Laura Jane Houston, 1862 – 1918: Great Grandmother
As noted, Laura Jane Houston was born in Cherokee County, GA 0n June 13, 1862. Third child to Samuel Theodore “Ted” and Martha “Mattie” Fincher. Mattie was pregnant when Samuel T. was conscripted into service and she delivered Laura Jane a months later. In 1869, Laura moved with her parents to Somerville, Morgan Co., AL. At the age of 18, Laura Jane Houston married George Washington Griffin in Somerville, at Ted’s home.
George W. Griffin was a farmer. He and Laura Jane had six children, their eldest being Minnie Lee Griffin (our “Nanny”) born in 1881 in Lacey’s Spring, Alabama. Laura Jane Houston Griffin died Nov. 15, 1918, she would have been 56 years old. She is buried, along with her mother, father, husband and other family members in the Houston Cemetery in Somerville, AL. See additional information on George W. Griffin and his ancestors under the “Griffin” tab.