George married Henrietta Van Hook about 1885 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Henrietta was born in Feb 1857 in Illinois, USA; died in Unknown in Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Possibly Bowlesburg Cemetery, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

American Civil War Soldiers; http://www.Ancestry.com
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Illinois;Enlistment date: 26 September 1861..
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston,MA form the following list of works.
Copyright 1997-2000
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
PO Box 35
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Description:
This database is a compilation of military records (including staterosters, pension records, and regimental histories) of individualsoldiers who served in the United States Civil War.
Name: George Griffin ,
Residence: Rock Island, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 26 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 26 September 1861
Enlisted in Company H, 45th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 24 December1861.
Transferred Company H, 45th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 01 December1863
Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Illinois;Enlistment date: 26 September 1861..
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston,MA form the following list of works.
Copyright 1997-2000
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
PO Box 35
Duxbury.

American Civil War Regiments American Civil War Regiments
Regiment: 45th Infantry Regiment IL
Date Mustered: 12 Jul 1865
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 9
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 76
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
ILLINOIS
FORTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
(Three-Years)
Forty-fifth Infantry. - Cols., John Eugene Smith, Jasper
A. Maltby; Lieut.-Cols., Charles C. Campbell, Jasper A.
Maltby, Melancthon Smith, Robert P. Sealy, John O. Duer, Majs.,
Melancthon Smith, Luther H. Cowan, Leander B. Fisk, John O.
Duer, James J. Palmer. This regiment, during its organization,
rendezvoused at the Jo Daviess county fair grounds, near Ga-
lena, and the camp was named Camp Washburne, in honor of E. B.
Washburne, member of Congress from the Galena district. Seven
companies of the regiment only were in camp at Galena but the
regimental organization was fully completed and the regiment
armed with the short Enfield rifle. On Nov. 22 Camp Washburne
was broken up, and the regiment was ordered to Camp Douglas,
Chicago, where the full complement of ten companies was made up
and the regiment was mustered into the U. S. service on Dec.
25, 1861. On Jan. 12, 1862, it left Camp Douglas for Cairo,
where it went into camp until Feb. 1, when it was assigned to
the 2nd brigade, 1st division, and the next day left Cairo with
Gen. Grant's army for the Tennessee river. On the 4th it
pitched its tents in the first camp in the field -Camp Halleck,
4 miles below Fort Henry. At Fort Donelson it was sent to the
relief of the 49th Ill. infantry, which was engaged close up to
the enemy's works and received its "baptism of fire." The reg-
iment bore its full share of the three days, fight at Donelson,
though its loss was small, only 2 killed and 26 wounded. It
went into the fight at Shiloh with about 500 men and was in the
front line from first to last of the two days, battle, the
losses of the regiment being 26 killed, and 199 wounded and
missing. The summer of 1862 was spent in camp at Jackson,
Tenn., and later four companies were stationed at Medon, one
company at Treager's, and five companies at Toon's. Co. C was
captured at Treager's, at Medon a sharp fight occurred in which
the Confederates were repulsed, and the loss in the regiment
was 3 killed, 13 wounded and 43 taken prisoners. The regiment
participated in all the battles of the Vicksburg campaign,
forming a part of Logan's division. It took part in three
charges against the Confederate works in May and June, the loss
to the regiment in the last assault being 83 officers and men
killed and wounded. The regiment was detailed for provost
guard duty in Vicksburg on July 4, and continued to do such
duty until Oct. 14, when it was relieved to take part in the
Canton raid, during which a skirmish occurred with the Confed-
erates at Bogue Chitto creek. In the months of December and
January the regiment almost to a man re-enlisted as veterans.
From Feb. 3 to March 4 it took part in the "Meridian raid," and
was engaged in the skirmish at Chunky Station, where 3 men of
the regiment were wounded. On March 17 it left Vicksburg for
Cairo, where it was given a 30 days' veteran furlough. Begin-
ning on June 7, it took its share in the Atlanta campaign, be-
fore and after the fall of Atlanta, until the beginning of the
march to the sea. It participated in the Carolina campaign and
was engaged in the attack on Pocotaligo, S. C., where it suf-
fered a loss of 8 men wounded before the piece was taken. The
regiment participated in the grand review at Washington, and on
June 6 left that place for Louisville. Ky., where it was mus-
tered out of service on July 12, 1865.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Battles Fought
Fought at Fort Donelson, TN.
Fought at Wheeler's Cav.
Fought on 13 February 1862 at Fort Donelson, TN.
Fought on 15 February 1862 at Fort Donelson, TN.
Fought on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 07 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 31 August 1862 at Medon Station, TN.
Fought on 31 August 1862 at Medon, TN.
Fought on 31 August 1862 at Medon,TN.
Fought on 01 September 1862 at Medon, TN.
Fought on 01 May 1863 at Thompson's Mills, MS.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Champion Hills, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 23 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 04 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 21 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 25 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 26 June 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 14 February 1864 at Chunkey Station, MS.
Fought on 29 February 1864.
Fought on 18 June 1864 at Etowah River, GA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Kingston, GA.
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Regiments [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston,MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
PO Box 35
Duxbury, MA 023.
Description:
This database contains regiment records from the American Civil War inthe United States.

