griffith Isaac Griffith was born about 1804 in NC. He married Matilda Evans in the 1820s. She was born in NC also, about 1805 (was age 60 in 1870, 73 in 1880). They lived in Daviess Co in 1850 and at Fordsville, Ohio Co, in 1860. Isaac died in the 1860s, probably in Ohio Co since Matilda was still living there in 1870, at Whitesville. She died after 1880. They had at least eleven children, all born in KY-

1.    Jasper Griffith, b 1829; he was a witness at his sister Kizzy's marriage to Henry Hand in 1857. Jasper married Casandra E Ford in Daviess Co in Jan 1851. (3nm,1m)

2.    Catherine Griffith, b 1831. (3n)

3.    Mary Griffith, b 1832. (3n)

4.    Deborah Griffith, b 1834. (3n)

5.    Eliza Griffith, b 8 Apr 1835, died 3 Oct 1913 at Aetnaville, Ohio Co. She married a Mr Farmer and lived at Whitesville. She was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. (3n,1d)

6.    William Griffith, b 1839, was a farmer. He lived in Ohio Co when he married Cordelia M Nelson there on 21 Feb 1867. She was born in 1844 in KY, daughter of William Nelson and Elizabeth Chesterfield. They lived at Henderson in 1880 and by then had three children-

       a.  Edgar E Griffith, b 14 Oct 1871 in Daviess Co KY. He was a tobacco merchant and died at Louisville, on 3 April 1953; he was buried in Resthaven Cemetery at Buechel, Jefferson Co KY. Edgar was a widower when he died. He had married Dora _____ about 1896. She was born in KY in on 9 Aug 1868, and died in Jefferson Co on 5 Dec 1932; she was buried in Resthaven Cemetery. Her parents were from IN. Edgar then married Henrietta Helm. She was born at Louisville on 13 June 1880, daughter of John Helm, and died 11 Jul 1946 of a stroke at Louisville. She was also buried in Resthaven Cemetery. Edgar had one son-

            1.  Edward Franklin Griffith, b 6 Jul 1898 in KY, was a Western Union telegraph operator at Louisville. (M,6v)

Edgar’s niece, Irene Griffith, lived with him and Dora in 1910. Irene was born in KY in 1901. (321s,6fd)

       b.  James Griffith, b 1874 (321s)

       c.  Samuel Griffith, b 1877 (321s)

There is a 15 January 1876 marriage license for a William Elisha Griffith and Elizabeth E Baize in Ohio Co. Elizabeth was a daughter of John J Baize and Sarah Pearson (or Pratt), and was born 3 March 1853 in Ohio Co KY. She died at Deanefield, Ohio Co on 1 April 1912 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery where many of the Isaac Griffith-Matilda Evans descendants were buried. William E Griffith was born in KY in 1854, and in 1910 they had been married for 34 years. Elizabeth had four children by then, with three still living. One was: Sallie M Griffith, born in 1889 in KY. William appears to be a son of Clinton Griffith, who was born in KY in 1830 and married Mary F Crawford in 1852. (3nq,1md,321s)

7.    Keziah “Kizzy” Griffith, b 1840, married Henry C Hand on 12 Jul 1857 at her parents' home. He was born in Spencer Co KY in 1839 (see below). Kizzy had two daughters by the time she died in a house fire at Whitesville in Ohio Co with her youngest daughter in the mid 1860s. This may have been during the Civil War. In any case, the remaining daughter, Frances, eventually moved in with the Thomas Howard Tanner-Lydia Jane Whitaker family. The Tanners had recently taken on the duties of raising their grand-children when their daughter America Tanner died, and Frances apparently earned her keep minding the young children; actually, Frances was not much older than the eldest of the children she had to take care of. The children of Kizzy and Henry were-

       a.  Frances Matilda Hand, b 27 Sep 1858 at Whitesville in Ohio Co, married William Andrew Rowan [R2b1b4] in Ohio Co on 13 Feb 1876.

       b.  dau Hand, died in a house fire with her mother in the mid-1860s at Whitesville, KY. (UR,3n,1m)

8.    Frances Griffith, b 1842, was not married by 1870. She died 15 June 1918 at Aetnaville, Ohio Co. Frances had married a Mr Wells, but was a widow when she died. The only Frances Wells in the Ohio Co / Daviess Co / McLean Co area in 1880 was Mrs Frances Wells, wife of Richard Wells. Richard was born in KY in 1837; his wife said she was age 33 in 1880, five years too young. Richard had a daughter: Mary E Wells, born 1862 in KY. Since Frances Griffith was not married in 1870 and was living with her parents, then Mary E must have been a step-daughter, but lived with Richard and Frances in 1880. In 1870 Richard’s wife was Matilda A _____ from KY. She was born in 1835, and they had three children. Mary E was the eldest. The other two children from the 1870 census were Lucy C and James R Wells. (3n,1qrsd)

