Walter Lawrence Griffin, b: 1900 -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{John Johnson Griffin}^{b.1850 TENNESSEE d.1939 Roby, Texas}

		^{James Marion Griffin}^{b.1878 TENNESSEE d.1957 Fisher Co., Texas}	^{Mary Jane Bartlett}^{b.1849 Alabama d.1899 Roby, Texas}

^{Doris M. Griffin}^{b. Private d.}	^{Walter Lawrence Griffin}^{b.1900 d.1994 McCaulley, Texas}		^{John Franklin Rhoton}^{b.1843 Virginia d.1916 Texas}

^{Alfred Ray Griffin}^{b.1926 Fisher Co., Texas d.2006 McCaulley, Texas}		^{Martha Ann Rhoton}^{b.1880 TENNESSEE d.1965 Fisher Co., Texas}	^{Simone Simpson}^{b.1840 TENNESSEE d.1920 Texas}

^{Buford Eugene Griffin}^{b. Private d.}

^{Jewell Maxine Griffin}^{b. Private d.}

^{Della Loreen Griffin}^{b. Private d.}	^{Elva Rebecca McCain}^{b.1907 d.1990 McCaulley, Texas}