Biography of Nelson Griffith, page 732.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Nelson Griffith was born in Fayette County, Pa., Jan. 24, 1812, a son of Asa 
and Jane (Blair) Griffith, native of York County, Pa., of Welsh and Irish 
descent.  In 1817 his parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio.  When he was 
eighteen years of age he went into a woolen factory and served an 
apprenticeship of three years.  He then worked in the same factory four 
years as a journeyman.  In 1839 he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and 
entered eighty acres of land in Jackson Township, where he lived fourteen 
years.  In 1853 he sold his farm and purchased the one in Richland Township 
where he now lives.  At the time he bought his land it was mostly heavily 
timbered, but he has cleared and improved it, and now has one of the finest 
farms in the township.  Mr. Griffith was married March 19, 1837, to Sarah 
Ann Cobbler, daughter of Philip and Charlotte (Wolf) Cobbler, who moved from 
Lancaster County, Pa., to Ohio in 1822.  Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have had ten 
children, eight of whom are living---Lewis C., Annie, Clark W., Philip A., 
Lottie, John and Aaron (twins), Dewitt.  The deceased are Harriet and David 
K.   Politically, Mr. Griffith is a Democrat.  He has served as Assessor of 
his township six years and as County Commissioner three years.  He and his 
wife are members of the Disciples church.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com