Individual Details
Joseph Franklin "Frank" Griffith
(Abt January 20, 1839 - July 24, 1898)
FAG 26934484
"J. F. Griffith had a cattle brand # 1631 (sort of a "Z" with a line coming off the center right side) and a hog mark recorded in in McCullough County, Texas, April, 3 1882." (McCullough County Records. Note: This was the same brand, with an eyebrow added, that his son, Joseph Henry Griffith was using in Coleman County in 1884.)
"Joseph Franklin Griffith ran a riverboat at Blackwell Crossing, Colorado River, near Winchell, Texas, about thirty miles from Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He was also a farmer and was in Comanche County in 1860; in Arkansas 1869 - 1875; and was back in Texas, Coleman County, in 1880. He and Roenia Guest had eight children and he also raised her son, William Sylvester McIntosh. Roenia was a midwife and was often called upon for assistance in the area where they lived. After Roenia's death, he married a young Indian girl and the children from his first marriage drifted away from home when they were old enough to be out on their own. The girls, some of whom were older than their stepmother, had been taking care of the household duties and their younger siblings and found it difficult to remain at home. Joseph Franklin Griffith and Arizona Trent (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Arizona's maiden name was Hanson, I don't know where "Trent" came from.) had seven children; he was sixty years of age when his last child was born and he died a couple of years later. His grave is encased in a native stone housing and her grave is outlined with native stones." (Peggy Vanoy, Lubbock, Texas.)
1860 Comanche County, Texas census: Franklin GRIFFITH, 20, Ky; Rosena GRIFFITH, 26, Tn; William S. GRIFFITH, 4, Mo; Angeline GRIFFITH 11/12, Tx. (Franklin Griffith is also listed in the Comanche County, Texas census as a child in the household of Daniel Griffith, Family/Dwelling #110/100.)
"#53, taken August 22, 1867, J. F. Griffith, Pct. 4, in state 10 years, in county 10 years, in pct. 10 years, native of Kentucky." (1867 Comanche County, Texas Voter Registration list.)
"On 13 March 1869, Joseph F. Griffith sold 75 head of hogs and 160 acres of land to John H. Hanson for $200." (Comanche County, Texas Deed Book B, page 202. NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: The selling of this land was apparently in preparation for the move to Arkansas.)
1870 Polk County, Arkansas census, Cove Township, Dallas Post Office, Family #165, taken 29 June 1870: Joseph F. GRIFFITH, 29, male, farmer, $250 real estate, Ky; Roana GRIFFITH, 36, female, Tenn; Sarah A. GRIFFITH, 10, female, Texas; Joseph H. GRIFFITH, 9, male, Texas; John D. GRIFFITH, 7, male, Texas; Andrew GRIFFITH, 4, male, Texas; Nancy E. GRIFFITH, 10/12, Ark; Wm S. McIntosh, 14, male, Mo.
"1877 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($40), 4 horses and mules ($80), 9 cattle ($45)." (1877 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1878 - J. F. Griffith - telegraph ($2), 1 buggy ($10), 5 horses ($75), 10 cattle ($60), 15 hogs ($15). ( 1878 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1879 - J. H. (should have been J. F.) Griffith - 1 buggy ($20), 5 horses ($50), 12 cattle ($50), 6 hogs ($6)." (1879 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1880 - Js. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($12), 4 horses ($60), 12 cattle ($72), 8 goats ($4), 10 hogs ($10), Misc ($100)." (1880 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
1880 Coleman County, Texas census, Precint #3, taken 10 June 1880, pages 10 and 11, Dwelling/Family #93/93: Frank GRIFFITH, male, 37, Ky, NC, NC; Roeany GRIFFITH, female, 45, Tn, Ga, Ga; Silvester GRIFFITH, son, 25, Mo, Ky, Tenn; Sarah GRIFFITH, dau, 21, Tx, Ky, Tenn; John GRIFFITH, son, 18, Tx, Ky, Tenn; Andy GRIFFITH, son, 14, Tx, Ky, Tenn; Nancy GRIFFITH, dau, 11, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Melvina GRIFFITH, dau, 8, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Juliney GRIFFITH, dau, 5, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Theodocia GRIFFITH, dau 2, Tx, Ky, Tenn.
