In a message dated 3/D/YY 5:13:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, WAMAK writes: > From "The Christian Standard" a periodical of the Disciples of Christ > Church, known also as the Christian Church and the First Christian Church and > the Church of Christ. > > Nov 16, 1895 > Obituaries > GRIFFIN > James L. Griffin died at his home in Danville, Ill., Oct 14, 1895. For > three months cancer of the liver and dropsy had compelled him to keep his bed, > and caused him great suffering. The funeral and burial took pace at > Palestine, Ill., where he had spent several years in a successful ministry. > Bro. Griffin was born in *Claybourne county, Ky*., on October 13, 1830. He > moved to Indiana, where he made his home until 1879, when he moved to Flora, > Ill. He was ordained to the ministry in 1852, by Antioch Church, Sullivan > County, Ind. He was a good preacher and a good man. He preached for several > of the churches in Southwestern Indiana and Eastern Illinois. His last > regular work was with the church in Danville, Ill. He gave up the work there > in May, 1894, but continued his residence with that church until his death. > He was held in high esteem by those who knew him well, and by all the > churches he had so faithfully served. He leaves a wife and seven children -- > all grown -- and a host of loving friends to morn their loss. During the > forty-three years of service in the ministry he was instrumental in bringing > more than 2,000 persons to Christ. So he will not come to the Master empty > handed. We can trust that the Lord, whom he served so faithfully, will amply > reward him. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the church at > Palestine, Ill. Text. Psa. xc. 1. > > **James Lewis Griffin was born in Claiborne Co., TN., he was the son of > Richard F. Griffin and Elizabeth G. Shirley Griffin. James was married 2 > times, the first to Hannah Gambill of Sullivan Co., IN and the second to > Alverna (Vernie) E. Charley of Harrison Co., IN. Between the two wives he had > 8 children, four with each one. > > From "The Christian-Evangelist" a periodical of the Disciples of Christ > Church, also known as the Christian Church and the First Christian Church and > the Church of Christ. > November 28, 1895 > Obituaries > GRIFFIN > Bro. James L. Griffin, of Danville, and former pastor of the church here, > departed this life Monday, the 14th of October, 1895, aged 65 years and one > day. Bro. Griffin had been a faithful minister of the gospel for more than 40 > years. His labors were mostly in Indiana and Illinois. Brief funeral > services were held at the house Wednesday morning, the 16th of October, in > charge of Bro. S. S. Jones, our pastor. Bro. L. E. Murray, of Lagoda, Ind., > conducted memorial services at Palestine, Crawford County, Ill., the former > home of the family, in the afternoon of the same day. > > **On the Widow's Appication for pension from the Board of Ministerial Relief > of the Church of Christ, Vernie E. Griffin stated the James had been a > pastor for the Christian Church in Palestine from 1883 to 1890. She received > $15.00 a month until her death in 1930. > > Submitted by: > Margie Griffin Wakefield > Wamak@aol.com James and Vernie had 4 children, James L. who died in 1925, LeRoy who died in 1917 and 2 daughters, Marion/May who married Ralph Swift and Helen Faire who married Oscar Bredehoft or Briedhoft. If anyone has any information on these daughters I would like to hear from you. They were living in Danville untill their deaths in the 1950s and 1960s. Margie Wamak@aol.com