Notes:

Please check this: BURI: CONC County, Illinois; Vol. 7, Page 106; http:/

Asbury married Catherine Katie Bell Park on 30 May 1901 in Viola, Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois. Catherine (daughter of Andrew Park, Jr. and Johanna Hunter) was born on 24 Nov 1871 in Atkinson, Henry County, Illinois; died in 1943 in Viola, Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois; was buried in 1943 in Mercer.Genwebsite.Org. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Please check this: BURI: CONC County, Illinois; Vol. 7, Page 106; http:/

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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Copyright. All rights reserved.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/ilfiles.htm
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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:

A Family Source:
E-mail: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:32 AM
From: Edna Waller
Database: sljuhl1234
"Individual: I04624
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note:
Andrew Park was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia per his baptismrecord. His headstone at Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Illinois doesnot mention his place of birth."
[Transcribed 07 March 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]
Note: The headstone certainly does not list the place of birth.Please note the (;) between New Hampshire;b. 1839 per head stone thatdelineates the place of birth and the date reference. I have addedthe source now for clarification of where the information of birthcame from. See the source below. Some one in the early familycertainly believed that New Hampshire was the actual place of birth,and since Andrew Jr. Park was still living when the book waspublished, surely the information must have been from either Andrewhimself or his immediate family and there were no later correctionsadded to the publication. The information that Edna Waller offers isinteresting and would seem to indicate a mistake may have been made,but though baptisms can be a close indicator of places of birth,Baptisms do not indicate actual births in the same area as the churchnecessarily, only birth certificates do that. Until a birthcertificate appears or a document where Andrew gives his actual placeof birth is noted, it would seem that there are two possible places ofbirth for him at the present.
[SLJuhl, compiler, 07 March 2007]

1). SOURCE: BOOK--"HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS, EDITED BYNEWTON BATEMAN, LL.D. AND PAUL SELBY, A.M. AND HISTORY OF ROCK ISLANDCOUNTY (HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL) BY SPECIAL AUTHORS ANDCONTRIBUTORS VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED, CHICAGO MUNSELL PUBLISHING COMPANYPUBLISHERS, 1914. (Rock Island County Library)"
PARK, Andrew, for many years actively identified with the coal miningindustry, now lives retired, enjoying the comforts of a very pleasanthome, at Viola, Mercer county, Ill., where he owns propertyaccumulated through his own industry. Andrew park was born atManchester, New Hampshire, October 3, 1839, a son of Andrew and Allice(Agnes) (Irwin) Park. Andrew Park, the father, was born in Scotlandand was young when he came to America and took up his residence atManchester, N.H., where he continued to live until 1852, when he movedto Rock Island, Illinois. Being a practical miner he followed miningas an occupation until the time of his death. He married Alice(Irwin) and they had three sons and seven daughters born to them, ofwhom Andrew was the youngest, a sister, Mrs. Ellen Lewis, who lives atMoline, Ill., with him, being the only survivors of this family.Andrew Park was eleven years old when his father came with his familyto Rock Island County, and as soon as his school days were over hebecame a miner and was working in Rock Island County when the CivilWar broke out. Company A, of the Thirty-seventh Illinois VolunteerInfantry, was mainly recruited at Rock Island and he enlisted in thiscompany for three years, the commander of his regiment being Col.Julius White. After his first term of enlistment expired, hereenlisted in the same regiment, at Brownsville, Tex., and his secondenlistment did not expire until May 16, 1866, when he was honorablydischarged. He returned home by way of New Orleans and from there upthe Mississippi river to St. Louis, Mo., and thence by railroad toRock Island, reaching that city June 2, 1866. Although he was a braveand faithful soldier, never shirking any duty, he was never eitherwounded or made a prisoner, and returned to peacful pursuitspractically unharmed. During his service he took part in many battlesand mong them are included: Pea Ridge, Cape Girardeau, Vicksburg andFort Blakeley, together with all the skirmishes and long marches ofhis regiment. He is a member of Viola Post, No. 440, G.A.R.
After Andrew Park came back to Illinois he resimed mining and followedit until he retired from active labor, he began at the bottom andthrough his industry and reliability climbed until he became a minemanager, a position of great responsibility, the comfort and evenlives of many men frequently being more or less in his charge. OnAugust 1, 1866, at Harper House, Rock Island, Andrew Park was marriedto Miss Johanna Hunter, who was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania(Pa), July 23, 1844, a daughter of Elliott and Catherine Hunter. Herparents were born in Pennsylvania and came to Rock Island County in1852, where the father followed farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Park sixchildren were born, four sons and two daughters, and the survivorsare: Elliott, who is a farmer living near Moline; Erwin, who isresiding at Moline; Catherine, who is the wife of Asbury Griffen,living at Viola, Mercer County; John, who is living at Peoria; andIra, who is residing at Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. Park have beenblessed in many ways and not the least of these has been thepossession of a creditable family which in the second generation hasincreased until they have 189 grandchildren. They are members of thePresbyterian church. Mr. Park is no active politician, but is arepublican in his views."
[Transcribed 06 January 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]

