Indiana Death Certificate #651.
Died while under the influence of anesthetic for an operation to remove a growth in her throat. Carcinoma of the Myoid Gland.
Wife of Thomas Elson Griffith, married April 17, 1872, Crittenden Co. KY.
Daughter of Uriah Gilliland Witherspoon and Susan M. Johnson-Witherspoon.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Sept. 9, 1915.
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky.
Another shock, seldom if ever equaled, in Marion, came Monday afternoon when a message came telling of the death of Mrs. Finie Griffith at Walker's Sanitarium in Evansville, Ind., where she went last Sat. morning.
Few knew of her illness. She was here in apparent good health Friday afternoon and come into town from her home near Crittenden Springs to consult her physician as to a growth in her throat, which was affecting her windpipe, and it was decided at once that something must be done, or she would choke to death.
Her son, Guy, accompanied her to Walker's Sanitarium Saturday morning and the consultation there, only served to urge the importance of a quick operation. She cheerfully agreed and was not assisted by anyone when she crawled onto the operating table Monday. The shock to her system was so severe she never rallied but passed away at 4:50 p.m. before coming from under the influence of the anesthetic. With her when the end came were her husband, son, sister, Mrs. W.T. Terry and Mr. Terry, and her daughter, Mrs. J.P. Hatcher.
They arrived here Tuesday at 11 o'clock and took the remains to her home, which she had so recently left. Sophina Matilda Witherspoon was born in this county March 22, 1841, lived in this county all her life. She was a daughter of the late U.G. Witherspoon and is survived by her husband, Mr. Thomas Elson Griffith to whom she was married April 17, 1872, and by three children, Alice, wife of J.P. Hatcher, Guy and Walter, both of whom are married. Two sisters and two brothers survive her, they being Mrs. Annie Terry, wife of William T. Terry; and Mrs. Mattie Conditt, wife of William G. Conditt, both of this county; and Rufus E. Witherspoon, of Emporia, Kan.; and Thadeus Witherspoon, of Glen Elder, Kan.
Mrs. Griffith was one of the county's best known women and will be greatly missed.
Died while under the influence of anesthetic for an operation to remove a growth in her throat. Carcinoma of the Myoid Gland.
Wife of Thomas Elson Griffith, married April 17, 1872, Crittenden Co. KY.
Daughter of Uriah Gilliland Witherspoon and Susan M. Johnson-Witherspoon.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Sept. 9, 1915.
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky.
Another shock, seldom if ever equaled, in Marion, came Monday afternoon when a message came telling of the death of Mrs. Finie Griffith at Walker's Sanitarium in Evansville, Ind., where she went last Sat. morning.
Few knew of her illness. She was here in apparent good health Friday afternoon and come into town from her home near Crittenden Springs to consult her physician as to a growth in her throat, which was affecting her windpipe, and it was decided at once that something must be done, or she would choke to death.
Her son, Guy, accompanied her to Walker's Sanitarium Saturday morning and the consultation there, only served to urge the importance of a quick operation. She cheerfully agreed and was not assisted by anyone when she crawled onto the operating table Monday. The shock to her system was so severe she never rallied but passed away at 4:50 p.m. before coming from under the influence of the anesthetic. With her when the end came were her husband, son, sister, Mrs. W.T. Terry and Mr. Terry, and her daughter, Mrs. J.P. Hatcher.
They arrived here Tuesday at 11 o'clock and took the remains to her home, which she had so recently left. Sophina Matilda Witherspoon was born in this county March 22, 1841, lived in this county all her life. She was a daughter of the late U.G. Witherspoon and is survived by her husband, Mr. Thomas Elson Griffith to whom she was married April 17, 1872, and by three children, Alice, wife of J.P. Hatcher, Guy and Walter, both of whom are married. Two sisters and two brothers survive her, they being Mrs. Annie Terry, wife of William T. Terry; and Mrs. Mattie Conditt, wife of William G. Conditt, both of this county; and Rufus E. Witherspoon, of Emporia, Kan.; and Thadeus Witherspoon, of Glen Elder, Kan.
Mrs. Griffith was one of the county's best known women and will be greatly missed.
