Emma Augusta Griffin
Emma Augusta Griffin was born around 1840 in Sangerville, Maine, to John and Rosamond Griffin. By 1860, she was living in Dover, New Hampshire, and working as a weaver. She married Leonard P. Whitney there on February 26, 1862. Her husband worked as a music teacher, and by 1870, they owned $4,000 of personal property. She divorced him in February 1874, citing “adultery and extreme cruelty.” She married Clarence H. Montgomery in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1874, and she died sometime after 1874.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1381) | Griffin, Emma Augusta ~ Montgomery, Emma Augusta ~ Whitney, Emma Augusta | 1840 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (3148) [recipient] ~ Stephen M. Thompson to Emma A. Griffin, 8 May 1863
- (3149) [recipient] ~ Stephen M. Thompson to Emma A. Griffin, 25 March 1864
- (5288) [recipient] ~ Stephen M. Thompson to Emma A. Griffin, 22 May 1863
- (5289) [recipient] ~ Stephen M. Thompson to Emma A. Griffin, 18 September 1863
- (5290) [recipient] ~ Stephen M. Thompson to Emma A. Griffin, 30 September 1863
People - Records: 1
- (1381) Griffin, Emma Augusta is the [cousin of] (948) Thompson, Stephen Millett
Places - Records: 1
- (1188) [birth] ~ Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine
SOURCES
1860 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Divorce Certificates, 1850-1969, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com