2). SOURCE: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS and SAILORSSYSTEM
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
ANDREW PARK (First_Last) Regiment Name 37 Illinois Infantry Side UnionCompany A Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. AlternateName Notes Film Number M539 roll 69
37th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Movedto St. Louis, Mo., September 19, thence to Booneville, Mo., October 2,1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade,3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. Cassville,Mo., District of Southwest Missouri, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade,2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of theTennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps,Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf toJune, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of theGulf, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military DivisionWest Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,Reserve Corps, M. D. W. M., February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,13th Army Corps, M. D. W. M., to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May,1866.

SERVICE.-Expedition to Arrow Rock, Mo., October 10-14, 1861 (Cos. "C"and "K"). Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October13-November 3 (Cos. "C" and "H," at Rolla, Mo., till February, 1862).At Lamine River till February, 1862. Curtis' Campaign against Price inMissouri and Arkansas February and March. Springfield February 12.Sugar Creek and Bentonville February 17. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark.,March 6-8. At Cassville, Mo., guarding frontier in Southwest Missouri,and operating against guerrillas till September 29, 1862. CassvilleJune 11 (Detachment). Expedition from Ozark to Forsyth August 14-17(Cos. "A" and "K"). March to Osage Springs September 29-October 24.Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Expedition from Osage Springs toFayetteville, Ark., October 27-30. March to relief of Blunt, December3-7. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. Expedition over BostonMountains to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29. Operations againstMarmaduke in Missouri April 17-May 2, 1863. Action at Cape Girardeau,April 26. Chalk Bluffs May 2. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence toVicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4.Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Expedition to Yazoo City, Miss., July12-21. Capture of Yazoo City July 13. Moved to Port Hudson, La., July24, thence to New Orleans, La., August 13. Expedition after Taylor'sand Green's forces, west of the Atchafalaya River September 8-October11. Action at Sterling's Farm on Bayou Fordoche September 29. Moved tothe Rio Grande, Texas, October 24-November 4. At Brownsville andguarding Rio Grande to Ringgold Barracks till February, 1864.Expedition to Rio Grande City November 23-December 2, 1863. Regimentveteranize February 28, 1864. Veterans on furlough till April. Movedto Memphis, Tenn. Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss.,April 30-May 9. Moved to Atchafalaya Bayou, La. Construct SteamboatBridge across Bayou for Banks' forces. At Morganza, La., till July 12.Moved to St. Charles on White River, Ark., July 12 and duty there tillOctober. Non-Veterans mustered out September 20. Duty at Duvall'sBluff, Ark., October 7, 1864, to January 4, 1865. Moved to NewOrleans, La., thence to Barrancas, Fla. March to Pensacola, Fla.,March 11. March to Fort Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1. Occupation ofCanoe Station March 27. Siege of Spanish Fort April 2-8. Assault andcapture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Movedto Montgomery April 20-29, thence to Selma May 1. Moved to Mobile andduty there May 15 to June 28. Moved to Galveston, Texas, June 28-July1, and to Sabine Pass July 1-5. To Houston July 17. Railroad guardduty in that vicinity till May, 1866. Mustered out May 15, 1866.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 1 Officer and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total233." [Transcribed 08 October 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]

NOTE: Edna Park Waller [aewallr@bellsouth.net] has Andrew'senlistment date as 14 Aug 1861 in Rock Island County, Illinois and hisdischarged date as 15 May 1866 in Houston, Texas; Per pension recordfrom Washington, D.C. National Archives.
Also: Edna has his birth year as 1841, however his headstone monumentat Bowlesburg Cemetery with he and his wife Joanna, Agnes, andCatherine Hunter states that he was born in "1839" not 1841. It doesagree with his death year as 1925, and with all of the other familydates of births and deaths. A photo of the monument is in thePark/Griffin records of Penny Sue Park Wethington.

