hmtl5 Mary Emily Gritton b. 6 Nov 1858 Vermilion County, Illinois d. 2 Aug 1946 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Mary Emily Gritton

Mary Emily Gritton

Female 1858 - 1946  (87 years)

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  • Name Mary Emily Gritton 
    Born 6 Nov 1858  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation housewife  [3] 
    Died 2 Aug 1946  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried 5 Aug 1946  Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I499  Gritton
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2024 

    Father William Wesley Gritton,   b. 10 Oct 1825, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1884  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Amelia Ann Cox,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Hendricks County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1879, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1851  Johnson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Orsmas J. Gritton,   b. 9 Dec 1853, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1898, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 28 Feb 1878  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Ida Gritton,   b. Abt 1875, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Nov 1858 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Feb 1878 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Aug 1946 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 5 Aug 1946 - 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

  • Photos
    Back row: Rachel Wilson, Grandma Gritton, Eva Hedges, Ethel Gritton, Katie Cosat, Kate Randall. Seated: Cora Hedges and grandson Donald, blurred unidentified woman, Ella Cosat, Mary Gritton    		Back row: Rachel Wilson, Grandma Gritton, Eva Hedges, Ethel Gritton, Katie Cosat, Kate Randall. Seated: Cora Hedges and grandson Donald, blurred unidentified woman, Ella Cosat, Mary Gritton
    Mary Gritton    		Mary Gritton

    Headstones
    Gritton, Mary E.    		Gritton, Mary E.

  • Notes 
    • LKH note:
      from newspaper article on 73rd birthday party for Mrs. Charles Gritton, - three sister are listed, including Mary Huffman. Did Mary marry after the death of Orsmus?
      [6]
    • LKH note:
      Mary married second in 1899 to John Riley Huffman (1869-1926).

      She is buried under the name of Gritton.

      [6]
    • 1900 census
      Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
      911 N. Gilbert Street
      John Huffman, 33, b. Aug 1867, IL
      Mary E. Huffman, 42, b, Nov 1858
      Jesse Gritton, 11, b. Apr 1889, nephew

      1910 census
      Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
      1219 Gilbert Street
      Mary E. Gritton, 52, divorced
      Jesse R. Gritton, 31, nephew

      LKH note: Jesse R. Gritton was son of Edward A. Gritton who was a brother of Mary's first husband, Orsmas Gritton.

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

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

    3. [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.

    4. [S22] Indiana Marriages.

    5. [S51] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1878-1881, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1995).

    6. [S87] LKH note, Linda Kay Hedges.


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