Thomas R. GRIFFIN

1846 - 1885  (39 years)

• Name	Thomas R. GRIFFIN  [1]
  	Thomas R. Griffin's father died when he was a young boy, and he was raised by his mother and step-father. He enlisted in Company I, 31st Regiment Louisiana Infantry shortly after the unit surrendered at Vicksburg in July 1863. His first cousin, Lt. Col. Sidney H. Griffin, had originally commanded his company before his election as a regimental officer, and Thomas' half-brother, Charles Henry Griffin, served as its captain for the remainder of the War. Thomas R. Griffin married in 1871 and had several childen before his death from swamp fever. [1]
  Birth	1846	Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Living in Ward 1, Union Co., Louisiana   [2]
  Death	6 Oct 1885	Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Burial	Zion Hill Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Person ID	I1815	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Harriet Eliza JONES,   b. May 1854, Union Parish, Louisiana d. 2 Mar 1938, Farmerville, Union Co., Louisiana (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1871  [1]
  Children	1. Thomas GRIFFIN,   b. Abt 1878, Louisiana  [Birth]   2. Charles GRIFFIN,   b. Abt 1879, Louisiana  [Birth]
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1880 - Living in Ward 1, Union Co., Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S272] 1880 Census Ward 1, Union County, Louisiana.