Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Griffin, Edgar D. 1864 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

EDGAR D. GRIFFIN is the owner of a valuable ranch in Water Company No. 5,
comprising 160 acres of highly cultivated land. The ranch in general presents a
tidy appearance, as all the appointments demonstrate the modern methods employed
by Mr. Griffin as a practical rancher. In the Holtville section there are many
farms of good proportions, but it can be stated very candidly that Mr. Griffin
is listed very prominently among the foremost agriculturists of the community
wherein he resides. He came to Imperial County during October, 1913, and was
born in Madison County, Iowa, November 17, 1864, the son of Cyrus and Eliza
(Wilson) Griffin. The family arrived in Iowa in 1856, being among the pioneer
ranchers of Madison County. Both parents of Mr. Griffin have passed away. The
bodies have been interred in the North Branch Cemetery, Madison County, Iowa.
The early beginning of the family is traced to Welsh ancestry, members of which
came to this country originally in the year 1760. Mr. Griffin received his
education in his native state, leaving school at the age of 17 years. After
assisting his parents on the home place for some years after leaving school,
Edgar D. started out in life for himself at the age of 21. He journeyed to
Colorado, where he found employment on the ranches, where he remained from the
year 1902 until he came to Imperial County. Upon his arrival here, Mr. Griffin
started working by the day and later rented land until he was able to purchase
his present property. This event in his life occurred January 1, 1918. In
addition to his present holding, Mr. Griffin has filed for a homestead near
Dixieland. He follows the dairy business rather extensively and is also meeting
with considerable success in the way of growing grain. He keeps ninety head of
cattle on his place. Politically Mr. Griffin always votes for the man most
deserving on the ticket. He was married in Madison County, Iowa, February 3,
1887, to Miss Mary Stanton, daughter of David and Hannah Stanton, both pioneers
of Madison County. The parents of Mrs. Griffin settled in that county in 1854.
Both have since passed away and are buried in the Bear Creek Cemetery, Madison
County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have four children: Clarence H., born in
Madison County, Iowa; Hobart S., born in Iowa; Milton B., born in Iowa and a
student at the high school, and Maurice, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As
a citizen and influential factor in the community, Mr. Griffin represents all
the qualities which are typical of the self-made man. He is broad in his views,
conservative in his method of outlining agricultural questions of note, and a
man well liked by every one throughout the county.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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