Addie Jane Farquhar was born on 29 March 1858, in Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States as the daughter of Thomas James Farquhar and Nancy Ann Egbert. She married Albert E Griffin on 24 September 1872, in Bellevue, Bellevue Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Carmel Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 30 November 1940, in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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