Thomas J. Griffin

Abt 1815 - Abt 1901  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Thomas J. Griffin  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1815	Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1901	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Notes	In a 1966 article about the Golden Wedding anniversary of Onie Griffin and Imboden Boyd, Virgie Speights wrote that Onie's great grandfather was W. H. Griffin, who came as a boy of 17 years with the Boyd family to Texas (circa 1835).
  Person ID	I424	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Clark,   b. Abt 1826, Texas ,   d. Bef 1880  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	1844  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Frances Louisa "Babe" Griffin,   b. 22 Jun 1844, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 17 Sep 1931  (Age 87 years)   2. Nancy Jane Griffin,   b. 25 Jul 1846, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 6 Jun 1928, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 81 years)   3. Rebecca Griffin,   b. 20 Feb 1852, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 22 Dec 1919  (Age 67 years)   4. Thomas Franklin "Mann" Griffin,   b. Between 1849 and 1853, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William Alfred Griffin,   b. 2 Jul 1854, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 11 Apr 1937  (Age 82 years)   6. Lewis Griffin,   b. Abt 1857, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Martha "Patsey" Townsend Griffin,   b. 17 Nov 1860, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 15 Dec 1930, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 70 years)   8. Wiley Griffin,   b. 2 Aug 1865, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 23 Aug 1931  (Age 66 years)   9. James Monroe Griffin,   b. Abt 1869, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. Abt 1935  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1815 - Tennessee Died - Abt 1901 - Sabine County, Texas Buried - - Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S909] McCary, Kay P. "Griffin Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 37 (Reliability: 3).