Rev. Joshua R. Griffin
Rev. Joshua R. Griffin
- Born: 9 October 1853
- Died: 30 January 1914
- Birth Place: Henrico County, Virginia
- Death Place:
- Spouse: Minerva A. (Page) Griffin
- Parents: Valentine Griffin, Nancy Lewis
- Children: Joseph Valentine Griffin, Eudora (Griffin) Mickens, Alberta (Griffin) Allen, Joshua R. Griffin Jr., Lavinia B. (Griffin) Hedgeman, Luther B. Griffin, Clotelle (Griffin) Saunders, Bernice (Griffin) Grant
- Other Family:
- Occupation: Pastor, shoemaker
- Church: New Baptist Church (pastor), founded 1907 when members of Fifth Street Baptist formed their own church; later Clay Street Baptist, now Mosby Memorial Baptist Church in Mechanicsville [http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HJ571];
- Affiliations: Baptist Ministers' Conference (became a member in 1904); East End Burial Association (president); Masons (32nd Richmond, Illustrious Captain of the Guard); Richmond City Council.
- Address:
- Documents: Black Labor in Richmond, by Peter Rachleff (1984); census records (1870, 1880, 1900, 1910); city directories; death certificate; Freedman's Bank record; Richmond Planet articles.
- Military Service: