John Strother Griffin
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 125 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 25,1816 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Fincastle |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | August 23,1898 |
| Books | A Doctor Comes to California: The Diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847 |
| Parents | Mary Talbot Griffin |
| John Caswell Griffin | |
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| ID | 4479226 |
John Strother Griffin Life story
John Strother Griffin was a surgeon attached to the General Stephen W. Kearney expedition from New Mexico to California, a landowner and founder of East Los Angeles and a member of the Common Council of the city of Los Angeles, where he was one of the first university-trained physicians to settle.