Obituaries-Benjamin Lloyd Griffith

There is no death; what seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portal we call death.
Benjamin Lloyd Griffith, the oldest of a family of six, the sons and daughters of Joseph and Katherine Griffith, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, six miles from the capitol; now incorporated in the city of Columbus, November 6, 1838 and passed away at his country home, December 6, 1931, aged 93 years and one month.
Mr. Griffith was one of the early pioneers, having come to Williams county in 18 51 at the age of 13 years and with his parents settled on an uncleared farm south of town, now within the corporation of Montpelier.
On November 9, 1862 he was united in marriage with Jane Porter, daughter of James and Ruth Porter. This union was blest with five children, two sons and three daughters, Howard R. Griffith of St. Petersburg, Florida’ Mrs. Alice Weigle, Mrs Cora Ogle, and Mrs. Ethel Gosline, all of Montpelier. One son Ray preceded him in death last April.
There were 20 grandchildren, 11 of whom are living and 19 great grand children.
Mr. Griffith was a Christian from childhood, and a life time member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a member of the first Sunday school organized in Montpelier which was in 1852.
He was always most deeply interested in the church and its welfare, and on all moral questions stood for the highest and best