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5601 Vivian and twin Virginia share a headstone with their parents, Verne and Marie Swisher. Swisher, Vivian Lois (I4093)
 
5602 Vivian Gritton
Vivian P. Gritton, 90, of 507 SW 3rd Ave., Aledo, died Thursday at Mercer County Hospital, Aledo.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Reiser-Trimble Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial is in Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Vivian Pearson was born Sept. 18, 1897, in Millersburg Township, Mercer County. She married Joseph L. Gritton Feb. 15, 1922, in Muscatine, Iowa. He died April 15, 1974.
She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons and had been a member of the former New Boston Christian Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Smith, Aledo; a son, George D., Aledo; a granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.
The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Illinois. Saturday, 26 December 1987.
 
Pearson, Vivian (I2339)
 
5603 W.J. Fox Called By Death Sunday
Funeral services to be held here Tuesday afternoon
W.J. Fox, of Caviness, 56 years old, died at Lamar hospital Sunday afternoon at 4:40 o’clock after an illness. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Emberson-Brown-Roden funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. Homer T. Fort of First Methodist church: Interment will be made at Hopewell cemetery, J. W. Gibson, Gordon Hargrove, C. Hopkins, Charlie Powell, Harry Curtis and Adel Hopkins being pallbearers.
Mr. Fox is survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah J. Fox, two daughters Pauline and Gladys Fox of Caviness; his father, R.M. Fox and a brother, C.A. Fox of Paris, and two sisters, Mrs. Dora Henley of Paris, and Mrs. Nellie Clark of Frisco.
The Paris News, Paris, Texas. Monday, 13 May 1935, page 5.
 
Fox, William Josiah (I2831)
 
5604 W.J. Gritton
Harrodsburg, Ky., Jan. 7 (Special) - W.J. Gritton, 91, of Salvisa, died at 5:45 o'clock this morning at the A.D. Price Memorial hospital after an illness of three weeks. He was the oldest member of the Methodist church at Salvisa and recently was awarded a hat as the oldest regular attendant at any Sunday school in the county.
Mr. Gritton was a retired farmer, a descendant of pioneer families and a son of the late Floyd and Sarah Evans Gritton, of Mercer county. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. A.I. Alderson, Harrodsburg; Mrs. B.L. Tribbble, Salvisa; one son, Finley V. Gritton, Salvisa, and two brothers, E.L. Gritton, Summerville, Mo., and O.L. Gritton, Lexington.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist church at Salvisa with burial in Spring Hill cemetery, Harrodsburg.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday 8 January 1944, page 2.
 
Gritton, William Jacob (I2307)
 
5605 Wallace Edwin Gritton
Harrodsburg - Wallace Edwin Gritton, 85, Lexington Street, died at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday at James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Born Aug. 26, 1899, in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Lige Davis and Etta Shy Gritton. He was a retired farmer and carpenter.
A member of the Harrodsburg United Methodist Church, he was a Mason for 63 years and belonged to Mercer Lodge 777, F&AM.
His wife Hazel Lee Smith Gritton, preceded him in death.
He is survived by a sister, Juanita Healy of Salvisa; a brother, Claude S. Gritton of Lawrenceburg; and three nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Ransdell Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. John Hockensmith III. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Jones, Haldon Yates, Eddie Drury, Marvin Purdom, Frank Trisler and Marvin Demaree.
Visitation will be at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. Masonic services will be conducted at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. today.
The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky. Thursday, 25 June 1981.
 
Gritton, Wallace Edwin (I3025)
 
5606 Wallace Stayton Dies Funeral Held Tuesday
Deceased Was A Fine Young Man and One of The
Community’s Best Beloved Younger Citizens.
Ogden Courier
Friday, February 10, 1933, page 1