"1881 - J. S. (F) Griffith - 1 buggy ($12), 5 horses ($80), 16 cattle ($96), goods, wares, and merchandise ($650)." (1881 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1882 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($20), 5 horses ($100), 16 cattle ($150), 8 sheep ($10), 28 goats ($20), 9 hogs ($10)." (1882 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1883 - J. F. Griffith - 5 horses ($75), 30 cattle ($450), 15 sheep ($30), 30 goats ($30)." (1883 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1884 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($15), 7 horses ($140), 40 cattle ($600), 22 sheep ($44), 46 goats ($46), 30 hogs ($30)." (1884 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1885 - J. F. Griffith - 1 wagon ($20), 6 horses ($120), 40 cattle ($400), 30 sheep ($30), 40 hogs ($40)." (1885 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1886 - J. F. Griffith - 1 wagon ($10), 6 horses ($120), 45 cattle ($360), 49 sheep ($49), 6 hogs ($6), 100 goats ($75). (1886 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
1900 Comanche County, Texas census: Arizona GRIFFITH, Apr 1872, 28, Tx; Robert GRIFFITH, Jan 1885, 15, Tx; Alice GRIFFITH, Feb 1889, 11, Tx; Calvin GRIFFITH, Nov 1890, 9, Tx; Della GRIFFITH, Aug 1893, 7, Tx; John GRIFFITH, 5, Tx; Dora GRIFFITH, Dec 1896, 3, Tx; Mae GRIFFITH, May 1899, 1, Tx.
"J. F. Griffith - 20 January 1839 - 24 July 1901 - Farewell my wife and children all, from you a Father Christ doeth call." (Tombstone.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: According to Grace Terry Brooke, a sister of Joseph Franklin Griffith was buried next to him.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: The death year of 1901, as given on the tombstone of Joseph Franklin Grifith is incorrect, as he died before his daughter, Mae was born, and he was deceased before the 1900 census was taken. The tombstone error appears to have came from the fact that Mae always claimed to be younger than she was, so when the stones were made after Arizona died in 1934, no one could remember just when Joseph Franklin died, so they based his death date on what Mae claimed to be her birth date. He must have died after 24 Jul 1898, however, as Mae as born in May 1899. It was a well established fact that Mae never saw her father, as he had died before she was born.)
Information of the family of Joseph Franklin Griffith and his two wives from the obituary of Joseph H. Griffith; Wilson Bible of Odie Griffith; personal information from Della (Griffith) Terry; death certificate of Joseph H. Griffith; Coleman County marriage records; tombstones (which have incorrect dates inscribed); heirs listed on old deeds in possession of Iola Terry.
"J. F. Griffith had a cattle brand # 1631 (sort of a "Z" with a line coming off the center right side) and a hog mark recorded in in McCullough County, Texas, April, 3 1882." (McCullough County Records. Note: This was the same brand, with an eyebrow added, that his son, Joseph Henry Griffith was using in Coleman County in 1884.)
"Joseph Franklin Griffith ran a riverboat at Blackwell Crossing, Colorado River, near Winchell, Texas, about thirty miles from Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He was also a farmer and was in Comanche County in 1860; in Arkansas 1869 - 1875; and was back in Texas, Coleman County, in 1880. He and Roenia Guest had eight children and he also raised her son, William Sylvester McIntosh. Roenia was a midwife and was often called upon for assistance in the area where they lived. After Roenia's death, he married a young Indian girl and the children from his first marriage drifted away from home when they were old enough to be out on their own. The girls, some of whom were older than their stepmother, had been taking care of the household duties and their younger siblings and found it difficult to remain at home. Joseph Franklin Griffith and Arizona Trent (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Arizona's maiden name was Hanson, I don't know where "Trent" came from.) had seven children; he was sixty years of age when his last child was born and he died a couple of years later. His grave is encased in a native stone housing and her grave is outlined with native stones." (Peggy Vanoy, Lubbock, Texas.)
