Houston Lamar Griffin (1836 - 1913)

Born 28 Sep 1836 in Georgia, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Amanda (Summers) Griffin — married 3 Jan 1860 in Chambers County, Alabama, United States of America

Died 1 Jun 1913 at age 76 in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Houston Griffin is a Military Veteran.
Served in the American Civil War

Houston was born in 1836. ^[1]

He served the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.^[2] He was in Company G, 37th Alabama Infantry.^[3]

He married Elizabeth Amanda Summers Their children were:

1. Roland Wolsey Griffin^[4]
2. Andrew Lamar Griffin
3. Cora Lee Griffin
4. Edmund Summers Griffin
5. Julius Griffin
6. Hortense Leticia Griffin
7. John Ernest Griffin^[5]
8. Benjamin Fortson Griffin
9. Cornie Lurline Griffin^[6]
10. Houston Lamar Griffin, Jr.^[7]

He died, at the age of 76, on June 1, 1913 in Roanoke, Alabama.^[1] He is buried at the Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDD6-BXH : 30 November 2020), Houston Lamar Griffin, 1913.
2. ↑ "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-4MSK : 17 March 2018), Houston L Griffin, 1907; citing Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,729.
3. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865", Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, Ancestry Record 61017 #34530 (accessed 14 October 2022), Name: Houston L. Griffin; Birth Date: abt 1838; Enlistment Date: 10 May 1862; Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA; Enlistment Age: 24; Military Branch: Infantry; Regiment or Unit: 37th Alabama Regiment; Company Unit: G; Enlistment Info: Age 24, Alabama, Auburn By W W Meadows, Private; Author: Muster in roll dated May 13 62.
4. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6SK-43D : 11 January 2021), Huston Lamar Griffin in entry for Roland Wolsey Griffin, 1949.
5. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Q5-95R : 20 February 2021), H L Griffin in entry for John E Griffin, 28 Dec 1954; citing certificate number 62818, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,329.
6. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6PM-NJF : 30 March 2021), Huston Lamar Griffin in entry for Cornie Lurline Griffin, 1955.
7. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3C7-6Q2 : 20 February 2021), Houston Griffin in entry for Houston L Griffin, 24 Jul 1950; citing certificate number 34620, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,440.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38255637/houston-lamar-griffin: accessed 14 October 2022), memorial page for Houston Lamar “House” Griffin (28 Sep 1836–1 Jun 1913), Find A Grave: Memorial #38255637 citing Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave .

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5W-X21 : 19 December 2020), Houston Griffin in household of Andrew B Griffin, Russell, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JR-3CG : 13 January 2022), H. L. Griffen, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• Family Search Profile for Houston Lamar Griffin