On
Wednesday, April 21, Mr. Peter Smith Griffin passed away at
the residence of his son-in-law, Wm. H. Ward, in the Township of
Windham.
Mr. Griffin was one of the
oldest residents of the county, having been born on the 13th of August
1824, within a mile of the house where he died. In
fact with the exception of about a year that he lived in St. Paul,
Minn., and one winter spent in the town of Simcoe, he lived all of his
long life in the immediate vicinity of his birthplace.
He was the only son and sole
survivor of the large family of Richard Griffin and Hannah Mills.
His
wife was Ellen Leask, a sister of the late
Capt. Abram Leask of
Windham. She predeceased him about 20 years ago.
There were seven children, all
living:
Sandfield of Batavia, N.Y.;
Mrs. Ida M. Reid of Buffalo;
Mrs.
Luella Patullo of Vancouver, B.C.;
Mrs. Mary O. Pullen of
Charlotteville;
Mrs. Florence R. Ward of Windham;
Russell E. of
Simcoe; and
Horace of Los Angeles, Cal.
The deceased was a lifelong
Liberal in politics and an adherent of the Methodist Church. Before he
became incapacitated for work, Mr. Griffin was an exceedingly active
man and was in fact always at work, which seemed to be a pleasure to
him, and almost apparently, necessary to his existence.
Until the last few years he
always assisted in the lighter work around the farm. While all his own
generation have passed away, yet he will be missed by many friends.
