Title

Mrs. Sarah Brown Griffing, 1767-1865

Description

Mrs. Sarah Brown Griffing was married to Judge Nathaniel Griffing and lived at 6 Fair Street in Guilford.
" Judge Griffing, who graduated from Yale in 1786,
was a justice of the New Haven Colony Court and active in town affairs until his death in 1845. His widow, Sarah Brown, who survived all but one of their seven
children, lived here until her death in 1865, aged ninety-five. In 1855 her gift of $10,000 made possible the founding of the Guilford Institute at 120 North Fair
Street, " (source: McCullogh's Guilford: A Walking Guide).

Source

Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Collection
Photograph was published in H.P. Robinson's book, "Guilford Portraits: Memorial Epitaphs of Alderbrook and Westside with Introductory Elegies and Essay."

Publisher

Guilford Free Library

Identifier

Call Number: HR 974.674 R

Rights

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