The entire community is mourning the death of Wallace Stayton, Ogden youth, who was a highly esteemed and beloved young man. His entire life has been spent here, where his cheerful disposition and wonderful personality has made for him many warm friends. He took active part in the social events and church activities and will be greatly missed among the young people, who had daily association with him; also his many friends and neighbors, old and young alike, will miss him from our midst.
Obituary
Wallace Raymond Stayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stayton, was born near Ogden, September 8th, 1911; died at the Burnham hospital, Champaign, Illinois, on February 4th, 12933, after an illness of more than a year. He attended the Ogden Community High School, graduating with the class of 1929. After graduating, he worked at the Trevett-Mattis bank, Champaign, for one year, then attending the University of Illinois for one year; again going back to the bank where he worked until he was compelled to leave on account of ill health. Besides his parents, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Raymond Esworthy, of Champaign, and one brother, Ralph, at home; and a host of relatives and friends. He was a member of the Ogden Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Funeral.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Paul E. Carson, the pastor, officiating. A male quartet, composed of Messrs, Daniel Hahn, Paul E. Carson, Robert Hunter and Ray Cast sang three beautiful numbers, with Mrs. W. J. Hiller at the piano. Escorts were his class mates who were also boys who played with him on the high school basketball team: Kenneth McGee, Wilbur Jacobs, Paul Richards, Delbert Kyger, Woodrow Wilson and Donald Esworthy. Flower bearers were girls who were in his graduating class and in school while he was a student: Margaret Alsip, Elizabeth Gillespie, Jane Jacobs. Daisy Parris, Evelyn Gilkison, Hazel Jacobs, Ella Belle McGee and Margaret Yates.
Interment was made at the Homer G. A. R. cemetery. Relatives and friends from out of town attending the service at the church and cemetery with the family were his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Yeazel, of Homer; Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Yeazel and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Clester, of Fairmount; Mr. and Mrs. Evander Hartley, of Newman; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hillard and Mr. and Mrs. Siegel Yeazel, of Homer; Mr. and Mrs. Guin Curry, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hitch and Mrs. Harriett Stockwill, of Champaign; Mr. and Mrs. James Messel and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jeasel, of Urbana; Harold Wiley, of Danville; and Mr. and Mrs. John Ramsey, of Sidell. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
 
Stayton, Wallace Raymond (I2929)
 
5607 Wallace's surname and the surnames of his children appear in records as Peirce. His father William's name appears in records as Pierce. Peirce, Wallace Garfield (I1495)
 
5608 Walter Gloede
Edwardsburg - Walter C. Gloede, 75, 26606 Hamilton St., Edwardsburg, died at 8:34 a.m. Monday at Michiana Community Hospital, South Bend, after an apparent heart attack.
The body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, Edwardsburg, where friends may call a half hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Edwardsburg Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the National Wildlife Foundation.
Mr. Gloede was born April 4, 1012, in Germany, and had resided in Edwardsburg for 47 years, coming from Chicago. He was owner of Gloede Painting, Decorating and Wallpapering Service, Edwardsburg. He was a member of the Edwardsburg Conservation Club, National Wildlife Association and Sons of the American Legion Post No. 365, Edwardsburg.
His first wife, the former Naomi Elaine Gritton, preceded him in death Aug. 7, 1979. Survivors include: his second wife, the former Bernice Belisko; a daughter, Sylvia Strauss of Three Oaks; two stepdaughters - Joyce Klingler of Edwardsburg and Lorraine Litral of Huntington, Ind.; a stepson, Tom Belisko of Benton Harbor; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; seven step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
The Herald-Palaidium, Benton Harbor, Michigan. Tuesday, 19 January 1986.
 
Gloede, Walter (I4047)
 
5609 Walter T. Gritton
Rites for Walter T. Gritton, 50, of New Elliott, who died Thursday following a long illness, will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Johnston-Royce Funeral Home, 242 N. Griffith Blvd, Griffith. The Rev. Leigh Hargrave of the First Christian Church of Griffith will officiate. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Linden Cemetery, Linden, Ind., with the Rev. J.C. Williams of the Pilgrim Chapel of Crawfordsville officiating. Friends may call at the Griffith funeral home after 4:30 p.m. today.
He is survived by the widow, Hazel; mother, Mrs. Josephine Pettyjohn of Lafayette, Ind.; father, O.V. Gritton of Danville, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Scott Nicoson of Crawfordsville, Ind.; sister Mrs. Nettie Breese of Lafayette, Ind.; two brothers, Joseph and Edward Gritton of Hammond, and four grandchildren.
The Times, Munster, Indiana. Friday, 30 March 1956.
 
Gritton, Walter Theodore (I1288)
 
5610 Wanda Wills
Red Bluff - Services for Wanda Virgie Wills, 65, of Red Bluff will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sycamore Street Center in Red Bluff.
Mrs. Wills died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1991, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff.
Born July 9, 1925, in Fairmont, Ill., she moved to Tehama County in 1960.
She is survived by sons Kenton and Kevin, both of Red Bluff; daughters Jeri Cairns of Red Bluff and Teri Cowan of Cottonwood; brother Donald Wade of Fairmont; and sister Wilma Fioke of Paris, Ill.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Northern California Diabetes Association, 255 Hugh St., San Francisco, CA 94144.
Arrangements are being handled by Chapel of the Flowers in Red Bluff.
Record Searchlight, Redding, California. Friday, 8 February 1991.

