John H. Darr, a prominent farmer of Jonesboro Township, is a native of the county in which he resides, his birth occurring January 1, 1849. His parents, Hiram and Elizabeth (McGown) Darr, were natives of Tennessee, although their marriage occurred in Arkansas, and a portion of their youth was spent there. Mr. Darr was a prominent Democrat, and a zealous member of the Masonic fraternity. He held local positions of honor and trust, and had the respect and confidence of all who knew him. To him and wife were born the following family of children: A. J., a resident of Jonesboro Township; Sarah, wife of T. H. Porter; Elizabeth E., wife of G. W. Wilkerson (both residents of Craighead County); Stephen S., and the subject of this sketch. Hiram Darr died February 11, 1860, and his wife October 11, 1872. John H. Darr was reared upon a farm and has always been engaged in farming and stock raising, being measurably successful at both. He received but a meager education, as his services were required at home on the plantation. He owns 100 acres of land, sixty of which are under a good state of cultivation. November 22, 1871, he was united in marriage to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Martha J. (Cary) McDaniel, early and favorably known citizens of Craighead County. To this union have been born eight children: Martha E., Mary A., Sallie J., John W., Abraham and James G., living; Hiram S. and William D., deceased. In national politics Mr. Darr votes with the Republican party, but in State and local elections he supports men and measures and not party. He is a reader of current literature, is well informed, but has never aspired to any political preferment. He is Past Master and a member of Jonesboro Lodge No. 129, A. F. & A. M., and liberally contributes to all worthy enterprises.
 

William A. Davis, a prominent merchant of Bay Siding, is a native of Georgia, born September 7, 1843, and is a son of John and Margaret (Lewis) Davis, natives of South Carolina. The parents passed their youth in their native State, and soon after their marriage moved to Georgia, and there reared their family. The father engaged very successfully in farming until his death, in 1857. His wife died about eighteen months later. W. A. Davis. the immediate subject of this sketch, attained his majority in Georgia, and became familiar in his boyhood home with intelligent farming. In 1873 he came to Craighead County, Ark., and located on Crowley's Ridge, where he engaged in farming until 1888. He then moved to Bay Siding. purchased a lot, erected a building and engaged in merchandising. He keeps a good stock of general merchandise, and by polite attention, energy and fair dealing, has established a good custom, doing an annual business of about $12,000. In the fall of 1888 he was married in this county to Miss Jane Tyler, born and reared in this State. She died eighteen months later leaving one child, Henry, now a lad of seven years. In 1884 he selected as his second wife, Laura Martin, a native of Arkansas, and this union has been blessed by two children: Josephine and Lura. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Baptist Church, and is active and zealous in all church work.
 

Nathan A. Davis is a native of Craighead County, and is one of its younger and more progressive farmers. His parents, James and Nellie (Lowery) Davis, were natives of Alabama, and about 1851 came to Craighead County, locating on Crowley's Ridge; but some time later moved to the western portion of the State, where they remained only a short time, then returning to Craighead County, and both died soon after. To them were born the following family of children: John, Jacob, and Nathan A., living; and Jefferson, Nancy, Mary and Taylor, deceased. The death of the parents left the family in somewhat straitened circumstances, and young Nathan, as a boy, had but few advantages and underwent many hardships. He has always been energetic and frugal, and by his thrift and industry, is now the possessor of eighty acres of well improved land, and a larger tract unimproved. He married Miss Lizzie Gatlin, a native of Craighead County, who was the daughter of Lee Gatlin, now deceased, but at one time a well known citizen of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have one child, Nancy Ellen. Mr. Davis has held the offices of magistrate and constable, acquitting himself with honor, and with benefit to those for whom he labored. He is one of the county's useful and progressive citizens.
 

