Benjamin Devane Griffin
b. 12 August 1833, d. 21 April 1898
- Father: Willie Griffin
- Benjamin Devane Griffin was born on 12 August 1833 in North Carolina.
- Benjamin Devane Griffin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas.
- He was a druggist, according to the 1860 census.
- He married Mary Hester Spiller, daughter of Samuel Fielding Spiller and Elizabeth E. Kyle, on 23 December 1863 in Walker County, Texas.
- Benjamin D. Griffin was postmaster at Waverly (later Phelps), Walker County, from 21 May 1866 to 25 July 1866.
- He was the photographer who produced many of the cartes de visite found in Evelina Wood's little photo album.
- Benjamin Devane Griffin and Mary Hester Spiller appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Danville, Montgomery County, Texas, living next to Hester's first cousin William Fielding Spiller.
- He was an artist, according to the 1870 census.
- His wife Mary Hester Spiller became a widow at his death.
- Benjamin Devane Griffin died on 21 April 1898 at age 64 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 5 Jul 2009
Family: Mary Hester Spiller b. 8 April 1845, d. 3 October 1907
- Mary Elizabeth Griffin b. 28 November 1864, d. 18 August 1866
- Susan Griffin b. circa 1866
- William Fielding Griffin b. 2 August 1867, d. 2 September 1928
- Mary Griffin b. circa 1869