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Henry Griggs

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Henry Griggs

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
16 Aug 1869 (aged 23–24)
South Carolina, USA
Burial
Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
East side
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Henry was a Conferate Soldier. The tombstone was purchased by his son James Wesley Griggs and his grandsons James Lonnie Griggs and Henry Walker Griggs erected the stone one Saturday morning about 1925. It reads: "Company 'D' 26th S.C. Infanty, Confederate Service Army." All that is known thus far is approximate birth and death dates and places. Family lore says that "Henry was from Monroe, N.C. Later moved to Cason-Olfield in Chesterfield County, S.C. Married Helen Jabos about 1867, who died in August 1867 in childbirth at age 17. Henry died three years after his wife," cause unknown.
Henry was a Conferate Soldier. The tombstone was purchased by his son James Wesley Griggs and his grandsons James Lonnie Griggs and Henry Walker Griggs erected the stone one Saturday morning about 1925. It reads: "Company 'D' 26th S.C. Infanty, Confederate Service Army." All that is known thus far is approximate birth and death dates and places. Family lore says that "Henry was from Monroe, N.C. Later moved to Cason-Olfield in Chesterfield County, S.C. Married Helen Jabos about 1867, who died in August 1867 in childbirth at age 17. Henry died three years after his wife," cause unknown.

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7771166/henry-griggs: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Griggs (1845–16 Aug 1869), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7771166, citing Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Close Friend (contributor 46575796).