John is the son of Henry Horatio Griffin and Nettie Iola Eppison.

 John is named after his paternal grandfather John Alexander "Jesse" Griffin, and his maternal grandfather James Columbus Eppison.

1900 - US Census - Justice Precinct 3, Hill, Texas
Household ........Role ......Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date
Henry H Griffin .Head .....Male ....28 ..Tennessee Sep 1872
Nettie I Griffin ...Wife ......Female 15 ..Alabama ..Jan 1885
John C Griffin ...Son .......Male ....0 ....Texas ........Apr 1900
Henry Cathcart Boarder Male ....22 ..Tennessee Sep 1878

1910 - US Census -

1920 - US Census - Sayre Township, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .......Role ………Sex .....Age Birthplace
Henry H Griffin Head ..........Male ....47 ..Tennessee
Laura A Griffin ..Wife ..........Female 26 .Oklahoma
John C Griffin ...Son ..........Male ....19 ..Texas
Oscar Griffin .....Son ..........Male ....14 ..Texas
Elmer Griffin .....Son ..........Male ....8 ....Oklahoma
Jesse Griffin .....Son ..........Male ....3 ....Oklahoma
Bessie Griffin ....Daughter Female 1 ....Oklahoma

John married Callie Allred (daughter of E. C. "Lee" Allred and Mattie Cox-Hurley-Allred) on 9 May 1921 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. Callie died sometime before based the 1930 and following census records for John. John never remarried.

1930 - US Census - Sayre Township, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .........Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace
Henry H Griffin ..Head .......Male ....56 ..Tennessee
Lara Griffin ........Wife ........Female 36 ..Oklahoma
John C Griffin ...Son ..........Male ....30 ..Texas (widowed)
Elmer L Griffin ..Son ..........Male ....19 ..Oklahoma
Jessie P Griffin .Son ..........Male ....16 ..Oklahoma
Bessie C Griffin .Daughter Female 11 ..Oklahoma
Mattie L Griffin ..Daughter Female 9 ....Oklahoma
Mary B Griffin ....Daughter Female 6 ....Oklahoma
Sterlin H Griffin Son ..........Male ....2 ....Oklahoma

1940 - US Census - Fletcher, Comanche, Oklahoma
Household ........Role .......Sex .....Age Birthplace
Sarah M Grimes Head .....Female 69 ..Tennessee (widowed)
John C Griffin ...Nephew Male ....39 ..Texas (widowed)

1950 - US Census - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
306 1/2 South Klein
Household .......Role ...Sex .....Age Birthplace
Louise T Webb Head ..Female 39 ..Arkansas (divorced)
John C Griffin ..Guest Male ....50 ..Texas (widowed)
Paul R Hayes ...Guest Male ....43 ..Arkansas (married)
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The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Oklahoma · Wednesday, February 01, 1961 pg 1
John Griffin Lone Oak
Services Slated Friday

Services for John Griffin, brother of Oscar Griffin, Elk City, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday from the Lone Oak Baptist church, northwest of Sayre.

Mr. Griffin, who lived in Oklahoma City, died at his home Tuesday from a heart attack.

Elk City Journal, Elk City, Oklahoma · Thursday, February 09, 1961
John C. Griffin's
Rites Held Friday

Services for John C. Griffin, employee of the Biltmore hotel dining room in Oklahoma City, and brother of Oscar Griffin, Elk City, were held at 2 p. m. Friday from the Lone Oak Baptist church with Rev. H. P. Elliott, Elk City, and Rev. V. E. Tinsley officiating.

Born April 15, 1800, in Texas, Mr. Griffin died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Oklahoma City Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Mr. Griffin came to Beckham county in 1914 and settled in the New Liberty community where he resided until 1941(sic) when he moved it to Sayre. In 1945 be moved to Oklahoma City. He had been a member of the Lone Oak Baptist at church since 1927.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Green, Sayre, and Mrs. Ruby McCrady, Palco, Kan.; three brothers, Oscar of Elk City; Jess of Hoisington, Kan.; and Sterling of Udall, Kan.

Casketbearers were Lewis Lowrance, Pat Burrow, Bugs Fairless, Uncas Ely, W. R. Farrell and Clyde Murphy.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, two sisters and one brother.

Burial was in Lone Oak cemetery under direction of Moore funeral home, Sayre.