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William Briggs Griffis

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William Briggs Griffis
b. 21 September 1874, Carthage, Hamilton County, Ohio, to Newton Carter and Luella (Murdock) Griffis
d. 9 May 1959, Los Angeles, California
bur. Washington Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

William Briggs GRIFFIS

William Briggs GRIFFIS

m. 25 December 1896, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mary Alice Wood
b. 20 September 1878, Harrisburg, Gallia County, Ohio to William Henry & Sophronia A. (McCarley) Wood
d. 24 Dec 1941, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Children with Mary Alice Wood:

  • Vernon Albert (1898-1965), married Eloise E. Richardson
  • Gladys May (1901-1983), married Martin Andreas Norre Anderson
  • Sylvia Loretta (b. 1903), married Ernest Frakes

Although William was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California, he “devoted 38 years of his life working for the city of Indiana” (according to Indianapolis Jaycees who gave him a Good Government Award in 1951). He was appointed to the Fire Department of Indianapolis in 1912 and was assigned to the Gamewell Division, which is the alarm system of the Department. Eventually he became superintendent.

After the death of his wife in 1941, he continued to live in Indianapolis before finally moving to Los Angeles to be near his daughter, Gladys Anderson.

Submitted by:
Mrs. William R. Griffis
Largo FL
E-mail: jbgriffis@aol.com

Travis Adcock Emry

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Travis Adcock Emry
b. 3 June 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, to James and Rachael (Moorman) Adcock
d. 31 January 1866, Penn Township, Jefferson County, Iowa

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m/2. 27 August 1818, Center Quaker Meeting House, Wayne County, Indiana
Elizabeth Frazier
b. 15 May 1795, Randolph County, North Carolina
d. 23 July 1871, Penn Township, Jefferson County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Frazier:

  • Susanna (1819–1897) married Thomas Hockett
  • James (1821–1898) married Katherine Shockley
  • Rachel (1823–1901) married Dillon Hoskins
  • Sarah (1824–1846) married Caleb Pickett
  • Gideon (1826–bef. 1835)
  • Archelaus Moorman (1828-1890) married Margaret Frakes
  • Thomas Frazier (1830-1895) married Ruth Hodson
  • David (1832-1916) married Amanda Talbert
  • Rebecca (1834-1881) married James F. Hodson

Travis immigrated to Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana, possibly from Highland County, Ohio, about 1814. He emigrated in 1837 to Henry County, Iowa.

Although the family name was changed from Adcock to Emery by the Indiana General Assembly on 22 January 1835, the family has generally spelled the name Emry. Harriett Emry, a granddaughter, wrote in 1941 that the Adcock name was changed to Emry because the children were being teased at school about their name.

From Tucker’s History of Randolph County, Indiana: “The first settler in Washington Township may have been Travis Adcock…”

Submitted by:
Col. (Ret.) Joseph P. Barnes, FACG
Dewey AZ