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  1. 1.  Anthony Paul Gritton was born on 20 Jan 1942 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (son of George Harlan Gritton and Vena Mae Revis); died on 7 Jan 1966 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Anthony Gritton
    Anthony Paul Gritton, 23, of 1712 E. William St. died at 10:40 a.m. Friday in Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla., of injuries received in an automobile accident on Dec. 5.
    He was born in Chicago on Jan. 20, 1942, son of George H. and Vena Revis Gritton.
    Mr. Gritton was a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No.146. He had been working as an electrician in Tampa for two and one-half months.
    He is survived by his mother and a brother, Kenneth R., both of Decatur; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Gritton of Decatur and Mrs. Nora Revis of Edgar. He was preceded in death by his father, in 1966.
    Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Brintlinger's Funeral Home in Decatur.
    Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Saturday, 8 January 1966.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71237285/anthony-paul-gritton


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Harlan Gritton was born on 17 Mar 1917 in Indiana (son of Anthony Dingler Gritton and Bessie Anna Heck); died on 30 Mar 1965 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: electrical worker

    Notes:

    Anthony and Bessie Gritton’s family was in the path of the April 1922 tornado outbreak that swept across Indiana.

    Abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Tuesday, 18 April 1922.

    Nine persons lost their lives, many other were seriously injured and much property was destroyed in a cyclone that visited Warren county late Monday afternoon, the terrific storm wiping out the village of Hedrick, six miles northwest of West Lebanon, where four of the storm victims met death, then swooping down on a settlement known as Soul Sweep Corner, two and a half miles east of Hedrick, where three were killed; and finally striking the Ulrich Hunter farm south of Judyville, where two lost their lives.

    House Plows Furrow
    At Soul Sweeper corner, the Gritton home in which two children lost their lives, was carried 50 feet from its foundation, and left completely shattered in a field. It plowed a deep furrow in the ground as it was swept along by the force of the storm. The body of Mrs. High, whose home was completely destroyed was found in the wreckage. The body of taken to the home of her father, Charles Wakely, in West Lebanon. The bodies of the Gritton children were taken to the Byers home west of the corner.

    The Dead At Soul Sweeper Corner
    Mrs. Gladys W. High, 34.
    Paul E. Gritton, 6.
    Ruth E. Griton, 3 months old.

    Seriously Injured
    Tony Gritton, father of children killed. He was a broken hip and ankle and is hurt internally.
    Ivan, Harlan and Helen Gritton, of Soul Sweeper Corner, all badly injured and at Lakeview hospital, Danville, Ill. Ivan and Harlan are expected to die.

    [LKH note: George Harlan Gritton and Helen Gritton survived their injuries.]



    Decatur Review | Decatur, Illinois | Wednesday, April 19, 1922 | Page 1
    Danville TOLL 11.
    Danville, IL, April 19.
    With the death of Ivan Gritton, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gritton, of Hedrick, Ind in a hospital here, the death list from the tornado of Monday afternoon was brought up to 11. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton are in a local hospital suffering from injuries inflicted by the storm and are in a serious condition. Two other Gritton children were instantly killed.


    Abridged from The Richmond Item, Richmond, Indiana. Wednesday, 19 April 1922.
    At Pleasant View Corner, two miles distant, east, four were killed. Ruth E. Gritton, three months old, was on her mother’s lap, and Paul, six years old, was playing at his mother’s knee. The home was wrecked and the children blown into a hedge fence one hundred years away and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton and three children are in a serious condition at a Danville, Ill., hospital. Across the road Mrs. Phillip High was killed outright and Joseph High fatally injured.