9.    David Griffith, b 1845. (3n,1q)

10.  Isaac Griffith, b 2 Nov 1846, married Delpha Ann Nelson on 25 Dec 1877 in Ohio Co. She was born 6 Mar 1860 in KY, daughter of Joshua Palmer Nelson and Sarah Edge (her father was born in MS and her mother in Ohio Co). Isaac and his family lived in Ohio Co in 1900 where he was a farmer. Isaac died at Aetnaville, Ohio Co on 6 January 1922 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. By 1900 they had eight children, all born in KY-

       a.  Mary E Griffith, b Nov 1878.

       b.  William P Griffith, b Dec 1880, died in Daviess Co on 24 June 1971 at age 80. Married Mamie H Lee?

       c.  child Griffith, dead by 1900.

       d.  Matilda Jane Griffith, b 10 Jun 1885, died 25 April 1920 at Aetnaville, Ohio Co of tuberculosis and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. She never married. Bessie Griffith of Whitesville supplied the personal in formation for Jane’s death certificate. (1ud)

       e.  Isaac Emmett Griffith, b 4 Feb 1887 at Deanefield, Ohio Co KY. He died in Daviess Co on 1 Aug 1957 and was buried in Whitesville Cemetery in Daviess Co. (M,TXd,1u,3c)

       f.   Frances D Griffith, b 13 Mar 1890 in Ohio Co, married William A Probus in Ohio Co on 24 Aug 1905. He was born at Leitchfield, Grayson Co on 11 Sep 1888, son of James Thomas Probus and Martha J Prior, both of Grayson and Breckinridge Counties. Frances died at Aetnaville, Ohio Co on 29 Dec 1921 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. William later married again about 1924, to Alma _____, and in 1930 they lived in Daviess Co. He died in Daviess Co on 29 May 1975. In 1910 they lived in Ohio Co at Deanefield. Frances and Will had four children, all born in Ohio Co-

            1.  Annie May Probus, b 21 Aug 1909, died of typhoid fever at Aetnaville, Ohio Co on 21 August 1920 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. (1vwd)

            2.  James I Probus, b 31 Aug 1912, died in July 1965. (Z,1w,3f)

            3.  Denzel G Probus, b 11 Aug 1919, died lived 25 Decd 2000 in KY. He lived at Owensboro. (Z,1w,3fP)

            4.  Clarence Edward Probus, b 22 Aug 1921 at Aetnaville, died there on 6 Jan 1922, eight days after his mother died. (KYd,M,Z,11u,1nmvd, 3fd)

       g.  Jasper Levi Griffith, b 30 Oct 1893 at Deanefield, Ohio Co KY. He married Clara _____ about 1921 and they lived at Fordsville, Ohio Co. Clara was born in KY in 1896. Jasper died in Daviess Co on 20 Nov 1959. They had a daughter-

            1.  Mary W Griffith, b 1926 (M,KYd,1uf)

       h.  Oder D Griffith, b 14 Nov 1895 at Deanefield, Ohio Co KY, married Virgie Lee Harrison in Ohio Co on 15 Apr 1940. She was a widow (of Mr _____ Hix) when she married O D, and was born in 1895, daughter of C H Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Bristow. Oder D was a pool room operator at Owensboro. He died 23 December 1975 in Daviess Co. (Z,KYd,3d)

11.  Matilda Griffith, died 14 April 1854 of cholera in Ohio Co. Her death record clearly shows her name, the names of her parents, the death date, but the number of years, months, and days she lived is not complete. All that can be clearly read is that she was born in Nelson Co KY, died in Daviess Co, and was ?? years, 7 months, and 14 days old when she died. The 1850 census does not show her, so she was probably born after the summer of 1850. Her parents were living in Daviess Co in 1850, but in 1860 were in Ohio Co. (1d) (MR,RE, UR,GA,3n,1mqrsu)

Hand Henry C Hand, born in Spencer Co KY in 1839, married Matilda Keziah “Kizzy” Griffith in Ohio Co KY on 12 Jul 1857 at her parents' home in Ohio Co. After she died in a house fire around 1863. Henry moved north across the Ohio River, and lived in Warrick Co IN. He was in Warrick Co in 1870 and in Orange Co IN in 1880. Henry C Hand was age 26 when he enlisted in the US army on 19 September 1865 (hence, born in 1839) at Louisville, KY. He was 5 feet 5 inches in height, of fair complection, blue eyes and black hair. He was in the 18th Infantry, Company D, and was discharged on 27 November 1865. Henry married Susan C Passel about 1866 and they lived in IN. Susan was born in IN in 1845. She and Henry had four children in IN, and with Kizzy Griffith he had two in KY-

a.    Frances Matilda Hand, b 27 Sep 1858 at Whitesville in Ohio Co KY, married William Andrew Rowan [R2b1b4] in Ohio Co on 13 Feb 1876.

b.    dau Hand, died in a house fire with her mother in mid-1860s at Whitesville, KY.

c.    Robert Lee Hand, b 1868 in Warrick Co IN, moved to Orange Co when he was a boy. He married Lula M Potter in Orange Co on 18 Apr 1897 and they remained in Orange Co at Paoli. She was born in IN in March 1874. They had no children by 1920. (476muvw)

d.    John H Hand, b 1871 in Warrick Co IN.

e.    Mary F Hand, b 1873 in Warrick Co IN.

f.     Florence L Hand, b 1877 in Orange Co IN. (UR,M,475r,476s)