Mary Elizabeth Gritton
1828 - 1902 (74 years)
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Name Mary Elizabeth Gritton Born Mar 1828 Mercer County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census 1895 Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Died 12 Mar 1902 Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas [1, 3] Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas [1] Person ID I456 Gritton Last Modified 13 Mar 2024
Father Milo B. Gritton, b. 18 May 1804, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 15 Jul 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 42 years) Mother Mary Sims, b. Abt 1805 Married 8 Oct 1823 Mercer County, Kentucky [4] Family ID F214 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Absalom Grant Sivey, b. 22 Oct 1817, Pickaway County, Ohio , d. 16 Jan 1892, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 74 years) Married 10 Sep 1843 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5, 6] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 68. Matthias Sivey signed permission for Absalom Sivey. Miles E. Gritton, father, and Susan Sanders and William Gritton signed permission for Mary E. Gritton.
LKH Note: Very high probability that Miles E. Gritton has been transcribed incorrectly in this book. Very high probability that it should be Milo B. Gritton.
LKH Note: Susan (Gritton) Sanders and William Gritton would have been siblings of Milo B. Gritton. All three were children of Jesse Gritton and Sarah (Bromfield) Gritton..
Children 1. William H. Sivey, b. 7 Oct 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 9 Feb 1897, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 50 years)2. Nancy Jane Sivey, b. 14 Feb 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 11 May 1918, Kansas (Age 72 years)3. Mary A. Sivey, b. Abt 1848, Illinois 4. Hannah May Sivey, b. 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 23 Apr 1923, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 73 years)5. Lemuel Sivey, b. Oct 1855, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 5 May 1912, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 56 years)6. James Sivey, b. Abt 1856, Illinois 7. John R. Sivey, b. Abt 1858, Illinois 8. Charles M. Sivey, b. Nov 1859, Illinois , d. 1944, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 84 years)9. Joseph M. Sivey, b. 1863, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 3 Nov 1917, Godfrey, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 54 years)10. Absolom Rosenscrans C. Sivey, b. Dec 1863, Illinois , d. 1928, Bourbon County, Kansas (Age 64 years)11. Laura Ellen Sivey, b. 24 Jul 1864, Illinois , d. 8 Mar 1937, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri (Age 72 years)12. Ada Cedora Sivey, b. 11 Jul 1869, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 18 Jan 1947, Scott County, Kansas (Age 77 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F223 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 68. Matthias Sivey signed permission for Absalom Sivey. Miles E. Gritton, father, and Susan Sanders and William Gritton signed permission for Mary E. Gritton.
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Born - Mar 1828 - Mercer County, Kentucky 
Married - 10 Sep 1843 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1895 - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Died - 12 Mar 1902 - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas 
Buried - - Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Gritton, Mary Elizabeth and Sivey, Absalom Gritton, Mary Elizabeth
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Notes - Death of an Old Resident.
Mrs. Mary Sivey died at her home 527 north National avenue yesterday morning. Mrs. Sivey was 76 years of age and has lived here for years. The funeral will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. C.L. Milton of the Christian church.
The Fort Scott Republican, Fort Scott, Kansas. Thursday, 13 March 1902.
[3, 7] - $1,600 Is Missing.
Mary Sivey Had That Amount Before She Died.
Sewed Up In Mattress.
Was There Thirteen Days Before She Passed Away – Heirs are Investigating the Case.
There is something of a mystery surrounding the disappearance of $1,633 from the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Sivey, the aged woman who died at her home on the north side on the 12th day of last month.
It is claimed that the money was taken from the mattress upon which she died sometimes shortly before she died or directly thereafter. At any rate the money was there several days previous to her death and it is claimed that afterwards it suddenly disappeared. The original amount was $1,783, so the story goes, and when it was looked for after her death there was but $150 left. The case is being investigated and there may be some arrests or civil proceedings instituted by the administrator when one is appointed.
It was not generally known that Mrs. Sivey was possessed of much of the world’s good, but J.R. Sivey, one of the heirs to the estate, who is up from Pittsburg investigating the matter gives out the statement that his mother had a large amount of money. According to his story she had $1,783 secreted in the mattress of her bed and that it was sewed up securely so that it would have been impossible for any common burglar to have stolen it. He is authority for the statement that the money was there thirteen days before his aged mother died and that afterwards it suddenly disappeared. That was the last he and other member of the family saw of the roll of greenbacks, the money all being in bills of small denominations, the largest said to be $20. He also says that he and three of his brothers, C.M., R.C. and Scott Sivey saw the money in the mattress when they realized that their mother could not live, and that it was replaced in the same position that it was when found. On the same day of the funeral he says, they went to look after the personal effects and the money and discovered to their surprise that all by $150 of the money had been taken. He says he has his suspicions but in the absence of any proof he cannot make any direct charges. The pocket book in which the money was secreted was found in the loft of the house where she died.
The deceased had nine children and all of them will come in for a share of the estate when it is divided they were up in Judge Cheney’s office last evening preparing the proofs of claims and making ready to apply for the appointment of an administrator of the small estate, and the matter of the missing money will be investigated.
Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor, Fort Scott, Kansas. Tuesday, 1 April 1902, page 4.
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- Death of an Old Resident.
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S89] census records.
- [S17] Obituary.
- [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).
- [S46] Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860.
- [S45] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1826-1853, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S102] Newspaper article.
- [S2] Find a Grave.