Jean: Is this our Lewis Amos Griffith. Thanks for the posting. Kenneth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Griesan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:25 PM Subject: [OHLAWREN] L. A. Griffith for Commissioner - 8/13/1868 > Hi! > I was going through some old Ironton newspapers, and came across > this. I thought that the list might like to see it. > - Jean > > L. A. GRIFFITH, for Commissioner, is one of the strongest and best > known men of our party. He has always taken an active interest in the > affairs of our county. His political principles are of the right stamp and > well defined. The good work he has done for the party, entitles him to some > consideration at its hands. He is a very cautious man, but possesses a good > judgment, and will make a good Commissioner. > > Ironton Register, Thursday, August 13, 1868 > > > ==== OHLAWREN Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/lawrence.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hey Kenneth! This is the one! He was elected to county commissioner that year. He was by far the one of the Griffith family that was the most community minded as a leader. - Jean -----Original Message----- From: kenneths [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] L. A. Griffith for Commissioner - 8/13/1868 Jean: Is this our Lewis Amos Griffith. Thanks for the posting. Kenneth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Griesan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:25 PM Subject: [OHLAWREN] L. A. Griffith for Commissioner - 8/13/1868 > Hi! > I was going through some old Ironton newspapers, and came > across this. I thought that the list might like to see it. > - Jean > > L. A. GRIFFITH, for Commissioner, is one of the strongest and > best known men of our party. He has always taken an active interest > in the affairs of our county. His political principles are of the > right stamp and > well defined. The good work he has done for the party, entitles him > to some > consideration at its hands. He is a very cautious man, but possesses > a good > judgment, and will make a good Commissioner. > > Ironton Register, Thursday, August 13, 1868