 
Wade, Wanda Virgie (I2938)
 
5611 War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Press Branch
SIS Release B-28.
In his first combat action last April 23, in Italy, PFC John Charles Squires, 18 and only nine months in the Army, won the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest military award.
A month later to the day, PFC Squires, Kentucky Infantryman, was killed in action on the Anzio beachhead, Italy.
Posthumous award of the medal was announced today. Presentation will be made to his father, Leroy Y. Squires, 663 Westlawn, Louisville, in ceremonies to be announced later.
PFC Squires was a member of the 30th Infantry, Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, action as platoon messenger on April 23 when he volunteered for a series of dangerous missions, captured 15 German machineguns, one of which he used against the energy, and took 21 prisoners by himself.
He was described by his parents as an "average" American boy, who played sand-lot football with his friends and worked at what he could find to do. He had an "average" record at school. He ran with his "gang" in the Shawnee section of Louisville, where he was born May 19, 1925.
His grey-haired mother still greviously mourns the death of her youngest son. There are two other boys in service, Cpl. Leroy Squires, 23, and Pvt. Steven Squires, 21, both in the Army in Italy. They have a younger sister, Mary Virginia, 17, who lives at home.
John was born at the address where his parents now live. He attended Holy Cross elementary school, then went to Shawnee High School for a year and spent another year at Louisville Male High School, quitting to take a job. He had been a member of the Junior Reserve Officers Trailing Corps at Male High.
First he worked for the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine works at Jeffersonville, Ind., but when his age was discovered - he was 17 - he was discharged. He went to work in the office of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad where he stayed until being inducted on August 14, 1943.
He received his training at the Infantry Replacement Training Center, Ft. McClellan, Ala., and had his last furlough home for Christmas, 1943. He went overseas to join the 3d Infantry Division in January of 1944.
His father is in the U.S. Postal Service in Louisville, having taken a postal job in 1925. He is a native of Nebraska and was living in Indianapolis when the first World War started. He served with the 309th Engineers for 10 months in France, most of the time around Metz.
The action in which PFC Squires won the Medal of Honor was called  
Squires, John Charles (I3994)
 
5612 Washington Post, 1935
Eastern High Graduates' marriage is announced. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mansuy announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Cynthia Mansuy, to Mr. William Douglas Swetnam, which took place August 23, 1934, at Frederick Md. Mr. and Mrs. Swetnam are graduates of Eastern High School. 
Mansuy, Margaret Cynthia (I1580)
 
5613 Washington state death records lists his parents as E. Hale and Nancy Gritton Hale, William Asbury (I711)
 
5614 Watson funeral is held Monday.
Services for aged Newell Township woman took place from chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Watson, aged resident of Newell township, who died at noon Saturday at the home of her daughter, nine miles north of Danville, was held at noon Monday from the Union chapel near her old home. Rev. Clay F. Gaumer, pastor of the Christian church at Alvin, was in charge and the interment was at the Johnson cemetery.

Mrs. Watson had been ill for several months, due to old age and its infirmities and passed away in the same house that she had called her home for more than fifty years. Mrs. Watson was apparently in her usual state of health when she arose Saturday, until a few minutes before noon, when a sudden attack of heart trouble caused her to fall over, death resulting in a few minutes.

"Grandma" Watson, as she was known all over that community, was a native of Kentucky. She was born in Hardin county, Sept. 9, 1833, the daughter of John R. and Nancy Atkinson Gritton, and came with them to this county in 1841. They settled in the locality north of the city where she had always lived. Sixty years ago she became the wife of Francis Watson, a pioneer's son. The husband died thirty-one years ago and since that time, with the assistance of two of her sons, Mrs. Watson personally managed the farm. She was the mother of seven children, two of them dying in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Nancy DeMoss, Mrs. Sarah Ann Smith, Mrs. Mattie I. Moss and William and John F. Watson.

Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.
 
Gritton, Ann D. (I245)
 
5615 Wayne Eugene Gerdsen, 78, of Los Fresnos, Texas, formerly of LaHarpe, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas.
Wayne was born October 28, 1931, at Moran, Kansas, the son of Robert and Lucy (Simpson) Gerdsen.
He grew up on the family farm north of LaHarpe and graduated from LaHarpe High School.
He served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
On May 22, 1952, he married Barbara Jean Platt at the LaHarpe Methodist parsonage.
They have always made their home and farmed north of LaHarpe. He was also a rural mail carrier.
They moved to Texas in December.
Wayne was a member of the LaHarpe Christian Church where he served as an elder and Sunday School teacher. He was also a member of the LaHarpe Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
He enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Barbara Jean Gerdsen of the home; two sons, Ken Gerdsen of Los Fresnos, TX, and Steve Gerdsen and wife, Jessica, of Rogers, AR; one brother, Robert Gerdsen, Jr. of Los Fresnos, TX; 5 grandchildren, Dana, Kevin, Kala, Danielle, and Derek Gerdsen; one great-grandson, Jordan Pope Gerdsen; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Donald Gerdsen.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the LaHarpe Christian Church. Burial will be in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Kansas.
Memorials suggested to the Alzheimer's Association, and may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, KS, which is in charge of arrangements.
Published April 14, 2010 - Iola, KS
 
Gerdsen, Wayne Eugene (I3416)
 
5616 We have search for his headstone at Johnson Cemetery but have not found one. Since his parents are buried there it is very likely that he is also.
 
