Rebecca Janie Griffey

1894 - 1965  (71 years)

• Name	Rebecca Janie Griffey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	19 Mar 1894	Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Emma and Marcellus Griffey
  Residence	1905	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [10]
  	Orphaned by the death of her mother
  Census	1910	Christian County, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Niece of Ben Dye
  Census	1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Lewis Sewell
  Census	1930	Christian County, Kentucky, USA   [11]
  	Age: 37; Marital Status: Married to Lewis Sewell; Relation to Head: Wife
  Census	1940	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Hade Powell
  Death	7 Nov 1965	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Burial	Macedonia Church Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I14059	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Marcellus Griffey,   b. 11 Dec 1846, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Jan 1903, Tennessee, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Ann Dye,   b. Abt 1853, Tennessee, USA d. 17 May 1905, Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1891  [12]
  Family ID	F8184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hade Thirtess 'Cletus' Powell,   b. 26 Feb 1873, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Mar 1953, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1940  [5, 7]
  Family ID	F10717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Lewis James Sewell,   b. 1864, Christian County, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Aug 1931, Christian County, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1920  [7, 9]
  Family ID	F5622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Mar 1894 - Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Emma and Marcellus Griffey - 1900 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Orphaned by the death of her mother - 1905 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Niece of Ben Dye - 1910 - Christian County, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Lewis Sewell - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 37; Marital Status: Married to Lewis Sewell; Relation to Head: Wife - 1930 - Christian County, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Hade Powell - 1940 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Death - 7 Nov 1965 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-GRIFFEY Emma (Dye) EMMA ANN DYE GRIFFEY • Hopkinsville Kentuckian • Hopkinsville, Kentucky • 18 May 1905, Thu • Page 1

  
  

• Sources

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