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Eliezer Griffiths (3 February 1827 – 21 April 1920) was a Welsh Congregationalist minister with a significant career in Australia and America, where he died.


History

Griffiths was born in
Lampeter Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, ...
,
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, Wales, a son of Rev. G. Griffiths, minister of Mynydd Seion,
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and his wife Maria Griffiths (c. 1794 – 18 December 1866). He was educated at New College and served the church at
Tenby Tenby ( cy, Dinbych-y-pysgod, lit=fortlet of the fish) is both a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the western side of Carmarthen Bay, and a local government community. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembroke ...
, Wales for twelve years, then moved to
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. He served from 1861 to 1865 at Port Denison, Queensland, where he served in several different churches, including the Church of England. He may have served briefly at
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, but in 1866 moved to South Australia to take over the
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in
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, recently vacated by
William Harcus William Harcus (c. 1823 – 10 August 1876) was a Congregationalist minister in England and South Australia, where he later turned journalist and editor. History Harcus was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and trained for the Congregational ministry a ...
. He left South Australia for England in December 1872. He married Isabella Bell (c. 1839 – 1882). They had seven children. He died in
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, Nebraska.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Eliezer 1846 births 1916 deaths Welsh Congregationalist ministers Australian Congregationalist ministers People from Lampeter