From a plantation ledger, an abandoned graveyard, a fragile
manuscript, and old newspapers, author Mary Helen Griffin Halloran
has raised the bones of her ancestors and made them come alive in
this memoir that traces the history of five generations of her
Mississippi family.
In A Mississippi Family, Halloran has painted a backdrop to the
life the family lived. The story begins with the life and times of
three men: Jonas Griffin (1762-1815), his son Francis Griffin
(1800-1865), and his son Judge John Bettis Griffin (1826-1903). It
ends with portraits of two remarkable women, Judge John's
daughters, Mary Lane Griffin (1858-1942) and Helen Knight Griffin
(1864-1949). The stories of these five people, whose fates and
values shaped the lives of their children, capture the early
history of the Mississippi Delta, Warren and Washington Counties,
and the town of Greenville.
Telling tales of river journeys and life on southern
plantations, Halloran's meticulous research has provided a record
of her fascinating family saga at a crucial period in the history
of the county, state, and nation.
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