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Daughter of Yoakley/Yokley Griffin
(born about 1770-1773, in N. C.),
and his wife Sally Mullican
(born about 1772-1776, in N. C.),
who were married on Jan. 21, 1796,
in Rowan County North Carolina.
They later moved to Wayne Co. Indiana,
and then to Cass County Michigan.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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"Yoakley" Griffin is listed in the
1830 census of Cass County Michigan,
living in LaGrange township.
Members of family - nine.
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"Yoakley" Griffin is again listed as
living there in the 1840 census.
Members in family - three.
(Son John was still unmarried).
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Note:
Article on Yoakley Griffin,
[of Howard township], in
"The History of Cass...
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Daughter of Yoakley/Yokley Griffin
(born about 1770-1773, in N. C.),
and his wife Sally Mullican
(born about 1772-1776, in N. C.),
who were married on Jan. 21, 1796,
in Rowan County North Carolina.
They later moved to Wayne Co. Indiana,
and then to Cass County Michigan.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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"Yoakley" Griffin is listed in the
1830 census of Cass County Michigan,
living in LaGrange township.
Members of family - nine.
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"Yoakley" Griffin is again listed as
living there in the 1840 census.
Members in family - three.
(Son John was still unmarried).
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Note:
Article on Yoakley Griffin,
[of Howard township], in
"The History of Cass County Michigan",
by Alfred Mathews, published in Chicago,
by Waterman, Walkins and Co. 1882,
page 230. It reads as follows:
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Yockley Griffin of Wayne County Indiana,
was among the settlers of 1830.
He located on McKenney's Prairie,
where he had previously purchased
80 acres of land.
With him came his family, consisting
of his wife [Sally], and their
children: Melinda, Margaret, Zodoc,
Perlina, Elizabeth, Mary, John,
and Elethe.
Mr. Griffin resided in the township
[Howard township], until his decease.
His daughter Mary, in 1838, married
Jonathan Dewey, who was one of the
early settlers of Pokagon township,
where he died in 1878.
Mrs. Dewey, is still living, and
resides with her son Henry C. Dewey
in Pokagon.
At the same time Griffin made his
settlement, his son-in-law Jonathan
Prather and his wife Rebecca arrived,
bringing with them their children:
William, James, Fanny, Lorvinia,
Elizabeth, and Eli.
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Land Records show that
"Yokley" Griffin and
his eldest son "Zadock" J. Griffin,
jointly purchased a land patent
from the U.S. Government, in
Cass County Michigan, for 80 acres,
on Feb. 8, 1831.
It is described as "the West half of
the South-West quarter of Section 8,
in township 6" (LaGrange township).
(Volume 34, page 393).
(This was near the intersection of
what is now Thompson Road and Korn
Street, in Howard township, N.-E.
of Niles, Michigan}.
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Note:
"Michigan Pioneer Collections",
Volume 6, page 215, states that
Zodock Griffin
(Yockley Griffin's eldest son),
came to Michigan in 1828,
and died in Oct. of 1881.
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A list of members of the Berrien
County [MI] Pioneer Association,
and their date of arrival,
lists: "Griffin, April 1828"
(no first name given).
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The children of Yoakley Griffin
and his wife Sally Mullican are:
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1. Rebecca
("Rebekah" and "Becka") Griffin.
m. Johathan Prather, on April 22, 1819,
in Wayne County Indiana.
They followed Rebecca's parents to
Cass County Michigan about 1830.
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2. Malinda Griffin.
b. 1802, in South Carolina.
m. # 1. John Skinner, April 9, 1822
in Wayne County Indiana.
(Record lists "Volinda Griffins").
John Skinner was born about 1798,
in Rowan County South Carolina.
(John "possibly" died between 1829
and 1832).
Two children with John:
(1.) John Yoakley Skinner,
born Feb. 9, 1825, in Wayne Co. IN.
m. Nancy Hain, on Dec. 23, 1847,
in Cass County Michigan.
[See the memorial (with photo),
for John Yokley Skinner
(and some of his children), of
Calhoun Co. Iowa on find-a-grave].
(2.) Thomas C. Skinner.
b. March 11, 1829, in Wayne Co. Indiana.
m. Jane Byers.
d.June 20, 1907, in Silver Creek
township, Cass County Michigan.
Buried: Dewey Lake Cemetery, Cass
County Michigan (per death cert.).
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m. # 2. Records show that
"Melinda Skinners"
[should be "Mrs. Malinda Skinner"]
was married on March 8, 1832, in
Cass County Michigan to Mason Colvin
[the son of John Colvin Jr. and
his wife Elizabeth Colvin,
and the brother of Absalom
and Wilkerson Colvin].