Gritton, Jesse (I284)
 
5617 Wedding Sunday
R.E. Gritton and Mrs. F.E. Bonslet Married By Rev. Penhallegon.
The marriage of R. E. Gritton and Mrs. F.E. Bonslet occurred Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the residence of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. E.M. Fleming, 538 East William street. Both of the bride and groom live in Danville but the former at one time resided in Decatur and made her home with her aunt and for that reason the wedding was held in this city.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. W.H. Penhallegon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. About fifteen persons were present, part of them being from Danville. The attendants were Miss Rosa Bell, a sister of the bride, and James McRoberts, ferns and plants. The bride wore a gown of blue India linen and carried a bouquet of bride’s roses and the brides maid wore a costume of white India linen and carried red liberty. The house was prettily decorated with roses.
After the ceremony there was a wedding supper, the table being decorated with smilax and pink and white asters. Many handsome presents, including silverware, cut glass and table linen, were received.
The couple left at 11:32 p.m. for Danville where they will make their home and where the groom has a newly furnished house. He was for nine years a printer on the Danville Press.
Herald and review, Decatur, Illinois. Tuesday, 18 August 1903.

LKH note: the list of wedding guests is transcribed exactly as it appears in the news article.
 
Gritton, Robert Edward (I464)
 
5618 Wedding Sunday
R.E. Gritton and Mrs. F.E. Bonslet Married By Rev. Penhallegon.
The marriage of R. E. Gritton and Mrs. F.E. Bonslet occurred Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the residence of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. E.M. Fleming, 538 East William street. Both of the bride and groom live in Danville but the former at one time resided in Decatur and made her home with her aunt and for that reason the wedding was held in this city.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. W.H. Penhallegon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. About fifteen persons were present, part of them being from Danville. The attendants were Miss Rosa Bell, a sister of the bride, and James McRoberts, ferns and plants. The bride wore a gown of blue India linen and carried a bouquet of bride’s roses and the brides maid wore a costume of white India linen and carried red liberty. The house was prettily decorated with roses.
After the ceremony there was a wedding supper, the table being decorated with smilax and pink and white asters. Many handsome presents, including silverware, cut glass and table linen, were received.
The couple left at 11:32 p.m. for Danville where they will make their home and where the groom has a newly furnished house. He was for nine years a printer on the Danville Press.
Herald and review, Decatur, Illinois. Tuesday, 18 August 1903.

LKH note: the list of guests is transcribed exactly as it appears in the news article.
 
Bell, Frances E. (I1582)
 
5619 Wells
Macon - Edna L. Wells, 73, of rural Macon died 4;12 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 15, 1996) in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Dawson & Wilkoff West Wood Street Funeral Home with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Mount Gilead Cemetery. Memorials: donor's choice.
Mrs. Wells was born in Danville on July 18, 1923, the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Bessie Ann Heck Gritton. She formerly worked for Houdaille Hershey and the Illiopolis Ordnance Plant. She was a member of Mount Zion Presbyterian Church and sang in the church choir and also with Sweet Adelines. She married Charles A. Wells in Decatur on Dec. 7, 1944.
Surviving are her husband; son, Philip Wells of Orlando, Fla.; daughter, Sandra Wells of Macon; sisters, Helen James and husband Glen, Esther Carrier and husband Jac and Leora Birch and husband Fred, all of Decatur; grandchildren, Panela, Brandi, Molly, John and Tony.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and one sister.
Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Tuesday, 17 September 1996.
 
