Lydia Pyle
1844 - 1910 (65 years)-
Name Lydia Pyle Birth Jan 1844 Breckinridge County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 1910 Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Burial Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Person ID I1013 Gritton Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family Laben Gritten, b. 19 Jan 1832, Kentucky d. 28 Mar 1910, Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 78 years) Marriage 11 Mar 1867 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 3, 4] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 57. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.
Children 1. Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten, b. 12 Nov 1866, Illinois d. 5 Mar 1929 (Age 62 years)2. William Milo Gritten, b. 10 Aug 1868, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 22 Sep 1950, Cates, Fountain County, Indiana (Age 82 years)3. Romille Josephine Gritton, b. 11 Feb 1872, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 11 Mar 1933, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana (Age 61 years)4. George Eli Gritten, b. 19 Jun 1873, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 25 Feb 1933, Greenville, Clay County, Iowa (Age 59 years)5. Laban Edward Gritten, b. 10 Jul 1876, Penfield, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1948, Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana (Age 71 years)6. Clara E. Gritten, b. 15 Apr 1879, Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois d. 15 Feb 1970, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois (Age 90 years)7. Calvin Jacob Gritten, b. Mar 1882, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 1908, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 25 years)Family ID F208 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Jul 2019
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Birth - Jan 1844 - Breckinridge County, Kentucky 
Marriage - 11 Mar 1867 - Vermilion County, Illinois Death - 1910 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Burial - - Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Lydia Gritten with her children and granddaughter
Photographer: Wells and Wells, Danville, IllinoisPyle, Lydia
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Notes - Meanest Woman In Seven Counties
Laban Gritten sired 17 children from his first wife (who we think was Sarah Potter {1835-1877}), 7 children with Elidia, called Lydia or Lydie, and it's not known if he had any children by wife #3 (possibly Ella {1867-1906}).
Elidia was known as the meanest woman in seven counties. She was a small woman with a sharp tongue and extremely bossy. Laban stayed with her until the children were all grown. He packed his bags, gave her the farm, and got a divorce. That was unheard of in those days. Laban moved to a small house in town and married a woman who worked in a tavern, possibly Ella. Other women looked down on her for working. She may have been an orphan or a widow and didn't have a choice in being self-supporting. Usually when that sort of thing happened, they became a cleaning lady, a seamstress, a store clerk, or some other menial task that paid little wages. She was pleasant and Laban enjoyed being with her because he didn't have to tolerate Elidia's eternal nagging. Nettie remembered going to visit her grandmother. Elidia sent one of her sons to town to tell Laban that Romillie was visiting and had brought the children (Ona, Nettie, and Cora). Laban and his wife came in a buggy. The new wife was nicely dressed and she brought a small bag of candy for the children. The children were hanging on the fence, staring at the strange lady Romillie would rushed out, dragged the children away from then fence. The children were disappointed that they didn't get the candy. Romillie and Elidia totally ignored the woman and treated her as if she was a harlot. Nettie remembers thinking that the lady was very nice and she brought candy.
From Ancestry Tree bertran Family Tree by rkatzbeck
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113116595/person/332088894132/gallery?galleryPage=1&tab=gallery&sort=-created
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