Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Griffin

Joseph married *Mina Willimena "Minnie" Hansen Hanson on 12 Mar 1896 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. *Mina (daughter of *Claus Hansen Hanson and Anna Annie) was born on 13 Sep 1875 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 2 Mar 1959 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; Obit; was buried on 5 Mar 1959 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois Per Headstone Photo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Minnie states in the 1920 census that both of her parents were born inHolstein, Germany. Her father, Claus, was living with the family atthat time so this is probably very true. Minnie's mother had diedprevious to the 1920 census.
Holstein is in the North of Germany very near Norway, and from thehistory of the area. Holstein, Germany was at one time part ofNorway.

"THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS NEWSPAPER
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959
OBITUARY, EAST MOLINE DEATHS
MRS. MINNIE GRIFFIN
Mrs. Minnie Griffin, 83, Route 2, East Moline, died at 7:25 last nightin the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lena Whipple, East Moline.
Services will be at 1:30 Thursday afternoon in the Esterdahl Chapelwith the Rev. David Goodwin, pastor of the Watertown Baptist Church,officiating. Burial will be in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Friends may callafter 4 tomorrow afternoon at the chapel.
Mrs. Griffin, the former Minnie Hansen, daughter of Claus and AnnieHansen, was born Sept. 13, 1875, in East Moline, and resided in thiscommunity her entire life. She was married to Joseph G. Griffin onMarch 12, 1896. She was of Protestant faith.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Whipple, East Moline, and Mrs. HazelWalters, Moline; six sons, Ralph, Colona; Clyde and Warren, both ofEast Moline, and Roy, Coal Valley; 48 grandchildren and 47great-grandchildren.
Her husband, three sons and a daughter preceded her in death."
[Transcribed 21 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

The Moline Dispatch Newspaper Article on Minnie Griffin, Moline, RockIsland County, Illinois was dated also Tuesday, March 3, 1959 and italso states the same as the Argus Article; However, it does have aphoto of Mrs. Minnie Hansen with it. The article was contributed byMarcella Mae Griffin Park and daughter Penny Sue Park, Saturday, 07April 2007. It is being kept in the Park Records. [SLJuhl, compiler]

Notes:

"National Park Service
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Asbury Griffin
(First Regiment Name 69 Illinois Infantry Side Union Company FSoldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name NotesFilm Number M539 roll 35
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
69th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., and mustered in June 14,1862, for three months. Assigned to guard duty at Camp Douglass tillSeptember. Mustered out September 27, 1862.
Regiment lost 13 by disease during service." [Transcribed 27 July2006; SLJuhl, compiler]

"THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
SUCCUMBS AT AGE 89
ASBURY C. GRIFFIN
UNION VETERAN DIES IN MOLINE
ASBURY C. GRIFFIN, 89 YEARS OLD, SUCCUMBS IN HIS HOME IN SOUTH MOLINE.
Asbury C. Griffin, 89 years old, a life long resident of South MolineTownship, died of apoplexy and infirmities of age yesterday afternoonin his home on Forty-first street in South Moline township. He was aCivil war veteran, having served company F of the 69th Illinoisinfantry.
Mr. Griffin was born in South Moline, Aug. 25, 1843. He married SarahSmith in Moline Dec. 24, 1868. Mr. Griffin had been a coal miner for45 years. During part of the time, he operated a truck farm(vegetable market) in the summer. He retired from farming two yearsago.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Effie Park of Moline, Mrs. BlancheFerry and Mrs. Goldie Beckstrom, both of South Moline, and Mrs. GraceKappe of San Jose, Calif.; four sons, Joseph F. Griffin and Milton A.Griffin of South Moline, Asbury F. Griffin of Viola, ILL., and Bert E.Griffin of Peoria; 39 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and asister, Mrs. Sarah Jane Hunter of Moline. Two daughters preceded himin death.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in BowlesburgChapel. Rev. Walter A. Tillberg, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church,Moline will officiate. Burial will be in Bowlesburg Cemetery. Thebody will be taken from Knox Funeral Home, Moline, to the chapel intime for services Friday."
Please Note: Marriage date may be a miss print in this article.Actual marriage date is known to be: 24 December 1868 by the family. [Transcribed 21 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

"Asbury Canada Griffin;http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Griffin&GScid=104835&GRid=20715879&
Birth: Aug. 25, 1843
Rock Island County. Illinois, USA
Death: May 2, 1933
Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Record added: Jul 31 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20715879" [Transcribed 06 February 2008,SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

Died:
89 Yrs Old;

