William Albert Griffin was born on June 7, 1866, in Bandera County, Texas. His parents were Hezekiah Griffin from Indiana and Mary Jane Stevens from Arkansas/Eastern Tennessee. William Albert, or Al as he preferred being called, was born in the Griffin Family cabin, built by Hezekiah and his brothers near East Verde Creek, seven miles south of the town of Bandera, in Bandera County, Texas. The cabin was also located near a Mormon Camp, about 8 miles from the Medina River - as described by his mother, Mary Jane Stevens, to a magazine reporter for the Frontier Times Magazine. The reporter recorded his interview with Mary Jane in an article titled "Trials and Tribulations on the Frontier," which was published in that magazine in 1926. As described in the article, and confirmed by Census records, the Griffin family moved to Medina County, near Devine, Texas, before 1870. According to Mary Jane, the family moved to escape the Comanche Indians, who continually raided their farms and murdered their neighbors. One of Hezekiah's brothers was severely wounded by multiple Comanche arrows as they taunted him while he was plowing a field.
On their property near Devine, Al's parents raised all eight of their children – 5 boys and 3 girls. Al was their third born child and their oldest son.
On November 2, 1892, Al married Ida Emma Bouldin in Medina County. There, they welcomed their first child Floyd Clay in 1893. But within a year, Al and Emma moved away from Devine to El Paso, Texas, where they settled and had a ranch and had two more children, Myrtle Clara, and Leona Flora. Before 1910, because of drought, Al and Emma sold all their property near El Paso/New Mexico, and moved their family to Arizona.
In Arizona, Al was a cattleman in Gila County for 21 years, 14 years in Globe and seven years in Young. He was survived by a son, Floyd Griffin of Central Heights; and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Pearce of Young, Mrs. Leona Medlyn of Globe, and Mrs. Elizabeth Negus of Young.
(Source: Arizona Record, Spt. 29, 1933; courtesy of Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Six years after his wife Emma died in 1927, Al died in 1933. They both died and are buried in Gila County, but the exact grave locations can no longer be found, because of forest fires/sandstorms suffered over the years, which destroyed their locations.
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On their property near Devine, Al's parents raised all eight of their children – 5 boys and 3 girls. Al was their third born child and their oldest son.
On November 2, 1892, Al married Ida Emma Bouldin in Medina County. There, they welcomed their first child Floyd Clay in 1893. But within a year, Al and Emma moved away from Devine to El Paso, Texas, where they settled and had a ranch and had two more children, Myrtle Clara, and Leona Flora. Before 1910, because of drought, Al and Emma sold all their property near El Paso/New Mexico, and moved their family to Arizona.
In Arizona, Al was a cattleman in Gila County for 21 years, 14 years in Globe and seven years in Young. He was survived by a son, Floyd Griffin of Central Heights; and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Pearce of Young, Mrs. Leona Medlyn of Globe, and Mrs. Elizabeth Negus of Young.
(Source: Arizona Record, Spt. 29, 1933; courtesy of Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Six years after his wife Emma died in 1927, Al died in 1933. They both died and are buried in Gila County, but the exact grave locations can no longer be found, because of forest fires/sandstorms suffered over the years, which destroyed their locations.
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Please feel free to notify Don Herring at Findagrave.com Memorial # 48531255, if you dispute any of the information in this bio or if you have additional or more up to date information regarding persons described in this memorial.
William Albert Griffin was born on June 7, 1866, in Bandera County, Texas. His parents were Hezekiah Griffin from Indiana and Mary Jane Stevens from Arkansas/Eastern Tennessee. William Albert, or Al as he preferred being called, was born in the Griffin Family cabin, built by Hezekiah and his brothers near East Verde Creek, seven miles south of the town of Bandera, in Bandera County, Texas. The cabin was also located near a Mormon Camp, about 8 miles from the Medina River - as described by his mother, Mary Jane Stevens, to a magazine reporter for the Frontier Times Magazine. The reporter recorded his interview with Mary Jane in an article titled "Trials and Tribulations on the Frontier," which was published in that magazine in 1926. As described in the article, and confirmed by Census records, the Griffin family moved to Medina County, near Devine, Texas, before 1870. According to Mary Jane, the family moved to escape the Comanche Indians, who continually raided their farms and murdered their neighbors. One of Hezekiah's brothers was severely wounded by multiple Comanche arrows as they taunted him while he was plowing a field.
On their property near Devine, Al's parents raised all eight of their children – 5 boys and 3 girls. Al was their third born child and their oldest son.
On November 2, 1892, Al married Ida Emma Bouldin in Medina County. There, they welcomed their first child Floyd Clay in 1893. But within a year, Al and Emma moved away from Devine to El Paso, Texas, where they settled and had a ranch and had two more children, Myrtle Clara, and Leona Flora. Before 1910, because of drought, Al and Emma sold all their property near El Paso/New Mexico, and moved their family to Arizona.
In Arizona, Al was a cattleman in Gila County for 21 years, 14 years in Globe and seven years in Young. He was survived by a son, Floyd Griffin of Central Heights; and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Pearce of Young, Mrs. Leona Medlyn of Globe, and Mrs. Elizabeth Negus of Young.
(Source: Arizona Record, Spt. 29, 1933; courtesy of Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Six years after his wife Emma died in 1927, Al died in 1933. They both died and are buried in Gila County, but the exact grave locations can no longer be found, because of forest fires/sandstorms suffered over the years, which destroyed their locations.
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Please feel free to notify Don Herring at Findagrave.com Memorial # 48531255, if you dispute any of the information in this bio or if you have additional or more up to date information regarding persons described in this memorial.
On their property near Devine, Al's parents raised all eight of their children – 5 boys and 3 girls. Al was their third born child and their oldest son.
On November 2, 1892, Al married Ida Emma Bouldin in Medina County. There, they welcomed their first child Floyd Clay in 1893. But within a year, Al and Emma moved away from Devine to El Paso, Texas, where they settled and had a ranch and had two more children, Myrtle Clara, and Leona Flora. Before 1910, because of drought, Al and Emma sold all their property near El Paso/New Mexico, and moved their family to Arizona.
In Arizona, Al was a cattleman in Gila County for 21 years, 14 years in Globe and seven years in Young. He was survived by a son, Floyd Griffin of Central Heights; and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Pearce of Young, Mrs. Leona Medlyn of Globe, and Mrs. Elizabeth Negus of Young.
(Source: Arizona Record, Spt. 29, 1933; courtesy of Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Six years after his wife Emma died in 1927, Al died in 1933. They both died and are buried in Gila County, but the exact grave locations can no longer be found, because of forest fires/sandstorms suffered over the years, which destroyed their locations.
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Please feel free to notify Don Herring at Findagrave.com Memorial # 48531255, if you dispute any of the information in this bio or if you have additional or more up to date information regarding persons described in this memorial.
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