Notes:

Wm. P. is the son of Mary Talbot Hancock b 14 Feb 1783, Fincastle Co., VA & Dr. John Geo. Caswell Griffin, b 1781 Virginia.

1st wife: married c 1831 to Christine Alexander Wm. Kean, 1812 New York. (Kean is pronounced Cane);
2nd wife: married 1838, Mary Lawrence, b 1811 Burlington, NJ.

Portrait: William P Griffin is a young officer with dark hair, in a naval uniform with gold braiding.

William Preston Griffin was born in Fincastle, VA, the second son of John Caswell Griffin & Mary Hancock Griffin.
Both his parents died in 1826 when he was 16. A year later, he joined the Navy at the age of 17. He became an officer of distinction with the rank of Lieutenant.
. In 1838 he married Mary Neill Lawrence, the only surviving child of Capt. James Lawrence, who gave the Navy its battle cry, "Don't Give Up the Ship" during the War of 1812, & Julia Montaudevert Lawrence.
Mary died shortly after the birth of their only daughter, Mary Lawrence Griffin Redmond in 1843, & was buried in Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Italy.

. 1849 he married Christine A. W. Kean, daughter of Peter Philip James Kean & Sarah Sabina Morris Kean. Sadly, he died just t2 years later, on December 4, 1851. 

. 1877 Dec 27 - Annual repot of the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small children in NY just issued, shows that $10,000 have been disturbed the past year, The expenses of the Society have been only a few dollars. The present officers of this worthy charity which has been in existence 80 years are: Mrs. Wm. Preston Griffin, first Directress.
Ref: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper.

. 1879 May 8 - Robbery the Street
It was reported at Police Headquarters yesterday that Mrs christiania K Griffin, widow of the the late Lieut. Wm. Preston Griffin, US Navy, & a sister of Mrs. Hamilton Fish, was robbed near Union Square on Tues. afternoon. Mrs. Griffin is an elderly lady, & resides at 208 East 15th St. She was out shopping on Tues. & when on 17th near 4th Ave. she was confronted by a well dress & powerful man, who wrenched her pocketbook from her grasp. Her astonishment render her speechless but his companion raised the crow of "Stop thief!". The throng on the street gave change bu the thief turned up Broadway & made good his escape.
Ref: NY Tribune Newspaper of 1879.5.8
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Died:
(not now Union county.)

Buried:
Elizabeth, NJ

William married Mary Neill LAWRENCE, .ix on 7 May 1838 in Trinity Church, NYC. Mary (daughter of Capt. James LAWRENCE, .iii and Julia M MONTAUDEVERT) was born on 5 May 1810 in Burlington County, New Jersey; died on 3 Sep 1843 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy; was buried in Cimitero Accatolico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1860 Jun 13 New York City
Baker, Sarah, age 71, b 1789, New York
Griffin, Christine, age 23, b 1837, New Jersey
Griffin, Mary, age 16, 1844, Italy, attending school.
Note: Christine Griffin, half - sister to Mary Griffin. Verify.

. 1873 Aug 7 - Newport Again. The Whole Place Transfigured at the First Touch of August - "The Casino" is a name given to a private entertainment among the ladies & gentlemen of Newport. During the first season of the "The Casino" the ladies who sustained it used to take their books & work & the Academy was alive with their tongues & needles - the one executing the embroidery of conversation, the other the various little articles of ornament & dress. The entertainment has undergone some modification since & bids fair to pass into an 'institution.' Held at the house once owned by Alexander Van Rensselaer, Rhode Island avenue, handsome & luxuriously furnished within... billiard rooms, ...refined manners & good breeding, private theatricals... The names attached to these cards are (many) La Marquise de Noailles, Mrs, Wm. Redmond, Jr.
Ref: New York Herald.

. 1887 Nov 17 - A Newport correspondent writes, The late Mrs. Mary Lawrence Griffin Redmond was s granddaughter of Commodore Lawrence. She was regarded by many as one of the most beautiful women ever seen in Newport. Some time ago she gave a sum of money for a medal to be named after her grandfather Lawrence to be complete for by apprentices on the naval training ship.
Ref: Hartford Courant Newspaper.
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Birth:
- one of twins, the other presumedly died at birth & her mother shortly thereafter.