    George H. Gritton Succumbs At 48
    George Harlan Gritton, 48, of 1712 E. William St., died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital, where he had been a patient give days.
    Mr. Gritton, an electrical worker, had been a resident of Decatur for 35 years.
    He was born March 17, 1917, in Danville, the son of Anthony D. and Bessie Ann Heck Gritton.
    Mr. Gritton married Vena May Revis in Decatur on July 27, 1941.
    He was a member of the Christian Church, Stephen Decatur Lodge 979 AF & AM, Zohak Grotto and the Electrical Workers Union No.146.
    Mr. Gritton is survived by his wife; parents, two sons, Anthony P., Decatur; Kenneth R., U.S. Air Force, Denver, Colo.; and four sisters, Mrs. James (Helen) Roach, Decatur; Mrs. Jac (Esther) Carrier and Mrs. Fred (Leora) Birch, all of Decatur; and Mrs. Charles (Edna) Wells, Macon.
    Two brother and one sister preceded him in death.
    The body is at Brintlinger's Funeral Home, where arrangements are incomplete. The family suggests memorials made to the Heart Fund.
    The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois. Wednesday, 31 March 1965.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71237285/anthony-paul-gritton

    Plot R

    George married Vena Mae Revis on 27 Jul 1941 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. Vena (daughter of Elby Revis and Nora Fielder) was born on 15 Feb 1919 in Edgar County, Illinois; died on 19 Nov 1990 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Vena Mae Revis was born on 15 Feb 1919 in Edgar County, Illinois (daughter of Elby Revis and Nora Fielder); died on 19 Nov 1990 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: beauty operator and cosmetologist

    Notes:

    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.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98473315/vena-m-gritton

    Children:
    1. 1. Anthony Paul Gritton was born on 20 Jan 1942 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 7 Jan 1966 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Anthony Dingler Gritton was born on 18 Dec 1891 in Champaign County, Illinois (son of Charles Elisious Gritton and Hannah Matilda Gritton); died on 9 Feb 1973 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: car repairman and inspector for the Wabash Railroad Co.
    • Census: 1920, Ridgeley, Dodge County, Nebraska
    • Census: 1930, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Members of the Anthony Gritton family were victims when two tornadoes struck Indiana on 17 April 1922. Their tragic loss was highlighted in several newspaper articles which covered not only the event but also followed through with articles about the family's recovery and return to Indiana.


    Abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Tuesday, 18 April 1922.

    Nine persons lost their lives, many other were seriously injured and much property was destroyed in a cyclone that visited Warren county late Monday afternoon, the terrific storm wiping out the village of Hedrick, six miles northwest of West Lebanon, where four of the storm victims met death, then swooping down on a settlement known as Soul Sweep Corner, two and a half miles east of Hedrick, where three were killed; and finally striking the Ulrich Hunter farm south of Judyville, where two lost their lives.

    House Plows Furrow
    At Soul Sweeper corner, the Gritton home in which two children lost their lives, was carried 50 feet from its foundation, and left completely shattered in a field. It plowed a deep furrow in the ground as it was swept along by the force of the storm. The body of Mrs. High, whose home was completely destroyed was found in the wreckage. The body of taken to the home of her father, Charles Wakely, in West Lebanon. The bodies of the Gritton children were taken to the Byers home west of the corner.

    The Dead At Soul Sweeper Corner
    Mrs. Gladys W. High, 34.
    Paul E. Gritton, 6.
    Ruth E. Griton, 3 months old.

    Seriously Injured
    Tony Gritton, father of children killed. He was a broken hip and ankle and is hurt internally.
    Ivan, Harlan and Helen Gritton, of Soul Sweeper Corner, all badly injured and at Lakeview hospital, Danville, Ill. Ivan and Harlan are expected to die.

    [LKH note: George Harlan Gritton and Helen Gritton survived their injuries.]


    Abridged from The Richmond Item, Richmond, Indiana. Wednesday, 19 April 1922.
    At Pleasant View Corner, two miles distant, east, four were killed. Ruth E. Gritton, three months old, was on her mother’s lap, and Paul, six years old, was playing at his mother’s knee. The home was wrecked and the children blown into a hedge fence one hundred years away and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton and three children are in a serious condition at a Danville, Ill., hospital. Across the road Mrs. Phillip High was killed outright and Joseph High fatally injured.


    Decatur Review | Decatur, Illinois | Wednesday, April 19, 1922 | Page 1
    Danville TOLL 11.
    Danville, IL, April 19.
    With the death of Ivan Gntton, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs Anthony Gntton, of Hedrick, Ind in a hospital here, the death list fiom the tornado of Monday afternoon was brought up to 11. Mr. and Mrs Gritton are in a local hospital suffeiing from injuries inflicted by the storm and are in a serious condition. Two other Gritton children were instantly killed.

