ELI GRIFFITH, deceased, was born in Caldwell County, Ky., December 30, 1838, and is a son of Jephtha and Asenath Griffith, who were natives of Kentucky, and of Welsh extraction. He lived on a farm until 1881, when he engaged in merchandising at the place where he died, and where his widow now lives. He had a capital of about $2,000 invested, and did a fair business. Mr. Griffith was married twice. The first marriage was to Maggie Clark, February 9, 1868; she was the mother of two children: Harry Eugene and an infant. His second wife was Jane A. McConnell, whom he married December 2, 1875. Mr. Griffith served in the Third Kentucky Regiment, Confederate States army, from August, 1861, to May, 1865, and was in the fiercest of the war. He was at the battles of Franklin (Tenn.), Champion Hill, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Resaca. He and wife were members of the Baptist Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. He died in December, 1884.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 698.