1860 Comanche County, Texas census: Franklin GRIFFITH, 20, Ky; Rosena GRIFFITH, 26, Tn; William S. GRIFFITH, 4, Mo; Angeline GRIFFITH 11/12, Tx. (Franklin Griffith is also listed in the Comanche County, Texas census as a child in the household of Daniel Griffith, Family/Dwelling #110/100.)
"#53, taken August 22, 1867, J. F. Griffith, Pct. 4, in state 10 years, in county 10 years, in pct. 10 years, native of Kentucky." (1867 Comanche County, Texas Voter Registration list.)
"On 13 March 1869, Joseph F. Griffith sold 75 head of hogs and 160 acres of land to John H. Hanson for $200." (Comanche County, Texas Deed Book B, page 202. NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: The selling of this land was apparently in preparation for the move to Arkansas.)
1870 Polk County, Arkansas census, Cove Township, Dallas Post Office, Family #165, taken 29 June 1870: Joseph F. GRIFFITH, 29, male, farmer, $250 real estate, Ky; Roana GRIFFITH, 36, female, Tenn; Sarah A. GRIFFITH, 10, female, Texas; Joseph H. GRIFFITH, 9, male, Texas; John D. GRIFFITH, 7, male, Texas; Andrew GRIFFITH, 4, male, Texas; Nancy E. GRIFFITH, 10/12, Ark; Wm S. McIntosh, 14, male, Mo.
"1877 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($40), 4 horses and mules ($80), 9 cattle ($45)." (1877 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1878 - J. F. Griffith - telegraph ($2), 1 buggy ($10), 5 horses ($75), 10 cattle ($60), 15 hogs ($15). ( 1878 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1879 - J. H. (should have been J. F.) Griffith - 1 buggy ($20), 5 horses ($50), 12 cattle ($50), 6 hogs ($6)." (1879 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1880 - Js. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($12), 4 horses ($60), 12 cattle ($72), 8 goats ($4), 10 hogs ($10), Misc ($100)." (1880 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
1880 Coleman County, Texas census, Precint #3, taken 10 June 1880, pages 10 and 11, Dwelling/Family #93/93: Frank GRIFFITH, male, 37, Ky, NC, NC; Roeany GRIFFITH, female, 45, Tn, Ga, Ga; Silvester GRIFFITH, son, 25, Mo, Ky, Tenn; Sarah GRIFFITH, dau, 21, Tx, Ky, Tenn; John GRIFFITH, son, 18, Tx, Ky, Tenn; Andy GRIFFITH, son, 14, Tx, Ky, Tenn; Nancy GRIFFITH, dau, 11, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Melvina GRIFFITH, dau, 8, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Juliney GRIFFITH, dau, 5, Ark, Ky, Tenn; Theodocia GRIFFITH, dau 2, Tx, Ky, Tenn.
"1881 - J. S. (F) Griffith - 1 buggy ($12), 5 horses ($80), 16 cattle ($96), goods, wares, and merchandise ($650)." (1881 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1882 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($20), 5 horses ($100), 16 cattle ($150), 8 sheep ($10), 28 goats ($20), 9 hogs ($10)." (1882 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1883 - J. F. Griffith - 5 horses ($75), 30 cattle ($450), 15 sheep ($30), 30 goats ($30)." (1883 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1884 - J. F. Griffith - 1 buggy ($15), 7 horses ($140), 40 cattle ($600), 22 sheep ($44), 46 goats ($46), 30 hogs ($30)." (1884 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1885 - J. F. Griffith - 1 wagon ($20), 6 horses ($120), 40 cattle ($400), 30 sheep ($30), 40 hogs ($40)." (1885 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
"1886 - J. F. Griffith - 1 wagon ($10), 6 horses ($120), 45 cattle ($360), 49 sheep ($49), 6 hogs ($6), 100 goats ($75). (1886 Coleman County, Texas Tax Rolls.)
