hmtl5 Glen Leslie Gritton b. 19 Jan 1886 Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois d. 8 Apr 1963 Davenport, Scott County, Iowa: Gritton Genealogy
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  • Name Glen Leslie Gritton 
    Born 19 Jan 1886  Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Mercer, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [4, 5] 
    Died 8 Apr 1963  Davenport, Scott County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Buried Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I2330  Gritton
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2024 

    Father Edward Preston Gritton,   b. 20 Apr 1858, Marion, Linn County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1939, Joy, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah Caroline Minteer,   b. 5 Feb 1860, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1945, Joy, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1883  Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6] 
    Family ID F982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Iona Baker,   b. 1893, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1980, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1911  Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jan 1886 - Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Dec 1911 - Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Mercer, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 1963 - Davenport, Scott County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Glen L. Gritton
      Aledo, Ill. - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Reiser Funeral Home here for Glen L. Gritton, 77, who died at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Mercy hospital, Davenport. He had been a patient there the past two weeks.
      The Rev. C.H. Essman will officiate. Burial will be in the Aledo cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
      Mr. Gritton, who lived at 109 North Ash, Aledo, was a resident here since 1914. A son of Ed and Sarah Minteer Gritton, he was born Jan. 19, 1886, in Eliza township. He was educated in the Eliza schools. His marriage to Iona Baker took place Dec. 20, 1911, at Aledo. They farmed near Millersburg until moving here. A retired carpenter, he was a former member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
      Surviving are his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Leta Churchill, Freeport, La., Mrs. Lillian Meyers, Buffalo Prairie, Mrs. Alice McMullen, New Windsor, and Mrs. Helen Elliott, Rock Island; three brothers, Louis, Muscatine, Elmer, Aledo, and Joe, Eliza; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Dorsett, Rock Island, and Mrs. Pearl Norton, Joy; five grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. One brother, one sister and his parents preceded him in death.
      The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Tuesday, 9 April 1963.
      [4, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S6] 1900 US census.

    3. [S11] US World War II draft registration card.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S89] census records.

    6. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.


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