Louise Lester "Lulu" Griffin was an African American woman born around 1886. Her mother and father were from Virginia. Lulu did not attend school, but she was able to read and write. She married Archie Van Griffin, who was an African American World War I Army/Navy veteran. Outside of her husband's service in the war, he was a laborer for Warwick Coal Company. They lived on Cowesett Road then Boston Post Road. In 1917, they had a baby girl named Louise May Griffin. Sadly, she only lived a little over a year before passing away on March 16, 1918.
Lulu and Archie's headstone had been missing since at least the early 1990s before it was recently found in a closet at Brown University. Volunteers were able to research the names on the stone, tracing them to Brayton Cemetery in Warwick. The stone was immediately brought back to its rightful place in the cemetery. It is still unknown as to why the gravestone was taken in the first place and how it ended up at Brown. A plausible theory suggests it was taken as a student prank, as the name on the stone could have matched that of a professor.
Lulu and Archie's headstone had been missing since at least the early 1990s before it was recently found in a closet at Brown University. Volunteers were able to research the names on the stone, tracing them to Brayton Cemetery in Warwick. The stone was immediately brought back to its rightful place in the cemetery. It is still unknown as to why the gravestone was taken in the first place and how it ended up at Brown. A plausible theory suggests it was taken as a student prank, as the name on the stone could have matched that of a professor.
Louise Lester "Lulu" Griffin was an African American woman born around 1886. Her mother and father were from Virginia. Lulu did not attend school, but she was able to read and write. She married Archie Van Griffin, who was an African American World War I Army/Navy veteran. Outside of her husband's service in the war, he was a laborer for Warwick Coal Company. They lived on Cowesett Road then Boston Post Road. In 1917, they had a baby girl named Louise May Griffin. Sadly, she only lived a little over a year before passing away on March 16, 1918.
Lulu and Archie's headstone had been missing since at least the early 1990s before it was recently found in a closet at Brown University. Volunteers were able to research the names on the stone, tracing them to Brayton Cemetery in Warwick. The stone was immediately brought back to its rightful place in the cemetery. It is still unknown as to why the gravestone was taken in the first place and how it ended up at Brown. A plausible theory suggests it was taken as a student prank, as the name on the stone could have matched that of a professor.
Lulu and Archie's headstone had been missing since at least the early 1990s before it was recently found in a closet at Brown University. Volunteers were able to research the names on the stone, tracing them to Brayton Cemetery in Warwick. The stone was immediately brought back to its rightful place in the cemetery. It is still unknown as to why the gravestone was taken in the first place and how it ended up at Brown. A plausible theory suggests it was taken as a student prank, as the name on the stone could have matched that of a professor.
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