1900 Comanche County, Texas census: Arizona GRIFFITH, Apr 1872, 28, Tx; Robert GRIFFITH, Jan 1885, 15, Tx; Alice GRIFFITH, Feb 1889, 11, Tx; Calvin GRIFFITH, Nov 1890, 9, Tx; Della GRIFFITH, Aug 1893, 7, Tx; John GRIFFITH, 5, Tx; Dora GRIFFITH, Dec 1896, 3, Tx; Mae GRIFFITH, May 1899, 1, Tx.
"J. F. Griffith - 20 January 1839 - 24 July 1901 - Farewell my wife and children all, from you a Father Christ doeth call." (Tombstone.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: According to Grace Terry Brooke, a sister of Joseph Franklin Griffith was buried next to him.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: The death year of 1901, as given on the tombstone of Joseph Franklin Grifith is incorrect, as he died before his daughter, Mae was born, and he was deceased before the 1900 census was taken. The tombstone error appears to have came from the fact that Mae always claimed to be younger than she was, so when the stones were made after Arizona died in 1934, no one could remember just when Joseph Franklin died, so they based his death date on what Mae claimed to be her birth date. He must have died after 24 Jul 1898, however, as Mae as born in May 1899. It was a well established fact that Mae never saw her father, as he had died before she was born.)
Information of the family of Joseph Franklin Griffith and his two wives from the obituary of Joseph H. Griffith; Wilson Bible of Odie Griffith; personal information from Della (Griffith) Terry; death certificate of Joseph H. Griffith; Coleman County marriage records; tombstones (which have incorrect dates inscribed); heirs listed on old deeds in possession of Iola Terry.
Events
| Birth | Abt January 20, 1839 | Hopkins County, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1858 | Polk County, Arkansas - Roenia (or Rosena) Guess | |||
| Marriage | April 21, 1887 | Comanche County, Texas - Arizona Hanson | |||
| Death | July 24, 1898 | Comanche County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Downing Cemetery, Comanche County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Arizona Hanson (1870 - 1934) |
| Child | Robert Griffith (1885 - 1902) |
| Child | Griffith ( - ) |
| Child | Alice Griffith (1888 - 1976) |
| Child | Calvin A. "Cad" Griffith (1890 - 1947) |
| Child | Della Griffith (1892 - 1968) |
| Child | Albert Jackson "Jack" Griffith (1895 - 1973) |
| Child | Dora Griffith (1896 - 1959) |
| Child | Griffith ( - ) |
| Child | Laura Mae Griffith (1899 - 1971) |
| Spouse | Roenia (or Rosena) Guess (1834 - 1881) |
| Child | Sarah Angeline Griffith (1859 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Henry "Joe" Griffith (1860 - 1924) |
| Child | John D. Griffith (1861 - 1900) |
| Child | Mary May Griffith (1865 - ) |
| Child | Andrew "Andy" Paul Griffith (1866 - 1949) |
| Child | Nancy Louann Griffith (1869 - 1893) |
| Child | Melvina Griffith (1872 - 1946) |
| Child | Julia Angeline "Juline" "Geline" Griffith (1876 - 1956) |
| Child | Theodoshia "Dosh" Griffith (1878 - 1949) |
| Child | Frank Griffith ( - ) |
| Father | Daniel D. Griffith (1812 - 1886) |
| Mother | Ann Eliza Trotter (1818 - 1901) |
| Sibling | James Allison Griffith Sr. (1834 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Matilda Jane Griffith (1837 - ) |
| Sibling | George Griffith ( - ) |
| Sibling | John F. "Morten" Griffith (1842 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarilda Carlsa "Zerilda" "Lorilda" Griffith (1845 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Madison Emsley Griffith (1847 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Louisa Rebecca Griffith (1850 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Jasper Newton "Newt" Griffith (1851 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Christopher Colombus Griffith (1854 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Jemima Juliana "Narcissus" Griffith (1858 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Julia "Julie" Ann Griffith (1862 - 1900) |