Gritton, Edna Lucille (I1324)
 
5620 WEST LEBANON - Ruth Pauline (Campbell) Hancock, 79, of West Lebanon, died at 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at her residence.
Born Oct. 25, 1931 in Perrysville, she was the daughter of the late Frank James and Sadie P. (Price) Campbell.
She married John O. Hancock May 10, 1969 in Mississippi. He preceded her in death June 15, 2005. They had resided in West Lebanon since 1969.
Visitation will be at Grady Funeral Home, Williamsport, Friday, Nov. 5, from 1 p.m. until service time at 3 p.m. with St. Elizabeth Hospice Chaplain Dwight Herin officiating. There will be a Ladies Auxiliary service at 2:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Soldiers from Above.
Online condolences may be made at www.gradyfuneralhome.com
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/reviewrepublican-info/name/ruth-hancock-obituary?id=10664018
 
Campbell, Ruth Pauline (I3361)
 
5621 Weston Woman Dies Early Sunday Morning
Mrs. Talitha Cumi Brimer, age 77, died Sunday morning at 1:45 a.m. at the home of her daughter in Anna. She was born December 20, 1874 in Tennessee, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Conway.
She had been a resident of Collin County for the past fifty years and was a member of the Weston Baptist Church.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Addie Thompson, Chambersville; Mrs. Maude Hale, Anna; Mrs. Blanche McKenna, Dallas; and Josie Brimer, Dallas; eighteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
Her husband, three daughters and two sons preceded her in death.
Services were held Monday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the Weston Baptist Church, with Rev. S.D. Lindsey, and Harvey Nelson, officiating. Burial was held in the Chambersville Cemetery, with Cruch-Moore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Courier-Gazette, McKinney, Texas. Monday, 18 August 1952., page 8.
 
Conway, Talitha Cumi (I3981)
 
5622 When they married, Lillie was 16 and Columbus was 25.  Crosswhite, Lillie Mae (I3047)
 
5623 Wilkie
Decatur - Vena May Wilkie, 70, of Decatur, died 5:25 a.m. Monday (Nov. 1, 1990) in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Private services will be Wednesday in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mount Zion. No visitation. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Memorial: Mount Zion Christian Church.
Mrs. Wilkie was born in Edgar County on Feb. 15, 1920, daughter of Elby and Nora May Fielder Revis. She was formerly a beauty operator and a cosmetologist. She was a member of Northwest Christian Church. She married George H. Gritton. He died in 1965. She then married Adam Wilkie in 1970.
Surviving are her husband; son, Kenneth Ramon Gritton of Decatur; stepdaughter, Helen Knowles of Elwin; sisters, Mrs. Ray (Helen) Bolen, Mrs. Oda Henry and Mrs. Ersel Oliver, all of Chrisman; three grandchildren; three step-grandchidlren; one great-grandchild.
Her parent, one son, Paul, one brother, one half brother and one half sister preceded her in death.
Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Tuesday, 20 November 1990.
 
Revis, Vena Mae (I1316)
 
5624 Willet Edwin Tennery, Jr.Ed Tennery... A renaissance man, a gentleman, a loving and faithful husband. Dad and our beautiful Mother were married 66 years. Dad was a caring and supportive parent. He loved his family and was proud of his heritage. He loved his church. He loved his Lord. He was loved by all who knew him. He was a boxer and a violinist. A football player who loved the opera and the Beatles. A tennis player and a calvary man. He loved trout fishing and Hershey bars with nuts. He enjoyed his cookies, his rocking chair, the chime of his beautiful grandfather clock, navy beans, and occasional pepper steak. All well-deserved, simple pleasures. He had a gentle, sincere laugh. He never forgot the value of manners and being polite. He had a wonderful, infectious personality. He was respected and liked by everyone. He always sacrificed to support his family and their dreams. His handshake was always firm, his smile gracious and friendly. He was everyman's "Best Man." He was from a generation of real men and raised in a turbulent, yet innocent time. To sum up the life of 91 years in just a few words is perhaps a tribute to a man so special and is significant because they express the character of his life. Dad, Daddy, Grampy, all names that reflect his impact on the lives of his adoring family. His beautiful and supportive daughter, Luann, was his rock of dependence, and he was so proud of her and her family. Luann always remained his little girl and was always there for advice and companionship. The world, our world, was a better place while Dad was here, and he will be missed forever. Survivors include: Son, Dr. Tom Tennery, wife Patti; grandson, Scott Tennery, wife Patty; great-grandsons: Juan Sebastian and Matthew Tennery; Daughter, Luann Kyle; grandson, Taylor Kyle and wife, Rachel. Please weep with us for five minutes. Then smile and laugh and rejoice that he is with Mother, and he suffers no more. We honor your life, Sir! Services, under the direction of Memorial Park Funeral Home, will be held, 2:00 p.m, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at the Memorial Park Historic Chapel, 13400 N. Kelley Ave., OKC, 73131; interment to follow in Rose Hill Burial Park.
 
