Born about in Tennessee, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Joseph Dennis Jr
and Mary Polly (Brown) Dennis
Sister of
Pryor Dennis, Edward H Dennis, William Standfield Dennis, Mary Ellen (Dennis) Galyon, Joseph Dennis, John William Dennis, Gideon M Dennis, Henry Harrison Dennis and Cynthia Jane (Dennis) Miller
Wife of
Samuel Jenkins Griffin
— married
2 Mar 1846 (to about 1891) in Roane Co, TN
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Harmon Griffin, Mary Ann (Griffin) Fuller, William T Griffin, Martha E (Griffin) Jones, Samuel King Griffin, Sarah Jane Griffin, Jefferson Davis Griffin and Margaret Josephene (Griffin) Hutchings
Died about
at about age 65
in Sparta, White Co, TN [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jan 2018
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Biography
Sarah was born about 1826 to Joseph Dennis and Mary Brown. She married Samuel J Griffin and they had eight children. Her parents and most of her siblings moved to Wright CO, MO, by 1880. Sarah and Samuel stayed in Roane Co, TN , and then moved to White CO, TN , where they were on the 1880 census. Sarah passed away before 1891, as that was the year Samuel remarried..
Sarah and Samuel's children: Joseph H Griffin Polly A Griffin Williamm T Griffin Samuel King Griffin Martha E Griffin Sarah J Griffin Jefferson Davis Griffin Margaret Josephine. Griffin
Sources
Roane County, Tennessee marriages 1801-1855, McCluen & Hutchenson, 1973 pg 204
1880; Census Place: District 7, White, Tennessee; Roll: 1285; Family History Film: 1255285; Page: 475B; Enumeration District: 144 Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee; Roll: M432_893; Page: 341B; Image: 145 1870; Census Place: District 12, Roane, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1555; Page: 449A; Family History Library Film: 553054
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~6.25%
Sandra (Griffin) Vines
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A864452 [compare]
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~1.56%
Marvin Brown :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H632548 [compare]
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