Joseph Dixon, farmer, stock dealer and lumberman, was born in England, October 26, 1842, and is a son of John and Eliza Dixon, of English birth, who came to America in 1842, and located in New York City, where they both died in 1849. John Dixon was a butcher by occupation, and he and wife were parents of two children. Joseph Dixon was left an orphan when seven years of age, and until fourteen years old, worked for his board and clothes. He received such education as he could afford. He learned the trade of a machinist, and for some time fired an engine on the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad. Coming to Chicago in 1858, he was soon made an engineer, and for nine years followed that occupation. He then went to Freeport, and later to Pecatonica, Ill., in both of which places he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He came in 1882 to Jonesboro, and engaged in saw-milling, which he has since followed. In 1883 he built a large three-story hotel, of which he was proprietor until the disastrous fire of 1889, when it was entirely lost, with all his household effects, total loss, $5,000, without insurance. Mr. Dixon is a large land owner, owning a great deal of property in Jonesboro, and about 340 acres of farm land, with 200 acres under cultivation. Miss Jane A. Clark became his wife in 1866, and they have one child, Carrie, wife of J. M. Bennett, of Pine Bluff, Ark. Mr. Dixon began life a poor boy, but by industry, economy and thrift, he has conquered adversity, and has made himself one of the leading and influential citizens of the community in which he lives. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and is a Knight Templar.
 

Allen Dodds was born in Georgia, in 1827. His father, James Dodds, also a native of that State, was born in Elbert County, in 1785, and there grew to manhood and married Sarah Thomason, who lived but a short time after her marriage. He chose for his second wife Winnie Berden, also a Georgian, whose grandfather Penn was an officer in the Revolutionary army. James Dodds gave his entire time to agricultural pursuits. Both he and wife were members of the Baptist Church, and they reared a family of twelve children, [p.329] six boys and six girls. Allen Dodds was reared on his father's farm, receiving his
 education at the county schools. He married Julia Saye, who was born in Georgia in 1826, and moved to Arkansas in 1855. Of this union six children have been the issue. Mr. Dodds entered the Confederate service in 1861, his first engagement, which lasted almost a day, being at Belmont, Mo. There he was slightly wounded in the left arm, and afterward in the right shoulder. He was discharged from Jacksonport, in 1865, and then returned home and began teaching school. Later he turned his attention to farming, at which he has made a decided success. He owns about 318 acres of land, and 100 acres are in a good state of cultivation. He has also, in connection with his farm, a grist-mill and a cotton gin. Politically he is a Democrat, and fraternally a Mason. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which denomination he is also a minister.
 

Francis Marion Douglas was born in Henderson County, Tenn., December 7, 1847, and is a son of Thomas Logan Douglas, a native of the same State, who went to Missouri in 1857, and, after the surrender, came to Craighead County, and located in Big Creek Township. He is still a resident of the State. His wife's maiden name was Catherine Ignite, and she was also a native of Tennessee. They are the parents of five children, and of the four living three reside in this county. The mother died in January, 1875, and was about forty-two years of age. Francis M. was ten years old when he removed with his father to Missouri, and at the beginning of the late war enlisted in the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry, under Gen. Forrest, and served as a private under him until the surrender. A year later he came to Craighead County, where he rented property for some time, but has for many years cultivated his own farm, now consisting of forty acres, most of which is well improved and bears many evidences of prosperity., His marriage with Fannie Wade, a daughter of Noah J. Wade, of this township, was consummated September 19, 1872, and four children have been born to this union: Blanche, Noah, Inez and Hazel, Mr. Douglas is a member of the Forest Home Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and, politically, is a Democrat. He is a director of school district No. 25, and belongs to both the Agricultural Wheel and the Farmer's Alliance.
 

James T. Dudley, a prosperous merchant, and postmaster at Bay, also interested in agricultural pursuits, is a native of Madison County, Ga., born December 25, 1852. His parents were Lemuel and Nancy S. (House) Dudley, both natives of Georgia. After his marriage, Lemuel Dudley engaged in farming, blacksmithing and wagon building in Madison County, and left his farm to enlist in the Confederate service. He served throughout the entire war, and in 1865 died of small-pox in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Dudley moved with her family to Arkansas, and in October of 1867, located in Craighead County, where she died October 14, 1883. James T. grew to manhood in this county and is mainly self-educated, having devoted much time to study since arriving at years of maturity. January 11, 1873, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Bryant, a native of Georgia, but reared and educated in Craighead County. She is a charitable lady and is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Dudley followed farming until 1882, when he began merchandising eight miles west of the Bay. He there sold dry goods, groceries and general merchandise for two years, and in 1844 moved to Big Bay, where he has since continued in business, with the exception of seven months, while running a saloon in Memphis in 1887. He owns a fine farm adjoining the town, and has thirty-five acres of it in a fine state of cultivation and the same amount in timbered land. He has four fair residences on the place which bears evidence of thrift and industry. He has built and owns four business houses in Bay, and as a merchant has a good trade. In 1884 he was appointed postmaster, which position he has held since that time.
 

