Mary Ella Griffin was the daughter of Albert J. and Clara H. (Pitts) Griffin of Essex County VA. They lived on the Griffin Farm on Battery Rd. near Lloyds, VA. Mary Ella's father, Albert J. Griffin was a soldier in Company A, 55th Virginia Infantry; he served 1 Mar 1862 - 7 Oct 1862, being discharged for paralysis in the right arm.
It is curious to guess what brought the daughter of a Confederate soldier together with a Union soldier from Maine, but they were married 7 April 1874 at her home in Lloyds. Peleg and Mary Ella went back his birthplace in Maine where their firstborn, Emma Gay, was born in Jan. 1875. Emma Gay lived only two months, and is buried in Maine. Their other 5 children were born in Lloyds, Essex Co. VA.
Mary Ella (Griffin) Staples was hit by a train crossing the railroad tracks with several of her grandchildren, who she pushed off the tracks to save their lives. She died two months later from her injuries.
It is curious to guess what brought the daughter of a Confederate soldier together with a Union soldier from Maine, but they were married 7 April 1874 at her home in Lloyds. Peleg and Mary Ella went back his birthplace in Maine where their firstborn, Emma Gay, was born in Jan. 1875. Emma Gay lived only two months, and is buried in Maine. Their other 5 children were born in Lloyds, Essex Co. VA.
Mary Ella (Griffin) Staples was hit by a train crossing the railroad tracks with several of her grandchildren, who she pushed off the tracks to save their lives. She died two months later from her injuries.
Mary Ella Griffin was the daughter of Albert J. and Clara H. (Pitts) Griffin of Essex County VA. They lived on the Griffin Farm on Battery Rd. near Lloyds, VA. Mary Ella's father, Albert J. Griffin was a soldier in Company A, 55th Virginia Infantry; he served 1 Mar 1862 - 7 Oct 1862, being discharged for paralysis in the right arm.
It is curious to guess what brought the daughter of a Confederate soldier together with a Union soldier from Maine, but they were married 7 April 1874 at her home in Lloyds. Peleg and Mary Ella went back his birthplace in Maine where their firstborn, Emma Gay, was born in Jan. 1875. Emma Gay lived only two months, and is buried in Maine. Their other 5 children were born in Lloyds, Essex Co. VA.
Mary Ella (Griffin) Staples was hit by a train crossing the railroad tracks with several of her grandchildren, who she pushed off the tracks to save their lives. She died two months later from her injuries.
It is curious to guess what brought the daughter of a Confederate soldier together with a Union soldier from Maine, but they were married 7 April 1874 at her home in Lloyds. Peleg and Mary Ella went back his birthplace in Maine where their firstborn, Emma Gay, was born in Jan. 1875. Emma Gay lived only two months, and is buried in Maine. Their other 5 children were born in Lloyds, Essex Co. VA.
Mary Ella (Griffin) Staples was hit by a train crossing the railroad tracks with several of her grandchildren, who she pushed off the tracks to save their lives. She died two months later from her injuries.
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