Civil War Soldiers
The original service records of Union and Confederate Civil WarSoldiers and the pension records of Union veterans are maintained atthe National Archives Building in Washington, DC, where they areavailable for research to anyone at least age 16.
The records exist in their originally created form or on microfilm.You can request searches of those records by using the NATF forms 85and 86 (see right).The military service records and pension files areseparate series of records and must be requested on separate forms(Form 86 for military service records and Form 85 for pension files).For example, if you need both the service record and the pension filefor one particular veteran who fought for the Union, you need tocomplete two NATF Forms, 86 and 85.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), www.nara.gov,or Textual Reference Branch (NWCTB) National Archives and RecordsAdministration 7th and Pennsylvania Av NW Washington, DC 20408

SOURCE: DEATH RECORDS 1916-1950, ILLINOIS
"http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeathSearchServlet
Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex/Race Age Cert # Death, DateCounty City Date, Filed
PARK , ANDREW M/W UNK 0660156 1925-10-13 MERCER GREENE TWP 25-11-05"
[Transcribed 01 November 2008, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler & FamilyGenealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

OBITUARY: ?ANDREW PARKS IS CALLED AT VIOLA Andrew Parks, 86, passedaway yesterday morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. KatherineGriffin of Viola, after a short illness caused by asthma. He was bornOct. 3, 1839, in Nova Scotia. He came to America when a boy andserved all through the Civil war. Mr. Parks married Miss JohannaHunter of South Moline, who preceded him in death eight years ago.They were the parents of six children, four of whom are living. Theyare Mrs. Griffin of Viola, Elliott Parks, Moline, John Parks, Peoriaand Berton Parks, Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services will be held at2:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Bowlesburg chapel and burial will takeplace in the Bowlesburg cemetery.? Wednesday Evening, October 14,1925, Page 17, The Moline Daily Dispatch, Moline, Rock Island County,Illinois. [Transcribed, 17 February 2009, By, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler,3810 - 10th Avenue Place, Moline, Illinois 61265;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com ][NOTE: The obituaryis from the Moline Public Library, 41st Street, Moline, Illinois61265]
"1860 United States Federal Census
about Andrew Park; Name: Andrew Park Age in 1860: 20 Birth Year: abt1840 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Home in 1860: Moline, Rock Island,Illinois Gender: Male Post Office: Moline; Andrew Park 20; Year: 1860;Census Place: Moline, Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: M653_222; Page: 0;Image: 608.; This database is an index to individuals enumerated inthe 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the UnitedStates." [Obtained 20 February 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
Please check this: CONC 196, sheet 5, line 92, e.d. 75, p620; Andrew Park, colow-w, 80 (age),
CONC birth Nova Scotia, citizenship na, enumerated with Griffin, Asbury T.
CONC 2). Andrew PARK; www.Rootsweb.com by, Edna Park Waller-Email:
CONC aewaller@bellsouth.net 3). "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
CONC and SAILORS SYSTEM; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm 4).
CONC Illinois Death Index Record, www.cyberdriveillinois.com and
CONC www.2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/IDPHDeathSearchServlet 5). Photo
CONC of headstone from Bowlesburg Cemetery listing: Andrew, Joanna,
CONC and Agnes E. Park with grandmother Catherine Hunter
DEAT: CONC 1925, Rock Island Argus Newspaper; See Notes

(Medical):Had a short illness from asthma before his death

Ocean, New Jersey, USA

Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines;There is also a Cape Breton,

Andrew married Johanna Hunter on 1 Aug 1866 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Johanna (daughter of Elliott Hunter and Catherine Williams) was born on 23 Jul 1844 in West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Apr 1917 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1917 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Record: Rock Island County, Illinois Clerk
Record C, Pg. 73, No. 5068

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.
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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:

