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Griffin Reunion Held In Rutherford County Family History Event
About three hundred people attended the first annual Griffin reunion at the old Griffin homestead near Oakland in RutherfordCounty honoring William Lewis Griffin. Descendants from Moore Cole Green Carroll and Griffin families gathered, with a noon dinner on a long spring table. Speakers Rev W A Barber Horace B Doggett and Clarence Griffin highlighted kinship history and preservation, noting Wm L Griffin born 1797, Revolutionary soldier lineage and multiple generations in public service. The next reunion is planned for August 1 1931 at the same site with officers elected for next year. The family cemetery nearby was cleaned up and sixteen graves mark three generations. More than five hundred descendants now reside in Rutherford County.
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W. A. Barber
Spindale
Clarence Griffin
Rev. W. A. Barber
Horace B. Doggett
Barber
Wm. L. Griffin
United States
Frank Griffin
Forest City
B. G. Moore
R-2
Ean Revolution
Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters For the Confederacy
Griffin
William L. Griffin
Public Register
Elizabeth Suttle
George Suttle
Rutherford County