hmtl5 Earl Simpson Gritton b. 14 May 1880 Monroe County, Missouri d. 21 Feb 1957 Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri: Gritton Genealogy
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Earl Simpson Gritton

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  • Name Earl Simpson Gritton 
    Born 14 May 1880  Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation grocery clerk, night clerk for railroad, carpenter  [2, 4] 
    Died 21 Feb 1957  Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried 23 Feb 1967  Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I2610  Gritton
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2024 

    Father Charles L. Gritton,   b. 28 Jul 1855, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1912, Union Township, Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Georgia Ann Dry,   b. 21 Apr 1857, Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1940, Centralia, Audrain County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1875  [1] 
    Family ID F1094  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myrtle Frances Jones,   b. 13 May 1883, Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1964, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 22 Feb 1902  Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Charles Raymond Gritton,   b. 13 Feb 1903, Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1969, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Bertha Estell Gritton,   b. 24 May 1911, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1936, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     3. Roy Mayes Gritton,   b. 7 Mar 1917, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 2002, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Ralph Hickerson Gritton,   b. 7 May 1917, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1964, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     5. Earl Simpson Gritton,   b. 18 May 1919, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 2009, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F1103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 May 1880 - Monroe County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Feb 1902 - Monroe County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Feb 1957 - Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 23 Feb 1967 - Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Earl S. Gritton Dies; Long-Time Resident
      Earl Simpson Gritton, 76, a Centralia resident for 48 years, died early Thursday morning, Feb. 21, at Audrain Hospital, where he had been a patient since Feb. 4.
      The son of Charles and Georgia Dry Gritton, he was born in Monroe County on May 14, 1880. On Feb. 23, 1902, he was married in Moberly to Miss Myrtle Jones of near Paris. They lived on a farm near Tulip, then in September 1908 moved to Centralia.
      Mr. Gritton was employed as a grocery clerk by Patterson Bros. & Crews for ten or twelve years and was later a baggageman for the Wabash Railroad station here about eighteen years, until an operation in February 1936 led to retirement. He then engaged in carpentry when health and age permitted.
      Mr. Gritton was a member of the Christian Church and had been a deacon and a member of the board. He also belonged to the Modern Woodmen of American and Odd Fellow Lodges.
      He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Kempster, Kansas City, Kan.; and five sons, Ray, Moberly, Chester, Minneapolis, Minn., Earl S. Jr., Ralph and Roy, Centralia; a brother, Finley Gritton, Oklahoma City, Okla. three sisters, Mrs. Essie Alexander, Mexico, Mrs. Jewell Ball and Mrs. Gladys McBride, Centralia; and nine grandchildren.
      A daughter, Mrs. Bertha Gallip, died in 1936. Also preceding him in death were three sisters, Mrs. Rose Woodson, Mrs. Stella Aajker, Mrs. Marie Brandon, a brother, Frank Gritton, and a granddaughter in infancy.
      Funeral services were at the First Christian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. W. Marion Rowlen, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Centralia Cemetery.
      The body was in state at the Meador Funeral Home.
      Centralia Fireside Guard, Centralia, Missouri. Thursday, 28 February 1957.
      [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 US census.

    2. [S19] Death certificate.

    3. [S2] Find a Grave.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S59] Missouri Marriage Records.

    6. [S102] Newspaper article.


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