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1. Title:   Gillum David Woodham family record as provided by his daughter Prillie D. Woodham(Priscilla Griggs)
2. Title:   1900 Census of the United States (Ancestry.com)
Page:   Echo Precinct, Dale Co, Alabama ED66 p6B
3. Title:   1910 Census of the United States (Ancestry.com)
Page:   Echo, Dale Co, Alabama ED87 p5B
4. Title:   SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
5. Title:   1930 Census of the United States (Ancestry.com)
Page:   Washington, District of Columbia ED350 p19A
6. Title:   Warrine Sheppard Hathaway, Dale County, Alabama Marriage Records 1885-1930 (http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/dale/vitals.htm)
Page:   Bk I p 366

Notes
a. Note:   ors about the name, 'Prillie', as being a shortening of Priscilla, she graduated with an A.B. degree in Education, by the Latinized form of Priscilla. Hence professionally Prillie W. Griggs, becomes Priscilla W. Griggs." __________________________________ OZARK--Mrs. Priscilla Woodham Griggs, 94, died early Monday morning, May 27 in the Oakview Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from St. John's Catholic Church with Father Michael Kelley officiating. Burial followed in the Westview Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Mrs. Griggs was a native of Dale County and a member of St. John's Catholic Church. Born as Prillie D. Woodham to Gillum and Mary Woodham in 1891, Mrs. Griggs later changed her name for professional and educational purposes to Priscilla. It was under this name she completed her A.B. Degree in education from the Baptist Collegiate Institute of Newton. Many knew her as Prillie, some as Priscilla, while others might refer to her as Prissie. Either way, she is probably best known in Dale County for having taught private first grade and kindergarten in Ozark. Mrs. Griggs' teaching career stretched far beyond Ozark. However, over the years, she taught in the cities of Mobile and Thorsby, Al. as well as in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. After the death of her husband, James Fletcher Griggs, Mrs. Griggs moved to Washington, D.C. where she furthered her education at the Catholic University of Washington D.C. There she was employed by the N.O.A.A. of the Department of Commerce. Mrs. Griggs had an abundant knowledge of family history and genealogy. In her book "More History of The Woodham Family", she wrote of her father and her family, "Thank God, he reared nobody for the courts or jails of his beloved country". Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Mary Morrott, Ozark; one brother, Joseph Woodhm; several nieces and nephews also survive. ___________________________________
Note:   Quote from Priscilla W.Griggs: "After proddings by teachers and profess


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