Head Stone reads: ANDREW PARK DIED JAN. 30, 1859 AGED 61 years;Glennwood Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois, Octoberc.2006 A.D. [SLJuhl, compiler]
This would make his birth year 1798 since he was already 61 in Januaryof 1859.
Please check this: CONC Descendants of Andrew Park and Agnes Irvin, by Edna Park Waller;
CONC e-mail address: aewaller@bellsouth.net Ms. Waller sites several
CONC resources in Scotland for her information, federal census records in
CONC Illinois, and of course family members who have participated. A copy
CONC of the Internet Register Report is kept in the Wethington Family
CONC Volume, and the Park/Griffin Family records of Penny Sue Park
CONC Wethington. Ms. Edna Waller is a cousin to Duane Harold Park and is
CONC known as, "Babe" to family members. Andrew Park Sr: Emigration: ABT
CONC 1837 Renfrewshire, Scotland Emigration: ABT 1851 Cape Breton, Nova
CONC Scotia Immigration: ABT 1837 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Immigration:
CONC ABT 1851 Coal Valley, Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County,
CONC Illinois Occupation: Collier AUG 1824 Elderslee, Renfrewshire,
CONC Scotland 4 (2). **Added Resources for this family genealogy project
CONC are direct family members: Marcella Mae Griffin Park, and Penny Sue
CONC Park Wethington. Plus, all other resources cited in the end notes,
CONC ex. census records, marriage records, death records, obituaries,
CONC cemetery photos, etc..., and in the notes of each individual. If
CONC there are questions or mistakes that need to be corrected please
CONC contact the compiler at: sljuhl1234@yahoo.com for further assistance
CONC and information. No personal information of living individuals will
CONC be given out. (3). FIND A GRAVE.COM
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CONC :
CONC //www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=105837&GRid=8945351&
CONC Contributor to the site was BLW: bgwelch@qconline.com 24 July 2006,
CONC SLJuhl, compiler "Andrew Park Birth: 1797, Scotland Death: Jan. 30,
CONC 1859 Coal Valley Rock Island County Illinois, USA Burial: Glenwood
CONC Cemetery Henry County Illinois, USA Record added: Jun 17 2004 By:
CONC BLW " (4). Andrew Park Sr.'s photo of grave headstone from Glenwood
CONC Cemetery, Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois (5). Internet Site:
CONC http://www.Ancestry.com ; census, birth, death, military, immigration,
CONC marriage, trees, records available on the site. (6). Interviews &
CONC written correspondence with immediate family members; Records kept in
CONC Park & Griffin Volumes of the family. Must contact the compiler or a
CONC family member for further information. sljuhl1234@yahoo.com or
CONC sljuhl1234@msn.com Note: No information on living individuals will
CONC be given out except by permission of that individual. (7). A State of
CONC Illinois web State web site:
CONC h
CONC t
CONC tp://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/riprob.html#about
CONC (8). Internet Site://www.RootsWeb.com; Illinois Maps (9). Book
CONC Source: Atlas if Henry County, Illinois, Warner & Beers Publishers,
CONC Chicago, 1875. (10). Internet Site: http:www.houseofnames.com (11).
CONC Atlas of Rock Island County, Illinois; Moline Public Library, Rock
CONC Island County, Illinois; Iowa Publishing Company, Davenport, Iowa,
CONC 1905. Reprint 1976. (12). The Art Of Heraldry, An Encyclopedia Of
CONC Armory, By A.C. Fox-Davies, Bloomsbury Books, London; Moline Public
CONC Library, Rock Island County, Illinois. (13). Funk & Wagnalls
CONC Encyclopedia; Infopedia 2.0 CD; A Complete 29 Volume Encyclopedia Plus
CONC 7 Essential Reference Books-1992-1995 SoftKey Multimedia Inc.,
CONC Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA. (14). Internet Site:
CONC http://en.wikipedia.org (15). Cemetery photos of headstones of
CONC ancestral family members with records kept in Park/Griffin Records
CONC (16). Internet Site: http://www.ednet.co.uk/~jeanmoore/names.html AND
CONC MANY MORE SOURCES.

Andrew married Agnes Irvin about 1816. Agnes was born in 1799 in Scotland Per 1920 Census; died between 1850 and 1851 in 51 Years Old; Unknown; was buried after 1841 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Per Edna Waller; Unable To Locate The Grave. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"E-mail dated: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: WorldConnect: Post-em posted
Database: sljuhl1234
Individual: I04632
Link:http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sljuhl1234&id=I04632
Name: Edna Waller
Email: aewaller@bellsouth.net
Note:
Agnes Irvin died in 1850 or 1851 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She isburied somewhere on the north shore of Cape Breton. We have beenunable to locate her grave."
[SLJuhl, compiler, 07 March 2007]

Notes:

Married:
Please check this:
MARR: CONC Illinois State Internet site for marriages index

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]