Mary married William REDMOND, Jr. on 19 Apr 1864 in New York City, New York. William was born on 15 Jun 1835 in New York City, New York; died on 6 Dec 1898 in New York City, New York; was buried in Island Cemetery, Newport. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1860 Aug 21 -
Ref:

Birth:


Buried:
Plot 1014.

Notes:

. William Preston Redmond was born in 1873 in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of William Redmond, Jr. & Mary Lawrence Griffin Redmond.
His only sibling, Julia Lawrence Redmond, died at the age of 6 & when his mother died in 1887, he was placed in a boarding school, the Lawrenceville Academy.
His desire was to go west, however, so at the age of 18 he obtained a job as a helper with the U.S. Geological Survey & went to Montana. In May 1893, he purchased supplies in Bozeman, MT & traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, filing for a homestead patent after May 1894 when he reached the required age of 21.

On December 1, 1897, he married Ida Byrd Simpson, the "vivacious" daughter of John Porter & Margaret Susan Sullivan Simpson. Together, they developed his homestead as the Spring Gulch Ranch. In 1916, he purchased the Red Rock Ranch from his brother-in-law, who had homesteaded it & ran it as a dude ranch until 1929. He & Ida continued to manage it for a few years for the new owner, after which they moved to the Aspen Ranch in Kelly, WY, which is now a part of Teton National Park. He was prominent in the cattle business & became the first Commissioner & Chairman of the Board of Teton County.

Until he & Ida had their family, he was the only living descendant (great grandson) of Captain James Lawrence, who, with his dying words during the War of 1812 battle between his ship the 'Chesapeake' & the English ship 'Shannon', gave the Navy its motto, 'Don't Give Up the Ship'. 

. 1919 Apr 11, Friday. Steel Shoes for Elk, Jackson's Hole Stockman Has New Theory for Preservation: W. P. Redmond, a prominent stockman of the Jackson's hole country, has advanced a new theory regarding the preservation of the herds of elk. Calling attention to the conditions in the valley in the spring to the year when the melting show covers the grown with slush & water, Mr. Redmond argues that, living under these conditions, the elks' feet become tender, making it almost impossible from them to leave the valley to seek new feed.
As a remedy for this, he suggests that the government provide the elk with good steel shoes, erecting a corral & well equipped shop on the federal ranch east of Jackson.
Ref: Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, WY.

. 1919 Apr 12 - Would Shoe Elk - W. P. Redmond has suggested that the government provide steel shoes for the several thousand elk in the Jackson Hole country. That is laudable, but we rise to enquire who is going to shoe the elk?
Ref: Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, WY.

. 1938 Jun 24 - Funeral Services for W P Redmond Friday Afternoon, on Jun 24, well known Jackson Hole pioneer who passed away suddenly early morning following an operation Holy Cross hospital, Salt Lake city. Services will be held at St. John's Episcopal church.
WPR was born at Newport, May 19 1873, After his graduation fro Lawrenceville Academy, NY, he went to Montana & the Yellowstone National Park geological survey, which which he was connected for several years.
. 1892 Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he took up a ranch on the Buffalo Fork of Snake River. Later he was one of the first settlers in Spring Gulch, northwest of Jackson town, Here he was engaged in the cattle business.
. purchased Red Rock Ranch on Crystal Creek, which he operated in connection with cattle holdings, as a Dude Ranch.
. Purchased a large ranch in the Bid Hole Basin, near Wisdom, Montana & moved his cattle to that point. This ranch is being operated by his only son Lawrence.
. His present ranch holdings in Jackson Hole are on Ditch Reek, near Kelly Wyoming.
His industry & good management of his properties always made his operations successful. Likewise he contributed to the general public welfare.
. His only official capacity was first commissioner & chairman of board of Benton Co., Wyo. Mr. Rdemond was a 'thoro going' rancher, but always abreast of the latest developments in the industry. He was a believer in modern methods; progressive & enterprising character.

