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
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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
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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 
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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.
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