Griffith Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 47.256322, -118.386316
PLSS Coordinates: Sec. 03 T20N R35E
Location: Ritzville, Adams County
Record count: 25

Ownership: Adams County Assessor's database shows that this land is, "Government Owned Exempt Property"

Directions: To reach the Griffith Cemetery, drive 8.5 miles north of Ritzville on Marcellus Rd on the west. The cemetery will be to your left or west.

Background:

The dedication of the land for the cemetery and accompanying legal description was filed on May 08, 1923. The plat map for that date shows nine owners. The cemetery was recorded by Georgia and Joe Hays on Sep 05, 1975, those tombstones were yet visible on Dec 16, 1999. When the cemetery was restored a huge wooden sign was placed in the foreground with the following:

"William C Griffith gave two acres to the community for this cemetery in 1890. The Griffiths, Margaret Griffith Sheppard, Thomas L, Wm C, George A, Joseph M, and James M, came from Canada in 1876-1897 to homestead and farm about 1/2 mile south. William opened a store and established a US Post Office in 1891 for the village of Griffith, WA, which closed in 1905. Graves marked Griffith, Larmer and Kramer are descendants, others are neighbors. Restored in 1985."

Burial Records

• Tombstone Transcription, by Marge Womach, December 16, 1999, (25 records)

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