. 1899 Dec 1 he was united in marriage with Ida B Simpson, daughter of Margaret L & John P Simpson, pioneers of the valley & l owners of a large part of Jackson.
. Their 3 children: LARRY Lawrence, of Wisdom, Montana,
Gertrude M Caine, Yosemite Park,California, &
Dorothy Hubbard, resides on Red Rock Ranch Wyo., All during with 4 grandchildren.
. Mr Redmond was a direct descendant, great grandchild of Capt. Lawrence, US Naval hero. Being a perfect gentleman, liberal in his thought & always interested in the development of Jackson Hole.
Ref: Jackson Hole Courier, Wyo, pub. 1938 Jun 23.

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Birth:


Died:
Small granite stone covered with liken. [2011.]

Buried:
Jackdon, WY. Plot 26, Block 5, Row 3.

William married Ida BYRD SIMPSON on 1 Dec 1897 in Jackson Hole, Teton Co., Wyoming. Ida was born on 28 Mar 1879 in Deadwood, Lawrence Co., South Dakota; died on 16 Apr 1973 in Helena, Lewis & Clark, Montana; was buried in Aspen Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gertrude is the daughter of Ida Byrd Simpson of South Dakota & William P Redmond of Rhode Island.

. 1915 Aug 19, Messes Helen Simpson, Pearl Williams & Gertude Redmond of Jackson, are with Mr Simpson to the Jim Williams ranch, Sunday, where Mr Simpson is stopping for a short time with his tourist party. The girls returned to Jackson Tuesday.
. 1918 Jun 27 - Mrs. W P Redmond & Miss Gerturde came down from Crystal Creek last Friday afternoon, returning Sunday. Shortly after they crossed it, the Turpin bridge of Gros Centre washed out & they were compelled to return by the high water trail. The washout rather isolates the Redmonds who had expected to age frequent trips to Jackson during the summer in their car.
- Miss Gertrude Redmond visited with Miss Pearl Williams at the Ji Williams ranch on Aspen Ridge the forepart of last week.

. 1918 Dec 26 - Misses Lura & Bessie Lloyd & Gertrude Redmond came home from Boise, where they have been attending school, Friday, for the holiday season

. 1924 Sep 18 - Poplar Local Couple Have Pretty Ranch Home Wedding
At high noon, Sunday Sept 14 there occurred the marriage of Miss Gertrude M Redmond of Kelly to Byron McCain of this city, Rev. Beaty officiating. Ceremony took place at the Red Rock ranch, the home of the bride's parents, MR MRs W P Redmond.
Only the immediate families were present, Mr. Redmond gave the bride away, Miss Ella McCain was bridesmaid & Allen Stud was best man. The ranch house was very prettily decorated with autumn leaves & flowers. After the wedding a dinner were served to the guest. Both birds & gloom are well & favorably known throughout Jackson's Hole, Bryron having lived her the past 6 years & his bride even longer. The families from which these 2 young people spring are among the best in this section of the state.

. 1938 Jul 14 - Mrs WP Redmond & her dau. Mrs BH McCain, with Mrs. Crandall, sister of Mrs. Redmond, have gone to Montana for a short visit. Mrs. McCains 2 young daughters, Patricia & Joanne, accompanied them.

. 1941 Jul 3 - Mrs Wm P Redmond returned last Sunday from Los Angles, Calif. where she made a brief visit with her drug. Mrs BH Cain & family. Her granddaughter, Patricia McCain, came home with her to spend the summer at the Red Rock ranch.
Mr & Mrs Fernie Hubbard & dau. Nancy left last Saturday for Gandy, Colorado, where Mr. Hubbard attended the Hereford cattle sale held there. They returned home Wednesday.

. 1961 Aug 10 - Former resident death. Services were held Monday at St. John's Episcopal church for Res. Gerturde Kavanagh, onetime resent of Jackson Hole. She was the daughter of the late Wm. & Ida Redmond & was born on the ranch now known as the Hanson place. She passed away at Lincoln, Nebraska, after a long illness.
Surving are husband, Lawrence Kavanagh,, a brother Lawrence Redmond & his wife, a sister Dorothy Hubbard & husband Ferne;
2 daughters: Mrs Joan Nelson & Mrs LeeBurrows & 3 grandchildren.
Burial in the family plot in Jackson Hillside Cemetery, Pall bearers were Merritt & Howard Ferrin, Mann McCain, Jim Merrill, Harry Brown & Harry Barker Jr.
Ref: Jacksons Hole Courier, Wyoming.