George married *Priscilla Catherine Hunter on 26 Aug 1855 in Rock Island County, Illinois. *Priscilla (daughter of Elliott Hunter and Catherine Williams) was born on 26 Aug 1833 in Greenville, West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; died on 14 May 1920 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried on 16 May 1920 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois Per Headstone Photo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Names
Patentee: JOHN F GRIFFIN
Survey
State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 40
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 8/4/1838
Land Office: Galena
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
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Accession/Serial #: IL4300__.492 BLM Serial #: IL NO S/N
Names
Patentee: JOHN F GRIFFIN
Survey
State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 40
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 8/4/1838
Land Office: Galena
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
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Accession/Serial #: IL4300__.493 BLM Serial #: IL NO S/N
Names
Patentee: JOHN F GRIFFIN
Survey
State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 80
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 8/4/1838
Land Office: Galena
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
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Accession/Serial #: IL4320__.410 BLM Serial #: IL NO S/N
Names
Patentee: JOHN F GRIFFIN
Survey
State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 80
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 10/1/1839
Land Office: Galena
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
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Accession/Serial #: IL4360__.047 BLM Serial #: IL NO S/N
Names
Patentee: JOHN F GRIFFIN
Survey
State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 40
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 5/20/1841
Land Office: Galena
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
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Name: John Finley GRIFFIN
Given Name: John Finley
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/PublicLandSalesNameServlet
24 July 2006; SLJuhl, compiler genealogist
Name of Purchaser: Legal Description, Section, Township, Range,Meridian, Date Purchased, County
GRIFFIN JOHN F W2NW 13 17N 01W 4 03/16/1836 ROCK ISLAND
GRIFFIN JOHN F NWNE 11 17N 01W 4 07/12/1836 ROCK ISLAND
GRIFFIN JOHN F W2SE 04 17N 01W 4 10/15/1835 ROCK ISLAND
GRIFFIN JOHN F SWSE 05 17N 01W 4 10/15/1835 ROCK ISLAND
GRIFFIN JOHN F NWNE 08 17N 01W 4 10/15/1835 ROCK ISLAND
Circuit Clerk of Rock Island County
Rock Island County Building
1504 Third Avenue
Rock Island, Illinois 61201

UPDATE: SOME TIME AGO THE INFORMATION BELOW WAS WRITTEN. SINCE THATTIME, A LOT MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY'S ANCESTRAL HISTORY IS NOW KNOWN ASIS INDICATED BY THE GENEALOGY REGISTER REPORT.

