The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-01-19
GRANDPA GRIFFIN
FINALLY RESTS
. Convictions and Desire to Do Good
Passes Away on Saturday.
HE RESIDED NEAR DOW CITY
Was Father of Ten Children and
Leaves Twenty-one GrandchiI-
dren and Fl Great Grandchildren

Was Father Of Ten Children an
Leaves Twenty-one GrandchiI-
dren and q Great Grandchildren
Dow City, Jan. 1S-Special-
Grandpa Griffin passed away la!
Saturday morning at the home of hi
son, John, two and half miles ives
of town, after a few days illness. A
though he had long ago passed hi
three score years and ten he was hal
and hearty and was able to be arount
retaining his physical abilities to
remarkable degree. OF late year:
however, his mind had failed and a
though he was hardly able to recoe
nize his former acquaintances he live
in a sweet contentment SO well befit
ting the sunset years of life. Grand
pa Griffin was man of great strength
of character; he was firm in his con
victions as to what made UP the grea
and good in life and never lost an or
portunity to do worthy deed. Johl
Huston Griffin was born in Grange
county, Tennessee, July 20, 1880, ant
passed away as stated above at S:4'
a. m. on Saturday, Jan. Is, 1916, being
aged IS years, months and 25 days
He was married to Miss Elizabeth
Bracket, of Granger county, Tennes
see, on March 20, 1849. To this unior
ten children were born, six sons ant
four daughters as follows: Mary Jane
William NJ, James R., Robert p, Sar
II 1,
and Walter. OF these but four sons
are living, James, of Atwood, ILL.,: 10
siah, of California, and John and Wal
ter, of Dow City. In the early part
Of the civil war he was drafted into
the confederacy against him sympa,
thies. About the year 1868 he moved
from Tennessee to Atwood, ILL.,, where
he lived until 1882, when he moved to
Iowa, settling on farm near Dow
City, and has resided here since, with
the exception of short time when he
returned to the old neighborhood at
Atwood. Only one OF the daughters
was married, Mary Jane Griffin-Weath-
erby, who lived here for several years,
but about twenty years ago moved to
Indiana, where she died less than a
year ago. Besides the surviving sons,
named above, he leaves twenty-one
grand children and twenty-one great
grand children. He, with his deceased
wife, united with the Dow City Meth
odist church Nov. 10, 1905. He was
converted in early life and although
he was very feeble in his last years, he
was seen often at his beloved church.
The funeral services were held at the
home of his son, John R., two miles
west of town on Monday, Jan. II, 1916,
conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. B.
Adams, and the remains were\ laid to
rest by the side of the bride of his
youth in the cemetery on the hill. We
extend sympathy to the bereaved rel
atives, especially the son, John r., who
made great effort to make his fathers
declining years SO peaceful and COM
Portable.
The storm and blizzard that struck
us last Wednesday was the worst for
several years, and that there was so
little snow on the ground was the on
ly reason why the roads were not left
in badly drifted condition. The train
service especially from the west. was
badly demoralized, the trains running
from three and q half to four hours
late. The extreme cold of the follow
ing day, when thermometers in the
valley registered from % to 80 de-
grees below zero, helped keep the
service below par for several days.
The damage done to water pipes and
radiators in town was nothing small
and on Thursday ,the whole city sup
ply was shut off until repairs could be
made.
Miss Esther Turnlund had a weeks
extra vacation last week on account
of the school at Arion being closed
by reason of an epidemic of measles.
Mr., and Mrs. L. E. Mcbride enter
tanned the 500 club at their pleasant
home Thursday evening. Three tables
were placed for. the game and after
the scores were counted fine lunch
was served.
The regular open meeting for the
Woman's club will be held at the Bap-
fist church next Wednesday afternoon,
beginning at $3.50 o'clock. The program
will be on work in the Elizabethan
age and will be as follows:
Girls Quartet.
Eltzabethan Agents. u. ). Butler
Violin Solo Irene Smith.
Sir Thomas Moore-Lulu Howorth.
Heading from Utopia-Mrs. Geo. Bin
4 nall.
FianO SOlO-FancheOn Wiley.
"Morte de Arthur. ELLEN
Goddard.
Vocal Solo-Jean holland.
In the absence of Rev. A. B. Adams,
Rev. j. L. Boyd, of Denison, filled the
pulpit at the M. E. church Sunday eve
ming and preached most excellent
sermon to a large and appreciative con
Rev. Boyd was pastor here
more than twenty years ago and a
number of his congregation at that
time were present at this service.
Thomas Clinton, of Buck Grove, Yis-
ted Sunday at the Arch Laird home.
Jack Ahart is back from Omaha, at
which place he was taking treatment
or nerve trouble.
Miss Dorothy Ahart came up from
Dunlap, where she attends st. Josephs
school, to spend the week end with the