Isle of Wight-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Annie T. Chandler, 1932 

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MRS. ANNIE GRIFFIN, BURIED AT ANTIOCH CEMETERY TUES. 

  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of C.F. Joyner in 
Windsor and burial was in Antioch Cemetery for Mrs. Annie Chandler Griffin, 
widow of J.E. Griffin, and grandaughter of the late Capt. Thomas Traylor, who 
fought in the War of 1812.  Mrs. Traylor [sic; Griffin] died Monday morning 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.F. Joyner, of Windsor, aged 90 years. 

  She has been a member of Windsor Baptist Church for more than half a century 
and was the oldest resident of the town of Windsor. 

  Surviving her are her daughter, Mrs. C.F. Joyner; seven grandchildren, Mrs. 
S.C. Watkins, Miss Francis Joyner, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. S.T. Riggin and 
C.F. Joyner, Jr. of Richmond; Mrs. Shirley T. Holland, of Windsor; W.S. 
Holland, of New York; Frank Smith of Washington, and thirteen great 
grandchildren. 


Annie T. (CHANDLER SMITH; Mrs. James E.) GRIFFIN, 
b. Oct 1842*, Dinwiddie Co., d. 26 Sep 1932, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 27 Sep 1932, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 12, No. 26, Thurs., Sep. 29, 1932, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Mem. #104887888. 

Her first husband, Francis SMITH (1836-1873), is also buried there. 

They m. 2 Jun 1860 in Isle of Wight Co. 
   (Ancestry.Com VA Select Marr. 1785-1940; 
    not in IoW.Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}) 

She m. "mechanic" James E. GRIFFIN 21 May 1879 in Isle of Wight Co. 
   (IoW.Co. M.Reg. 1879 p. 186 #23) 
   [He usually appears as a blacksmith.] 

They appear in the 1880 Census in Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co., 
   with children from their previous marriages - daughters A.V. SMITH, 17, 
   & Eva J. SMITH, 10, and sons F[rank] E. SMITH, 12, J[ames] W. GRIFFIN, 
   14, & C.E. GRIFFIN, 10. 

They appear in the 1900 Census in Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co., 
   m. 18 yrs, 2/6 ch surviving; Annie b. Oct 1847, James b. 03-1836. 
   Her son Frank E. SMITH & grandson Frank SMITH were boarding with them. 

No D.Cert. found. 

James E. GRIFFIN, son of N.L. & Clara, 1m. Jane B. PILLOW, daughter of E.A. 
   & F.B.*, 17 Sep 1859 in Petersburg.  (Petersburg M.Reg. 1859 p. 106 [#7]) 
   Their son James [W.] was b. 11 Sep 1865 in Petersburg. 
   (Dinwiddie Co. B.Reg. 1865 p. 81 #36) 
   Jane's father Edward Allen PILLOW (1822-1891) was a carpenter, and later 
   a surveyor, and served in Archer's Bttn, VA Reserves, CSA.  He is bu. in 
   Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg.  Her mother was actually Edward's first 
   wife, "Nannie" Narcissa A.B. RAINEY PILLOW (ca. 1822-1867). 


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