When Jane B Griffith was born on 30 July 1816, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Griffith, was 27 and her mother, Mary Cowgill, was 22. She married Isaac Sharp on 2 February 1837, in Morgan, Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Sycamore Township, Wyandot, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 26 June 1869, in Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Palmyra, Macoupin, Illinois, United States.
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Welsh (Carmarthenshire and western England): from the Old Welsh personal name Gruffudd, Old Welsh Grip(p)iud, composed of the elements grip, of uncertain significance, + iud ‘chief, lord’.
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