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The WikiTree Challenge 2022 Challenge 13

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WikiTree Challenge Week 13

Guest Star: Archie Griffin

Notes From The Guest

  • Two of Archie's brothers, Duncan and Daryl, were included when Mindy spoke with Archie
  • Duncan has the family tree
  • All three 3 brothers knew their 4 grandparents
  • Their grandfather Archie Mason Griffin had two wives, Lucille Dowell/Dial and Elizabeth Jenkins. Duncan mentioned that Elizabeth was the mother of James, Marguerite and Catherine Griffin and Lucille was the mother of Archie Mason/Arthur, Raymond Daniel and Samuel Griffin
  • Archie remembers going to West Virginia during the summers and playing stickball
  • When Archie was about 8 years old he went to his grandfather's funeral and he said it was weird to hear his name being said as he had the same name as his gradfather
  • His maternal grandmother would make a big breakfast.
  • Daryl asked his mom how they ended up in Columbus, Ohio. She said their dad was working in the coal mines as a machine operator and the white miners were upset about a black man doing the job. They decided to head to Michigan and while on the way there the car broke down in Columbus and they never left
  • Archie and Duncan both played football at Ohio and Michigan was a big rival
  • They would like to know more about Wilbur Moore.
  • James Griffin is in the high school Hall of Fame for the golden glove
  • His aunt Cara Blanche Monroe had told them that grandma Carrie was an abolitionist
  • The siblings of his parents would stay with them while looking for a place to live in Columbus, Ohio

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Interesting Finds

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  1. His great grandmother Pauline (Peoples) Johnson was suffering from pneumonia and influenza when she went into labor in 1923 with her son Willis Johnson. Tragically, both died before the doctor arrived six hours later. Her son Henry A. died from a gunshot wound at age 12. Kathy Rabenstein
  2. Great-great-grandfather Daniel Boone Berry studied at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, though it appears he did not graduate. Homer Thiel
  3. Great-great-grandfather Daniel Boone Berry sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for $10,000 in 1921, claiming permanent disability from an accident while loading coal. In May 1924, Hattie Johnson sued Berry for $10,000, stating he had promised to marry her and had suffered "great humiliation, distress of mind and nervous shock" when he refused to do so. Berry subsequently received a judgment of $500 for his disability. It does not appear that Hattie received anything. Homer Thiel
  4. Archie's 2nd and 3rd great grandfather Pharoah Peoples has a record with the Freedmen's Bureau, which was set up after the Civil War to help formerly enslaved people by providing banking services, locating relatives, contracts, and other things. Peoples applied to the Freemen’s Field Office for help because Mrs. P. Clark held a horse that had been given him by Mr. John Clark, who was deceased. Mrs. Clark was claiming that Mr. Clark was insane when he gave away the horse. The record does not indicate whether Pharoah was successful. Karen Lowe
  5. Archie's 2nd great grandmother Mariah A. (Peoples)Monroe's mother Jane (Taylor) Peoples was "sold away" by her owner, John Clark, sometime between 1854 and December 1864. No evidence has been found to suggest she ever returned to her family. Homer Thiel
  6. The obituary of Archie's maternal grandmother Margaret Susan Johnson says that she is survived by her brother, 9 children and well over 200 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Kathy (Urbach) Nava
  7. Archie's 1C2R and his wife are notables. Dr. Ralph Wimbish was instrumental in desegregating Florida and his wife C. Bette Wimbish was one of the leading African-American woman activists in Florida with a long list of accomplishments. McBeth-165
  8. Henry Watkins Page had an interesting life.Henry Watkins Page He was married to Pocahontas Monroe. He served with the 24th Infantry, Company C of the U.S. Infantry. In Civy Street he was a Coal Miner most of his life but in the Army he was an artificer, He served in the Spanish American War.His first wife (Pocahontas) divorced him in 1928 on grounds of desertion, he was already living with his 2nd 'Wife' Lucy Elizabeth she appears with him in the 1920 Census. In 1930 he his living with his 'wife' Minnie. Henry was Archie's Great Great Uncle. Jenkinson-562
  9. Archie's second cousin once removed (his father's second cousin) Glanton Dowdell started a prison fine arts program while serving a 20-year sentence for murder in Michigan. His most famous work is the 15-foot mural of a Black Madonna and Jesus at the Shrine of the Black Madonna, a church added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 for its important role in Black nationalism and the civil rights movement. Glanton worked to organize Black workers at Chrysler plants in Detroit, and was convicted of transporting weapons from the Afro-American Youth Association during 1966 race riots. He was again a Black leader during the "long, hot summer of 1967." Facing forgery charges he believed were politically motivated, he fled to Sweden. The Swedish Supreme Court denied the US request to extradite him back to the US for forgery in 1971. He died in Stockholm in 2000. Karen Lowe
  10. Archie's 2nd cousin once removed John Augustus Peoples, Jr was a Sonar Technician 3 aboard the U.S.S. Suwanee, an escort carrier. He was killed on 27 October 1944 when Japanese kamikaze planes struck the ship and a bomb exploded. He was buried at sea the following day. Homer Thiel
  11. Archie's maternal grandmother, Margaret Susan Johnson appears to have lost a set of triplets on 6 August 1946. Two were stillborn and the third lived for nine hours. Boyle-4376
  12. Archie's 2nd great grandmother Susan Ann (Monroe) Peoples served her community as a midwife. In 1917, she assisted at the birth of Jacob R. Monroe. Homer Thiel
  13. Archie's great grandmother's brother Hassell Berry participated in sports tournaments, playing tennis and golf. Homer Thiel
  14. Archie's 3rd great grandmother Cintha (Monroe) Holliday was the mother of 20 children. Homer Thiel
  15. Archie's 2nd cousin twice removed Tate Joel Holliday passed as White throughout most of his adult life, listed only once as Black after 1917. Homer Thiel
  16. Archie's great grandmother's sister-in-law Charlotte (Smith) Berry was a victim of a burglary in Pittsburgh. In 1951, burglars broke into the offices of Firth Sterling Steel and Carbide Corporation where Charlotte worked as a cleaner and bound her and another employee to chairs while they broke into the vault. After the burglars left, Charlotte was eventually able to chew off the rags binding her arms and free herself and the other employee. The ordeal lasted about three hours. Melick-229
  17. Archie's second cousin three times removed Lt. Reginald Cloyd Holliday Holliday-2610 was the co-pilot of the Flying Fortress "Miss Chief" during World War II. A photo of Lt. Holliday is available online. https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31895-miss-chief/ Homer Thiel