Birth:
Alt Loc: Jackson Hole, Tenton, WY.

Died:
378 35th Avenue.

Buried:
Jackson, Wy. Plot 24, Row 3, Block 5, with B H McCain.

Gertrude married Byron Henry BIKE MCCAIN on 14 Sep 1924 in Red Rock Lodge, Carbon Co., Montana. Byron was born on 20 Jan 1903; died on 14 Jul 1943 in United States; was buried in Aspen Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy Redmond married Fernie C Hubbard, b 6 Apr 1906 - 5 June 1988.

. 1935 Sep 12 - Miss Joan McCain has been visiting her grandparents Mr Mrs A C McCain, Mrs Byron McCain & daughter. Patricia & Joan, will leave next week for their home in Bishop, California.
- Mr Mrs WP Redmond, Mrs HF Crandall, Mrs Fernie Hubbard, Mrs Byron McCain & Mrs Wm. Simpson motored to Idaho Falls, Tuesday. They returned Wednesday.

. 1937 Sep 2 - Mrs WP Redmond was hostess at a birthday part Tues. afternoon at the Redmond ranch complimenting her granddaughter, Patricia McCain of California was has spent the summer with there & Mrs Otho Williams of Jackson. Guests were Mrs Williams, Mrs W. Simpson, Sonny Barker, Mrs CW Merrill & Jeane Marie & Jimmie, Mrs. Beryl Freshour, Mrs. Fernie Hubbard & Nancy & Mrs. Crandall of California.

. 1938 Jul 14 - Mrs WP Redmond & her dau. Mrs BH McCain, with Mrs. Crandall, sister of Mrs. Redmond, have gone to Montana for a short visit. Mrs. McCains 2 young daughters, Patricia & Joanne, accompanied them.
Ref: Jacksons Hole Courier, Wyoming.

. 1941 Jul 3 - Mr & Mrs Fernie Hubbard & dau. Nancy left last Saturday for Gandy, Colorado, where Mr. Hubbard attended the Hereford cattle sale held there. They returned home Wednesday.

. 1941 Sep 4 - Mrs AC McCain was guest of honor at a luncheon given by Mrs WP Redmond at her ranch home Friday noon. The occasion was the birthday anniversary of Mrs McCain. Those who shared the entertainment with Mrs McCain were Mr. McCain, Mrs. Fernie Hubbard & dau. Nancy,
Mrs Nephi DeLoney, Mrs Mann McCain & son Arthur, Mrs BH McCain & dags. Patricia & Joan, Mrs Beryl Freshour & Mrs CW Mercill. - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc: Rock Creek, Uinta Co., Wyoming.

Buried:
Jackson, Wymoing, Plot 25. Short granite monuments, engraved mare and colt.

Family/Spouse: Mr. KINGMAN. Mr. was born est 1906 in Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Fernie Coy HUBBARD on 29 Oct 1932 in Dillon Beavearhead Co., Montana. Fernie was born on 6 Apr 1906 in Fernie, British Columbia; died on 5 Jun 1988 in Miles City, Custer Co., Montana; was buried in Aspen Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1914 Apr 9 - for Sale 2 good teams. Inquire at the W P Redmond ranch.

. 1914 Apr 30 - W P Redmond is vaccinating his young stock this week. He has just lost couple of head from Black Leg. [i.e. Infectious bacterial disease].
. 1914 May 14, Flat Creek. Roy McBride has returned form helping W P Redmond drive part of his cattle their summer range on Crystal creek. They experienced some difficulty as they had not enough saddle horses to hold the cattle.
. 1914 May 21 W P Redmond received a telegram last week, calling him to Boise, where Mrs Redmond was to undergo a serious operation. Work has since bon received by relatives here, that the operation was entirely successful & that Mrs Redmond is getting along nicely.

. 1914 Jun 18, W P Redmond, Jackson, Wyo, Cattle banded diamondZ or UF an place on left side carry earmark swallow fork in the left. Cattle branded double T on left should carry earmark straight cop in both. All horses branded diamond X left shoulder. Range: Grovont & tributaries. Drawing accompanies advertisement.

