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==Birth==
<!-- Enter Birth Information Here -->Reed B. Griffen was born in Westerlo, Albany County, NY on February 4,<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref> 1832.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref> His surname was spelled Griffin by Robert Keating in the book [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]].<ref name="Carnival"/><br><br>
Reed Griffen was born in Westerlo on February 4, 1832, a son of John Griffen and Rebecca Haines	<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>  After the death of his father, his mother married Roswell Castle.

==Marriage & Children== 
Reed married Belinda B. ______ at about 1872 and had two children:
*Elmer Griffin or Griffen born at about 1873
*Cora Griffin or Griffen born at about 1877

==Occupation==
Reed worked as a farmer before he served in the Civil War.<ref name="Carnival"/>

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==Military Service==
{| class="wikitable"
|Residence at Enlistment:
|Westerlo<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Westerlo, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Date of Birth:
|4 Feb 1832<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Names of Parents:
|John (Griffen) and Rebecca Haines<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Laborer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|6 August 1862<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Westerlo, New York
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]] NY Heavy Artillery
|-
|Company:
|Company K<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Hospitalized:
|12 May 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Discharged for Disability on:
|29 May 1865<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Discharged at:
|Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, PA<ref name="A-G Report">[[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]]</ref>
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 30.  He never saw action.<ref name="Carnival"/>" Was with his Reg in Fort Reno untill about the 12th of May 1864 was then taken sick and remained in the Hospital untill he was Discharged May 29, 1865"<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>

Born in Westerlo, NY, Age 30, Single, Farmer, Blue eyes, Light hair, Light complexion, 5'10 tall.<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref> 
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|Sources Used: 1890 Veterans Census; American Civil War Soldiers, Ancestry.com; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1897; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
|}

==Death==
Reed died at about 1879 and is probably buried at the Rensselaerville Cemetery, but no marker exists.  His widow applied for his Civil War Pension on February 22, 1879<br>
Belinda, his wife, died on December 4, ____ age 74 years.  The photograph of the marker is barely legible, but does contain the name of her husband and has a flag and veteran insignia, so it was likely provided by the military.
[[Image:Griffin-marker.jpg|200px|thumb|center|<center>Marker for Belinda Griffin containing her husband's service notation</center>]]

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