Children with Mason:
Paulina Colvin and James M. Colvin
(and possibly a Mary Colvin).
Mason Colvin died on March 26, 1857
in Berrien County Michigan.
Mason Colvin is buried in the
Burke Cemetery, Berrien Co. MI.,
(possibly buried next to his
daughter Mary (Colvin) Murphy).
["Possibly" moved there about 1910,
from the Colvin Cemetery?].
Malinda is buried near their
daughter Paulina (Colvin) Perkins,
in the Cottonwood Cemetery, in
Calhoun County Iowa.
(See the memorial for Malinda Colvin
and for their daughter
Perlina (Colvin) Perkins, of
Calhoun County Iowa on find-a-grave).
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Note: Also buried there in the
Cottonwood Cemetery, are the
wife of Mason Colvin's brother
Absalom Colvin, named
Sarah Ann (Foster) Colvin, and her
daughter Lucinda (Colvin) Patrick.
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3. Margaret ("Peggy") Griffin.
[Note: Margaret's information
needs additional verification].
Two marriage records found for
a Margaret Griffin in Cass Co. MI:
m. # 1. Lane Markham, on
May 3, 1831. (Daughter Arinda Markham
is living with Margaret's sister Lithy
Gardner in the 1850 census).
[Note: Lane Markham is listed in the
Cass Co. MI 1830 census, living in
Pokagon township. Number in family - 2].
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m. # 2. Thomas Fowler, on Feb. 4, 1841,
in Cass County Michigan.
They had a daughter Mary L. (Fowler)
Hamilton (1847-1939), who is buried in
the Silverbrook Cemetery, in Niles, MI.
They also had a son Walter Fowler,
born about 1866 in MI and died
July 25, 1885, age 19, in Howard
township, Cass County Michigan.
d. Margaret died Jan. 3, 1903,
aged 71 years, 2 months, and 10 days,
in Chicago, Cook County Illinois.
Buried: Silverbrook Cemetery, in
Niles, Michigan, near Thomas P.,
Walter, Wes John (John Wesley?),
B. H., Archibald P.,
and Benton H. Fowler.
Obituary for Mrs. Margaret Fowler
published in the
"Niles Republican II", on
Jan. 8, 1903, page 5.
The Niles, MI library also has
several obits for both Thomas
Fowler, and their son Walter Fowler.
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4. Zodock J. Griffin (also listed
as "Zadock", "Zedock", and "Zodoc").
b. about 1806-1808, in N. C.
Note: "Michigan Pioneer Collections"
Volume 6, page 215, states that
"Zodock Griffin (of Berrien Co. MI)
came to Michigan in 1828, and he
died in Oct. of 1881".
In 1831 "Zadock" Griffin jointly
purchased a land patent in Cass
County Michigan, with his father.
m.
Records show that "Zodock" Griffin
was married to Amanda Colvin,
on Feb. 26, 1835, in Cass Co. MI.
(Amanda was born 1819, in Kentucky).
Amanda's death certificate lists her
parents as Alsalom Colvin [brother
of Wilkerson and Mason Colvin], and
his wife Sarah [Sarah Ann Foster].
On May 1, 1839, Zadock Griffin purchased
two land patents in Berrien County
Michigan, from the U.S. government:
38 acres in Section 2 of township # 7,
and 40 acres in Section 33 of
township # 6 (Oronoko township).
They lived in Berrien Co. Michigan
in 1850 thru 1880 census's.
In the 1880 census Zodock and Amanda
Griffin are living in Dayton township,
Berrien Co. MI with their son Frank.
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Amanda Griffin died on March 22, 1898,
in Gilmore township, Isabella Co. MI,
age 79 years, 1 month, and 8 days.
Children (all born in MI) are:
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Griffin,
Almira, Sally, Gilbert, Darius,
and Amy Griffin.
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Note: Zodock and Amanda's daughter
Almira Griffin married
# 1. Caloway Farris, on Nov. 13, 1856.
["Possibly" the son of Lewis J. Farris.
Caloway was possibly born in 1832 in Ohio.
See 1850 census of Newcastle,
Fulton County Indiana].
Child with Caloway:
Clara Farris, b. about 1866/67 in MI.
Caloway Farris died in 1866 and is
buried in the Colvin Cemetery
(on Wilkerson Colvin's farm).
Almira m.# 2. Wm. Henry Hendrickson
(or Hendrikson) on April 22, 1871.
In 1880 Almira and William are living
in Otsego, Allegan County Michigan.
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(Zodock's son Gilbert Griffin
died in Tacona, Pierce Co. WA,
at the age of 89).
d. Zodock died Oct. 1881
(per: "Michigan Pioneer Collections").