    VILLAGE ALMOST DESTROYED.
    TEN DEAD IN AND NEAR HEDRICK -- SOME TRICKS OF THE WIND.
    Danville, Ill., April 18. -- Ten persons are known to have been killed and 41 injured, several probably fatally, in a cyclone which swept across Champaign and Vermillion counties, Illinois, and Warren county, Indiana, late yesterday afternoon, doing damage estimated at a quarter of a million dollars.
    The little village of Hedrick, Ind., was almost wiped out. Four houses and two churches, comprising a group known as Pleasant View Corner, were razed, and on the ULRICH HUNTER farm, five miles north of West Lebanon, Ind., three houses and many farm buildings were destroyed.
    The following list of dead was compiled here:
    MRS. ALBERT G. ANDERSON, Ogden, Ill.
    GROVER JACKSON, Hedrick, Ind.
    WILLIAM GRADY, Hedrick, Ind.
    GRACE GRADY, Hedrick, Ind.
    MRS. PHILIP HIGH, east of Hedrick, Ind.
    MRS. JOHN MARSIE, on the HUNTER farm.
    FLORENCE KUNTZ, 14, on the HUNTER farm.
    PAUL GRITTON, six, east of Hedrick.
    RUTH GRITTON, aged three months, east of Hedrick.
    GOLDIE SMITH, 17, Hedrick.
    Many of the seriously injured and others not so badly hurt were brought to Danville hospitals for treatment. Danville doctors were called to the storm center after it was reported and worked through the night.
    MRS. ETTA HURLEY, who with her 16 year old daughter was alone in her home at Hedrick, was stripped of her dress, but only slightly injured.
    The ten months old child of JAMES DOWNEY was blown from the house into a garden and deposited in the soft mud unhurt.
    A garage was demolished by the storm at Fithian, Ill., and an automobile carried nearly a quarter of a mile and dropped in a pasture. A barn on the SCOTT PAGE farm was lifted and carried away, but the horses were left standing uninjured.
    The barn at the home of THORNTON BAGLER was turned around on its foundation, but remains standing and is little damaged.
    http://www3.gendisasters.com/illinois/11329/various-towns-il-in-tornadoes-apr-1922


    Abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Wednesday, 19 April 1922.

    At the Gritton home.
    Passing to the northeast, the storm exacted its next toll of human life at the home of Anthony Gritton. Paul, aged 6 years and Ruth E., aged three months, were killed. The children, with their mother, and two other brothers, Ivan and Harlan and a sister Helen, were all in the house. Baby Ruth was asleep in her mother's lap and little Paul was playing in the room. The children were carried from the house was was Mrs. Gritton. Baby Ruth was found wedged in a hedge fence and Paul was found dead near the hedge a hundred yards away. The clothes were blown from his tiny body and part of the underwear were buried in his flesh, together with mud and small rocks. The babe was still wrapped in the little blanket, but was lifeless when found by the family of Arnett Byers. The other three children were found in a field. Mrs. Gritton was also blown to the fields, and all of her clothes were blown away. Mr. Gritton and George Hurst, a farm hand, were near the barn and were caught in the storm. Mr. Gritton's foot was broken and he was hurt internally. Hurst suffered a fractured shoulder. They were all taken to the Lake View hospital at Danville.


    abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. 20 April 1922.
    Many funerals
    Funeral services were scheduled throughout the day. The first service was held at 8:30 o'clock this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnet Byers, near Pleasant View and "Soul Sleeper's" corner, two and a half miles east of here. Side by side in one coffin lay the bodies of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gritton. The bodies of baby Ruth, 3 months, and Paul E., 6 years, were taken to the Byers home following the storm, and when little Ivan, 3 years old, died Tuesday night his body also was taken to the Byers home. Scores of relatives and friends attended the services which were very impressive.


    Abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Wednesday, 19 April 1922.

    Hedrick, Ind., April 19. - The survivors in the storm country around Hedrick and Pleasant View or "Soul Sleeper" corner, where eight lives were snuffed out by the cyclone that passed over the western part of Warren county Monday evening, are today arranging for the funerals of the victims. The funerals of three will be held on Thursday, and perhaps more.

