Family Group Record


Husband: James Edwin Griffin
Born: BET. 1837 - 1838 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: 22 AUG 1924 Place: Barney, Brooks County, Georgia 1
Married: 10 MAY 1863 Place: Irwin County, Georgia 2
Buried: Place: Concord Church, Brooks County, Georgia 3
Father: Mitchell S. Griffin
Mother: Rebecca Mathis
Other Spouses: Mary L. Beatty
Wife: Eleanor J. "Nellie" Dorminy
Born: 17 OCT 1842 Place: Irwin County, Georgia 4
Died: 29 JUN 1906 Place: Lakeland, Florida
Buried: Place: Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Florida 5
Father: John Bradford Dorminy
Mother: Eleanor Nellie Paulk
Other Spouses:
Children

Child 1 (F): Emma Griffin 6
Born: ABT. 1864 Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: 1870 Place: 7
Buried: Place:
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Child 2 (M): Simeon Stephen Griffin 8
Born: 6 NOV 1865 Place: Brooks or Lowndes County, Georgia 9
Died: 11 NOV 1938 Place: Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Buried: Place: Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Florida 10
Spouses: Margaret Orean Bean
Child 3 (F): Martha E. Griffin 11
Born: BET. 1867 - 1868 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: AFT. 1908 Place: Tampa, Hillsbourough County, Florida
Buried: Place:
Spouses: John Greene Scruggs
Child 4 (F): Lena J. Griffin 12
Born: ABT. 1869 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
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Child 5 (F): Texas A. Griffin 13
Born: 1874 Place: Georgia
Died: Place:
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Spouses: Edwin C. Flanangan
Child 6 (M): John D. Griffin 14
Born: 1878 Place: Irwin County, Georgia
Died: AFT. 1938 Place: Lakeland, Florida
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Spouses: R. Mae Unknown
Child 7 (F): Nannie Griffin 15
Born: BEF. 1878 Place:
Died: BEF. 1879 Place: Irwin County, Georgia
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Child 8 (F): Mittie Griffin 16
Born: 1881 Place:
Died: AFT. 1924 Place:
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Spouses: Leslie Wilder
Child 9 (F): Mae I. Griffin 17
Born: 20 JUN 1883 Place:
Died: 24 JAN 1968 Place: Lakeland, Hillsbourough County, Florida
Buried: Place: Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Florida 18
Spouses: Arnold C. Armistead
HUSBAND NOTES:
!CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list Mitchell Griffin (33) as head of household with the following in his household: Rebecca (33), James E. (12), John (11), Simeon (9), Jane (4), Nancy (2).

!CENSUS: 1860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia (MF-56, roll 29, page 839) records James Griffin (23) with the following in his household: Mary (19), Mitchell (2).

James E. Griffin was captured on 15 Jun 1864 at Pine Mountain, Georgia during the Kennesaw Mountain Battle. He was taken to the military prison at Louisville, Kentucky. On 22 Jun 1864 he was sent to Rock Island, Illinois Prison. On 6 Mar 1865 he was on the muster roll at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. He was diagnosed as being "dibilitas". He was furloughed on 8 Mar 1865 for 30 days. By then the war was over.

In 1886 he was hired by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad to mill lumber for station houses, trusses, and cross ties. He was one of the first 14 families Lakeland, Florida. His wife, Eleanor died of Typhoid Fever. The 1910 census of Polk County, Florida shows James living in the home Mae and Arnold Armistead. The 1920 census shows him in Polk County, Florida living in the home of Texas and Edwin Flanangan and his occupation was "citrus grower". At his death of which he died of Bright's Disease, he left $1,500 with no debts or liabilities.



HUSBAND FACTS:
Military: 22 AUG 1861 CSA - Company G, 29th Georgia Infantry 19


SOURCES:
1John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
2John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
3John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 68.
5John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
6John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
7John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
8John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
9John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 112.
10John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 112.
11John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 112.
12John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
13John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39, 113.
14John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 39.
15John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 40.
16John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 40.
17John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 40.
18John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 40.
19John Edward Dorminey, Dorminy/Dorminey Descendants of John and Rachel Dorminy, Tifton, Georgia 1998, Book, page 40.


Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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