Charles R. Griffith

Birth Date

c1811

Death Date

1873-06-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer of railroad company. Native of England. Married to Elizabeth Griffith c1850. Father of William Griffith, Cara Griffith, Mary Griffith, Ellen Griffith, Jesse Griffith. Grocer in Louisville in 1850. Clerk in Louisville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Chief clerk of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1861. Treasurer of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1863. General bookkeeper of passengers and freight and receiving agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 327A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 282.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 379.
Josiah J. Burgess, ed., Burgess’ Railway Directory for 1861; Containing A Correct List of All the Officers and Directors of the Railroads in the United States and Canadas, Together With Their Financial Condition (New York, NY: Wilbur & Hastings, 1861), 127.
Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Louisville and Nashville R.R. Company, Commenting on the First of July, 1863, and Ending on the Thirtieth of June, 1864 (Louisville, KY: Hanna & Co., Printers, 1864), 9.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll # 7007126: Louisville, Books 1-4, p. 283.
KYR-0002-222-0044.

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