To commemorate my visit to Chesterfield County, South Carolina last weekend, I am writing about an ancestor who lived his…
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52 Ancestors Week 33 – Ed Grant, Statesman
Edmund Griffin GRANT, who went by Ed, was the son of Jesse Lee GRANT (1873-1931) AND Mattie Lee PEELE GRANT…
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My turn as the storyteller
Last Friday I blogged about the Griffin family and how beauty came from the ashes of tragedy. Today, I stood…
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52 Ancestors Week 25 – The rest of Henrietta’s story
Last week I said that the horrific death of Tom GRIFFIN wasn’t the end of the story concerning his wife,…
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52 Ancestors Week 24 – Tom’s Griffin’s Horrific Death
Thomas Pearson GRIFFIN, known as Tom, was the son of William Harris GRIFFIN, Sr, and Margaret PEARSON GRIFFIN. Tom was…
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52 Ancestors Week 20 – Henry D. Griffin, Bright’s disease sufferer
Henry David GRIFFIN was the brother of my 2nd great-grandmother, Flora Ann GRIFFIN GRANT. This makes him my 2nd great…
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