Mary E. Russell
1840 - 1915 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Mary E. Russell was born in 1840 in Virginia; died on 19 Aug 1915 in Muskingum County, Ohio; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Notes:
Death Occurs At The County Home
Mrs. Mary Gritton, an aged inmate of the county home, passed away about 9 o'clock last night after a lingering illness. Senility is assigned as the cause of her death.
Mrs. Mary Gritton was born in Ohio about seventy-five years ago. She had made her home in and near this city during the greater part of her life, residing a part of the time with a daughter in this city and at other times with a daughter in Illinois.
She is survived by three children, Mrs. Clara Lambert, residing near Eliza, Ill, and Tomas and Norman Gritton, both of Cedar county.
The remains will be taken to Hebron, Ia., where burial will be made in the Hebron cemetery tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Friday 20 August 1915.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26544467/mary-e-grittonMary married Levi Gritton on 11 Mar 1873 in Cedar County, Iowa. Levi (son of Levi Pete Gritton and Anna Myers) was born in 1826 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 26 Mar 1896 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Charles Thomas Gritton was born on 31 Mar 1875 in Iowa; died on 26 Sep 1933 in Wilton, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried on 28 Sep 1933 in South Bethel Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.
- Levi Norman Gritton was born on 14 Aug 1876 in Cedar County, Iowa; died on 17 Feb 1964 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.
- Emma Jane Gritton was born on 7 Jan 1878 in Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa; died on 9 Nov 1913 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa.
- Eli Lewis Gritton was born in 1875 in Cedar County, Iowa.
- Clara J. Gritton was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Cedar County, Iowa; died on 4 Dec 1961 in Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.