Robert Y. Duncan, an active and progressive farmer, and proprietor of a cotton-gin and gristmill, was born in Perry County, Ala., July 23, 1844. His father was Samuel A. Duncan, a native of South Carolina, who located in Alabama when [p.330] about eighteen years of age. He was a planter until thirty-five years old, when he began contracting and building railroad bridges and houses. In December, of 1880, he was working on a dwelling in Birmingham, Ala., and fell from a scaffold, living only three hours afterward. He was married to Mary Ann Roberts, also a native of South Carolina, and they were the parents of fourteen children. Nine of them are still living, but only Robert Y. is in Arkansas. The mother is sixty-seven years of age, and still resides in Alabama. Robert Y. was reared in his native State, and coming to Arkansas with some friends when twenty-four years of age, arrived at Jonesboro November 17, 1868. In the spring, he rented a farm and worked it for one year. In August, 1869, he was married to Matilda R. Lynch, daughter of Aden and Susan Lynch. In the fall of 1871 he bought eighty acres of his present farm and built his home. He subsequently bought forty acres of adjoining land, making a farm of 120 acres, forty of which are cultivated. In 1879 he built a good cotton-gin, and in 1886 opened a grist-mill in connection, and these have proved successful. To Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have been born nine children: Ruby A. J. (deceased), Samuel A., John J., Thomas M., Essie B., Effie Y., Robert M., Taylor A. and Rufus Elbert. Mr. Duncan is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Jonesboro Lodge No. 129, and has been president of Pine View Wheel No. 881. since its organization in 1886. He was in Company A, Fifty-third Regiment, Twenty-fourth Alabama Battalion, and during his eighteen months' service was mostly in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. He and his wife, oldest daughter and two oldest sons are active members of the New Salem Methodist Episcopal Church.
 

Martin V. Echols, a successful farmer of Jonesboro Township, was born in Georgia, December 1, 1838, and is the son of Jabal and Frances (Davis) Echols. Jabal Echols was born February 15, 1803, and Frances (Davis) Echols was born May 20, 1807, both in Franklin County, Ga., where they were married, subsequently removing from that county to Habersham County, of the same State. Jabal Echols was a farmer and school teacher. He was also sheriff of that county for a number of years. He died at the early age of forty years, October 3, 1843, honored and respected by his countrymen. Mrs. Francis (Davis) Echols died at the old homestead on September 8, 1869. She was a devoted member of the Baptist Church and a true Christian woman. An older brother of M. V. Echols (the subject of this sketch), L. M. Echols, was a private in the Fifty-second Georgia Infantry, Confederate States Army, and died a prisoner of war at Rock Island, Ill. Two younger brothers were in the Confederate service. Jackson L. was killed at the battle of Resaca, Ga. Jabal D. Echols died of sickness at Vicksburg during the siege of that place. M. V. Echols, the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in Wharton's Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army. He saw hard service and went through some of the bloodiest battles of the war. He was taken prisoner at Dalton, Ga., and from there sent to Johnson's Island, where he was kept till the end of the war. Of a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living, Martin is the only one residing in Craighead County. He was reared on a farm in Georgia and received a very fair education. He farmed for several years in his native State, and in 1869 came to Craighead County, Ark., and studied photography with George Cooper, of Jonesboro, subsequently removing to Paris, Tex., where he followed that art for several years. When he returned to Jonesboro he bought eighty acres of land, and has forty of it well improved. November 30, 1876, he married Miss Mattie Bird, whose parents were John and Barbara (McCarty) Bird. Mr. and Mrs. Echols are the parents of seven children, five of whom are living, viz.: Frances Cora, Lawrence Stanley, Lulu May, Theora Myrtle and Lena Jewell. Mr. Echols and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
 

