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This is the family history of Mark & Gina Goede

The Griffin Family

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This side of the family starts with Caroline Griffin married to Joseph Butler

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Name Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

Griffin, Caroline - Joseph Butler
B: 1845 in GA D: Bef 1910 1850 1860 1870 1880
Decatur
GA - 34 1900 - -

Griffin, Lewis - Sarah Fann
B: 1810 in GA D: ? 1820 1830 1840
Decatur
GA 20-30 1850
Early
GA - 40 1860
Decatur
GA - 50 1870
Geneva
AL - 62 1880

Griffin, John

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Descendants of John Griffin

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN¹ GRIFFIN was born 1735 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, and died 21 Nov 1796 in Edgecombe, NC. He married MARTHA JONES 27 Apr 1861 in Edgecombe, NC. She was born 1741.

Child of JOHN GRIFFIN and MARTHA JONES is:

2. i. JOHN² GRIFFIN, b. 1764, Edgecombe, NC; d. 1880, GA.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² GRIFFIN (JOHN¹) was born 1764 in Edgecombe, NC, and died 1880 in GA.

Children of JOHN GRIFFIN are:

i. LEWIS³ GRIFFIN, b. 1810, GA; m. SARAH FANN, 21 Jul 1838, Early Co, GA; b. Nov 1820, GA.

Marriage Notes for LEWIS GRIFFIN and SARAH FANN:

Name: Lewis Griffin

Spouse: Sarah Fenn

Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1838

Marriage County: Early

Marriage State: Georgia

ii. ANNA GRIFFIN.

iii. DELILAH GRIFFIN.

iv. DEMPSEY GRIFFIN.

v. MARY GRIFFIN.

vi. MILDRED GRIFFIN.

vii. HARDY GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1817.

viii. JOSEPH GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1817.

Generation No. 3

3. LEWIS³ GRIFFIN (JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 1810 in GA. He married SARAH FANN 21 Jul 1838 in Early Co, GA, daughter of ELIJAH FANN and MARTHA RICH. She was born Nov 1820 in GA.

Marriage Notes for LEWIS GRIFFIN and SARAH FANN:

Name: Lewis Griffin

Spouse: Sarah Fenn

Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1838

Marriage County: Early

Marriage State: Georgia

Children of LEWIS GRIFFIN and SARAH FANN are:

i. ADALINE⁴ GRIFFIN, b. 1838, GA.

ii. JOHN L GRIFFIN, b. 1839, GA.

iii. DREWRY GRIFFIN, b. 1841, GA.

iv. EMILINE GRIFFIN, b. 1842, GA.

4. v. CAROLINE GRIFFIN, b. 1845, GA.

vi. SARAH GRIFFIN, b. 1847, GA.

vii. RICHARD GRIFFIN, b. 1848, GA.

viii. ARIAN GRIFFIN, b. 1854, GA.

ix. FRANCIS GRIFFIN, b. 1857, GA.

Generation No. 4

4. CAROLINE⁴ GRIFFIN (LEWIS³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 1845 in GA. She married JOSEPH BUTLER Bef. 1866, son of JAMES BUTLER and FRANEY. He was born 1842 in GA.

Notes for JOSEPH BUTLER:

4 Jun 1880 Pine Hill - Militia District 1188, Decatur County, Georgia, USA [2]

?1) Joe Butler, head, white male age age 37, farm laborer, born in GA, parents born in NC

2) Caroline Butler, wife, white female age 34, keeping house, born in GA, parents born in GA, cannot read or write

3) Eliza Butler, daughter, white female age 14, at home, born in AL

4) Sally Butler, daughter, white female age 10, at home, born in AL

5) Allice Butler, daughter, white female age 7, born in FL

6) Lonnie Butler, daughter, white female age 4, born in FL

7) Mitchell Butler, son, white male age 3, born in FL

8) Mary Butler, daughter, white female age 4/12, born Feb in GA

9) Sarah Griffin, mother-in-law, widowed white female age 63, keeping house, born in GA, parents born in GA

Children of CAROLINE GRIFFIN and JOSEPH BUTLER are:

5. i. ELIZA⁵ BUTLER, b. Apr 1866, Alabama.

ii. SALLIE BUTLER, b. Abt. 1870, Alabama.

6. iii. ALLICE EMMA BUTLER, b. Abt. 1873, Florida.

iv. LONIE BUTLER, b. Abt. 1876, Florida.

v. MITCHELL BUTLER, b. Abt. 1877, Florida.

vi. MARY BUTLER, b. Feb 1880, GA.

