John Smith Griffin

Politician

1807 – 1899

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Who was John Smith Griffin?

John Smith Griffin was an American missionary in Oregon Country who participated at the Champoeg Meetings that created the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1843. In Oregon he served as a tutor at Fort Vancouver and later organized a church on the Tualatin Plains in the Tualatin Valley.

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Born
Nov 23, 1807
Castleton
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Vermont
  • Hillsboro
Died
Feb 5, 1899
Oregon

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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