Amy Griffin
b. circa January 1850, d. 1 June 1897
- Father: Jay Griffin b. circa 6 August 1810, d. 29 October 1851
- Mother: Sarah Bennett b. circa 6 September 1815, d. 8 January 1880
- Amy Griffin was born circa January 1850 in Philipstown, Putnam County, New York.
- She married William Rolfe.
- Amy Griffin became a widow at the 1885 death of her husband William Rolfe.
- She married Richard Wanless in 1892.
- Amy Griffin died on 1 June 1897 in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at her residence.
- Richard Wanless became a widower at her death.
- The following appeared on 5 June 1897 in the Putnam County Republican: Mrs. Amy Wanless, wife of Richard Wanless, died at her home in Asbury Park, N. J., on Tuesday of last week, from apoplexy, after a brief illness. Mrs. Wanless was born in Philipstown, Putnam Co., in 1850, and after her first marriage to William Rolfe, resided in Peekskill until the death of her husband in 1885. In 1892 she was married to Mr. Wanless and went to reside in New Jersey. The deceased is survived by two children by her first husband, Charles Rolfe, a carpenter, who resides in Peekskill, and Mrs. Frred. Hyatt, of New Canaan, Conn., and her husband, three brothers, John, Marcus and Jacob N. Griffin of Putnam Valley, and also Mrs. Willian Woolcock, of Sterlington. Mrs. Wanless' father, two brothers, Willian Henry, George and Mrs. Elvin Chase, all died from the same complaint, apoplexy. The remains were brought to Peekskill on Thursday and the funeral services were held from the residence of Mr. Edward Woolcock on Depew St. Interment at.
- Last Edited: 5 Feb 2015