Julia Ann Griffin

Brief Life History of Julia Ann

When Julia Ann Griffin was born on 22 April 1876, in Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama, United States, her father, John Hillard Griffin, was 37 and her mother, Temperance Caroline Evans, was 31. She married David Asbury Morse on 19 February 1896, in Crawford, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Dyer, Crawford, Arkansas, United States for about 30 years and Dyer Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 9 February 1961, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dyer Cemetery, Dyer, Crawford, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Asbury Morse
1869–1959
Julia Ann Griffin
1876–1961
Marriage: 19 February 1896
Myrtle Florence Morse
1895–1976
Ethel Jane Morse
1897–1934
Dora Bon Morse
1899–1987
Grace Bernice Morse
1902–1980
Leslie Evans Morse
1908–1990
Samuel Avery Morse
1908–1967
Vera Amy Morse
1912–1999

Sources (14)

  • Julia Griffon in household of John H Griffon, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Julia Griffin, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Julia Ann Griffin Morse, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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