hmtl5 Ernest Leslie Gritton b. 29 Feb 1888 Illinois d. 23 Jul 1970 Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan: Gritton Genealogy
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Ernest Leslie Gritton

Male 1888 - 1970  (82 years)

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  • Name Ernest Leslie Gritton 
    Born 29 Feb 1888  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Ontwa Township, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation truck driver 
    Died 23 Jul 1970  Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6] 
    Buried Edwardsburg Cemetery, Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I290  Gritton
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father John Riley Gritton,   b. 2 Jun 1861, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1914  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Sarah E. Brown,   b. Apr 1864, Ohio County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1902  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1885  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myrtle E. Randall,   b. 2 Jun 1891, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1953, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1913  Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Divorced 6 Feb 1947  Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Randall Allison Gritton,   b. 19 Jun 1914, Sanville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1973, Santa Ana, Orange County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. Naomi E. Gritton,   b. 7 Feb 1915, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1979, Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Lucille Thelma Gritton,   b. 8 Oct 1922, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1981, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Feb 1888 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Feb 1913 - Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Ontwa Township, Cass County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 6 Feb 1947 - Cass County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 1970 - Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Edwardsburg Cemetery, Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Gritton, Elvin, Bessie, Ernest, and Ross    		Gritton, Elvin, Bessie, Ernest, and Ross
    Group Photo at Adams house    		Group Photo at Adams house
    Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
    Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox)
    Gritton, Ernest    		Gritton, Ernest
    Gritton, Ernest    		Gritton, Ernest
    Group Photo at Adams house    		Group Photo at Adams house
    Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
    Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox)

    Documents
    Descendants of Blount's Pioneers: Newspaper article about Gravat school    		Descendants of Blount's Pioneers: Newspaper article about Gravat school
    Newspaper article about Gravat school    		Newspaper article about Gravat school

  • Notes 
    • Recognizes all pupils shown in old photograph
      Fourteen appearing in Gravat School group dead, says Mrs. Liggett.
      If you are among the many readers of the Commercial-News who cut out the picture published in last Sunday’s edition of the Gravat school pupils of nearly forty years ago you can identify them from this list, furnished by Mrs. Clara Atwood Liggett, 1312 Polk avenue.
      Mrs. Liggett, a life resident of this community, and a member of the group of children appearing in the old photograph, can name 14 of the pupils who have died since the picture was taken, and give the names of the same number of married ones.
      According to her identification, the two pupils holding the sign are Elvin Gritton and Charles Wheeler. The others are:
      Bottom row, left to right: Everett Daniel, Ora Gravat, Grace Starr, Pearl Starr, Dessie Gravat, Fannie Wheeler, Lydia Fairchilds, Laura Fugate, Bessie Gritton, Elza Fairchilds, Ernest Gritton, Elmer Caster.
      Second row, left to right: Jesse Smith, Homer Fairchilds, Howard Gravat, Lubina Caster, Tacy Heitro, Edna Wheeler, Effie Smith, Tacy Fairchilds, Olive Gravat, Orville Starr, Charles Vanvickle, Earl Swisher.
      Third row, left to right: William Daniel, Stella Daniel, Jennie Daniel, Zettie Swisher, Elsie Heitro, Rebecca Clem, Margaret Fugate, Ira Gravat, Jennie Wells.
      Fourth row, left to right: Clara Atwood, Jessie Swisher, John Radebaugh, Stella Radebaugh, Gertrude Fairchilds, Ona Radebaugh, Sarah Vanvickle, Francis Smith, Rosa Wells.
      Top row, left to right: Ira Atwood, Harley Gravat, John Hardenbrock (teacher), Charles O. Gravat, Reuben Vanvickle, and Edward Fugate.
      The 14 known by Mrs. Atwood to have died since the picture of these pupils, all descendants of some of Vermilion county’s first families, was taken, are Margaret Fugate, Ira Gravat, Gertrude Fairchilds, Ona Radebaugh, Francis Smith, Elvin Gritton, Bessie Gritton, Jesse Smith, Homer Fairchilds, Edna Wheeler, Effie Smith, Ira Atwood, Harley Gravat, and the teacher, John Hadenbrook.
      Here are the married names of some of the old Gravat school pupils: Fannie Wheeler (Howard) White, Lubina Caster (John) White, Edna Wheeler (Winnie) DeMoss, Stella Daniel (Coy) Vanvickle, Jennie Daniel [Ernest] Henry, Zettie Swisher (Jewell) Potter, Rebecca Clem (Luther) Cramer, Cara Atwood (J.) Liggett, Jennie Swisher (J.M.) Justice, Lulu Radebaugh (Charles) Thompson, Gertrude Fairchilds (C.O.) Gravat, Ona Radebaugh (Charles) Finley (deceased), Sarah Vanvickle (Clifford) McCracken.

      Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. Commercial News, Danville, Illinois. No date available.
      [11]
    • Edwardsburg - Ernest L. Gritton, 82, of Berrien Center, Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday in the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home.
      The South Bend Tribune, South Bend Indiana. Friday, 24 July 1970.
      [6, 12]
    • Cassopolis, Oct. 30 (AP) - Myrtle Gritton is seeking a divorce from Ernest Gritton of Cassopolis, on grounds of desertion and non-support. They were married Feb. 26, 1913.
      The Daily Star, Niles, Michigan. Wednesday, 30 October 1946.
      [12]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S6] 1900 US census.

    3. [S14] US World War I draft registration cards.

    4. [S2] Find a Grave.

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

    6. [S17] Obituary.

    7. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    8. [S49] Marriage license abstract, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1882 thru 1891, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1996).

    9. [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).

    10. [S31] Michigan Marriage Records.

    11. [S103] newspaper clipping.

    12. [S102] Newspaper article.


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