George W. Gritton
1849 - 1933 (83 years)-
Name George W. Gritton Born 20 Oct 1849 Mercer County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1870 Union, Monroe County, Missouri Census 1880 Union, Monroe County, Missouri Census 1900 Marion, Monroe County, Missouri Occupation farmer [1] Died 17 Sep 1933 Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri [2, 3, 4] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1933/1933_00031361.PDF
Buried 18 Sep 1933 Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri [2, 3, 4] Person ID I4222 Gritton Last Modified 8 Mar 2024
Father Merritt Gritton, b. 8 Jan 1828, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 22 May 1872, Monroe County, Missouri (Age 44 years) Mother Sallie Ann Riley, b. 15 Apr 1830, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 30 Mar 1906, Monroe County, Kentucky (Age 75 years) Married 21 May 1847 Mercer County, Kentucky [5] Family ID F1092 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eliza Frances Wooden, b. 22 Aug 1851, Kentucky , d. 31 Mar 1895, Missouri (Age 43 years) Married 11 Aug 1869 Monroe County, Missouri [5] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1814 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 20 Oct 1849 - Mercer County, Kentucky 
Married - 11 Aug 1869 - Monroe County, Missouri 
Census - 1870 - Union, Monroe County, Missouri Census - 1880 - Union, Monroe County, Missouri 
Census - 1900 - Marion, Monroe County, Missouri 
Died - 17 Sep 1933 - Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri 
Buried - 18 Sep 1933 - Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - G.W. Gritton Dies, Funeral Held Here
George W. Gritton, 83, almost life-long resident of Randolph and Monroe counties, died yesterday in Huntsville.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2:30 from the Mahan Chapel by the Rev. W.T. Henson, Christian minister. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery.
Born in Mercer county, Kentucky, Mr. Gritton moved to Missouri as a boy, spending the remainder of his life in Monroe and Randolph counties. He was a son of Sally A. and Merritt M. Gritton, who died a number of years ago.
He was married August 11, 1869 to Eliza Frances Woodin, who died March 31, 1895. Two sons born to them, W.M., Altoon, Kan., and J.T., of Moberly; and two grandchildren.
Mr. Gritton is survived by two sons, W.M., Altoon, Kan., and J.T., of Moberly; two grandchildren, Mrs. W.M. Summers and George Edmund Gritton; and one great-grandson, J.T. Summers, all of Detroit, Mich.
He was one of a family of 9 children, 5 boys and four girls. Only two of these, Mrs. John Ownby of Madison and T.E. Gritton, survive. Those who preceded him in death were Miss Loulla Gritton, Mrs. A.S. Dry, Mrs. Walter Maxey, James M., John M., and Charles Gritton.
Moberly Monitory-Index and Moberly Evening Democrat, Moberly, Missouri. Monday, 18 September 1933.
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