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Home / Kearney B. & Susan Perrie Griffith–First Baha’is in Iowa?

Kearney B. & Susan Perrie Griffith–First Baha’is in Iowa?

Information from the National Baha’i Archives and Terri Rene DaVar, submitted December 2023

Here is what we know about this couple, who may well have been the earliest Baha’is living in Iowa. It appears they had no children and are both buried in College Springs, Iowa. First image is from 1930 Census records.

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