    Ivan Gritton, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gritton, residing in the Pleasant View neighborhood, succumbed to injuries last night at 8:30 o'clock at the Lake View hospital in Danville. Word from the hospital today was to the effect that Helen, the youngest surviving child, is also in a critical condition. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton and Harlan, another boy, are doing well and it believed, will recover.


    Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Friday, 5 May 1922.
    Woman hurt in storm is dying. Mrs. Anthony Gritton, who lost three children at Hedrick, develops lockjaw.
    Mrs. Anthony Gritton, of Hedrick, Ind., who was badly injured in the big cyclone Monday evening, April 17, when two of her children were killed and the third fatally injured, is at the point of death at Lakeview, Danville, Ill., with lockjaw. The anti-tetanus serum treatment seems to have little effect and physicians and nurses hold out little hope for her recovery.
    Mrs. Gritton developed blood poisoning a few days after the accident, but the presence of tetanus was not noted until some time afterward. On account of her poor physical condition the disease made rapid progress.
    Her six-year-old son, Paul Gritton, was instantly killed in the blow and three-months-old baby Ruth was also found dead among some debris in the field, and a four-year-old son, Ivan, died at Lakeview hospital the next day.


    Gritton
    Anthony D. "Pop" Gritton, 81, of 1713 E. William St. died 8 a.m. Friday in St. Mary's Hospital.
    Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Fisher Funeral Home in West Lebanon, Ind.
    Friends may call in Brintlinger's Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday, where Masonic services will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. Sunday by the Stephen Decatur Lodge 979, AF&AM. Burial will be in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Ind. Memorial: Macon County Heart Association.
    Mr. Gritton was born in Champaign County, a son of Charles and Hannah M. Gritten Gritton.
    He was a member of the Prairie Avenue Christian Church and Stephen Decatur Lodge 979, AF&AM. He also belonged to the Springfield Consistory.
    Mr. Britton built and sold birdhouses as a hobby after he retired. He had been a car repairman and inspector for Wabash Railroad Co.
    He was married to Bessie Heck in Warren County, Ind. Dec. 20, 1914.
    Surviving are his wife; daughters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Reynolds of Garden Grove, Calif., Mrs. Charles (Edna) Wells of Macon, Mrs. Jack (Esther) Carrier and Mrs. Fred (Leora) Birch, both of Decatur; sisters, Mrs. Albert (Anna_ Klage and Mrs. Kae Linck, both of Danville; brothers, Shelby of Penfield and Orsmus, Danville; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
    Three sons, one daughter, five sisters and sic brother preceded him in death.
    The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois. Saturday, 10 February 1973.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27383432/anthony-dingler-gritton

    Anthony married Bessie Anna Heck on 20 Dec 1914 in Warren County, Indiana. Bessie was born on 22 Oct 1897 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 9 Jun 1988 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Bessie Anna Heck was born on 22 Oct 1897 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 9 Jun 1988 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    Anthony and Bessie Gritton’s family was in the path of the April 1922 tornado outbreak that swept across Indiana.

    Abridged from the Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Tuesday, 18 April 1922.

    Nine persons lost their lives, many other were seriously injured and much property was destroyed in a cyclone that visited Warren county late Monday afternoon, the terrific storm wiping out the village of Hedrick, six miles northwest of West Lebanon, where four of the storm victims met death, then swooping down on a settlement known as Soul Sweep Corner, two and a half miles east of Hedrick, where three were killed; and finally striking the Ulrich Hunter farm south of Judyville, where two lost their lives.

    House Plows Furrow
    At Soul Sweeper corner, the Gritton home in which two children lost their lives, was carried 50 feet from its foundation, and left completely shattered in a field. It plowed a deep furrow in the ground as it was swept along by the force of the storm. The body of Mrs. High, whose home was completely destroyed was found in the wreckage. The body of taken to the home of her father, Charles Wakely, in West Lebanon. The bodies of the Gritton children were taken to the Byers home west of the corner.

    The Dead At Soul Sweeper Corner
    Mrs. Gladys W. High, 34.
    Paul E. Gritton, 6.
    Ruth E. Griton, 3 months old.

