hmtl5 Clarence Gritton b. 2 Mar 1888 Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois d. 23 Feb 1936 Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Clarence Gritton

Male 1888 - 1936  (47 years)

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  • Name Clarence Gritton 
    Birth 2 Mar 1888  Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation laborer  [1] 
    Death 23 Feb 1936  Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Burial 25 Feb 1936  Edgington Cemetery, Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Person ID I2332  Gritton
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2024 

    Father Edward Preston Gritton,   b. 20 Apr 1858, Marion, Linn County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 locationd. 21 Jan 1945, Joy, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1883  Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Family ID F982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel Mary Robbins,   b. 30 Aug 1887, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1982, Mendocino, Mendocino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 11 Aug 1909  Muscatine County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Mar 1888 - Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Aug 1909 - Muscatine County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Preemption, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Feb 1936 - Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 25 Feb 1936 - Edgington Cemetery, Edgington, Rock Island County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rites for Mr. Gritton.
      Reynolds, Ill., Feb. 26. - (Argus News Service) - Funeral services for Clarence Gritton, Edgington township resident who died of pneumonia in his home at 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning, were conducted yesterday afternoon in the Freytag mortuary, Reynolds.
      The Rev. Hugh Robinson of the Edgington Presbyterian church and the Rev. C.B. Larson of the Illinois City Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in the Edginton cemetery and pallbearers were Laurence Rommell, Earl Boultinghouse, James Sackville, Ben Berr, George Carlson and John Stropes.
      Mr. Gritton was born Marsh 2, 1888, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gritton, who now reside in Joy. He married Ethel Robbins a number of years ago.
      Surviving are the widow; the parents; four sons, Lonnie and Bert Gritton of Milan and Eldon and Warren Gritton, at home; a daughter, Ruth Gritton, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Dorsitt of Joy and Mrs. Pearl Norton of New Boston, and four brothers, Glenn Gritton of Aledo, Joseph and Elmer Gritton of Aledo and Louis Gritton of Muscatine.
      The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois. Wednesday, 26 February 1936.
      [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S6] 1900 US census.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S104] marriage record.

    6. [S102] Newspaper article.


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