1847–1921

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 3, 1847, Fount­ain Green Town­ship, Il­li­nois.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 20, 1921, Den­ver, Co­lo­ra­do.

Buried: Walk­er Ce­me­te­ry, Sci­ota, Il­li­nois.

Biography

Amanda was the daugh­ter of Bry­ant Cart­wright and Har­ri­ett Bar­na­by, and wife of John Al­ex­an­der Grif­fith (mar­ried in Mc­Do­nough Coun­ty, Il­li­nois). She had nine child­ren, in­clud­ing twins that died the day they were born. When she was preg­nant with John Arch­ie Grif­fith, her hus­band died.

She had been a teach­er ear­li­er, and re­turned to that ca­reer af­ter her hus­band’s death. She took her ba­by to school with her, and the old­er girls in the one room school would rock him and help care for him while she taught.

She moved from Mc­Do­nough Coun­ty to Den­ver, Co­lo­ra­do, about 1904.

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