George W. Evans, a prominent citizen of Craighead County, was born in Gibson County, Tenn., January 4, 1849. His parents were Malachi, and Sarah (Scarberry) Evans, natives of Alabama. The mother died in Tennessee in 1859, aged about forty-two years, and in 1867 the father removed to Craighead County, Ark. Several years later he went to Izard County, where he died when about sixty-five years of age. He was a farmer by occupation, and much respected by all who knew him. There were twelve children, eight of whom are living, and two, George W. and Harriet McGavock, are residents of Jonesboro Township. George W. was reared on a farm; and the war breaking out when he was but a boy, he had meager school advantages. He came with his father to this State, locating near Harrisburg, in Poinsett County. He afterward came to Craighead County, and was for one year in the employ of Dr. Wadkins, and after his death, remained in the employ of his widow for three years. December 28, 1873, he was married to Nancy Stotts, a daughter of John and Melinda (Darr) Stotts, old residents of the county. To them seven children were born: Sarah Virginia, Mary Jane (deceased), Lucy Belle, William Thomas, Cassie, Effie and Cleo. After his marriage, Mr. Evans located on the farm on which he now resides, which then contained but thirty acres. He now owns 178 acres. Seventy-five acres are under splendid cultivation, and two acres were sold to the Hope school. He is greatly interested in education. Mrs. Evans is a member of the Christian Church, and the family attend the Hope Church of that denomination.
 

George W. Finch, a farmer and stock raiser of Buffalo Island, was born in Campbell County, Georgia, February 20, 1849, and is the son of Willis and Elizabeth (Harrison) Finch, both natives of South Carolina. They moved to Georgia and later to Alabama, where the father died in 1868. George W. was reared mainly in Alabama, and began farming for himself when eighteen years of age, and in 1869 he was united in marriage with Adaline Maith, a native of Alabama. In 1880 he came to Arkansas, locating on Buffalo Island, where he rented for two years, and then bought his present place of residence. He has a farm of 400 acres, with 100 improved. May 26, 1884, Mrs. Finch died, leaving five children: Belle (wife of George Hogar), Oscar, Ethel, Luther and Itha. Mr. Finch chose a second wife, this time selecting Nannie Goss, who lived but a short time, dying June 22, 1887, His present wife was Mrs. Skelton, nee Stoddard, a native of Alabama; a widow and mother of eight children: William, Florence, Joseph, Sarah, Walter, Clinton, Jennie, and James (deceased). Mr. Finch is one of the public-spirited and enterprising men of the Island, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
 

