Luther Giffin (1851 - 1930)

Born 3 Aug 1851 in Ohio County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Jane (Hutcheson) Giffin — married 14 Feb 1877 in Guernsey, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Aug 1930 at age 79 in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Luther was born in 1851. He was the son of John Giffin and Margaret Shaw.^[1] He passed away in 1930 in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio.^[2]

Luther was the ninth child of John and Margaret Shaw Giffin. He was born in Ohio County, Virginia. Luther and his first wife, Margaret Jane Hutcheson, moved their family to Lee's Summit, Missouri in 1869 and he farmed in Missouri and Kansas. After Margaret's death in 1918, Luther moved to the vicinity of Cambridge, Ohio where he married Elizabeth Acheson in 1921.^[3]

Marriages

First Marriage

• Luther Giffin: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
• Name: Luther Giffin
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 14 Feb 1877
• Event Place (Original): Guernsey, Ohio, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 21Y
• Spouse's Name: Margaret J. Hutcheson
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 18Y
  • Sources^[4][5]

Known Children

1. Margaret Jane Giffin (1877–1880)^[6]
2. Myrtle Belle Giffen Ratliff (1879–1976)^[7]
3. Ella May Giffen Dyke (1881–1976)^[8]
4. William J Giffen (1883–1955)^[9]
5. Olive Eunice Giffen Kier (1891–1980)^[10]
6. Laura Gertrude Giffin (1897–1977)^[11]

Death of his first wife: Margaret Jane Hutcheson Giffin

• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
• Name: Margaret Jane Giffin
• Event Type: Death
• Event Date: 09 Aug 1918
• Event Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
• Residence Place: Cambridge, O
• Sex: Female
• Age: 59
• Marital Status: Married
• Race: White
• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Birth Date: 31 Aug 1858
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
• Birthplace: Cambridge, Ohio
• Burial Date: 12 Aug 1918
• Burial Place: Cambridge, Ohio
• Father's Name: Wm Hutcheson
• Father's Birthplace: Ohio
• Mother's Name: Eunice Ramsey
• Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
• Spouse's Name: Luther Griffin
• Record Number: 163
  • Source^[12]

Second Marriage

• Luther Giffin: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
• Name: Luther Giffin
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 28 Jul 1921
• Event Place: Guernsey, Ohio, United States
• Event Place (Original): Guernsey, Ohio, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 69
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
• Father's Name: John Giffin
• Mother's Name: Margaret Shaw
• Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Acheson
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 61
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
• Spouse's Father's Name: John Danley
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Barlow
  • Source^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M415-1JN : 18 February 2021), Luther Givens in entry for John Givens, 1860.
2. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8QD-FDW : 8 March 2021), Luther Giffen, 09 Aug 1930; citing Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, reference fn 48059; FHL microfilm 1,992,174.
3. ↑ Source: Family tree information as published in the book, "From Scotland to America: The Giffin Pioneers" by Donald W Giffin, 2004 and posted here by Skip Magyar.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP5-D89 : 29 September 2021), Luther Giffin and Margaret J. Hutcheson, 1877.
5. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP5-D89 : 29 September 2021), Luther Giffin and Margaret J. Hutcheson, 1877.
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-FSNF : 8 March 2021), Luther Giffen in entry for Margaret Jane Giffin, 1877.
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZRR-6F2M : 15 October 2021), Luther Giffin in entry for E. Franklin Ratliffe and Myrtle Belle Giffin, 1908.
8. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZT3-9BPZ : 15 October 2021), Luther Giffin in entry for William Herbert Dike and Ella Mae Giffin, 1910.
9. ↑ "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLF5-JTWX : 12 September 2019), Luther Giffin in entry for Re Wm J Giffin, ; citing Pension, Iowa, United States, multiple county Recorders, Auditors, and County Clerk Offices, Iowa; FHL microfilm 007897478.
10. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ3W-LZN : 29 September 2021), Luther Giffin in entry for James Irwin Kier and Olive Eunice Giffin, 1923.
11. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-NX49 : 8 March 2021), Luther Griffin in entry for Laura Gertrude Griffin, 1897.
12. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8KL-BJH : 8 March 2021), Luther Griffin in entry for Margaret Jane Giffin, 09 Aug 1918; citing Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, reference fn 47873; FHL microfilm 1,984,382.
13. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z87B-4LMM : 13 October 2021), Luther Giffin and Elizabeth Acheson, 1921.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83621980/luther-giffin: accessed 26 November 2022), memorial page for Luther Giffin (3 Aug 1851–9 Aug 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83621980, citing Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Terry Magyar (contributor 47053508) .