Tennery, Willet Edwin Jr. (I4389)
 
5625 William D. Niccum, 71, a resident of 1206 Marion for 25 years, was found dead in his home last night (October 4, 1964). Coroner Don Goodwin conducted an inquiry and found death was from a heart condition. Born April 22, 1893, in Vermilion County, he was a son of Jacob and Eliza Jane Eaton Niccum. He was a retired employee of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad.
Surviving are three sons, Jake, Paul and Glen all of Danville; a daughter, Mrs. Melvin Hancock of Danville; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wooster of Gessie, Indiana, Mrs. Ervin Coleman and Marie Niccum both of Covington, Indiana; a brother, Altie of Perrysville, Indiana and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, a son and a brother. Mr. Niccum attended the Gessie Evangelical United Brethren Church.
The body is at the Barrick and Son Funeral Home where friends will be received 7-9 P.M. Tuesday. Services will be at 10 A.M. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. William Fulkerson officiating. Burial will be in Niccum Cemetery east of Westville.
 
Niccum, William David (I1032)
 
5626 William Edwin "Bill" Hale, 79, Maryville, Missouri, died March 16, 2014, at Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri.
He was born August 8, 1934, in Bedford, Iowa to Charles Hale Sr. and Cecil Morris Hale. A graduate of Bedford High School, he served his country in the U.S. Army for two years and the Air Force Reserve for four years.
Bill married Elaine Andrews July 27, 1957, in Maryville.
He retired in 1996 after working 45 years as a station agent on the CB&Q Railroad, later known as Burlington Northern.
His memberships include Order of Railroad Telegraphers, 50 year member of Taylor Lodge #156 AF & AM, Bedford, Rosanna Chapter #262 OES, serving as Worthy Patron for several years, Diaconate at the First Christian Church and the Men's Forum, all of Maryville.
Preceding him in death were his parents, son Andrew Edwin Hale and two half-sisters Luella Straight and Helen Ruth Timberlake.
Bill is survived by his wife of 56 years, Elaine, of the home; two daughters Shirley (Mike) Merritt, Van Meter, Iowa and Sherri Hale, Olathe, Kansas; Grandchildren: Alaina Penton, Jason Merritt and Matthew Hankins and great-grandsons Austin and Christian Penton; twin brother, Charles E. Hale Jr., Bedford, Iowa.
Visitation is 5:00-6:30 pm Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the Maryville First Christian Church.
Memorial Services will be held 10:30 am, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, also at the Church. Bill has been cremated and burial will be held at Nodaway Memorial Gardens at a later date.
 
Hale, William Edwin (I1848)
 
5627 William Gritton was convicted of the theft of a shirt and sentenced to transport from England to the Virginia Colony.
Gritton, William. Sentenced Sep-Oct 1748. Transported January 1749 on the Laura.
Source: Coldham, Peter Willson. The complete book of emigrants in bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Page 186.

Court testimony from the Old Baily Session Records.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 18 November 2018), October 1748, trial of William Gritton (t17481012-24).
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t17481012-24
William Gritton
Theft: grand larceny.
12th October 1748.
Reference: t17481012-24
503. William Gritton , of St. Luke's, Middlesex , was indicted for stealing a shirt, val. 3 s. the goods of Daniel Bromfield , Sep. 20th .

Daniel Bromfield . On the 20th of Sept. I lost a shirt out of the kitchen.

Mary Softly . I was cleaning my kitchen between twelve and one at noon, and my uncle called to me to air his shirt, and I put it upon the back of a chair, and went for a half penny worth of sand; and when I went into the house, I saw the prisoner coming out of the kitchen, with the shirt under his coat.

Q. Did you stop him then?

Softly. I did not miss it till I went into the kitchen, and found the shirt was gone, and then I went and cried out, stop thief!

Q. Did you know the prisoner before?

Softly. I never saw him before.

Q. Did you see the shirt taken from him?

Softly: Yes, and it was delivered into my hand.

Guilty.

* * * *
Prisoner found guilty and sentence to seven years transportation.
 
Gritton, William (I2013)
 
5628 William is named in her father's obituary, along with his date of death.
 
McMillin, William (I4371)
 
5629 William may have married Asartha L. Bogart, 27 March 1886, Vermilion County, Illinois. See marriage record.

William's death record only gives Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois as place of burial I can find not record on Find a Grave to confirma specific cemetery 
Bonnett, William (I252)
 
5630 William spelled his surname with double "gg" - Springgate Springgate, William Perry (I4449)
 
5631 William's obituary was located in "The Union Banner" newspaper [Carlyle, Illinois, Volume 52, Number 38, page 4, Friday, Feb. 26, 1915].

