Grave recorded by the NSDAR for the "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions" series, Volume XXIV, 1969.
An article about William's son John Keller in the book "Chambers History of Louisiana" states the following:
"William P. Griffith was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, September 12, 1845, and died at Port Hudson, March 3, 1910. He was a veteran of the war between the states, having interrupted his preparatory school course to become a soldier in the Confederate army, with which he served throughout the war.
During the remainder of his life he was mainly concerned in the operation of his large estates, although at times the duties of public office also engaged him. For two terms he was a member of the Police Jury, representing the Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish. An ardent democrat all his life, he possessed considerable influence in local political circles, was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church. He married Henrietta Williams, who was born November 30, 1860, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and died November 8, 1908, at Port Hudson. Their children were: Willie, who died in infancy; John Keller; Eugenia, who died at the age of thirty-six years, the wife of W. S. McKowen, a merchant and farmer at Lindsay, Louisiana; Pearl, who is the wife of Hon. Delos R. Johnson, of Franklinton, Louisiana, a lawyer and member of the State Senate; and Henrietta, who is the wife of Alec C. McKowen, a farmer and stock raiser near Lindsay."
An article about William's son John Keller in the book "Chambers History of Louisiana" states the following:
"William P. Griffith was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, September 12, 1845, and died at Port Hudson, March 3, 1910. He was a veteran of the war between the states, having interrupted his preparatory school course to become a soldier in the Confederate army, with which he served throughout the war.
During the remainder of his life he was mainly concerned in the operation of his large estates, although at times the duties of public office also engaged him. For two terms he was a member of the Police Jury, representing the Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish. An ardent democrat all his life, he possessed considerable influence in local political circles, was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church. He married Henrietta Williams, who was born November 30, 1860, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and died November 8, 1908, at Port Hudson. Their children were: Willie, who died in infancy; John Keller; Eugenia, who died at the age of thirty-six years, the wife of W. S. McKowen, a merchant and farmer at Lindsay, Louisiana; Pearl, who is the wife of Hon. Delos R. Johnson, of Franklinton, Louisiana, a lawyer and member of the State Senate; and Henrietta, who is the wife of Alec C. McKowen, a farmer and stock raiser near Lindsay."
Grave recorded by the NSDAR for the "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions" series, Volume XXIV, 1969.
An article about William's son John Keller in the book "Chambers History of Louisiana" states the following:
"William P. Griffith was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, September 12, 1845, and died at Port Hudson, March 3, 1910. He was a veteran of the war between the states, having interrupted his preparatory school course to become a soldier in the Confederate army, with which he served throughout the war.
During the remainder of his life he was mainly concerned in the operation of his large estates, although at times the duties of public office also engaged him. For two terms he was a member of the Police Jury, representing the Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish. An ardent democrat all his life, he possessed considerable influence in local political circles, was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church. He married Henrietta Williams, who was born November 30, 1860, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and died November 8, 1908, at Port Hudson. Their children were: Willie, who died in infancy; John Keller; Eugenia, who died at the age of thirty-six years, the wife of W. S. McKowen, a merchant and farmer at Lindsay, Louisiana; Pearl, who is the wife of Hon. Delos R. Johnson, of Franklinton, Louisiana, a lawyer and member of the State Senate; and Henrietta, who is the wife of Alec C. McKowen, a farmer and stock raiser near Lindsay."
An article about William's son John Keller in the book "Chambers History of Louisiana" states the following:
"William P. Griffith was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, September 12, 1845, and died at Port Hudson, March 3, 1910. He was a veteran of the war between the states, having interrupted his preparatory school course to become a soldier in the Confederate army, with which he served throughout the war.
During the remainder of his life he was mainly concerned in the operation of his large estates, although at times the duties of public office also engaged him. For two terms he was a member of the Police Jury, representing the Fourth Ward of East Baton Rouge Parish. An ardent democrat all his life, he possessed considerable influence in local political circles, was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church. He married Henrietta Williams, who was born November 30, 1860, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and died November 8, 1908, at Port Hudson. Their children were: Willie, who died in infancy; John Keller; Eugenia, who died at the age of thirty-six years, the wife of W. S. McKowen, a merchant and farmer at Lindsay, Louisiana; Pearl, who is the wife of Hon. Delos R. Johnson, of Franklinton, Louisiana, a lawyer and member of the State Senate; and Henrietta, who is the wife of Alec C. McKowen, a farmer and stock raiser near Lindsay."
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