A Booklet belonging to Penny Sue Park:
"JOHN FINLEY & JANE GILES GRIFFIN; Pages 1-17. Headstone Committee:
Alice Hunter Anderson (MO), Thomas Fout (TX), Donna Thielen Goves (AZ)
Minnie Mae Griffin Holman (IL), Beatrice Griffin Justice (KS), BonnieFerry Kipp (IL)
Eunice Griffin Reehl (IL), B. Edna Park Waller (SC)
Dedicated, this 18th day of July, 1992, a replacement headstone tomark the final resting places of JOHN FINLEY GRIFFIN and his wife JANEGILES, given with love and gratitude by their numerous descendants.Remarks by Rev. Glen W. Bocox of First United Methodist Church ofMoline, Headstone by Moline Monument company. Excerpts from thenarratives: Page 1: "Six days from now, July 24th, will mark the onehundred sixty fourth anniversary of the date young Jane Giles marriedJohn Finley Griffin in Pekin, Washington County, Indiana. No oneknows now whether or not they were admonished by the preacher to "goforth and multiply", but forth they went and multiply they mostcertainly did. We have only pieces of their story. They didn't writein diarys (diaries) or keep journals for future generations. Theysimply lived their lives as best they could and left it up to thedoggedness and ingenuity of those who came after to search andconjecture. The following pages contain thumbnail sketches of themand the people they came from. These stories are not complete norwill they ever be (perhaps), but the joy for those who search lies inthe discovery of small bits and pieces of information to add to thewhole. Page 3: THE GRIFFIN LINE - JOHN FINLEY GRIFFIN, was born inNC in 1805 (according to census records), but we have no definiteproof as to the exact area of his birth nor the names of his parents. If they followed the old country habit of naming children ( etc...),his parents may have been William and Margaret (much conjecture isstated here)...etc. The Griffins may have lived near the Giles familyin Randolph County, NC, because Finley (as he was called), along withbrothers Robert and George, appeared in Washington County, IN, aboutthe time the Giles' moved there. He married Jane Giles in Pekin inthat county in 1828 when he was 23 and she was 18. they settled in ornear Pekin where her grandfather William Bowman was a majorlandholder. Their first three children, Marth, William and Margaret,were born there.
In 1833, the young family, along with Finley's brother George andJane's sister and brother-in-law, Polly and William Porter, moved tothe Moline area which had been opened up for settlement by thegovernment after the defeat of Black Hawk and his followers. Finley'sfirst land purchase was from the government in 18334, a 400 acretract, paying about one dollar an acre. He sold it the following yearfor ten dollars an acre. this tract was located where sixteenthstreet runs today, south from 23rd (Avenue of the Cities) Avenue and awidth of several blocks on either side. This area was later known asStewartville and was and is home to some of our Park relatives.
Finley discovered coal on the south face of the Moline bluffs,overlooking the Rock River, and opened what was then the second coalmine in the area. This along with farming, became the business andmainstay of his and James's growing family. The home site in Coaltown was located just south and a little west of the present JohnDeere Administration Center, according to the Hunter genealogy,written by Allyn Hunter.
By the time the Rock Island County census was taken in 1855, Finley atage 50 was a man of property and substance. His and Jane's childrennumbered ten and were beginning to be married, five of them toHunters. Life for that time must have been good. However, on 6January 1860, at the age of 55, John Finley Griffin died. He left awife who, unable to read or write, still had to raise the youngerchildren and try to keep things going.
He didn't live to see five of his sons go off to serve in the CivilWar, nor to bear the grief of knowing one of them would never return.Jane did, and struggled through as women alone have always done. Wehave no record of her last years, but from the way her children turnedout, she must have been a strong woman and role model. She died in1871, aged 61."
[Transcribed 09 April 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]
Note: There is a good deal of early basic information on the familiesin this small family booklet, and it is kept in the Park Records.

John married *Mary Jane Giles on 24 Jul 1828 in Pekin, Washington, Indiana, USA. *Mary (daughter of *William F. Giles, Sr. and *Mary Ann Polly Bowman) was born in 1810 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died in 1871 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1885 in Silvis, Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edna Park Waller has her name as Jane Giles with a death year as 1871; Another source has her listed as Nancy Jane Giles with a death yearof 05 Feb 1885. More research needs to be done.

New Information: Database: sljuhl1234
Individual: I04676
Link:http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sljuhl1234&id=I04676
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note: Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:07 PM; World Connect Post-em posted
"Please note that this lady's name was Mary Jane. Nancy was hersister. Nancy never married, but came to Illinois from Indiana withother members of her family. She resided with various of hersiblings."
To: gsjuhl@peoplepc.com (SLJuhl, compiler)

A Booklet belonging to Penny Sue Park:
"JOHN FINLEY & JANE GILES GRIFFIN; Pages 1-17. Headstone Committee:
Alice Hunter Anderson (MO), Thomas Fout (TX), Donna Thielen Goves (AZ)
Minnie Mae Griffin Holman (IL), Beatrice Griffin Justice (KS), BonnieFerry Kipp (IL)
Eunice Griffin Reehl (IL), B. Edna Park Waller (SC)
Excerpts: Intro: Dedicated, this 18th day of July, 1992, areplacement headstone to mark the final resting places of JOHN FINLEYGRIFFIN and his wife JANE GILES, given with love and gratitude bytheir numerous descendants. Remarks by Rev. Glen W. Bocox of FirstUnited Methodist Church of Moline, Headstone by Moline Monumentcompany." [Transcribed 19 July 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]

Elliott married Catherine Williams about 1830 in West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Catherine (daughter of Solomon Williams) was born in 1804 in Pennsylvania; died on 28 Nov 1876 in Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Nov 1876 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; Listed On Monument With Daughter Joanna & Andrew Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]