Jacob N. Griffin

Jacob N. Griffin

• Father: Jay Griffin b. circa 6 August 1810, d. 29 October 1851
• Mother: Sarah Bennett b. circa 6 September 1815, d. 8 January 1880

• Jacob N. Griffin was born in October 1832 in New York.
• Jay Griffin and Sarah Bennett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, enumerated near the household of widower Benjamin Odell. Other members of the household included Jacob N. Griffin, Bennett A. Griffin and Marcus Griffin. Also in the household were children Phebe A. (age 16), Martha J. (11), John W. (7), George R. (5) and Annie (4 months.)
• He was a laborer, according to the 1850 census.
• He married Sarah A. Odell, daughter of Benjamin Odell and Isabel Post, circa 1856. Sarah was the daughter of Jacob's mother's second husband Benjamin Odell.
• Jacob N. Griffin and Sarah A. Odell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Philipstown, New York, enumerated near the household of Sarah's father Benjamin Odell and his second wife, Jacob's mother Sarah.. Other members of the household included Isabel Griffin and Bennett A. Griffin.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Jacob N. Griffin and Sarah A. Odell, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Philipstown, New York, enumerated next to the household of Jacob's mother Sarah Odell.. Other members of the household included Isabel Griffin, James William Griffin and Alvin Chase Griffin.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Jacob N. Griffin and Sarah A. Odell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. Other members of the household included James William Griffin and Alvin Chase Griffin.
• He was a laborer, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared in the Putnam County Courier: (Oregon, May 7, 1881) Jacob N. Griffin, the well-known milkman, has purchased the shop belonging to John Tompkins, formerly occupied by our energetic and spirited townsman, Annias Barger, and will shortly move it on to his premises, near Oregon, and turn it into a wagon house.
• 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.
• The following appeared on 2 October 1897 in The Highland Democrat: (Peekskill) The funeral services of Sarah F. Woolcock, wife of William T. Woolcock, of Sterlington, Rockland county, N. Y., were held in this village on Tuesday afternoon, the remains interred at Van Courtlandtville. She died at her home in Sterlington of paralysis, after a brief illness on Saturday last. She was the daughter of the late Jay and Sarah F. Griffin, and was born in Philipstown, Putnam county, on June 13, 1852, and was 45 years, 3 months and 14 days old. About twenty years ago she joined the South street M. E. church. She was a sister of Jacob Griffin, of Oregon, John Griffin and Marcus Griffin of this place and a half sister of Mrs. Edwin Woolcock of Depew street. She leaves a husband and seven children, five sons, Edward, Charles, Richard and George [and] McGrane, and two daughters, Ella and Addie.
• Jacob N. Griffin and Sarah A. Odell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, enumerated next to the household of their son Alvin. Other members of the household included Benjamin Odell Jr.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Jacob N. Griffin died on 30 September 1901 at age 68 in Putnam County, New York.
• Sarah A. Odell became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York.
• The following appeared on 5 October 1901 in The Highland Democrat: (Oregon) With much regret we chronicle the death of Jacob N. Griffin, which occurred last Sunday afternoon, after an illness of short duration. Mr. Griffin was born in Putnam County, and had lived in this place about twenty years. He was an honored and respected citizen, having held many offices of public trust. A wife and two sons, James and Alvin, are left to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate husband and father. The funeral services were held at his late residence, and were conducted by the Revs. N. O. Lent and Henry Williams, followed by the Grange services at the grave.
• The following appeared on 5 October 1901 in The Highland Democrat: (Canopus) We were sorry to hear of the death of Jacob Griffin, on the southern Canopus road, near Oregon, who died on Sunday afternoon last, at 4 o'clock, after four days sickness, of pleuro-pneumonia. His funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at his late residence, and was conducted by the Rev. N. O. Lent, of Canopus, and the Rev. Henry Williams, of Van Cortlandtville, and was largely attended by a great many people from a distance, as well as from Canopus and Oregon. The family have our sympathy in their sad affliction. They have lived here 21 years. Mr. Griffin leaves a wife and two grown-up married sons to mourn his loss. Interment was in Hillside cemetery, at Van Cortlandtville.

• Last Edited: 3 Jan 2015