Avilla Griffin ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: K4NW-6FN.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in District 457, Appling, GA. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded the Beecher family in the 457th District (Baxley) indexed as surname Beechn because the poor handwriting appears as such, although it is written as Beecher. Henry Beecher, farmer, 64, was living with wife Lucindy, 55; son John, timber cutting, 18; son Lee, 18, timber cutting; a boarder, William Loyd, timber cutting, 24; and grand-daughter Harriett Beecher, 15; and grandson Light Beecher, 8. Lucindy, her parents and her children were born in Georgia. The grandchildren's parents were born in Georgia. Henry and his parents were born in England.

Next door is Henry H. Beecher, farmer, 37, with wife Ivelen, 25; daughter Crissey, 9; son Elisha, 7; daughter Eady, 6; son Garrey, 4; daughter Elmyra, 3; and daughter Maria, 1. Everyone was born in Georgia. Henry H.'s father was born in England and mother in Georgia. Ivelen's parents were born in South Carolina.

Avilla married Henry Harrison Beecher, son of Henry Beecher and Lucinda Margaret Hagan, on 12 Apr 1871 in , Appling, GA.¹ (Henry Harrison Beecher was born on 30 Jun 1842 in , Appling, GA ⁵ and died on 26 Mar 1919 in , Appling, GA.)