Griffith Family

Photograph

Napa County Historical Society

Griffith family

Origsize: 8" x 10"

Name/Title

Griffith Family

Entry/Object ID

2010.14.1

Description

Color photograph of double portrait frames of Lydia Margaret Sensibaugh Griffith (on left) holding her second born son Oliver Calvin Griffith. Lydia is a descendent of the Hudson Line. On right side of photograph is Calvin Chesterfield Griffith (Lydia's husband) holding their first born son James Rodney Griffith who was born in 1856 and died in 1859. Calvin Griffith was a bear flagger. Calvin and Lydia Griffith were Ivy May Loeber's grandparents and they are all buried next to each other at the St. Helena cemetery. The plot that is connected to Calvin and Lydia's plot is that of David Hudson (another Bear Flagger) and his wife Francis. David Hudson is Lydia Griffith's uncle (her mother's brother) and Francis Hudson is Calvin's sister (nee Francis Griffth).

Collection

Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

2010.14

Source or Donor

Holland, Pat and Lynn

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1858 - 1859

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Loeber, Ivy May, Griffith, Calvin Chesterfield, Griffith, James Rodney, Griffith, Lydia Margaret Sensibaugh, Griffith, Oliver Calvin, Hudson, David, Hudson, Francis Griffith, St. Helena cemetery

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Loeber, Ivy May

Person or Organization

Griffith, Calvin Chesterfield

Person or Organization

Griffith, James Rodney

Person or Organization

Griffith, Lydia Margaret Sensibaugh

Person or Organization

Griffith, Oliver Calvin

Person or Organization

Hudson, David

Person or Organization

Hudson, Francis Griffith

Create Date

March 10, 2010

Update Date

August 27, 2026