Son of Charles Griffin and Sallie (Carroll) Griffin. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in Galveston, five days shy of his fifth birthday and just a few days before his father died of the same disease. His mother, later married Count Ezterhazy of Hungary and lived out her life in Europe. Had a brother William who died in infancy in 1864.
Son of Charles Griffin and Sallie (Carroll) Griffin. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in Galveston, five days shy of his fifth birthday and just a few days before his father died of the same disease. His mother, later married Count Ezterhazy of Hungary and lived out her life in Europe. Had a brother William who died in infancy in 1864.
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This family crypt is the one that Willie Lincoln's body rested in until he went "home" to Springfield with his father, President Abraham Lincoln.
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