Noah Griffith (1786-1853) _ Esther Wightman Griffith (1788-1863)

The Griffiths' youngest son tied this family to the Alamo. John Maynard Griffith, a Montgomery County farmer born in 1828, married Angelina Dickinson, who had survived the 1836 battle as a baby; her parents were Almeron and Susanna Dickinson. She was about seventeen. Over six years the couple had three children before the marriage ended in divorce, and Angelina went on to New Orleans and then Galveston. Her mother kept two of the children. The marker stands in a private front yard beside the road, and this description gives no route to the house.

What the plaque says

Noah Griffith (1786-1853) _ Esther Wightman Griffith (1788-1863) Members of Stephen F. Austin's second colony, Noah Griffith (1786-1853) and his wife Esther (Wightman) (1788-1863) came to Texas in 1829 from New York. They lived in the port community of Matagorda before moving here in 1831. This site is part of their original Mexican land grant. Griffith was a farmer and miller, and the Griffith home was used as an early polling place. Recorded - 1980

Where it stands

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