Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Griffin, W. S. 1831 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    REV. W. S. GRIFFIN, a leading minister of Calhoun county, was born in
Greenville district, S. C., February 6, 1815, a son of Green and Tobitha (King)
Griffin, both natives of South Carolina. The father was a son of Henry Griffin;
the mother was a daughter of Robert and Martha King. Grandfather King was a
Baptist and prominently known over his state as an earnest worker for the
church, and devoted the most of his life to the service of the Lord. Green
Griffin came to Alabama in 1857 and settled in Calhoun county, where he remained
till his death in 1882. He and wife were devoted members of the Baptist church.
Rev. W. S. Griffin was reared on the farm. His early educational advantages were
limited; he obtained the rudiments of English, however, in the common schools,
but the most of his knowledge was acquired by hard study at his home. He joined
the Baptist church at the age of twenty-six years and began his ministerial work
in 1871, was ordained a minister in 1876, and since that time has devoted the
most of his time to the church. Since he began his work for Christ he has
baptized over 200 souls and has performed over fifty marriage ceremonies. In
1872 he married Mary Allen, daughter of Matthew and Rebecca (Drummond) Allen.
Matthew Allen was a soldier of 1812, represented Calhoun county in the state
legislature several years, and was one of the leading and prominent men of the
county during his life. Mrs. Mary Griffin is also a member of the Baptist
church. Dr. Griffin is a prominent member of the Masonic order and was chaplain
of his lodge at Alexandria two years. In 1863 he enlisted in the late war in
company A, Thirty-first Alabama regiment, under Capt. Hughes, and served till
the close of the war. He joined Gen. Joe E. Johnston's army at Dalton, and was
with it from that time in all its campaigns till the surrender. After the war he
returned to Calhoun county, and began farming in connection with his ministerial
work, and little by little he accumulated, until he now owns 300 acres of fine
land, which was settled by his father-in-law in 1833. Mr. Griffin is one of
those kind-hearted men who are always ready and willing to lend a helping hand
to those in need. He is a progressive citizen and a liberal contributor to all
legitimate enterprises.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 596-597

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