hmtl5 Olive "Ollie" Gravat b. 20 Apr 1883 Illinois d. 15 Dec 1945 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy

Olive "Ollie" Gravat

Female 1883 - 1945  (62 years)


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  • Name Olive "Ollie" Gravat 
    Born 20 Apr 1883  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Dec 1945  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I695  Gritton
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2023 

    Father Oscar Brown Gravat,   b. 16 Jun 1848, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1912, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Sarah Catherine Chenowith,   b. 29 Oct 1852, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1927, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1873  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Headstones
    Gravat
    Gravat
    Family ID F327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fred Swisher,   b. 8 May 1882, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1966  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Stanley Merrill Swisher,   b. 4 Sep 1909, Marshfield, Warren County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 2003, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Apr 1883 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Dec 1945 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sunset Memorial Park, 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
    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.
      [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 US census.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

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

    4. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    5. [S103] newspaper clipping.