Asbury married Sarah Smith on 24 Dec 1868 in Portersville, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. Sarah was born on 11 Apr 1851 in South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; died on 11 Nov 1931 in South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois; Obit; was buried on 13 Nov 1931 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois Per Headstone Photo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Sarah November11, 1931
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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Eric Bopes ancestry@mchsi.com July 31, 2007, 9:02 pm
The Rock Island Argus, Wednesday November 11th, 1931 Page 2
MRS. SARAH GRIFFIN DIES AFTER STROKE
Life Resident of Rock Island County Succumbs at Age 80
Mrs. Sarah Griffin, 80 years old, a life resident of Rock Islandcounty, died
following a stroke of apoplexy at 2:45 o?clock this morning in herhome on
Forty-first street south of Twenty-third avenue, South Moline. She hadbeen
ill seven weeks.
Mrs. Griffin was born in South Moline April 11, 1851. She was marriedto
Asbury C. Griffin in Hampton township Dec. 20, 1868.
Surviving are the widower, four daughters, Mrs. Effie Park, Mrs.Blanche Ferry
and Mrs. Goldie Beckstrom of Moline and Mrs. Grace Koppe of San Jose,Calif.;
four sons, Joseph and Milton of Moline, Asbury, Jr., of Viola, andBert of
Peoria; a sister, Mrs. Nora Bustard of Moline, and a brother, NoahSmith of
Atlantic, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o?clock Friday afternoon in theresidence
and at 2:30 o?clock in Bowlesburg church. Rev. W. A. Tillberg, pastorof
Trinity Lutheran church, Moline, will officiate. Burial will be inBowlesburg
cemetery.
File at:http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/rockisland/obits/g/griffin88gob.txt
This file has been created by a form athttp://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/
File size: 1.7 Kb" [SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

(Medical):See Obituary Notes.

Notes:

In the 1910 census Claus Hanson is living with his daughter Emma andher husband Charles Miller and family in Hampton Township, Rock IslandCounty, Illinois. He is a widower, and a direct immigrant fromGermany; Both of his parents were born in Germany as well.
At the age of 86 years, Claus Hanson is living with his son-in-lawJoseph F. Griffin and his family in South Moline, Rock Island County,Illinois.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY: "As a matter of trivia, theterm "Holstein" derives from the Old Norse and Old Saxon, HolsetaLand, meaning simply "Woodland". Originally, it referred to thecentral of the three Saxon tribes north of the Elbe river, Tedmarsgoi,Holcetae, and Sturmarii. The area of the Holcetae was between the St?rRiver and Hamburg, after Christianization their main church was inSchenefeld.
The term Schleswig takes its name from the city of Schleswig. The namederives from the Schlei inlet in the east and viking meaning inlet orsettlement in Old Saxon and Old Norse."
Internet Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein
[Transcribed 12 April 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

*Claus married Anna Annie about 1874 in Possibly Schleswig, Holstein, Germany. Anna was born in 1835 in Schleswig, Holstein, Germany; Parents Born In Same Part Of Germany; died in 1900 in South Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1900 in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
No information on the marriage could be found in the Illinois StateArchives on their web site, nor any information on thewww.Ancestry.com web site either. More research is required.

Notes:

SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=IL4300%5F%5F%2E491&Index=74&QryID=79111.02&PF=true
Accession/Serial #: IL4300__.491 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
Document Nr.: 2668
Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4300__.491
BLM Serial Nr.: IL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SWSE 5/ 17-N 1-W No 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Rock Island

SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=IL4300%5F%5F%2E492&Index=75&QryID=79111.02&PF=true
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
Document Nr.: 2669
Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4300__.492
BLM Serial Nr.: IL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NWNE 8/ 17-N 1-W No 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Rock Island

SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=IL4300%5F%5F%2E493&Index=76&QryID=79111.02&PF=true
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
Document Nr.: 2670
Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4300__.493
BLM Serial Nr.: IL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
W?SE 4/ 17-N 1-W No 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Rock Island

SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=IL4320%5F%5F%2E410&Index=77&QryID=79111.02&PF=true
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
Document Nr.: 3664
Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4320__.410
BLM Serial Nr.: IL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
W?NW 13/ 17-N 1-W No 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Rock Island

SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=IL4360%5F%5F%2E047&Index=78&QryID=79111.02&PF=true
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
Document Nr.: 5253
Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4360__.047
BLM Serial Nr.: IL NO S/N
Aliquot
Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NWNE 11/ 17-N 1-W No 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Rock Island

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]

Notes:

"From: "Gary"
To: sljuhl1234@yahoo.com
Subject: Hensen Genelaogy
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:43:26 -0600
Hello Sandra,
Thank you for answering my e-mail.
I live in a small community called ---------, Texas.
It is ---------- East of -----------.
I try to get to my grandmother's family reunion (which is held inGeneseo) about every third year. She was married to Vernon Miller(son of Emma Hansen and Charles Miller).
I have been to Bowelsburg Cemetery and the tombstone of
Clause and Annie's states::
Clause Hansen 1835-1921 and His Wife-Annie 1835-1900.
On the other side is has John D. Hansen 1880-1903.
In the Rock Island County, IL 1880 Census Index
it has
Hanson, Banah-Hampton tnp, 324b, 24. 80y, widower.Schleswig-Holstein. "Father" living with Claus Hanson (45y,Schleswig-Holstin.
I can send you Emma and Charles Miller family group sheet if you areinterested in that.
Which family line connects you to Clause?
Thank you for the information.
Gary --------"
[Transcribed 30 December 2007, SLJuhl, compiler--original kept in thePark Family records. No personal information will be given outwithout the express permission of Gary-----]

*Banah + Wife. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]