James Gordon Frierson was born on Duck River, in Maury County, Tenn., November 5, 1838, and died in Jonesboro, Ark., March 8, 1884. His father was Dr. Charles Curren Frierson, descended on the father's side from French Huguenots, who settled in South Carolina some time before the Revolutionary War; on the mother's side, he comes from Scotch-Irish lineage, early emigrants to Middle Tennessee. Dr. Charles Frierson married, in 1828 or 1829, Miss Mildred Payne, of West Tennessee, of English descent, numbering among her progenitors some of the pioneers of the State, and among her kindred some of the best people of Tennessee and Mississippi, counting among their cherished possessions many relics of the Revolutionary days, and pointing with pride to the record of their family. Among these are the Van Burens, the Taylors, the Alexanders, and others. Thomas Paine, the noted political and deistic writer of early times, was a member of the family and was spoken of with mingled feelings, in which pride of race did not predominate. Dr. Frierson and wife were the parents of eleven children, only five of whom are now living. They removed many years ago, with quite a colony of neighbors and relations, accompanied by many colored families who had descended to them, to La Fayette County, Miss., where, four miles from Oxford, the site of the State University, they founded College Hill with a fine Old Presbyterian Church, and male and female high schools, and added much to the culture and refinement of that part of the State. Dr. Frierson died at a ripe old age in 1879, and his wife the previous year. Both were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, in which faith their children were all reared. One daughter married Rev. Mr. McLamroch, of Hernando, Miss.; another Hon. Martin L. Clardy, of St. Francois County, Mo.; a third, Ben. G. Peers, of Farmington, Mo.; still another, a Mr. Hurt, of Germantown, Tenn. The remainder of the family still reside at the old homestead at College Hill, Miss. James Gordon Frierson was the second son. At the age of twelve or fourteen years he was taken from the home of his birth, near old Zion Church, in Maury County, Tenn., to Mississippi, the State of his adoption. He was educated at Oxford, graduating with honor, and numbering among his professors the distinguished Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, Dr. John Waddill, Justice Lamar, Judge Longstreet, and others of less note. Mr. Frierson volunteered at the age of twenty-three in an infantry regiment, in the Confederate service, serving as captain under the noted Gen. Walthall, in the Army of Tennessee, and was in many of the fiercest battles fought in that section, Corinth, Iuka, Franklin, Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Here above the clouds he was captured by some of Hooker's men, taken to Johnson's Island, held a prisoner for nineteen months, being released at the close of the war, with health shattered by hardships and privations and exposure he was poorly fitted by nature to endure. Soon after the war (in January, 1869) he with his brother-in-law, Maj. M. L. Clardy, located at the little village of Cleburne, Cross County, then the county seat of the county, to practice law. November 12, of the same year, he was married to Miss Emma G. Davis, the oldest daughter of Dr. N. A. Davis, formerly of Ozark, Christian County, Mo. In 1870 he was elected to the State Senate of Arkansas, held this office two terms (four years), and was president of the senate during the Brooks-Baxter war. Mr. Frierson, assisted by the Hon. James Berry, who was then speaker of the house, drew up a bill the next day calling for a constitutional convention. The bill passed immediately. He was then elected a member of the convention, and took a leading part in its deliberations. In 1882 he was elected judge of the Second judicial district, consisting of the counties of Cross, Craighead, Clay, Randolph, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett and Crittenden. He held this office to the entire satisfaction of all parties, by his pure life and varied learning winning the respect and affection of the people. He possessed, in an eminent degree, those virtues which adorn the bench, and that law knowledge which makes the safe and wise jurist a unity of purity and integrity. He was kindly, tree and patriotic, a zealous Christian, and as legislator, patriot or jurist, his merit was only exceeded by his modesty. He died at the age of forty-six at his home in Jonesboro, Ark., leaving a wife and three children: Gordon, Camille and Charles Davis Frierson. Mrs. Frierson established and conducted a high school, which flourished for several years until superseded by the Jonesboro graded schools, in which she at present occupies a position as first assistant.
 

William Lewis Gage, a prominent and enterprising farmer of Jonesboro Township, was born in Greene County, Ark., November 27, 1845, and is the son of Jeremiah and Martha (Hutchins) Gage, both natives of Tennessee, who were married in that State and emigrated to Arkansas about 1830. They first located at Gage's Point, on the Cache River, and from there went to St. Francis, and afterward to Greene County. He was a farmer all his life, and during the War of the Rebellion served under Gen. Marmaduke of the Trans Mississippi department, receiving a wound in a battle in Missouri, from the effects of which he died at Cane Hill, Washington County, in November of 1864. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a devout Christian and strong in his political convictions. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living and in this county. After her husband's death Mrs. Gage married Larkin Johnson, of Greene County. She died in 1868, aged forty years. W. L. Gage was reared in Greene County, receiving a moderate education. In the spring of 1863 he enlisted in Col. Cooper's company and surrendered at Shreveport, La., June 9, 1865. In 1870 he moved to Craighead County, locating on his present farm, and having been very successful in farming operations at present owns 1,620 acres in Greene and Craighead Counties. He devotes much time to stock raising and takes great interest in obtaining better breeds of stock. Mr. Gage was married October 22, 1868, to Maria Elizabeth Paramore, a native of Missouri, and daughter of Robert P. and Nancy Caroline (Mansese) Paramore. The fruits of this marriage are six children, one deceased: Ona Kate, Martha Caroline, Ethel Paramore, Grace Truman, Mary Ella and Mand Almer. Mr. Gage is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Honor fraternities, and he and wife and three oldest daughters are members of the Missionary Baptist Church at Jonesboro, and he is one of the executive board of the Mt. Zion Association of that denomination.
 

