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Houston Lamar “House” Griffin

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Houston Lamar “House” Griffin

Birth
Harris County, Georgia, USA
Death
1 Jun 1913 (aged 76)
Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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"House", as he was called by his siblings, moved with his parents to near Opelika in Russell (now Lee) County, AL, in 1840-41 and later graduated from the University of Alabama. He married Elizabeth Amanda Summers in Chambers Co., AL, on Jan 3, 1860 and served with the 37th Alabama Infantry, CSA, and Darby's Home Guard of the Macon County Reserves from May 1862 to April 1865. After the war, he began business in Opelika and in 1889, at age 53, was a successful cotton warehouse merchant. When the price of cotton fell severely, he moved with his wife and five of their ten children to Hardeman County, TX, where he established a cattle ranch and where the family lived in a dirt-floored half-dugout until a home could be built. In 1893-96 a great drought and cattle disease destroyed his herd, and in 1897 his wife died. A few years later, he and his daughters Cora and Lurline returned to Roanoke, Randolph Co., AL, where the oldest son, Roland, ran a successful hardware business.
"House", as he was called by his siblings, moved with his parents to near Opelika in Russell (now Lee) County, AL, in 1840-41 and later graduated from the University of Alabama. He married Elizabeth Amanda Summers in Chambers Co., AL, on Jan 3, 1860 and served with the 37th Alabama Infantry, CSA, and Darby's Home Guard of the Macon County Reserves from May 1862 to April 1865. After the war, he began business in Opelika and in 1889, at age 53, was a successful cotton warehouse merchant. When the price of cotton fell severely, he moved with his wife and five of their ten children to Hardeman County, TX, where he established a cattle ranch and where the family lived in a dirt-floored half-dugout until a home could be built. In 1893-96 a great drought and cattle disease destroyed his herd, and in 1897 his wife died. A few years later, he and his daughters Cora and Lurline returned to Roanoke, Randolph Co., AL, where the oldest son, Roland, ran a successful hardware business.

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