Margaret "Peggy" Griffith

1787 - 1888  (101 years)

• Name	Margaret "Peggy" Griffith
  Nickname	Peggy
  Birth	1787	VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Mar 1888	Little River, Montgomery Co., VA   [3]
  	Cause: old age
  Person ID	I1908	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Griffith,   b. Abt 1760, VA d. Between 1830 and 1840, Montgomery Co., VA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Nancy "Oney" ?,   b. 1756, VA d. Aft 1850, Roanoke Co., VA (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Read,   b. Abt 1785   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Feb 1806	Franklin Co., VA   [4]
  Family ID	F934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Emery Altizer, Jr.,   b. 1780, VA d. Mar 1872, Montgomery Co., VA (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Delila Altizer,   b. 4 Sep 1822, Montgomery Co., VA d. 10 Mar 1911 (Age 88 years)   2. Aaron Altizer,   b. 23 Jul 1824, Montgomery Co., VA d. 17 Mar 1923, Kistler, Logan Co., WV (Age 98 years)   3. Rachel Altizer,   b. 1825, Montgomery Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jeptha Griffith Altizer,   b. 15 Oct 1828, Montgomery Co., VA d. 14 Jan 1911 (Age 82 years)   5. Elizabeth Altizer,   b. 1831, Montgomery Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Emery Griffith Altizer,   b. 1836, Montgomery Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F18444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1542] Virginia, Montgomery County, FCR: Montgomery Co., VA 1850, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M432, roll 962, District 41, p. 51A, dwelling 691, family 691, Margaret Altizer, accessed 12 Feb 2026 (Reliability: 3). [S2612] Virginia. Montgomery County. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 (Montgomery County), (http://www.ancestry.com :2022.), 1888, Margaret Altizer, accessed 12 Feb 2026. (Reliability: 3). lists age as 104 years (born in 1784). [S2612] Virginia. Montgomery County. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 (Montgomery County), (http://www.ancestry.com :2022.), 1888, Margaret Altizer, accessed 12 Feb 2026. (Reliability: 3). [S1805] Marshall Wingfield, Franklin County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1786-1858, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 1999)), accessed 12 Feb 2026), Read-Griffith, 1806. (Reliability: 3).