Clarence Francis Dry: Gritton Genealogy

1882 - 1962 (80 years)

Generation: 1

Clarence Francis Dry was born on 5 Mar 1882 in Monroe County, Missouri (son of Francis Marion Dry and Sarah Frances Brown); died on 11 Oct 1962 in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 12 Oct 1962 in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Occupation: farm laborer

Notes:

Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1962/1962_00035503.PDF

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105413137/clarence-francis-dry

Generation: 2

Francis Marion Dry was born on 10 Aug 1845 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 30 Oct 1914 in Clay Township, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 31 Oct 1914 in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1880, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1910, Clay Township, Monroe County, Missouri

Notes:

Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1914/1914_00033071.PDF

Buried:
Death certificate states burial at Bethel. I can find no entry for him on Find a Grave.

Francis married Sarah Frances Brown on 1 Mar 1874 in Monroe County, Missouri. Sarah (daughter of John A. Brown and Mary E. Adkisson) was born on 2 Nov 1853 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 17 Dec 1933 in Jackson Township, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Dec 1933 in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Frances Brown was born on 2 Nov 1853 in Monroe County, Missouri (daughter of John A. Brown and Mary E. Adkisson); died on 17 Dec 1933 in Jackson Township, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Dec 1933 in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Occupation: at home

Notes:

Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1933/1933_00041791.PDF

Buried:
Burial information from death certificate

Children:

William Elmer Dry was born on 24 Jun 1876 in Missouri; died on 31 Dec 1950 in Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Jan 1930 in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri.
1. Clarence Francis Dry was born on 5 Mar 1882 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 11 Oct 1962 in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 12 Oct 1962 in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri.
Minnie Lee Dry was born in 1876 in Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri; died on 9 Apr 1958 in Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 10 Apr 1958 in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe County, Missouri.

Generation: 3

John A. Brown was born about 1833 in Kentucky (son of William C. Brown and Elizabeth Gritton); died in 1913; was buried in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Census: 1860, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1870, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1880, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri

Notes:

Named as heir in the probate for William C. Brown. January 1889. Monroe County, Missouri.
Listed as living in Monroe County, Missouri in January 1889.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47827577/jack-brown

John married Mary E. Adkisson. Mary was born about 1835 in Kentucky; died in 1895; was buried in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary E. Adkisson was born about 1835 in Kentucky; died in 1895; was buried in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47827687/mary-brown

Children:

3. Sarah Frances Brown was born on 2 Nov 1853 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 17 Dec 1933 in Jackson Township, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Dec 1933 in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.
Eliza A. Brown was born on 9 Jun 1859 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 20 May 1919 in Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 28 May 1919 in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.
Henderson Brown was born on 4 Feb 1860 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 12 Oct 1942 in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 14 Oct 1942 in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri.
Sterling Price Brown was born on 29 May 1863 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 8 Jan 1927 in Jackson Township, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Jan 1927 in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.
Martha J. Brown was born about 1863 in Missouri.
Letha L. Brown was born about 1868 in Missouri.
Lizzie Maud Brown was born on 31 Aug 1873 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 21 Apr 1926 in Madison, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 22 Apr 1926 in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri.
Alta Brown was born about 1874 in Missouri.

Generation: 4

12.

William C. Brown was born about 1800 in Virginia; died about 1888 in Monroe County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1860, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1870, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri
Census: 1880, Marion, Monroe County, Missouri

Notes:

Administrator's Affidavit.
State of Missouri. County of Monroe.
George W. Brown being duly sworn by me Judge of Probate of said county deposes and says that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the names of the heirs of William C. Brown, deceased, are Mary Trussell wife of Pendleton Trussell, his official George W. Brown, John A. Brown, William J. Brown sons and daughters of deceased all of whom reside in Monroe County Missouri. Henderson Brown a son of deceased, who reside in San ______ county California, Hollister Post Office, Frederick Brown of Vernon County Missouri, a son of deceased also Elizabeth West wife of G. W. West who resides in Johnson County, Mo, a daughter of deceased, the heirs of Jane Riley (also deceased) who was a daughter of deceased who resides in Vernon County, Mo. That said William C. Brown died without a will, that he will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all the estate of the said William C. Brown and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the law direct, and account for and pay all assets which shall come to his possession or knowledge.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of January 1889.
J.M.Cuiteher, Judge of Probate.

Census:
In the 1870 US census William and wife Elizabeth Brown are in the household of their son William Brown.

Census:
In the 1880 US census, William Brown, age 80, born in Kentucky, widower, is in the household of his son Fred Brown.

Died:
Probate, Monroe County, Missouri, 15 Jan 1889.

William married Elizabeth Gritton on 28 Apr 1823. Elizabeth (daughter of William Gritton and Jenny Jane Lipsey) was born about 1804 in Kentucky; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Elizabeth Gritton was born about 1804 in Kentucky (daughter of William Gritton and Jenny Jane Lipsey); died before 1880.

Children:

Sarah Jane Brown was born on 25 Mar 1823 in Kentucky; died on 22 Mar 1886; was buried in Dunnegan Grove Cemetery, Sheldon, Vernon County, Missouri.
Mary Brown was born on 25 Oct 1826 in Kentucky; died on 30 Oct 1912 in Boone County, Missouri; was buried in Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri.
George W. Brown was born about 1830 in Kentucky.
Henderson Brown was born about 1832 in Kentucky; died on 10 May 1912 in Hollister, San Benito County, California.
6. John A. Brown was born about 1833 in Kentucky; died in 1913; was buried in Adkisson Cemetery, Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.
Nancy A. Brown was born about 1834 in Kentucky.
Elizabeth Brown was born on 5 Oct 1838 in Kentucky; was buried in Carpenter Cemetery, Chilhowee, Johnson County, Missouri.
William T. Brown was born in 1841 in Kentucky; died on 14 Jun 1927 in Monroe County, Missouri; was buried on 15 Jun 1927 in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri.
Fredrick Brown was born about 1841 in Kentucky.

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Clarence Francis Dry