ELIZABETH
GRIFFITH DAVIS
Elizabeth
Griffith was born on 11 April 1842 at Machynlleth,
Montgomeryshire, Wales. She emigrated from Wales with her parents and then
crossed the plains with the pioneers settling in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She
was a tall woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes. She met and married David
Price Davis in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were married in the
Endowment House. They lived there for a short time before moving to Malad Valley, Idaho. Their first home was a
two-room log cabin in Samaria, Idaho.
She
had seven children, Lucy, Maggie, Edward Henry, Owen Thomas, William Price,
Elizabeth and David Griffith. The baby, David, was only a year old when the
family moved to Gwenford near the old grist mill.
She
had an average education for those times. She had a strong testimony of the
Gospel and always attended her church meetings. She was patient, loving, and
kind. She was a good seamstress. In the early days families did not have very
much to live on and they shared with one another.
The
last eighteen months of her life she had poor health. She died at the age of 42
on 8 September 1890. She was buried in the Samaria Cemetery.
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Della Davis Orem
