Eleanor was born in Carno, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
In 1866, Eleanor and her family set out on the river boat Nannie Byers to join family members who had moved to Missouri after the Civil War. On Feb 24, 1866, the Nannie Byers collided in the dark with another boat and quickly sank in the Ohio River. Eleanor, her husband Robert, her sons John and Daniel, her daughters Margaret and Ann, and Ann's husband John Coburn all drowned. The only member of the party to be spared was Eleanor's 14-year old daughter Elizabeth.
Robert, Eleanor, John, Daniel, Margaret, and Ann are buried here, with a common stone erected by Robert's eldest son, Robert W. Griffiths.
In 1866, Eleanor and her family set out on the river boat Nannie Byers to join family members who had moved to Missouri after the Civil War. On Feb 24, 1866, the Nannie Byers collided in the dark with another boat and quickly sank in the Ohio River. Eleanor, her husband Robert, her sons John and Daniel, her daughters Margaret and Ann, and Ann's husband John Coburn all drowned. The only member of the party to be spared was Eleanor's 14-year old daughter Elizabeth.
Robert, Eleanor, John, Daniel, Margaret, and Ann are buried here, with a common stone erected by Robert's eldest son, Robert W. Griffiths.
Eleanor was born in Carno, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
In 1866, Eleanor and her family set out on the river boat Nannie Byers to join family members who had moved to Missouri after the Civil War. On Feb 24, 1866, the Nannie Byers collided in the dark with another boat and quickly sank in the Ohio River. Eleanor, her husband Robert, her sons John and Daniel, her daughters Margaret and Ann, and Ann's husband John Coburn all drowned. The only member of the party to be spared was Eleanor's 14-year old daughter Elizabeth.
Robert, Eleanor, John, Daniel, Margaret, and Ann are buried here, with a common stone erected by Robert's eldest son, Robert W. Griffiths.
In 1866, Eleanor and her family set out on the river boat Nannie Byers to join family members who had moved to Missouri after the Civil War. On Feb 24, 1866, the Nannie Byers collided in the dark with another boat and quickly sank in the Ohio River. Eleanor, her husband Robert, her sons John and Daniel, her daughters Margaret and Ann, and Ann's husband John Coburn all drowned. The only member of the party to be spared was Eleanor's 14-year old daughter Elizabeth.
Robert, Eleanor, John, Daniel, Margaret, and Ann are buried here, with a common stone erected by Robert's eldest son, Robert W. Griffiths.
