William Jacob Gritton

1852 - 1944  (91 years)

• Name	William Jacob Gritton
  Born	5 May 1852	Mercer County, Kentucky   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky
  Occupation	farmer  [4]
  Died	7 Jan 1944	Mercer County, Kentucky   [1, 3, 5]
  Buried	9 Jan 1944	Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky   [1, 3, 5]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50131455/w_-j_-gritton Section N Headstone reads W. J. Gritton 1852-1944
  Person ID	I2307	Gritton
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Floyd Norman Gritton,   b. 19 Mar 1819, Mercer County, Kentucky ,   d. 23 Jan 1901, Mercer County, Kentucky  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Evans,   b. Jul 1824, Kentucky ,   d. 1908  (Age 83 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1846	Mercer County, Kentucky   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1855, Mercer County, Kentucky ,   d. 2 Dec 1926, Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1892  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Finley Vaugn Gritton,   b. 20 Jan 1893, Mercer County, Kentucky ,   d. 9 Jan 1960, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky  (Age 66 years)   2. Sarah O. Gritton,   b. Apr 1894, Kentucky   3. Luella Gritton,   b. 23 Sep 1896, Kentucky ,   d. 13 Feb 1972, McCreary County, Kentucky  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 May 1852 - Mercer County, Kentucky Census - 1900 - Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky Died - 7 Jan 1944 - Mercer County, Kentucky Buried - 9 Jan 1944 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  W.J. Gritton Harrodsburg, Ky., Jan. 7 (Special) - W.J. Gritton, 91, of Salvisa, died at 5:45 o'clock this morning at the A.D. Price Memorial hospital after an illness of three weeks. He was the oldest member of the Methodist church at Salvisa and recently was awarded a hat as the oldest regular attendant at any Sunday school in the county. Mr. Gritton was a retired farmer, a descendant of pioneer families and a son of the late Floyd and Sarah Evans Gritton, of Mercer county. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. A.I. Alderson, Harrodsburg; Mrs. B.L. Tribbble, Salvisa; one son, Finley V. Gritton, Salvisa, and two brothers, E.L. Gritton, Summerville, Mo., and O.L. Gritton, Lexington. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist church at Salvisa with burial in Spring Hill cemetery, Harrodsburg. The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday 8 January 1944, page 2. [5, 7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Find a Grave. [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges. [S19] Death certificate. [S6] 1900 US census. [S17] Obituary. [S104] marriage record. [S102] Newspaper article.