William Preston Griffin was born in Fincastle, VA, the second son of John Caswell Griffin and Mary Hancock Griffin. Both his parents died in 1826 when he was 16. A year later, he joined the Navy at the age of 17. He became an officer of distinction with the rank of Lieutenant. In 1838 he married Mary Neill Lawrence, the only surviving child of Capt. James Lawrence, who gave the Navy its battle cry, "Don't Give Up the Ship" during the War of 1812, and Julia Montaudevert Lawrence. Mary died shortly after the birth of their only daughter, Mary Lawrence Griffin Redmond in 1843, and was buried in Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Italy. In 1849 he married Christine A. W. Kean, daughter of Peter Philip James Kean and Sarah Sabina Morris Kean. Sadly, he died just two years later, on December 4, 1851.
He was the brother of:
2 sisters who died in infancy, Julia Elizabeth and Caroline Margaret, no FAG memorials.
George Hancock Griffin, 1808-1839, Captain in the US Army, who died of sickness in Florida during the Second Seminole War. No issue. No FAG.
John Strother Griffin, 1816-1898, Surgeon in the US Army, who settled Pasadena CA after he retired, and became known as the Father of East Los Angeles. FAG #26178936
Eliza Croghan Griffin, 1821-1896, an artist and diarist, who married Albert Sidney Johnston, Civil War Confederate General who was ranked higher than Robert E Lee until his death in 1962. FAG #10447261
He was the brother of:
2 sisters who died in infancy, Julia Elizabeth and Caroline Margaret, no FAG memorials.
George Hancock Griffin, 1808-1839, Captain in the US Army, who died of sickness in Florida during the Second Seminole War. No issue. No FAG.
John Strother Griffin, 1816-1898, Surgeon in the US Army, who settled Pasadena CA after he retired, and became known as the Father of East Los Angeles. FAG #26178936
Eliza Croghan Griffin, 1821-1896, an artist and diarist, who married Albert Sidney Johnston, Civil War Confederate General who was ranked higher than Robert E Lee until his death in 1962. FAG #10447261
William Preston Griffin was born in Fincastle, VA, the second son of John Caswell Griffin and Mary Hancock Griffin. Both his parents died in 1826 when he was 16. A year later, he joined the Navy at the age of 17. He became an officer of distinction with the rank of Lieutenant. In 1838 he married Mary Neill Lawrence, the only surviving child of Capt. James Lawrence, who gave the Navy its battle cry, "Don't Give Up the Ship" during the War of 1812, and Julia Montaudevert Lawrence. Mary died shortly after the birth of their only daughter, Mary Lawrence Griffin Redmond in 1843, and was buried in Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Italy. In 1849 he married Christine A. W. Kean, daughter of Peter Philip James Kean and Sarah Sabina Morris Kean. Sadly, he died just two years later, on December 4, 1851.
He was the brother of:
2 sisters who died in infancy, Julia Elizabeth and Caroline Margaret, no FAG memorials.
George Hancock Griffin, 1808-1839, Captain in the US Army, who died of sickness in Florida during the Second Seminole War. No issue. No FAG.
John Strother Griffin, 1816-1898, Surgeon in the US Army, who settled Pasadena CA after he retired, and became known as the Father of East Los Angeles. FAG #26178936
Eliza Croghan Griffin, 1821-1896, an artist and diarist, who married Albert Sidney Johnston, Civil War Confederate General who was ranked higher than Robert E Lee until his death in 1962. FAG #10447261
He was the brother of:
2 sisters who died in infancy, Julia Elizabeth and Caroline Margaret, no FAG memorials.
George Hancock Griffin, 1808-1839, Captain in the US Army, who died of sickness in Florida during the Second Seminole War. No issue. No FAG.
John Strother Griffin, 1816-1898, Surgeon in the US Army, who settled Pasadena CA after he retired, and became known as the Father of East Los Angeles. FAG #26178936
Eliza Croghan Griffin, 1821-1896, an artist and diarist, who married Albert Sidney Johnston, Civil War Confederate General who was ranked higher than Robert E Lee until his death in 1962. FAG #10447261
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