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James Lee Griffin

1 Mar 1846 – 24 Jun 1914

Birth	1 Mar 1846
Death	24 Jun 1914
Cemetery	Floyds Hill Cemetery Cass County , Texas , USA
Added by	Granville & Patricia Murphy on 17 Mar 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49779899

Bio

James Lee Griffin was the son of Richard H. Griffin and Elizabeth Caroline Patillo Wilkinson. He was known as Lee to family and friends. During the Civil War he served as a private in Company C, 1st Regiment (Olmstead's) Georgia Infantry, Confederate States Army. He moved to Cass County, Texas, after the Civil War and remained there the rest of his life. He was a prosperous businessman and farmer and highly respected in Cusseta and the county. He made the caskets for many of the people buried in Floyds Hill Cemetery. After Mary Eugenia died, Lee married again. His second wife was also named Mary, and she survived him.

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Family

Parents

• Mrs Elizabeth Caroline Wilkinson Griffin 1824–1908
• Richard Henry Griffin 1825–1872

Spouse

• Mary Eugenia "Mollie" Hightower Griffin 1849–1900
• Mary A "Mollie" Rogers Griffin 1859–1948

Siblings

• Mary Jane "Janie" Griffin McCoy 1851–1925
• Elizabeth "Bettie" Griffin McCoy 1855–1930
• Martha Louise "Mattie" Griffin Brabham 1858–1930
• Susie Barto Griffin Allen 1861–1899
• Sallie B. Griffin Webster 1864–1933

Children

• Harriet Ada "Hattie" Griffin Harrell 1867–1905
• Beatrice Irene "Beatie" Griffin 1869–1870
• Beulah Lee Griffin Whatley 1871–1949
• Robert Henry Griffin 1873–1879
• William Oscar Griffin 1875–1946
• Minnie W Griffin 1878–1878
• Richard Hightower Griffin 1880–1943
• Alice Eugenia Griffin Henderson 1883–1970
• Charles Emmett Griffin Sr 1886–1960
• Isaac Leslie Griffin 1889–1961
• Mary Griffin Harris 1891–1981

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