    Seriously Injured
    Tony Gritton, father of children killed. He was a broken hip and ankle and is hurt internally.
    Ivan, Harlan and Helen Gritton, of Soul Sweeper Corner, all badly injured and at Lakeview hospital, Danville, Ill. Ivan and Harlan are expected to die.

    [LKH note: George Harlan Gritton and Helen Gritton survived their injuries.]


    Decatur Review | Decatur, Illinois | Wednesday, April 19, 1922 | Page 1
    Danville TOLL 11.
    Danville, IL, April 19.
    With the death of Ivan Gritton, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gritton, of Hedrick, Ind in a hospital here, the death list from the tornado of Monday afternoon was brought up to 11. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton are in a local hospital suffering from injuries inflicted by the storm and are in a serious condition. Two other Gritton children were instantly killed.


    Abridged from The Richmond Item, Richmond, Indiana. Wednesday, 19 April 1922.
    At Pleasant View Corner, two miles distant, east, four were killed. Ruth E. Gritton, three months old, was on her mother’s lap, and Paul, six years old, was playing at his mother’s knee. The home was wrecked and the children blown into a hedge fence one hundred years away and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Gritton and three children are in a serious condition at a Danville, Ill., hospital. Across the road Mrs. Phillip High was killed outright and Joseph High fatally injured.


    Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Friday, 5 May 1922.
    Woman hurt in storm is dying. Mrs. Anthony Gritton, who lost three children at Hedrick, develops lockjaw.
    Mrs. Anthony Gritton, of Hedrick, Ind., who was badly injured in the big cyclone Monday evening, April 17, when two of her children were killed and the third fatally injured, is at the point of death at Lakeview, Danville, Ill., with lockjaw. The anti-tetanus serum treatment seems to have little effect and physicians and nurses hold out little hope for her recovery.
    Mrs. Gritton developed blood poisoning a few days after the accident, but the presence of tetanus was not noted until some time afterward. On account of her poor physical condition the disease made rapid progress.
    Her six-year-old son, Paul Gritton, was instantly killed in the blow and three-months-old baby Ruth was also found dead among some debris in the field, and a four-year-old son, Ivan, died at Lakeview hospital the next day.


    Gritton.
    Mrs. Anthony "Tony" (Bessie A. Heck) Gritton, 90, of Decatur died 11:49 p.m. Thursday (June 9, 1988) in St. Mary's Hospital.
    Services will be 8 p.m. Sunday in Brintlinger's Funeral Home, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Ind. Memorial: Prairie Avenue Christian Church or Crestview Christian Church.
    Mrs. Gritton was born in Brown County, Ind., daughter of Alva E. and Laura S. Heck. She was a member of Prairie Avenue Christian Church. She married Anthony D. Gritton in 1914. She died in 1973. [HE died in 1973].
    Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Glenn (Helen) James and Mrs. Jac R. (Esther) Carrier, both of Decatur; Mrs. Charles (Edna) Wells of Macon; Mrs. W. Fred (Leora) Birch of Cline; sisters Mrs. Jasper (Ella Mae) Pullen of Fort Lauderdale, Pla., Lorene Hetrick of West Lebanon; 12 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
    Two sons, one daughter, two sisters, one brother and one grandson preceded her in death.
    Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Saturday, 11 June 1988.


    Name:
    daughter of Alva A. Heck and Laura S. Stitt

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27383425/bessie-gritton

    Children:
    1. Paul Ellsworth Gritton was born on 10 Nov 1915 in Indiana; died on 17 Apr 1922 in Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.
    2. 2. George Harlan Gritton was born on 17 Mar 1917 in Indiana; died on 30 Mar 1965 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
    3. Ivan Everett Gritton was born on 23 Jun 1919 in Jordan, Warren County, Indiana; died on 18 Apr 1922 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 20 Apr 1922 in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.
    4. Helen Irene Gritton was born on 18 Dec 1920 in Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska; died on 8 Feb 2002 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.
    5. Ruth Elaine Gritton was born on 11 Jan 1922 in Nebraska; died on 17 Apr 1922 in Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.
    6. Edna Lucille Gritton was born on 18 Jul 1923 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Sep 1996 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
    7. Esther E. Gritton was born on 10 Mar 1926 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Jun 2013 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Elby Revis was born on 19 Sep 1871 in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Edgar, Edgar County, Illinois

