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Mae Griffin

Female Abt 1882 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mae Griffin  [1
    Birth Abt 1882  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Speights writes that she was "born near Hemphill of early Sabine County pioneers."
    Person ID I6878  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Alfred Griffin,   b. 2 Jul 1854, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1937 (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Christina Ann "Kate" Huffman,   b. Abt Apr 1860, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1880  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F3625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harrison Jordan,   b. Bef 1882   d. Abt 1955 (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1904  Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • They eloped in 1904. Accompanied by a friend, Tom Jones, they boarded a train in the downpour of rain at 11 p.m. at night. She said they were afraid that even at that late hour, her father might pursue them, so they persuaded the engineer to let her ride in the engine room. She says "That was such fun!" For a few years they lived around Bronson and then went to Beaumont for a bit. They were country folks, however, and returned in 1912 to the farm that they have lived ever since...(they also) ran a store and filling station on their place on Highway 184 until his death in 1955. Her daughter, Mrs. K. C. Brown, also a widow, lives alone also, on the homeplace. Her only son, Bobby Jordan, died in 1960....She is the grandmother-in-law of Mrs. James Brown, of Woodville, Texas.(Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 19).
    Family ID F3382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1882 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1904 - Jasper County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 19 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.

    3. [S430] Toole & Speights "1880 Population Census Sabine County, Texas".

    4. [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. 38 (Reliability: 3).