirts are full and made of wool, some with a black and white check pattern. Grown up ladies would have worn a full length skirt, and a white starched apron. Proper Welsh ladies always wore black woollen stockings and black shoes. A basket, made from willow withies would often be carried. |
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| Aunt Elizabeth (Bain) and Uncle Dan Dial (sister to Margaret (Bain) Griffiths) Raised Aunt Mabel as her own upon the death of her sister, who died when Mabel was a baby |
| John, Mabel with baby Betty, and William |
| Barney, Bill, Melva Jeanette, Mildred |
| William married Maude Elsie Wheeler, on November 17, 1907. She was born January 7, 1891. The couple had 8 children. |
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| 1900 John & Agnes Griffith with children, Desdemona, William and Martha Margaret (Dot) Shattuck |
| John & Agnes Griffith at their home in Linton. They owned 2 homes, 1 in Linton and 1 in Jasonville at 210 Neal St. Both homes went to Agnes' daughter, Dot Page, upon her death. |
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| William Griffith |
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| "Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my Valley then." From How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn |
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