Buried: ?
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5. Perlina Griffin.
b. 1813 ("about" Feb. 25, 1813),
in Indiana.
m. Wilkerson Colvin, on
Feb. 21, 1833, in Cass Co. Michigan.
They had six known children.
d. March 25, 1850, in Berrien Co. MI.
Note: The 1850 "Mortality Census" for
Berrien County Michigan, states that
Perlina was born in Indiana, and that
she died in March of 1850, in district
# 10, at the age of 57
(should be 37, per her headstone),
of "cholera mubus", after being
ill for one day.
Buried: Colvin Cemetery
(on Wilkerson Colvin's farm).
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6. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Griffin.
b. 1813.
m. Elizabeth was the second wife of
Solomon Dewey, whom she married on
July 18, 1833, in Cass Co. Michigan.
Solomon Dewey was one of 14 children
born to Henry Dewey and his wife Nancy
Hunt, who were settlers of Cass Co. MI
in 1831. Henry and his wife Nancy Dewey
ocured 600 acres around Dewey Lake,
which was named after them.
Note: Solomon Dewey's brother Jonathan
Dewey married Elizabeth Griffin's
sister Mary Griffin.
d. Elizabeth died in 1846.
Children: Nancy, Mary Elizabeth,
Dorcas, Sarah, Martha, Margaret,
and (the only son) Jonathan Dewey.
(Jonathan served in the Civil War
as a drummer boy).
Note: Elizabeth died while her
children were still young.
Her sister Mary and husband
Jonathan Dewey, cared for her
children until they grew up.
Buried: Dewey Cemetery, in Pokagon,
Cass County Michigan (Lot # 40).
See her memorial on find-a-grave.
Note: Google,
"Henry and Nancy Dewey family history".
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7. Mary Griffin.
b. 1817, in Wayne Co. Indiana.
m. April 2, 1838, in Cass Co. MI,
to Jonathan Dewey,
and early settler of Pokagon Twp,
where he died in 1878.
They had children: Malinda,
Albina (Dewey) Mater, Lucina,
Levi, and Henry Clay Dewey.
[They are listed in the 1850 census
of Cass County MI, as living in
Pokagon twp. Number in family - 6].
d. May 19, 1887, in Cass Co. MI.
Buried: Dewey Cemetery, Pokagon,
Cass County Michigan (Lot # 37).
See her memorial on find-a-grave.
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8. John B. Griffin.
b. July 26, 1819.
m. 1844, in Pokagan township,
Cass County Michigan,
to Mary Ann Sink
(who was born March 19, 1827, in VA).
The 1850 census shows them in
Christian County Missouri.
They had 10 children, the first two,
born in Cass Co. Michign, and the
rest born in Missouri.
John served in the Civil War,
in Company A, of the
11th Missouri Calvery.
d. March 2, 1892, in
Cedercreek, Taney Co. Missouri.
Buried: McCarty Cemetery,
Cedercreek, Taney Co. Missouri.
See his memorial on find-a-grave.
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9. Elitha Griffin (also listed as
Elethe/Lithy/Elethan/Lizzie).
Spelled as "Elitha" in cemetery records.
Cass County Michigan marriage records
show that "Lithy" Griffin,
was married to Davidson Gardner,
on Feb. 5, 1835. [Note: In 1840 and
1850 census in Pokagon, Cass Co. MI.
1860 and 1870 census in Pipestone
township, Berrien County Michigan].
Children: William, James, John, Chas.,
Almela, Mary, Leander (he m. Isabella
Beekman in Sodas, MI), Sarah, Milford,
and Andrew Garnder.
(Living with them in 1850 is Arinda
Markham, dau. of her sister Margaret).
d. Elitha died on Nov. 19, 1892, at the
age of 75 years, 7 months, and 11 days.
Elitha and her husband Davidson Gardner
are buried in the Shanghai Cemetery,
in Pipestone township, Berrien Co. MI.
[The obituary for Davidson Gardner
was published in the
"Niles Republican II", on
Feb. 17, 1876, page 3.]
The will for Davidson Gardner is
filed in Berrien County Michigan,
in Probate file # 932.
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Perlina was the first wife of
Wilkerson Colvin, whom she
married on Feb. 21, 1833,
in Cass County Michigan.
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Perlina was born "about" Feb. 25, 1813
(per date calculator).
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They lived on 275 acres on
Garr Road (1/4 mile North
of "Little" Glendora Road),
in Section 3, of Buchanan
township (where this cemetery
lies), North of Buchanan,
Berrien County Michigan.
