hmtl5 Mary Elizabeth Gritton b. Mar 1828 Mercer County, Kentucky d. 12 Mar 1902 Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas: Gritton Genealogy
Mary Elizabeth Gritton

Mary Elizabeth Gritton

Female 1828 - 1902  (74 years)

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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Gritton 
    Born Mar 1828  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1895  Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 12 Mar 1902  Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I456  Gritton
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2024 

    Father Milo B. Gritton,   b. 18 May 1804, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Mary Sims,   b. Abt 1805 
    Married 8 Oct 1823  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Absalom Grant Sivey,   b. 22 Oct 1817, Pickaway County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1892, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1843  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 68. Matthias Sivey signed permission for Absalom Sivey. Miles E. Gritton, father, and Susan Sanders and William Gritton signed permission for Mary E. Gritton.

      LKH Note: Very high probability that Miles E. Gritton has been transcribed incorrectly in this book. Very high probability that it should be Milo B. Gritton.

      LKH Note: Susan (Gritton) Sanders and William Gritton would have been siblings of Milo B. Gritton. All three were children of Jesse Gritton and Sarah (Bromfield) Gritton..
    Children 
     1. William H. Sivey,   b. 7 Oct 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1897, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Nancy Jane Sivey,   b. 14 Feb 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1918, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Mary A. Sivey,   b. Abt 1848, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hannah May Sivey,   b. 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1923, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     5. Lemuel Sivey,   b. Oct 1855, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1912, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     6. James Sivey,   b. Abt 1856, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John R. Sivey,   b. Abt 1858, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Charles M. Sivey,   b. Nov 1859, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     9. Joseph M. Sivey,   b. 1863, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1917, Godfrey, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     10. Absolom Rosenscrans C. Sivey,   b. Dec 1863, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928, Bourbon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     11. Laura Ellen Sivey,   b. 24 Jul 1864, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1937, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     12. Ada Cedora Sivey,   b. 11 Jul 1869, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1947, Scott County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Mar 1828 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Sep 1843 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1895 - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Mar 1902 - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Gritton, Mary Elizabeth and Sivey, Absalom
    Gritton, Mary Elizabeth and Sivey, Absalom
    Gritton, Mary Elizabeth
    Gritton, Mary Elizabeth

  • Notes 
    • Death of an Old Resident.
      Mrs. Mary Sivey died at her home 527 north National avenue yesterday morning. Mrs. Sivey was 76 years of age and has lived here for years. The funeral will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. C.L. Milton of the Christian church.
      The Fort Scott Republican, Fort Scott, Kansas. Thursday, 13 March 1902.
      [3, 7]
    • $1,600 Is Missing.
      Mary Sivey Had That Amount Before She Died.
      Sewed Up In Mattress.
      Was There Thirteen Days Before She Passed Away – Heirs are Investigating the Case.
      There is something of a mystery surrounding the disappearance of $1,633 from the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Sivey, the aged woman who died at her home on the north side on the 12th day of last month.
      It is claimed that the money was taken from the mattress upon which she died sometimes shortly before she died or directly thereafter. At any rate the money was there several days previous to her death and it is claimed that afterwards it suddenly disappeared. The original amount was $1,783, so the story goes, and when it was looked for after her death there was but $150 left. The case is being investigated and there may be some arrests or civil proceedings instituted by the administrator when one is appointed.
      It was not generally known that Mrs. Sivey was possessed of much of the world’s good, but J.R. Sivey, one of the heirs to the estate, who is up from Pittsburg investigating the matter gives out the statement that his mother had a large amount of money. According to his story she had $1,783 secreted in the mattress of her bed and that it was sewed up securely so that it would have been impossible for any common burglar to have stolen it. He is authority for the statement that the money was there thirteen days before his aged mother died and that afterwards it suddenly disappeared. That was the last he and other member of the family saw of the roll of greenbacks, the money all being in bills of small denominations, the largest said to be $20. He also says that he and three of his brothers, C.M., R.C. and Scott Sivey saw the money in the mattress when they realized that their mother could not live, and that it was replaced in the same position that it was when found. On the same day of the funeral he says, they went to look after the personal effects and the money and discovered to their surprise that all by $150 of the money had been taken. He says he has his suspicions but in the absence of any proof he cannot make any direct charges. The pocket book in which the money was secreted was found in the loft of the house where she died.
      The deceased had nine children and all of them will come in for a share of the estate when it is divided they were up in Judge Cheney’s office last evening preparing the proofs of claims and making ready to apply for the appointment of an administrator of the small estate, and the matter of the missing money will be investigated.
      Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor, Fort Scott, Kansas. Tuesday, 1 April 1902, page 4.
      [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S89] census records.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

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

    5. [S46] Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860.

    6. [S45] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1826-1853, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.