William J. Long was born in Ohio February 24, 1838. At the age of twelve years he with his mother came to Illinois and has resided here a true and devoted Christian until his death, which occurred February 17, 1915, at the age of 76 years, 11 months and 17 days.
December 24, 1859, he was married to Nancy E. Gritton in Danville, Ill. To this union were born eight children, five of whom survive, namely: Mary E. Cromwell of Georgetown, Ill; Charles E., of Danville; Herbert, of Boulder; Oscar O., of Pearland, Texas, and Harry D. Long of Danville, Ill. There are also twenty grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. In 1861 he enlisted in the army in Company C., 22d Ohio Infantry. In 1892 his wife preceded him to the great beyond. Then in 1893 he was married to Sarah J. Swisher, whom with his two stepchildren survive, namely Wanda E. Long and Donald Swisher, and Elva Butler of Mattoon, Ill. He was a kind and loving companion and father. Just a few days ago he sang "When the Storm of Life is O'er," and repeated the "Lord's prayer." He was willing and ready to go to the home our Savior had prepared for him. His daughter Mary and son Harry were with him when the end came.
(Written by one who loved him – Wanda Long)
 
Long, William Jackson (I2292)
 
5632 William's surname is spelled as Crosswhite on his death certificate and as Croswhite on his headstone.

Death certificat lists father as Thomas Crosswhite and mother as Matilda Warnock. 
Croswhite, William Warnock (I2644)
 
5633 Wills and probate records. Vermilion County, Illinois
Will records, book C-E 1848-1864.
Page 448
Know all men by those present that we John R. Gritton, John Sanders and Jane Gritton of the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois are held and firmly bond unto the people of the State of Illinois in the paid sum of one thousand dollars current money of the United States which payment will as truly to be made and performed we and each of us find ourselves and heirs executors administrators and assign jointly severally and firmly by these present witnesses our hands and seals this 8th day of August A.D. 1846.
The condition of the above obligation is such that if the said John R. Gritton administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and debts of Milo B. Gritton deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of the said deceased which shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of him the said John R. Gritton as such administrator or to the hands of any person or persons from him and the same so made do exhibit or come to be exhibited in the Court of probate for the said County of Vermilion agreeably to the laws and such good and chattels rights and credits do with and truly administer according to law and all the rest of the said goods and chattels rights and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administrator, the same being first examined and allowed by the court of probate shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as may be legally entitled thereto, and further do make a ust and true account of all his acting and doings therein when thereunto required by the said court, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the deceased and the same be proved in Court and letter testamentary or administration by obtained thereon and the said John R. Gritton do in such case on being required thereto under said duties of the letter of administrator and perform all other acts which may at any time be requires of him by law, then shall obligation be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Attest
N.D. Palmer, P.J.P.

John R. Gritton
John Sanders
Jane Gritton

Page 449
State of Illinois
Vermilion County
The people of the State of Illinois
To all to whom these present all come greeting.
Know ye that whereas Mil B. Gritton of the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois died intestate as it is said on or about the 12th day of July 1946 having as the time of his decease personal property in this state which may be lost destroyed or diminished in value if speedy care be not taken of the same to the end therefore that said property may be collected and presented for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein we do hereby appoint John R. Gritton of the County of Vermilion and Sate of Illinois administrator of all and or singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said Milo B. Gritton at the time of his decease with full power and authority to secure and collect the said property and debts wheresoever the same may be found in this State, and in general to do and perform all other acts which now are or hereafter may be required of him by law.
Witness Norman D. Palmer, probate Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Vermilion at his office in Danville this 8th day of August A.D. 1846.
N.D.Palmer probate J.P.

 
Gritton, Milo B. (I435)
 
5634 Winne S. Carpenter started suite for divorce against Leland Carpenter, charging that he deserted her three days after their marriage on April 16, 1923. There is one child, Lowell, who became five years old on October 7, 1928, and the mother asks to be awarded his custody.
The Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois. Friday, 21 December 1928, page 1.
 
Carpenter, Leland (I1273)
 
5635 Winne S. Carpenter started suite for divorce against Leland Carpenter, charging that he deserted her three days after their marriage on April 16, 1923. There is one child, Lowell, who became five years old on October 7, 1928, and the mother asks to be awarded his custody.
The Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois. Friday, 21 December 1928, page 1.
 
Gritton, Winnie Star (I1270)
 
5636 Winnie S. vs. Leland Carpenter, custody of child awarded complainant.
The Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois. Monday, 5 May 1929, page 1.
 
Gritton, Winnie Star (I1270)
 
5637 Winnie S. vs. Leland Carpenter, custody of child awarded complainant.
The Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois. Monday, 5 May 1929, page 1.
 
