City: Tiptonville
GRIFFIN, Franklin Hall, farmer; born Madison Co., Ala., Jan. 29, 1827; Welsh and Irish descent; son of John Taylor and Miram (Bailey) GRIFFIN; father was a school teacher; paternal grandparents John and Sarah (Williams) GRIFFIN, maternal grandfather Robert BAILEY, maternal grandmother was a Miss FERGUSON prior to her marriage; received common school education; married twice, first Susan Katherine HOPPER, Jan. 25, 1855, second, Lee Joiney BABB, July 18, 1870; member Harmony Lodge No. 184, F. & A. M. (Yorkville Commandery Knights Templar, now extinct); Democrat; former Justice of the Peace of Lake Co., Tenn., three terms; member of M. E. Church, South; has been interested in farming all of his life and owns 429 acres of land.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
