Joseph Bradford Griffis

Brief Life History of Joseph Bradford

When Joseph Bradford Griffis was born in 1836, in Georgia, United States, his father, Henry Griffin, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Cureton, was 32. He married Nancy A. Kolb on 12 September 1863, in Stewart, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Barbour, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Lumpkin, Stewart, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died on 26 May 1891, in Stewart, Georgia, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in North Side Cemetery, Lumpkin, Stewart, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bradford Griffis
1836–1891
Nancy A. Kolb
1839–
Marriage: 12 September 1863
Mildred Griffis
1868–
Linwood Griffis
1870–
Minnie B Griffis
1875–
Melman Marion Griffis
1875–1935

Sources (13)

  • Joseph Griffis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Bradford Griffis, Jr - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Joseph Bradford Griffis, Jr
  • Joseph B Griffis, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Griffiths .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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