Edwin Lee Gritton
1862 - 1953 (90 years)-
Name Edwin Lee Gritton Born 16 Sep 1862 Bondville, Mercer County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Census 1910 Baker County, Oregon Census 1920 Peach, Lincoln County, Washington Census 1930 Date, Texas County, Missouri Occupation farmer, minister [1] Died 20 Mar 1953 Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri [1, 2, 5] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1953/1953_00009649.PDF
Buried 25 Mar 1953 Arroll Cemetery, Arroll, Texas County, Missouri [1, 2, 5] Person ID I2310 Gritton Last Modified 7 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 [4, 6] Family ID F633 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan Mildred Herndon, b. 16 Apr 1875, Anderson County, Kentucky , d. 22 Sep 1955, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri (Age 80 years) Married 1898 [3] Children 1. Alpha Herndon Gritton, b. 1 Jan 1899, Kentucky , d. 13 Sep 1977, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 78 years)2. Mitt C. Gritton, b. 24 Oct 1903, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 3 Oct 1964, La Grande, Union County, Oregon (Age 60 years)3. William Terrill Gritton, b. 9 Mar 1906, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 17 Aug 1976 (Age 70 years)4. Mary Elizabeth Gritton, b. 30 Apr 1901, Kentucky , d. 2 Aug 2000 (Age 99 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F976 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Sep 1862 - Bondville, Mercer County, Kentucky 
Census - 1910 - Baker County, Oregon 
Census - 1920 - Peach, Lincoln County, Washington 
Census - 1930 - Date, Texas County, Missouri 
Died - 20 Mar 1953 - Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri 
Buried - 25 Mar 1953 - Arroll Cemetery, Arroll, Texas County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Obituary - Gritton
Edwin Lee Gritton, son of Floyd and Sarah Evans Gritton was born September 16, 1862, in Mercer County, Bondville, Ky., and departed this life in Memorial Hospital, March 20, 1953, making him 90 years, 6 months and 4 days old.
He was united in marriage to Susan M. Herndon of Anderson county, Kentucky 55 years ago. To this union was born 6 children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom survive, expect one son who died in infancy. Left to mourn his passing is his aged wife, three sons, A.H. of Spokane, Washington, Mitt C., of Hermiston, Ore., W. Terrill of Summersville, Mo., Mrs. Mary E. Taber, Mountain View, Mo., and Mrs. Ada Becker of Mountain View. Also surviving are six devoted grandchildren, Edward Lee, Martha Sue and Al Ray Taber, and Edwin, John Lee and Suehelen Gritton; seven nieces and five nephews, most of whom reside in his home state of Kentucky. Many other relatives, a host of friends and loving neighbors will miss him for to know him was to love him. His parents, four brothers, one of them his twin, and three sisters all preceded him in death.
He joined the Methodist Church of Salvisa, Ky., very young in life and remained a staunch worker for his Lord until the end.
After moving to the Western part of the United States with his young family, he was ordained a Methodist minister and followed this work many years before ill health forced him to retire.
In the early twenties he moved from the west to an Ozark farm in Texas County, near Arroll, Missouri, where he lived, until he and his wife moved with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker to Mountain View about six years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Mountain View Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Neal Neff officiating. Burial was in the Arroll Cemetery.
Mountain View Standard, Mountain View, Missouri. Thursday, 2 April 1953.
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