Generation No. 5

5. ELIZA⁵ BUTLER (CAROLINE⁴ GRIFFIN, LEWIS³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born Apr 1866 in Alabama. She married AUGUSTUS E BARTON, son of UNKNOWN BARTON. He was born Mar 1862 in Ga.

Children of ELIZA BUTLER and AUGUSTUS BARTON are:

i. ROSA O⁶ BARTON, b. Aug 1885.

ii. JAMES R BARTON, b. Jan 1890.

7. iii. LEONA BARTON, b. Feb 1892, GA; d. 1928, GA.

iv. NANCY C BARTON, b. Feb 1894.

v. SARAH BARTON, b. Feb 1896.

vi. CHARLES L BARTON, b. Feb 1898.

6. ALLICE EMMA⁵ BUTLER (CAROLINE⁴ GRIFFIN, LEWIS³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1873 in Florida. She married WHEELER.

Children of ALLICE BUTLER and WHEELER are:

i. ELIZABETH⁶ WHEELER, b. Abt. 1900, GA.

ii. TAMMIES WHEELER, b. Abt. 1903, GA.

Generation No. 6

7. LEONA⁶ BARTON (ELIZA⁵ BUTLER, CAROLINE⁴ GRIFFIN, LEWIS³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born Feb 1892 in GA, and died 1928 in GA. She married JOHN SIM HENRY HAMMOND¹ Abt. 1916, son of JAMES HAMMOND and SARAH BROWN. He was born 02 Sep 1869 in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia.

Notes for LEONA BARTON:

She passed away when Curtis was about 9 with Cancer.

Notes for JOHN SIM HENRY HAMMOND:

John was married three times, all three wifes passed away at a very young age. The first wife name unknown yet had one child named Sallie. This wife died of Typhoid Fever. The next wife is also unknown name yet, died of Tuberculosis. Then he married Leona Barton, they had four children in GA. When the youngest (Mae) was only 5 years old, Leona died of cancer. Curtis worked on a farm, Willie (Sis) & Lucille went to school, and Mae lived with "Miss Essie Fussell" (a family friend) until she was old enough to go to school with her sisters. The school was called Vashti Industrial School, part of the Methodist Church. Sis and Lucille stayed in GA, Mae went to TX. The plan was for Sis to go to school while Curtis helped at home. When Sis was finished Curtis was going to go to school. This never happened and Curtis never finish school, yet he was very talented in anything he did. Then Curtis went into the military and ended up living in Missouri. He made these cool cars out of scrap materials. He carved a statue out of a peice of the porch.

Children of LEONA BARTON and JOHN HAMMOND are:

i. WILLIE LEE⁷ HAMMOND, b. 1917; m. JEFF BURDETTE.

Notes for WILLIE LEE HAMMOND:

She hated her name, she went by sis.

Stayed in GA whole life

ii. CURTIS EUGENE HAMMOND, b. 20 Sep 1918, Albany, DC, GA; d. 10 Dec 2001, Excelsior Springs, MO; m. BARBARA LEA SKINNER, 1945; b. 28 Jan 1929, St. Louis, SLC, MO.

Notes for CURTIS EUGENE HAMMOND:

Curtis was 9 years old when mother died, he quit school in the second grade to work on the farm. Curtis then joined the army where he met and fell in love with Barbara which lived near the army base. They then moved back to GA. Rickland and Rita were born in GA, sometime after that they moved back to MO.

More About CURTIS EUGENE HAMMOND:

Burial: 14 Dec 2001, Hillcrest Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO

iii. LUCILLE HAMMOND, b. 31 Oct 1921; m. (1) JOHN TERRELL; m. (2) CLIVE MOON.

Notes for LUCILLE HAMMOND:

stayed in GA whole life.

iv. MAE HAMMOND, b. 17 Jan 1923; m. MANAD HIGGS.

Endnotes

1. info, John Henry Leslie Hammond Spouse: Caldonia Elizabeth Bowers Parents: James Luther Thomas Hammond , Sallie Ann Brown Birth Place: Elbert, Elberton, Georgia Birth Date: 2 Sep 1869 Marriage Place: Elberton, Elbert, Georgia Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1891 Death Place: Dewey Rose, Elbert, Georgia Death Date: 27 Mar 1937 .

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