Brief Life History of John Silas
When John Silas Griffin was born on 24 July 1868, in Bandera, Bandera, Texas, United States, his father, Hezekiah Griffin, was 39 and his mother, Mary Jane Stevens, was 29. He married Georgia Anna Crutchfield on 17 November 1891. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Medina, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 5, Medina, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 April 1959, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Devine, Medina, Texas, United States.
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- John Griffin in household of Hezek Griffin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Silas (Jack) Griffin - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: John Silas Griffin
- J B Griffin, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1881
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Medina, Texas, United States
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Gruffin, Griffin, a pet form of Middle Welsh Gruffudd. In the Welsh border counties this name was introduced directly from Welsh, and in the eastern counties of England by Bretons from France who came over with the Norman conquest.
Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Silas ( Jack) Griffin
Jack Griffin was born in Bandera County, Texas on July 24, 1868 - 3 years after the Civil War ended. He was the 4th of 8 children born to Mary Jane Stevens and Hezekiah Griffin. Jack was their 2nd s …
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