EIGHTH GENERATION

157. EMMA ARTIMECIA ADAMS was born on 10 Dec 1871 in REYNOLDS CO, MO. She died on 13 Sep 1941. She was buried in PUEBLO CO.

She was married to JOHN U GRIFFEN on 28 Apr 1889. EMMA ARTIMECIA ADAMS and JOHN U GRIFFEN had the following children:

332 i. BERNARD GRIFFEN.
333 ii. ETHEL GRIFFEN.
334 iii. DANIEL GRIFFEN.
335 iv. BUELAH GRIFFEN.
336 v. JOHN DEWEY GRIFFEN. Dewey, the oldest son of John and Emma Griffen, was said to be the first person to drive a Model T Ford up Pikes Peak. Going up was uneventful but coming down the brakes went our and the huge barrier at the foot of the peak is all that stopped him from a serious accident.
337 vi. RUTH GRIFFEN.
338 vii. THEODORE GRIFFEN.
339 viii. FAY E GRIFFEN.
340 ix. JAMES GRIFFEN. James and brother Byron Griffen were both stunt pilots and lived in Hollywood for a number of years. When you see old movies like Hell's Angels that is them flying the planes. This information is from the rememberances of a grandmother of Shannon Chenoweth Graham.
341 x. BYRON GRIFFEN.
342 xi. ELMO GRIFFEN.