Individual Notes

Note for: Hiram Thomas Griffith, 7 MAY 1794 - 30 JUL 1842 Index

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Other sources list birth date in July, 1791

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Note for: William Rotan Griffith, 1817 - 22 OCT 1867 Index

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   19 MAR 1840

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   1849
     Place:   Butler Co., MO

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   ABT 1860

Individual Note:
     BIOGRAPHY
William Rotan Griffith served on a Grand Jury in Butler Co., Mo. in
1849 or 1851. In 1860 he was listed in Strawberry Township, Lawrence
Co, AR as a dentist.

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Note for: Wells Griffith, 1826 - Index

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BIOGRAPHY
He was last located living with his parents in Butler Co., MO -- on the 1850 census. It is likely Wells, his mother, and sister-in-law, Martha Jane Crunk, fell victim to the cholera epidemic that swept through Southern Illinois and the Southeastern region of Missouri in 1851-2.

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Note for: Corrason D. B. Griffith, 1834 - Index

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     Information on Corrason supplied by Mary Achterhof.

From "Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900"
SMITH, JOHN B.
     Spouse: GRIFFY, CORISON D. B. Marriage Date: 19 Jun 1852
     County: Lawrence State: AR

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Note for: Susanah Walden, - 1847 Index

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   19 MAR 1840

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Note for: Martha Jane Crunk, 1828 - Index

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   1849
     Place:   Butler Co., MO

Individual Note:
     BIOGRAPHY
Martha's parentage not proven, but is likely William and Easter Crunk,
who were next-door neighbors to Dan Griffith in Butler Co., MO.
Martha fits nicely in this family betsween William and Salina.

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Note for: Lucinda Hallis, 1824 - Index

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   ABT 1860

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Note for: Daniel Griffith, 28 DEC 1842 - 25 APR 1933 Index

Event:
     Type:   MARR
     Date:   1866

Burial:
     Place:   Old Baptist Cemetary, Ash Flat, AR

Individual Note:
     BIOGRAPHY
An article in (?) stated "...(Daniel) was a farmer, and a blacksmith, and a Justice of the Peace in Fulton Co., Arkansas, a Democrat, and a general Baptist. He was educated in Eureka, AR by teacher Thomas Woods."

Daniel enlisted in Company B, 12th Arkansas Sharp Shooters and was assigned to the 14th Arkansas Confederate Infantry regiment (later changed to the 21st Arkansas) in October, 1861. He was in battles at Corinth, Iuka, Hatchey Bridge, Farmington, Port Gibson and Bakers Creek (same battle as the North called Champions Hill). He was captured at the battle of the Big Black River on May 17, 1863 and was supposedly sent to prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, then on to Fort Deleware Prison, and finally to Elmira Prison in New York. He was paroled and exchanged at Camp Lee, near Richmond, VA, Feb. 23, 1865.

In 1866 he married Isabelle Armstrong, a sister of Jane Armstrong, Dan Griffith Jr.'s wife.

1870 Fulton Co., Pleasant Ridge Twp., AR Federal Census:
Danl' Griffith, age 26, b. TN, Farmer
Isabella, age 30, b. AL
Jerry, age 2, b. AR
William, age 1, b. AR

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Note for: Terry Griffith, 5 MAR 1842 - ABT 1910 Index

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BIOGRAPHY
Terry Griffith fought in the Civil War for Captain Clayton's Confederate Infantry (10th Missouri Confederate Infantry). Family anecdotes relate that Terry and his brothers, William and Franklin, rode with Quantrill near the end of the war.

Clayton’s Company, 30-Day Volunteers, CSA: Notation on muster roll—“This company was raised at Ash Flat, Arkansas, in response to Colonel Borland’s call of November 5, 1861, mustered into the Confederate service on November 9, 1861, for 30 days, and discharged on December 9, 1861, at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas.
Listed:
Griffith, Taylor—Private.
Griffith, Terry—Private.

1870 Sharp Co., AR Census:
Terry Griffith, age 26, b. TN, Farmer
Louisa, age 17, b. AR
Livoura, age 1, b. AR

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Note for: William Griffith, ABT 1847 - Index

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BIOGRAPHY
Have been unable to locate William after the 1860 census. Some
believe he went to Texas after the Civil War.

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Note for: Martha M. Foreman, 1834 - JUN 1854 Index

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BIOGRAPHY
Martha Foreman died shortly after giving birth to George Riley
Griffith.