hmtl5 Nancy Atkinson b. 17 Oct 1808 Kentucky d. 17 Mar 1894 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Female 1808 - 1894  (85 years)

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  • Name Nancy Atkinson 
    Born 17 Oct 1808  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Mar 1894  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5
    Person ID I423  Gritton
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2023 

    Family John R. Gritton,   b. 20 Jul 1808, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1894, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 21 Mar 1831  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Children 
     1. Jesse Gritton,   b. 1836, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1865  (Age 29 years)
     2. Laben Gritten,   b. 19 Jan 1832, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Ann D. Gritton,   b. 9 Sep 1833, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1918, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Sarah E. Gritton,   b. Abt 1838, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Richard Gritton,   b. Abt 1840, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Milo B. Gritton,   b. 2 Apr 1842, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1878, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     7. Nancy Elizabeth Gritton,   b. Abt 1847, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Oct 1808 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Mar 1831 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Mar 1894 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Atkinson, Nancy obit
    Atkinson, Nancy obit

    Headstones
    Gritton, (or Gritten) John R. and Nancy Adkinson
    Gritton, (or Gritten) John R. and Nancy Adkinson

  • Notes 
    • Mortuary record.
      Gritton.
      Nancy, wife of J.R. Gritton, died Saturday at 9:15 p.m., of old age, she being 85. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from Union chapel, six miles north of Danville. Rev. Oscar Gravat officiating; text, 2nd Corinthian, 15:22. Interment in Johnson cemetery.

      Nancy A. Atkinson was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, October 17, 1808, and was united in the bonds of wedlock to John R. Gritton, March 22, 1830. The result of that union was ten children, five boys and five girls, eight of whom have preceded their mother to the other shore.

      The family emigrated from Kentucky to Illinois in the fall of1840 and settled on the farm where the subject of this sketch died.

      Deceased was well liked by all who knew her and was a christian woman who "went about doing good" all her life.

      Among the relatives left to mourn her death are forty grandchildren and fifty-four great grandchildren.

      Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.
      [5, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Cemeteries of Vermilion County, Illinois: Blount and Newell Townships, v.1, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1995).

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

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

    4. [S89] census records.

    5. [S17] Obituary.

    6. [S53] Kentucky, County Marriage Records.

    7. [S103] newspaper clipping.