. 1914 Jul 9 - W P Redmond & Walter Dallas started Tuesday for the cattle campon Grovont.
. 1914 Jul 16, for Sale Two 1250 lb. mares & one team of 1200 lb. Geldings. W P Redmond.
. 1914 Aug 27 - JP Simpson has gone to the Redmond each for a visit.
. 1914 Nov 12 - Redmond & McBride brought their cattle down from Crystal Creek last week & they are pastured on Flat Creek.
. 1914 Dec 24 - WP Redmond left for Boise Sunday to join his wife & children for the Holidays.
. 1915 Jan 8 Mr Mrs W P Redmond at tender the horse show in Denver & from there will go to San Diego, where they will seen the exposition.
. 1915 May 13 - Will sell any part of 560 acres of land situated in Spring Gulch.This is the very best of soil & most of it in hay. WP Redmond.
. 1915 May 20 - Mrs WP Redmond & 3 children who for more than a year have been living in boise, where the children attend school, returned to the valley Tuesday & will spend the summer at their home in spring Gulch. Mr Redmond went out to Victor Monday, to meet them. Mrs NA Tanner who has been visiting with her daughters at Idaho Falls, returned with the Redmonds.
. 1915 Aug 12 - Mrs WP Redmond drove into Jackson Sunday & took Mrs jS Simpson & her 3 daughters, Mrs McKean & her little granddaughter, & Miss Pearl Williams out to the ranch to enjoy a chicken dinner & day's visit.
. 1916 Apr 20 - Redmond Selling Out. During the past week WP Redmond has made deal for the sale of the greater part of his large heart of cattle & has a deal pending for the sale of the remainder. PC Hansen & Roy McBride are the purchasers of those already sold.
Mr Redmond has ben in Jackson's Hole for about 23 years during which time he has engaged extensively & successfully in the cattle businesses. However, he is now ready to quit the business, hence the sale of his cattle. We are sorry tolerant that the expects to leave the valley in the near future. He has not yet disposed of his ranch properties here, which amount to about 1000 acres, but we understand that he most of this land is for sale. The people here will egret to have the Redmond family leave the valley, as they are prominent & popular people who hold the friendship of all & we will hope that their move will not prove permanent. Mr. Redmond will probably go from there to Boise where Mrs Redmond & the children seen the winters, t he latter attending sh col there.

. 1917 Oct 11 - Lawrence Redmond, son of Mr Mrs WP Redmond, was taken white will the first of the week, with appendicitis & it was feared or a time an operation would be necessary, but HIs condition was so much improved this Thursday morning that an operation will probably be avoided, at least until this stitch has passed.
Ref: Jackson's Hole Courier newspaper, Wyoming.

. Obituary
Larry P. Redmond, 83, of 1921 18 Ave S, a former rancher, rodeo performer and Livestock Sanitary Board technician, died of natural causes Tuesday in a local nursing home.
Born on July 10, 1908, in Jackson, Wyo., he attended school in Jackson Hole, Wyo. and San Diego, Calif. He married Elsy Indermuhle in Idaho in 1931. The marriage ended in divorce.
A saddle bronc rider, Redmond competed in the 1930 World Series Rodeo in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
He ranched in Montana's Big Hole Valley for 17 years. From 1954 to 1959 he tested cattle for brucellosis in several counties as a technician with the State Department of Livestock. He also worked for dude ranches in the Bozeman, Gallatin Gateway and West Yellowstone area in the 1960's and 1970's.
He retired in 1981 to Hurricane, Utah, & Kingman, Arizona, then moved to Great Falls in 1984.
Survivors include he daughter, Mary, of Great Falls; a son, Lawrence P. Redmond of Kingman, Ariz., a sister, Dorothy Hubbard of Absarokee, 4 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A sister preceded him in death. 
Ref: Great Falls Tribune, Feb 13, 1992. - - -

Birth:


Buried:
Bozman, Montana

Lawrence married Elsy INDERMUHLE on 17 Nov 1931 in Cache, Utah. Elsy was born on 1 Apr 1907 in Amsoldigne, Berne, Switzerland; died on 1 Feb 1996 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana; was buried in Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]