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Perlina died of "cholera mubus"
on March 25, 1850, in "district #10"
in Berrien County Michigan.
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The children of Wilkerson Colvin
and Perlina Griffin are:
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1. John Y. Colvin
(per cemetery records).
(Possibly named
"John" after Wilkerson's father,
and "Yoakley" after Perlina's father?)
b. "about" Nov. 28, 1835.
d. June 17, 1845, aged 9 years,
6 months, and 20 days.
Buried: Colvin Cemetery.
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2. Sarah Ellen Colvin.
(Listed as "Ellen S. Boyle"
on headstone).
b. 1838, in Michigan.
Note: The 1850 census of Berrien
County Michigan (taken shortly
after Perlina died), lists Sarah E.,
(b. abt. 1838, age 12), living with
her father "Wilkenson" Colvin, and
her two brothers, Austin (b. abt. 1844),
and Thomas J. Colvin (b. abt. 1846).
m. Berrien County MI marriage records
show Sarah Ellen Colvin, was married
on Jan. 1, 1857, to Wm. Boyd
(should say Wm. "Boyle").
(William Boyle was born 1834 in Ohio).
Wm. and Sarah Ellen had 11 known children.
d. Sarah Ellen died on April 16, 1894.
Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery,
Berrien County Michigan.
Obituary for "Sarah E. Colvin Boyle"
was published in the "Buchanan Record"
newspaper, in Buchanan, MI on
April 19, 1894.
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3. Caroline Colvin
(per cemetery records).
b. "about" Jan. 8, 1840.
d. Sept. 1, 1840,
aged 7 months, and 24 days.
Buried: Colvin Cemetery.
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4. Mary Elizabeth Colvin.
b. Nov. 7, 1841, in Buchanan twp.
m. Mary was married in 1860, to
Joseph Snyder (per Mary's obit).
Joseph is the son of
John Charles Snyder and
his wife Phebe Maddren, who were
early settlers on the East bank
of the St. Joseph river, in Section
one ("then" in Niles township, "now"
in Buchanan township).
Joseph and Mary had five children:
Lawrence W., John Will, Jay B.,
Leslie C., and Lillian "Lillie"
(she married Sanford Collins).
About 1876, Mary and Joseph moved
to Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota,
but returned to Michigan in 1894.
d. Mary died on Fri. Nov. 10, 1899,
in Berrien township, Berrien Co. MI.
Buried: Long Lake Cemetery,
Berrien County Michigan.
The obituary for Mary E. Snyder
was published in the "Berrien
Springs Journal Era" newspaper,
on Wed. Nov. 15, 1899, page 3.
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Note: Mary's obit states that she
also had a sister, Mrs. Perlina
Palmer, of Denison, Texas.
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5. Austin W. Colvin.
b. May 2, 1844, in MI.
m. Ellen Jane Smith,
on March 31, 1866.
d. 1926.
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery.
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6. Thomas Jefferson Colvin.
b. about 1846-47, on the Colvin
farm in Section 3, of Buchanan
township, Michigan (per his obit).
m. Jan. 23, 1868, to
Louisa C. McCoy, the daughter
of Russell McCoy and his
wife Esther Weaver.
d. April, 1928, in Shelby,
Oceana County Michigan.
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, in
Shelby, Oceana County Michigan
(Lot # 259).
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7. Perlina Colvin.
NOTE: Daughter of Perlina or Anna??
b. about 1850, in Michigan.
(Listed with Wilkerson in the
1860 census).
m. Mr. Palmer.
They lived in Denison, Grayson
County Texas in 1899,
per: the obituary for her sister
Mary E. (Colvin) Snyder,
published on Nov. 15, 1899.
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After Perlina died, Wilkerson Colvin
was married two more times:
(both widows)
Mrs. Anna (Weaver) Ingleright, Dragoo,
on Jan. 1, 1851, and then to
Mrs. Elizabeth (Frazier) Estes
on Oct. 25, 1866.
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Wilkerson Colvin died on
Oct. 20, 1874, at the age of
60 years, 6 months, and 20 days,
at the home of John W. R. Lister,
in Buchanan, Berrien Co. Michigan.
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For additional information on this
family, see the memorial for
Wilkerson Colvin, and for
Wilkerson Colvin's second wife
Anna (Weaver) Colvin, of
Berrien County Michigan.
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Perlina's headstone reads:
PERLINA
Wife of
WILKERSON COLVIN
Died
March 25, 1850
Aged 37 year
& 1 MONTH
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Headstone photo, courtesy of the
Buchanan District Library
in Buchanan, Michigan,
and sent to us by
Robert D. Brown, President,
and newsletter editor of
"Friends of Oak Ridge Cemetery".
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