going back over times with the bruce and mllwains ,durham family
ruth fae griffin born apr 11 1919 she died may 4 1980 she married robert lenard wiggins apr 17 1935 and they had 5 children ruth was the duarther james ibzain griffin b.1879 and died 1949 james father was james monroe b,1803 in alabama he intered in the civil war feb 2 1862 he was a confederate soldier in the 27 reg comp f infantry of winn parish la he was captured by union soldier and was put in prison and had to singed a paper saying that he would not take up ars agiants the union it reads the following to who it my concern know ye that i james monroe griffin vol c.s.a being in prison of war in the hands of the united states of forces in virtue of the capitulation of the city of vicksburg and it garrison by lieut john c pemhelton c.s.a commanding on the 4 of july 1843later he married mary elizabeth porter and they had 9 children they married in feb 27 1867 and he died feb 24 1894 james monroe griffin father was william reilly grifin b.dec 1 1803 don,t know on death date yet he married sarah? she was born no birthday on her yet they had 11 children they came by ox car in 1850 to the town of winn parish they hard thier was good land in winn parish and left alabama for good . ruth mother was cynthia bruce b.1879 she died in 1955 in lasalle parish la her martha mllwain born 1848 in leake county miss she died 1900 she married robert j bruce. martha father was john theiopiles mcllwain b.1818 in goergia and he married ellender caroline edwards she was b,mar 3 1828 d.oct 19 1882 in leake county miss they had 14th children. john father was james mcllwain b.1780 no death date yet sarah pully