Ellen Eliza KNIGHT GRIFFITH
[Obituary for Ellen Eliza KNIGHT GRIFFITH]
Malvern Leader [Mills County, Iowa newspaper] 13 May 1909
Mrs W. P. Griffiths is very sick at their home north west of town with
but little hope for her recovery. Three sons Pairs [Paris], Delbert
and Walter Griffiths and two daughters Mesdames Esther Kirby and Sadie
McFarland all of Oakland [Pottawattamie County] came down Monday
evening to see her.
Mills County Tribune, 21 May 1909
DOINGS OF THE DEATH ANGEL
Mrs. W. P. Griffiths
Mrs. W. P. Griffiths died May 12 of tuberculosis at her home near
Emerson. The remains were sent to Galesburg, Ill., for burial. Her
maiden name was Ellen Knight and she was born Oct. 16, 1851, in Brown
county, Ill. She is survived by a husband, four sons and seven
daughters.
[Note: The remains were sent to Galesburg but then were obviously sent
on to Brown County, Illinois where she was buried]