Fred Anderson GRIFFITH
May Ida Ragsdale MELTON
Husband: Fred Anderson GRIFFITH
Birth: 29 Feb 1888, Broughton, Hamilton Co., Illinois
Death: Aft 1942, Piggott, Clay Co., Arkansas
Burial:
Father: William Wheeler
GRIFFITH
Mother: Mary Caroline ROGERS
Marriage: 15 Mar 1914, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
Wife: May Ida Ragsdale MELTON
Birth: 1888, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
Death: 1993, Tennessee
Burial:
Father: Alexander RAGSDALE
Mother: Sarah Lydia POWELL
Children:
1. Jessie GRIFFITH, b: 1914, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
2. Othel GRIFFITH, b: 12 Sep 1916, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
d: Feb 1984, Springdale, Washington Co., Arkansas
3. Elsie GRIFFITH, b: 1918, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
4. Mildred GRIFFITH, b: 1920, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
5. Dewey GRIFFITH, b: 1922, Van Buren Co., Arkansas
6. Evanell GRIFFITH, b: 1925, Clay Co., Arkansas
7. Geraldine L. GRIFFITH (Seal), b: 31 Oct 1928, Clay Co.,
Arkansas
d: 11 May 2003, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana
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Notes:
Ida Mae was first married to Lonnie Melton, who died in 1912, and she
brought two children into her marriage with Fred.
1920 Federal Census Data
(T625_0083, Page 268B), Red River Twp., Van Buren Co., Arkansas,
Enumeration District: 131, Enumeration Date: 9-Jan-1920, Family #76
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S |
POB |
Fa. |
Mo. |
Occupation |
In Sch |
|
GRIFFITH, Fred |
Head |
M |
31 |
M |
IL |
IL |
IL |
Saw Miller / Sets Ratchet |
|
|
May |
Wife |
F |
31 |
M |
AR |
AR |
AR |
None |
|
|
(MELTON), Harvey M |
Son |
M |
13 |
S |
AR |
IL |
AR |
None |
X |
|
(MELTON), Cecil M |
Son |
M |
10 |
S |
AR |
IL |
AR |
None |
|
|
Jessie |
Daughter |
F |
5 |
S |
AR |
IL |
AR |
None |
|
|
Othel |
Son |
M |
3 |
S |
AR |
IL |
AR |
None |
|
|
Elsie |
Daughter |
F |
1 |
S |
AR |
IL |
AR |
None |
|
1930 Federal Census Data
(T626_0068, Page 232B), Payne Twp., Clay Co., Arkansas,
Enumeration District: 29, Enumeration Date: 5-May-1930, Family #124
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
Age Marr |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
In Sch |
Occupation |
|
GRIFFITH, Fred |
Head |
M |
42 |
M |
25 |
IL |
IL |
IL |
|
Farmer |
|
May |
Wife |
F |
42 |
M |
25 |
AR |
AR |
AR |
|
None |
|
Jessie |
Daughter |
F |
15 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
|
None |
|
Opal (Othel) |
Dau (Son) |
F M |
13 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
X |
None |
|
Elsie |
Daughter |
F |
11 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
X |
None |
|
Mildred |
Daughter |
F |
9 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
X |
None |
|
Dewey |
Son |
M |
7 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
X |
None |
|
Evanell |
Daughter |
F |
4 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
|
None |
|
Geraldine |
Daughter |
F |
1 |
S |
|
AR |
IL |
AR |
|
None |
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