Franklin Hall Griffin was born January 29, 1827, in Madison County Alabama, son of John Taylor and Mariam Bailey Griffin, grandson of John Thomas (1767-1837) and Sarah Williams Griffin. Sarah was a daughter of Col. James Williams (1740-1780) who was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775 and was appointed colonel of South Carolina Militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. John Thomas was a son of Col. Richard and Nancy Ann Clark Griffin.
Franklin Hall married first, Obion County, January 24, 1855, Susan Catherine Hopper (1837-1866) daughter of Hamilton and Nancy Hopper.
He married second, July 1870, Lee Joiney Babb (1844-1899). There were seven children from each marriage. His eldest child was 34 when his youngest was born.
F.H. moved to what is now Lake County, TN., in 1848. He served in the Confederate Army, was a Methodist, and one of the first four trustees for Crockett's Chapel and graveyard (1869). He was a Democrat, a member of Harmony Masonic Lodge, A Knights Templar, the first Justice of the Peace of District #4, Lake County, and one of the first magistrates.

Franklin Hall Griffin died November 3, 1912, in Tiptonville, and is buried at Crockett Chapel Cemetery among many members of his family.
(Submitted by R.L. Algee, Lake County, TN.)

His children were:
John Thomas Griffin (1856-1876)
Miriam Virlinder Griffin (1858-1862)
Henry Alexander Griffin (1861-1861)
Martha Jane Griffin (1862-1862)
Sara Tennessee (1863-1900) Married Jasper Sands.
Nancy Virginia (1863-1950) Married Robert Latimer
Joseph Franklin Griffin (1865-1928)
Ann Margaret Griffin (1874-1935) Married Frederick Albert Hatcher
Dr. Richard Watson Griffin (1871-1953) Married Margaret Ida Finch and Mary Belle Tipton
Dr. Robert Bailey Griffin (1877-1950) (married Robbie Pace)
Fannie Elizabeth Griffin (1881-1963) Married Dr. John Alexander
Marvin Hall Griffin (1883-1959) Married Mattie Mozella Brown
Pinkney Babb Griffin (1887-1948) Married Pearl Lowery and Mary Etta Davis
James Walter Griffin(1890-1958) Married Anna Catherine Stephens

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From "Biographies of Lake County".

Mr. F. H. Griffin, a farmer of the Fourth District of Lake County, is the son of John T. and Miriam (Bailey) Griffin. The father was born in North Carolina October12, 1803, and his mother in Madison County, Ala., in 1805. They were married in Madison County Ala., in January, 1826, and had eight children - only two of them living to be grown: our subject and Martha J., who was born January 11, 1829, and
married Mr. J. S. Williams, of Lake County, Tenn., where she died in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were devout members of the Christian Church. Mrs. Griffin died in May, 1841, and Mr. Griffin was married twice afterward, and he died in April, 1850. In politics he was a Whig. Mr. F. H. Griffin is of Welsh-Irish descent, and was born in Madison County, Ala., January 29, 1827; was raised on the farm, and received what was then considered a good education. January 25, 1855, he married Miss Susan C. Hopper, who was born in Williamson County, Tenn., December 16, 1837.

Three sons and four daughters were born to this union - three of them living. Mrs. Griffin was a member of the Methodist Church, and died, February 17, 1866, as she
had lived, a Christian. July 13, 1870, Mr. Griffin married Miss L. J. Babb, who was born in Obion County, Tenn., October 3,1844. They have five children. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin are Methodists. He is a Democrat and a Mason, being a Knight Templar, and has been a citizen of Lake County ever since its organization, being at the time elected a magistrate. He moved in 1848 to that part of Obion County that is now Lake County. He commenced life without a dollar, and now owns 435 acres of good farming land, thus demonstrating the power of energy and determination to overcome all obstacles and attain success.

Franklin Griffin married Catherine Hopper, Obion County, TN., 1/24/1855.

F H Griffin married L J Babb, Obion County, TN., 7/11/1870.