Carpenter, Leland (I1273)
 
5638 WOMAN DEAD AT BISMARCK
Bismarck-(cns) - THE oldest resident of the community and daughter of pioneer settlers of Blount Township, Mrs. Jane Carter, 91, died Thursday evening at her home in Bismarck, where she had been bedfast 11 weeks with a broken hip. She was born Dec. 20, 1851, the daughter of William and Hester Potter, in Blount Township. On Jan. 26 she was married to N. R. Carter, and was the mother of nine children, five of whom preceded her in death. Her husband died in 1903. Mrs. Carter resided in a farm home north of Bismarck for 62 years before moving into town. Surviving children are Will H. Carter of Winepeg, Canada, Mrs. Harvey Young of Rossville, Mrs. Sherman Wilson of Danville and Mrs. Clarence Wilson of with whom she made her home in Bismarck. Also surviving are a nephew, George Potter of Danville, 25 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of Mrs. Wilson in Bismarck with the Rev. Mr. Gent officiating. Burial will be in Rose Cemetery, Lanham of Henning in charge.
 
Potter, Eliza Jane (I2872)
 
5639 Word was received by Mrs. Hester Wood, of the death of her father, Mr. Lewis A. Gritton, 86, in Danville, Ill. on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Wood is employed by Brown's Marina and she left immediately for Danville to complete arrangements for the funeral. Mrs. Wood's mother, died in 1959.
The Peninsular News, Marblehead, Ohio. Friday, 24 August 1962.
 
Gritton, Lewis Adolphus (I308)
 
5640 WWI draft registration card
Ernest Marion Sharpless
b. 23 Nov 1889, Pomona, Kansas
occupation: farming
height: medium
build: medium
eyes: dark brown
hair: dark brown
weak eyes

WWII draft registration card
Ernest Marion Sharpless
b.23 Nov 1889, Pomona, Ottowa County, Kansas
person who knows your address; Mrs. May Sharpless
height: 5'9"
weight: 230
[nothing else is marked] 
Sharpless, Ernest Marion (I1654)
 
5641 WWI draft registration card
Harland Davis [spelled as Harland Davis]
b.15 August 1892, Carbon, Illinois
height: medium
build: medium
eyes: blue
hair: light
Physical disabled in one eye

WWII draft registration card
Harlan David
b.15 Aug 1891, Carbondale, Illinois
height: 5'7"
weight 160
eyes: blue
hair: brown
complexion: ruddy
3 bent fingers on left hand. 
Davis, Harlan (I1635)
 
5642 WWI draft registration card
James Jackson Severy
b.24 oct 1898
farmer
height: tall, 5'10"
build: slender
eyes: blue
hair: brown 
Severy, James Jackson (I1644)
 
5643 WWI draft registration card
Loomis James Feemster
b.28 December 1872
Occupation: farmer
relative: Wife Lillie D. Feemster
height: meidium
build: stout
eye: blue
hair: gray 
Feemster, Loomis James (I597)
 
5644 WWI draft registration card
William B. Culp
b.16 Aug 1896, Pawnee, Kansas
occupation: painter, paper hanger
build: slender
height: medium
hair: brown
eyes: brown

WWII draft registration card
Wm. Bryan Culp
b.16 Aug 1896, Paunee Station, Kansas
height: 5'7 3/4"
weight: 118
eyes: gray
hair: brown
complexion: ruddy
other: scar on forehead 
Culp, William Bryan (I599)
 
5645 WWI draft registration card
Austin B. Gritton
b. 19 Aug 1895
height: medium
build: medium
eyes: gray
hair: light brown
nearest relative: Mr. Allen Gritton, Danville, Illinois
note: received after 31 Dec 1918, present occupation: in hospital (stamped D.S.Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas)
 
Gritton, Austin Bernard (I493)
 
5646 WWI draft registration card
Harry Aloysius Gritton
b.27 Sep 1897
occupation: Chauffeur and messenger, federal government, Government Printing Office
height: tall
build: medium
eyes: gray
hair: brown
 
Gritton, Harry Aloysius (I491)
 
5647 WWI draft registration card for Lawrence Orville Gritton
b. 30 Mar1894
occupation: Fishing
employer: himself
New London, Wisconsin
height: medium
build: medium
eyes: brown
hair: dark
bald: no

WWII draft registration card for Lawrence Orville Gritton
b. 30 Mar 1884
height: 5' 9 1/2"
weight: 149
eyes: brown
hair: gray
complexion: sallow
 
Gritton, Lawrence Orville (I302)
 
5648 WWII draft registration card
John Frank Fritter
height: 5'9"
weight: 235
eyes: brown
heari: brown
complexion: light
person who will know your address: Mrs. Beulah E. Fritter 
Fritter, John Frank (I1621)
 

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