Milton Griggs

1936 - 1978  (41 years)

• Name	Milton Griggs
  Birth	28 Jun 1936	Union Co. Ky
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jan 1978	Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky
  Origins
  Person ID	I4340	1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Susan Kelly Hancock
  Children	1. Megan Kelly Griggs
  Family ID	F2202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Hi Kelly, You have no idea how helpful you have been to me with the information that you have provided. You have opened so many doors that I hardly know where to start. I have lots of information on the Griggs ancestry, but there are some places that I have gaps where generations are not tied together properly. For instance, I have, since childhood, loved and respected the Hosbachs and Kellens, not realizing until recent years that we were related. You have connected the gap between Sam (and Elizabeth) to Charity Ann. My brother, Broc, used to date Betty Kellen. He did not know, until I told him recently, that she is a cousin. I have always been crazy about the whole Hosbach family, Mr. Ernest, Mrs Hosbach (I can't remember her name), Barbara, Bill, Carolyn, Peggy, Sam & Tutor (Marianna). Barbara and I had a hot summer romance during the summer of 1950, but sorta faded away after I went back to school in the fall. My Dad had quite an affection for Waverly and its people. Of course, he grew up in the Casey Creek Bottom, just a stone's throw from Waverly. Although he never told me that they were relatives, I could always tell who he had the most respect for. The two men in Waverly that he seemed to have the greatest respect for was Ernest Hosbach and Sam Kellen. He was also very close to the Hancocks & Rapiers. Yes, I grew up in Union Co., the first 10 years between Waverly and Boxville. Then, when the federal government condemned our land in 1942, we moved to Grove Center. Milton Young and I were fairly close when we were children, but when we moved to Grove Center and they moved to Poole, we didn't see one another often. I was closer to R. D. than any of my second cousins because he and I were the same age. I think Milton Young was maybe 4 years younger than me. He was closer to the age of my brother, Jerry. My g grandfather (John Nicholas I), while living in the Hitesville area, bought the Milton Young farm in Casey Creek bottom. The house that your Milton Young grew up in was the main house on that large farm and wasa known on the historical registry as the "Milton Young House". It was a beautiful old brick with slave quarters in the basement and the 3rd floor, with a separate spiral staircase for the slaves that went from the basement to the 3rd floor. But, the main stairway was a sweeping, ornate staircase of the antebellum type. As I'm sure you know, Milton and Bill (Ewell) continued to live there with Aunt Lala all those years after Uncle Roland hanged himself. And that was where Milton Young was born. John Nicholas I retired when he was 40 years old, split the big old farm 3 ways, giving it to his 3 sons, my grandfather (John Minor), Uncle Roland and Uncle Bob (Robert Lee). While giving the farms to his sons, he gave his daughters money instead. He and g grandmother (Lavina Minton) moved in with their children and moved from one to another. Although he appeared to think that he would not live much longer by retiring at 40, he lived to the ripe old age of 96. Of all of Uncle Roland's offspring, I was closer to John William and Evelyn than any of them. I'm sure that that was partly because John and Ev remained in Union County, while the others moved out of the county, Bill and Milton to Webster Co. and Robert to Henderson Co. Are you aware that Evelyn died just about a year ago? My brother, Bill, and I went over to see her in Illinois in the nursing home where she was about 2 weeks before she died. Although she was frail, she was still the sassy Ev that she always was. You may wonder why I keep referring to g grandfather as John Nicholas I. I have to use it that way in my Family Tree Program. My father is John Nicholas II and my oldest son is John Nicholas III. Pardon me for rambling on so. I guess I could go on for days. I have an extreme interest in my ancestry. I have a pressing deadline on another project right now, so give me a few days and I will have a packet in the mail for you. I'm glad to find a new cousin. It looks like we are connected two different ways. John