Indiana Death Certificate #651.
Died while under the influence of anesthetic for an operation to remove a growth in her throat. Carcinoma of the Myoid Gland.
Wife of Thomas Elson Griffith, married April 17, 1872, Crittenden Co. KY.
Daughter of Uriah Gilliland Witherspoon and Susan M. Johnson-Witherspoon.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Sept. 9, 1915.
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky.
Another shock, seldom if ever equaled, in Marion, came Monday afternoon when a message came telling of the death of Mrs. Finie Griffith at Walker's Sanitarium in Evansville, Ind., where she went last Sat. morning.
Few knew of her illness. She was here in apparent good health Friday afternoon and come into town from her home near Crittenden Springs to consult her physician as to a growth in her throat, which was affecting her windpipe, and it was decided at once that something must be done, or she would choke to death.
Her son, Guy, accompanied her to Walker's Sanitarium Saturday morning and the consultation there, only served to urge the importance of a quick operation. She cheerfully agreed and was not assisted by anyone when she crawled onto the operating table Monday. The shock to her system was so severe she never rallied but passed away at 4:50 p.m. before coming from under the influence of the anesthetic. With her when the end came were her husband, son, sister, Mrs. W.T. Terry and Mr. Terry, and her daughter, Mrs. J.P. Hatcher.
They arrived here Tuesday at 11 o'clock and took the remains to her home, which she had so recently left. Sophina Matilda Witherspoon was born in this county March 22, 1841, lived in this county all her life. She was a daughter of the late U.G. Witherspoon and is survived by her husband, Mr. Thomas Elson Griffith to whom she was married April 17, 1872, and by three children, Alice, wife of J.P. Hatcher, Guy and Walter, both of whom are married. Two sisters and two brothers survive her, they being Mrs. Annie Terry, wife of William T. Terry; and Mrs. Mattie Conditt, wife of William G. Conditt, both of this county; and Rufus E. Witherspoon, of Emporia, Kan.; and Thadeus Witherspoon, of Glen Elder, Kan.
Mrs. Griffith was one of the county's best known women and will be greatly missed.
Died while under the influence of anesthetic for an operation to remove a growth in her throat. Carcinoma of the Myoid Gland.
Wife of Thomas Elson Griffith, married April 17, 1872, Crittenden Co. KY.
Daughter of Uriah Gilliland Witherspoon and Susan M. Johnson-Witherspoon.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Sept. 9, 1915.
Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky.
Another shock, seldom if ever equaled, in Marion, came Monday afternoon when a message came telling of the death of Mrs. Finie Griffith at Walker's Sanitarium in Evansville, Ind., where she went last Sat. morning.
Few knew of her illness. She was here in apparent good health Friday afternoon and come into town from her home near Crittenden Springs to consult her physician as to a growth in her throat, which was affecting her windpipe, and it was decided at once that something must be done, or she would choke to death.
Her son, Guy, accompanied her to Walker's Sanitarium Saturday morning and the consultation there, only served to urge the importance of a quick operation. She cheerfully agreed and was not assisted by anyone when she crawled onto the operating table Monday. The shock to her system was so severe she never rallied but passed away at 4:50 p.m. before coming from under the influence of the anesthetic. With her when the end came were her husband, son, sister, Mrs. W.T. Terry and Mr. Terry, and her daughter, Mrs. J.P. Hatcher.
They arrived here Tuesday at 11 o'clock and took the remains to her home, which she had so recently left. Sophina Matilda Witherspoon was born in this county March 22, 1841, lived in this county all her life. She was a daughter of the late U.G. Witherspoon and is survived by her husband, Mr. Thomas Elson Griffith to whom she was married April 17, 1872, and by three children, Alice, wife of J.P. Hatcher, Guy and Walter, both of whom are married. Two sisters and two brothers survive her, they being Mrs. Annie Terry, wife of William T. Terry; and Mrs. Mattie Conditt, wife of William G. Conditt, both of this county; and Rufus E. Witherspoon, of Emporia, Kan.; and Thadeus Witherspoon, of Glen Elder, Kan.
Mrs. Griffith was one of the county's best known women and will be greatly missed.
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