SEVENTH GENERATION

203. Isaac Edmund GRIFFITH was born on 12 Jan 1846 in Walnut Grove, Cambria, PA. He died in Walnut Grove, Cambria, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)
Retired a mechanic in Walnut Grove, near Johnstown, PA. Born on his father's
farm in Walnut Grove, Cambria County. He was reared and attended the common
schools of his home township. Early in life he secured employment with the
Cambria Iron Co., remained one year and then moved to Braddock, PA, where he
was employed by the Carnegie Co. at their rolling mills. Here he remained for
20 years, holding various positions, notably that of inspector of rails. In
this capacity, he was also employed by R.W. Hunt and Co. of Chicago for a
period of 6 years. He then returned to Johnstown and retired from all active
business, building himself a comfortable house at Walnut Grove where he was
still residing in 1906. With his 3rd wife, he was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Knights and Ladies of Columbia, and Daughters of Liberty,
Post No. 87, of Braddock. He was also a member of the Royal Areanum.

MARRIAGE NOTICE: Cambria Tribune appeared 9 Jun 1877 reads: Married at
Braddock's, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on the 31st of May by Rev. F.H.
Wilkinson, Mr. Edmund Griffith and Miss Ida B. St. Clair, both formerly of
Johnstown.

He preferred to use his name reversed: Edmund Isaac Griffith.

MARRIAGE: record found at McMasters Methodist Church, Turtle Creek, PA. The
record books had been transferred from the Braddock Methodist Episcopal Church
of Braddock, PA. The marriage is entered for I.E. Griffith and Ida St. Clair,
31 May 1877, resident of Braddock, minister, T.H. Wilkinson, witnesses: Joshua
Griffith and wife, and Jonathan Griffith.

He was married to Ida B. ST._CLAIR on 31 May 1877 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. Ida B. ST._CLAIR was born on 17 Dec 1855 in , , PA. She died on 8 Aug 1889 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. She was buried in Braddock Cem., Allegheny, PA. BURIAL: Inscription reads: Mother / Ida B. Griffith / Born Dec. 17, 1855 / Died
Aug 8 1889. Isaac Edmund GRIFFITH and Ida B. ST._CLAIR had the following children:

221 i. S. Olive GRIFFITH was born in 1878 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. She died in 1956 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. She was buried in Braddock Cem., Allegheny, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

BURIAL: Inscription reads: Mother / S. Olive Wise / 1878 - 1956.
222 ii. Frederick GRIFFITH was born on 21 Sep 1881 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. He was christened on 13 Sep 1891 in Braddock M.E., Braddock, Allegheny, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

SOURCE: Baptismal information from records of Braddock Methodist Episcopal
church now located at the McMasters Methodist Church of Turtle Creek.
223 iii. Arthur GRIFFITH was born on 6 Jul 1889 in N. Braddock, Allegheny, PA. He died on 22 Sep 1889 in N. Braddock, Allegheny, PA. He was buried in Braddock Cem., Allegheny, PA. BURIAL: Inscription reads: Arthur / son of / I.E. & Ida B. Griffith / Born July
6 1889 / Died Sept. 22 1889.

Isaac Edmund GRIFFITH and Annie L. BARNHART had the following children:

224 i. Roy GRIFFITH was born on 1 Aug 1893 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. He was christened on 18 Mar 1894 in Braddock M.E., Braddock, Allegheny, PA. He was buried on 14 Sep 1937 in Grandview Cem., Johnstown, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

SOURCE: Baptismal information from records of Braddock Methodist Episcopal
church now located at the McMasters Methodist Church of Turtle Creek.
Officiating minister: J.W. Miles.
225 ii. Margaret "Peg" Ivy GRIFFITH was born on 4 Apr 1896 in Braddock, Allegheny, PA. She was christened on 11 Sep 1896 in Braddock M.E., Braddock, Allegheny, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

SOURCE: Baptismal information from records of Braddock Methodist Episcopal
church now located at the McMasters Methodist Church of Turtle Creek.
There are two entries for Margaret. The first lists her as Margaret Ivy
Griffith, daughter of I.E. & A.L. Griffith, with a baptismal date of 11
September 1896. The second entry lists her as a daugher of Edmund & Annie with
a baptismal date of 3 Jan 1897.