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Orsmus Vandorn Gritton

Male 1881 - 1979  (97 years)


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  • Name Orsmus Vandorn Gritton 
    Born 29 Jun 1881  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Compromise, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 4 Apr 1979  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I541  Gritton
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2024 

    Father Charles Elisious Gritton,   b. 14 Nov 1857, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1934, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Hannah Matilda Gritton,   b. 2 Mar 1862, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1944, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1878  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Marriage License Abstract, Vermilion County, Illinois, 1878-1881. Page79. Charley Gritton, age 21 of Potomac, Illinois. Born in Blount Township, Illinois. Father: Laban Gritton. Mother Sarah Potter. Occupation: Farmer. Hannah M. L. Gritton, age 17 of Blount Township, Illinois. Born in Blount Township, Illinois. Father: William W. Gritton. Mother: Amerlia A. Cox. Married by John J. Cosat.
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Josephine Underwood,   b. 22 Jan 1883, Penfield, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1957, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1902  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Millie Elzora Gritton,   b. 28 Nov 1903, Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1973, Kentland, Newton County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Walter Theodore Gritton,   b. 10 Aug 1905, Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1956  (Age 50 years)
     3. Edward Harold Gritton,   b. 5 Oct 1907, Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1977, Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     4. Joseph Vandorn Gritton,   b. 29 Apr 1910, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1977, Schererville, Lake County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jun 1881 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Compromise, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Apr 1979 - California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • LKH note:
      Note from Family Search.
      Orsmus Vandorn Gritton and his wife, Mary Josephine Underwood, abandoned their three boys when the couple separated. At the time the youngest, Joseph Vandorn Gritton, was age five. The boys grew up in Brightside Orphanage in Plymouth, Indiana. The orphanage put them out one by one as they reached the age of sixteen. Their mother kept their sister, Millie.
      [8]
    • Mrs. Josephine Gritton has filed a petition in the superior court asking a divorce from Orsmus Gritton. They were married June 22, 1903, and separated March 24, 1920. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. They have three children and she asks their custody. Russell K. Bedgood and L.J. Ledman are attorneys for the plaintiff.
      Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Friday, 8 October 1920, page 1.
      [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S14] US World War I draft registration cards.

    3. [S2] Find a Grave.

    4. [S104] marriage record.

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

    6. [S37] J. Linck.

    7. [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.

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

    9. [S102] Newspaper article.


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