John R. Griffin - 1879

GRIFFIN, KNOX

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Date: 5/15/2009 at 21:09:58

JOHN R. GRIFFIN, Recorder of Jackson Co., Maquoketa; is a native
of Queensbury, Warren Co., N.Y., and was born May 8, 1828; he came to Iowa in
May, 1846, and located in Maquoketa; there were only a few shanties here then; he
engaged as clerk in a store; was afterward engaged in the produce business; he was
elected Recorder of Jackson Co. in 1872; reelected in 1874, 1876 and 1878, and is now
serving his seventh year in this office. In 1850, he married Miss Susan M. Knox, a
native of Warren Co., N.Y.; she is a direct descendant of Gen. Knox, of Revolutionary
fame; they have two children—Ida E and Charles E. – 1879 History of Jackson Co., IA, Pg 632