Benjamin Griffiths
Benjamin Griffiths is a son of Joseph and Jane, and brother of Joseph, Elenor, Mary, Evan and Ebenezer Griffiths. He was born in Butler County in 1829, and came to Allen County in 1836 with his parents. "In those days the nearest grain markets were at Lake Erie and the Ohio River; therefore farmers raised barely grain enough to supply their families with bread and salt. There was a water mill on Hog Creek, but when the water was low we had to go to Sidney, or Piqua, to mill. There was plenty of wild game." Mrs. Griffiths was Julia Ann Aumspaucher, born in Fairfield County, 1830. They have eight children--Vincent (deceased), Isaac Newton (deceased), Jason M., Ida C., Herbert G. (deceased), Sarah Jane, Josephine and Henderson F. Mrs. G. is a daughter of George and Rebecca Aumspaucher, whose children are Mahala, Julia Ann, Clara, John, Samuel and Jessie.
From 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio, by H. H. Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago.