hmtl5 Elmer "Jack" Gritton b. 5 Jan 1891 Mercer County, Illinois d. 16 Sep 1981 Mercer County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Elmer "Jack" Gritton

Male 1891 - 1981  (90 years)

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  • Name Elmer "Jack" Gritton 
    Birth 5 Jan 1891  Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Mercer, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 Sep 1981  Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Burial Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I2334  Gritton
    Last Modified 8 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 Ida Iona McGraw,   b. 13 Mar 1908, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1990, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1932  Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Jan 1891 - Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Dec 1932 - Rock Island County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Mercer, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1981 - Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Elmer Gritton
      Aledo - Elmer "Jack" Gritton, 90, of 106 NW 5th Ave., Aledo, died yesterday at the Hershey Nursing Home, Muscatine, Iowa.
      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reiser-Trimble Funeral Home, Aledo. The Rev. Claude Moreland, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Aledo, will officiate. Burial will be in Aledo Cemetery.
      Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
      Mr. Gritton was born Jan. 5, 1891, in Eliza Township, a son of Edward and Sarah Minteer Gritton.
      He worked on the assembly line at International Harvester East Moline Works for many years until his retirement in 1955. Prior to that he was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal and engaged in farming.
      He was a veteran of World War I.
      He is survived by his wife.
      He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
      The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois. Thursday, 17 September 1981.
      [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S63] US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File.

    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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