Clyde Eugene Griffis

17 February 1867–28 July 1921 (Age 54)
Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Clyde Eugene

When Clyde Eugene Griffis was born on 17 February 1867, in Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa, United States, his father, Hezekiah King Griffis III, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Maria Sawyer, was 27. He married Bertha Lillian Douglass on 12 January 1896, in Edgemont, Fall River, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Nebraska, United States in 1870 and Dudley, Fall River, South Dakota, United States in 1910. He died on 28 July 1921, in Edgemont, Fall River, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Buffalo Gap, Custer, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Eugene Griffis
1867–1921
Bertha Lillian Douglass
1880–1928
Marriage: 12 January 1896
Dorothy May Griffis
1898–1993
Elva Cordelia Griffis
1902–1954
William Nathaniel Griffis
1904–1966
Ardis Marjorie Griffis
1906–1930

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 January 1896Edgemont, Fall River, South Dakota, United States
  • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1868 · Impeach the President!
    Age 1
    Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
    1871
    Age 4
    Historical Boundaries: 1871: Mills, Iowa, United States
    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
    Age 15
    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of Welsh Griffiths .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Griffiths

    Story Highlight

    Moved from notes:Info gathered by Robert Walker

    CLYDE EUGENE GRIFFIS and Family Clyde Eugene GRIFFIS was born 17 Feb 1867, in Pacific Junction, Mills County, Iowa, the fourth child and third son of Hezekiah King and Sarah Marie Sawyer GRIFFIS. Th …

    Sources (48)

    • C E Griffis, "South Dakota State Census, 1905"
    • Clyde Griffis in entry for Joseph Darrell Walker, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
    • Clyde E. Griffis in entry for Elva Cordelia Moon, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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