My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM GIFFIN, miller and farmer, P.O. Clinton, was born near Cannonsburg, Washington county, Pa., July 24, 1831, son of Andrew and Mary (Young) Giffin. Andrew was born in Washington county, Pa.; was in early life a carpenter, but later a miller, and now resides in Scott township, this county. He is a son of William and Esther (Wilson) Giffin, natives, respectively, of Washington county, Pa., and Ireland. Andrew and Mary (Young) Giffin had but one child, William. The latter when five years old was brought by his parents to Pittsburgh, where his father worked putting cabins on steamboats. William learned milling, at which he worked in Washington and Allegheny counties until 1860, when he purchased a flourmill in Venice, Washington county, but sold out three years later and bought another at North Star, Robinson township, Washington county; two years later he again sold out and opened a store in Allegheny City, where he remained until 1868, when he purchased the Clinton mill, at Clinton, Allegheny county, which he still owns, and now resides on his farm near Clinton. He married, May 16, 1854, Nancy J. Thompson, a native of Fairhaven, Allegheny county, and daughter of John and Jane (McCormick) Thompson, natives of Ireland, and Scotch Presbyterians. Mr. and Mrs. Giffin have two sons and two daughters: Mary J., wife of Washington Jackson, residing on their farm in Moon township; Adeline, at home; William G., learning milling at Stevenson’s mills, Moon, and Edwin S., assisting his father on the farm. Mrs. Giffin is a member of the U. P. Church at Clinton.