William Hugh GriffinAge: 84 years1854–1939
- Name
- William Hugh Griffin
- Given names
- William Hugh
- Surname
- Griffin
 Birth | September 8, 1854 33 33 |
 Marriage | Margaret “Maggie” Haliburton — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Catherine Griffin about 1857 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 22, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | June 7, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Margaret McLeod 1878 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Margaret McMillan October 18, 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | William Riley Griffin 1903 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Elizabeth Griffin July 23, 1928 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | August 20, 1939 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Griffin-Halliburton Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Riley Griffin Birth: about 1821 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1903 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Margaret McMillan Birth: July 25, 1821 37 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 18, 1882 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 12, 1842 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years elder sister |
Mary Griffin Birth: about 1848 27 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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20 months elder sister |
Margaret Elizabeth Griffin Birth: September 4, 1849 28 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1928 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
James Blickman Griffin Birth: about 1853 32 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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20 months himself |
William Hugh Griffin Birth: September 8, 1854 33 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 20, 1939 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Catherine Griffin Birth: about 1857 36 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Family with Margaret “Maggie” Haliburton |
| himself |
William Hugh Griffin Birth: September 8, 1854 33 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 20, 1939 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Margaret “Maggie” Haliburton Birth: November 2, 1857 Death: December 23, 1943 — Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
William Hugh Griffin has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (17)
Parents John Leo McMillan + Elizabeth Carolyn Williams
Parents Daniel McMillan + Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Tomlinson
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Griffin - Household
Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Griffin - Household
Erin, Houston, Tennessee
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