Grief Caldwell Giles

1875 - 1929  (54 years)

• Name	Grief Caldwell Giles  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	8 May 1875	Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1880	Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1900	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1910	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Residence	1920	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	22 Nov 1929	Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I17269	Master
  Last Modified	11 May 2012

  
  

  Father	George Grief Giles,   b. 1842, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 17 Feb 1878, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Judith Shelton "donie" Collie,   b. 4 Aug 1852, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jul 1918, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1871	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F4427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Janie Gammon,   b. 14 Jan 1876, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 22 Jul 1955, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1895	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Annie "mamie" Giles,   b. 12 Mar 1896, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 16 Aug 1970 , Blairs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)   2. Sally Ophelia Giles,   b. 9 Aug 1897, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jul 1988, Blairs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)   3. Archer Levi Giles,   b. 30 Sep 1900, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1947, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA (Age 46 years)   4. Catharine L Giles,   b. 1902, , , Virginia, USA   5. Katherine Elsie Giles,   b. 19 Jan 1902, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 25 May 1993, Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 91 years)   6. Margaret Judith Giles,   b. 23 Aug 1905, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jul 1916, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 10 years)   7. Martha Janie Giles,   b. Abt 1907, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1907, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   8. Douglas Cardwell Giles,   b. 31 Aug 1909, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 8 May 1994, Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan, USA (Age 84 years)   9. William Harrison Giles,   b. 4 Sep 1912, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 17 Sep 1983, Pompano Beach, Broward, Florida, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F4429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 May 1875 - Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1880 - Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - Mar 1895 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1900 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1910 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Residence - 1920 - Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 22 Nov 1929 - Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Grief Cardwell Giles GRIEF CARDWELL GILES. During the past decade or so it has been the aim of the postoffice department to secure for the position of postmaster a man who has made a success of his life work, special preference being shown for prosperous business men. The reason for that is understandable and logical. Unless a man has proven his ability to direct the details of his own affairs, it is not likely that he will be capable of attending to the mass of details which must be given attention by a postmaster. Then, too, as he will have employes under his jurisdiction, he ought to have previously received some, training as an executive. When the appointment of Grief Cardwell Giles as postmaster of Chatham became known in 1922, the action of the Harding administration met with almost universal approval, even from those belonging to the opposition party, for the suitability of the man for the office was recognized, and since he assumed the responsibilities pertaining to it he has justified the confidence expressed in him, and is giving the people of his city a well-balanced and businesslike administration. Grief Cardwell Giles was born in Pittsylvania County, May 8, 1875, a son of George and Donie (Collie) Giles, natives of Pittsylvania County. The father was a farmer who came to Chatham in 1869 and embarked in a mercantile business, which he conducted the remainder of his life. The mother has also passed away. After attending the country schools, Grief C. Giles began to be self-supporting, and his first connection with the business world was as an employe of a fertilizer company. Later be was interested in a lumber, wood and blacksmithing business in which he continued for twenty-five years, and then, in 1918, he became secretary of the Olds, Essex & Hudson Auto Agency, to which he devoted all of his time until his appointment as postmaster in March, 1922, and in which he is still financially interested. He is a master mason. The Methodist Episcopal Church has in him an earnest member. In 1895 Mr. Giles married Miss Janie Gammon, a daughter of S. J. Gammon, county superintendent of the almshouse of Chatham County. Mr. and Mrs. Giles became the parents of the following children: Mamie, who is the widow of R. C. Kent, is a clerk in the Chatham postoffice; Ophelia, who is the wife of J. G. Carter, a farmer at Rice Depot, Virginia; Douglas D., who is deceased; Levy Archer, who is stockroom manager at the Oldsmobile factory, Detroit, Michigan; Catherine, who is principal of the Oak Grove School; an unnamed child who died in infancy; Douglas Cardwell;. and William Parish, who is ten years old and the youngest. Having spent practically his entire life at Chatham, Mr. Giles' interests have always been centered here, and he has had the privilege and pleasure of assisting in the development of his community, and naturally is proud of its progress, and of the fact that it makes an excellent showing among its sister cities in the Old Dominion and elsewhere.

  
  

• Sources

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