Sarah Smith

1851 - 1931  (80 years)

• Name	Sarah Smith
  Birth	11 Apr 1851	South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Nov 1931	South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; Obit
  Burial	13 Nov 1931	Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois Per Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I65923	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Asbury Asbery Canada Griffin,   b. 25 Aug 1843, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 2 May 1933, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; Obit (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1868	Portersville, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois
  Children	1. Effie Ellen Griffin,   b. 27 Aug 1869, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA d. 12 Mar 1947, Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)   2. Joseph Finley G. Griffin, Sr.,   b. 17 Mar 1871, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. Jun 1956, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 85 years)   3. Asbury Francis Griffin,   b. 23 Sep 1873, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 1960, Viola, Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois (Age 86 years)   4. Bert Emerson Griffin,   b. 18 Sep 1876, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 23 Jun 1968, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois (Age 91 years)   5. Cora Bell Griffin,   b. 2 Oct 1878, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 17 Nov 1878, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 0 years)   6. Nellie Griffin,   b. 17 Oct 1879, Portersville, Hampton Townsip, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 27 Mar 1881, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 1 year)   7. *Blanche Edith Griffin,   b. 5 Sep 1882, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 7 Dec 1962, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 80 years)   8. Grace May Griffin,   b. 2 May 1884, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 1 May 1961, San Jose, California, USA (Age 76 years)   9. Goldie Griffin,   b. 12 Sep 1886, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 3 Feb 1958, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 71 years)   10. Milton Alton Griffin,   b. 8 Dec 1888, Coal Town, South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois d. 25 Jul 1956, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F23853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  "Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Sarah November11, 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Eric Bopes ancestry@mchsi.com July 31, 2007, 9:02 pm The Rock Island Argus, Wednesday November 11th, 1931 Page 2 MRS. SARAH GRIFFIN DIES AFTER STROKE Life Resident of Rock Island County Succumbs at Age 80 Mrs. Sarah Griffin, 80 years old, a life resident of Rock Islandcounty, died following a stroke of apoplexy at 2:45 o?clock this morning in herhome on Forty-first street south of Twenty-third avenue, South Moline. She hadbeen ill seven weeks. Mrs. Griffin was born in South Moline April 11, 1851. She was marriedto Asbury C. Griffin in Hampton township Dec. 20, 1868. Surviving are the widower, four daughters, Mrs. Effie Park, Mrs.Blanche Ferry and Mrs. Goldie Beckstrom of Moline and Mrs. Grace Koppe of San Jose,Calif.; four sons, Joseph and Milton of Moline, Asbury, Jr., of Viola, andBert of Peoria; a sister, Mrs. Nora Bustard of Moline, and a brother, NoahSmith of Atlantic, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 2 o?clock Friday afternoon in theresidence and at 2:30 o?clock in Bowlesburg church. Rev. W. A. Tillberg, pastorof Trinity Lutheran church, Moline, will officiate. Burial will be inBowlesburg cemetery. File at:http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/rockisland/obits/g/griffin88gob.txt This file has been created by a form athttp://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb" [SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com] (Medical):See Obituary Notes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2197] www.RootsWeb.com Internet Online, Sarah Smith Griffin's Obituary, (Name: The Rock Island Argus, Page 2; Location: Rock Island County,Illinois; Date: Wednesday November 11th, 1931; www.RootsWeb.com Internet Online, Sarah Smith Griffin's Obituary (RockIsland County, Illinois, The Rock Island Argus, Page 2, WednesdayNovember 11th, 1931).).