Thomas Roy Griffin, b: 1889 -

^{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}


		^{William B. Griffin}^{b. d.}

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

^{Thomas Roy Griffin}^{b.1889 d.1972 Sweetwater, Texas}		^{Mansel Bartlett}^{b. d.}

	^{Mary Jane Bartlett}^{b.1849 Alabama d.1899 Roby, Texas}	^{Riddie Caroline Richardson}^{b. d.}





^{Leila Pearl McKinney}^{b.1894 d.1970 Sweetwater, Texas}