A. Thomas Gatlin, a successful self-made farmer of Craighead County, was born in Tennessee December 16, 1849, and is the son of Hardy and Mary (Gullett) Gatlin, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Mississippi. The father moved to Tennessee when a young man and there married and remained for several years; then, about 1856, came to Arkansas, locating near Jonesboro, where he remained until his death, in 1860. After his father's death Mr. Gatlin went to Kentucky with his mother, who is still living, and remained there until after the Rebellion. In 1873 he returned to Craighead County, this time selecting a location on Cane Island, where, by the fruits of his own labor, he has become the foremost farmer. The land was covered with heavy timber, but now he has 120 acres cleared and under cultivation and sixty acres yet timbered. In connection with his farm he is owner and proprietor of a cotton-gin, which he built in 1885, and with which in 1887 he ginned over 200 bales of cotton. In 1868 was consummated his marriage with Amanda Gibson (now deceased), who bore him three children: Riley. Hardy and Lovenia. Mr. Gatlin married his present wife on this Island in July of 1878. She was a daughter of William Bennett (her maiden name Sallie Bennett), and a native of Alabama. Mr. Gatlin is noted as one of the most energetic and industrious farmers of the county. He is a member of the Masonic order and is master of the lodge at Lake City.
 

Needam Harvey Grady, M. D., a successful medical practitioner on Buffalo Island, also engaged in merchandising and farming, was born in Gibson County, Tenn., March 5, 1852. He is the son of William Grady, a native of North Carolina, who was reared and married in that State. He moved to Tennessee and engaged in farming for several years, and when our subject was about ten years old, went to Pemiscot County, Mo., where the father and mother both died. Dr. Grady, then a boy of fourteen, returned to his old home in Tennessee, where he remained until he was twenty-five years of age. He had superior educational advantages, and has taught school several terms. In his profession he is well posted, began the study of medicine with Dr. James, of Gibson County, Tenn., and has attended lectures at both St. Louis and Louisville, Ky. He practiced in Butler County for three years, then in Independence County, Ark., and after trying Greene County, Ark., and Dunklin County, Mo., settled in Craighead County, Ark., in the fall of 1884. In 1886 he began merchandising, keeping a general stock, and at this has been quite successful. He owns several good farms, aggregating 600 acres, with over 200 under cultivation. In October, 1872, he was united in marriage with Nancy A. Keith, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Isom Keith, an early settler of Missouri. During the five years Dr. Grady has been on Buffalo Island, he has built up a wide practice, and has won the esteem and confidence of the people.
 

Henry M. Griffin (deceased) was born in Calhoun County, Ala., December 4, 1842. His father was Benjamin Griffin, a farmer of that county, who died in 1856, and his mother was Mary (Moody) Griffin, a native of South Carolina, who died in 1873. Henry Griffin toiled faithfully and diligently on the farm through his youth, receiving but a limited education. He was a youth seventeen years of age, attending school at Selma, when the war broke out, but he immediately enlisted in the Tenth Alabama Regiment, and served gallantly for four years. When mustered out, he was captain of a company of fifty sharp shooters. He made a crop in 1866, and February 3, 1867, married Rachel A. Bennett, a daughter of Thomas Bennett, a native farmer of Alabama. Mr. Bennett came to Craighead County in the latter part of 1866, and located in Jonesboro Township, where  he passed the remainder of his life. His widow, Martha (Rollins) Bennett, a native of Georgia, now resides with Mrs. Griffin. The seven survivors of their eleven children are all residents of Craighead County. In 1867 Mr. Griffin located in Greenfield Township, about one mile east of Dee Station, where he remained but one year. After trying two other farms he bought forty acres of his present place, and subsequently adding 120 acres, later had a farm of 160 acres, and much of it is improved. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and also of the Agricultural Wheel. After a life of patient toil and sterling integrity, he died, January 27, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were the parents of seven children; those now living are: John Henry, Benjamin, Jimmie, Belle and Ruthie. Mrs. Griffin is a pious and charitable lady, and she and her oldest son are members of the Baptist Church.