Free Space Pages

List of Free Space Pages created for or linked to members of this family.

Military Profiles

CIVIL WAR

  • Isham Berry (Archie's 3rd-great-grandfather) served in Company H, 114th USCT. He died in the service in 1865.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

  • Archie's 2nd cousin twice removed Tate Joel Holliday was in the United States Navy as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class during the Spanish-American War.

WORLD WAR II

  • Archie's great grandmother's brother Hassell Berry served in India as a Private First Class in the Army Air Transport Command from January 1944 to December 1945.
  • Archie's second cousin three times removed Lt. Reginald Cloyd Holliday Holliday-2610 was the co-pilot of the Flying Fortress "Miss Chief" during World War II. A photo of Lt. Holliday in the plane is available online at theb17flyingfortress.de/en/ website.

Ancestors

Brick Walls

These links were added mid-week by Mindy and the Kathy. Remember to claim any brick wall bounties in the G2G!

Paternal Brick Walls

  1. Samuel Griffin (Griffin-18627)
  2. Adeline (Fuller) Brown (Fuller-18143)
  3. Lucy (Farly) Dowdell (Farly-62)
  4. Maggie (Davis) Dowell (Davis-98017)

Maternal Brick Walls

  1. Daniel Monroe (Monroe-4657)
  2. Mary Ann Burton (Burton-13914)
  3. Hariet Evins (Evins-153)
  4. Lucinda (Murphy) Monroe (Murphy-27754)

Resources

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Location Specific Resources

United States
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Ohio

& The Anti-slavery Movement in Clermont County, Ohio

South Carolina
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