    Elby married Nora Fielder. Nora was born on 30 May 1883 in Kentucky; died on 15 May 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Nora Fielder was born on 30 May 1883 in Kentucky; died on 15 May 1966.
    Children:
    1. 3. Vena Mae Revis was born on 15 Feb 1919 in Edgar County, Illinois; died on 19 Nov 1990 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Charles Elisious Gritton was born on 14 Nov 1857 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Laben Gritten and Sarah Ann Potter); died on 13 Apr 1934 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1880, Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1885, Moline, Elk County, Kansas
    • Census: 1900, Compromise, Champaign County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Troy, Fountain County, Indiana
    • Census: 1920, Mill Creek, Fountain County, Indiana
    • Census: 1930, Troy, Fountain County, Indiana

    Notes:

    Decatur Man's Father Dies
    Charles Gritton of Covington, Ind., father of A.D. Gritton, 1700 East Prairie street, died at 9 a.m. Friday in Lakeview hospital in Danville. Burial will be Sunday in Danville. The Decatur relatives will attend.
    Mr. Gritton was the father of 16 children, of whom 14 are living.
    Herald and Review, Decatur, Illinois. Saturday, 14 April 1934.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62701492/charles-elisha-gritton

    Charles married Hannah Matilda Gritton on 5 Jul 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Hannah (daughter of William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox) was born on 2 Mar 1862 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Nov 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Nov 1944 in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Hannah Matilda Gritton was born on 2 Mar 1862 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox); died on 21 Nov 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Nov 1944 in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: housewife
    • Census: 1940, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    A.D. Gritton's Mother Dies in Danville at 82
    Mrs. Hannah Gritton, mother of A.D. Gritton, Decatur, died at 8 p.m. yesterday in the Lakeview hospital, Danville, at the age 0f 82.
    Mrs. Gritton reared 16 children and is survived by 13 of them as well as 62 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Her husband died 10 years ago.
    Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Pape funeral home in Danville and burial will be in Armstrong cemetery, 25 miles northwest of Danville.
    The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois. Wednesday, 22 November 1944.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62701589/hannah-matilda-gritton

    Notes:

    Married:
    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.

    Children:
    1. Clarence Ashley Gritten was born on 18 Jan 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 May 1959; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Arthur Wesley Gritton was born on 23 Mar 1880 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 8 Nov 1932 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 11 Nov 1932 in Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Orsmus Vandorn Gritton was born on 29 Jun 1881 in Illinois; died on 4 Apr 1979 in California; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Elzora May Gritton was born on 8 Feb 1883 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 26 Jan 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 Jan 1944 in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Charles Oliver Gritton was born on 24 Apr 1884 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 26 Jan 1962 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Atherton Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Ross Albert Gritton was born on 16 Aug 1886 in Moline, Elk County, Kansas; died on 18 Apr 1916 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 20 Apr 1916 in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. Jewell Rock Gritton was born on 20 Sep 1888 in Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 8 Oct 1952 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.
    8. Shelby Lylburn Gritton was born on 26 Mar 1890 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 12 Apr 1974 in Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    9. 4. Anthony Dingler Gritton was born on 18 Dec 1891 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 9 Feb 1973 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana.
    10. Emma Deloris Gritton was born on 5 May 1893 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 9 Nov 1965 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    11. Nellie Queen Gritton was born on 9 Dec 1894 in Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 1 Apr 1972 in West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska; was buried in Scribner Municipal Cemetery, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska.
    12. Katherine Meresha Gritton was born on 30 Oct 1896 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 17 Apr 1994; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    13. Rosanna Maude Ann Gritton was born on 1 Jun 1899 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 18 Dec 1990; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    14. Everett Mason Gritton was born on 16 Oct 1901 in Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 11 Jul 1969 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
    15. Rachel Helena Gritton was born on 12 Aug 1902 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1960 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    16. Jessie Dora Gritton was born on 24 Mar 1904 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 1 Mar 1966 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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