hmtl5 Sedora Jane Gritton b. 24 May 1866 Vermilion County, Illinois d. 29 Jul 1954 Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
Sedora Jane Gritton

Sedora Jane Gritton

Female 1866 - 1954  (88 years)

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  • Photos
    Left to right: Mollie Towner (a friend) Cora Belle Gritton and Sedora Gritton Goodner
    Left to right: Mollie Towner (a friend) Cora Belle Gritton and Sedora Gritton Goodner
    Dora Dengler
    Dora Dengler
    Sedora and Anthony Dengler
    Sedora and Anthony Dengler
    Sedora Jane Gritton and Anthony Dengler
    Sedora Jane Gritton and Anthony Dengler

    Documents
    Gritton, Sedora obit
    Gritton, Sedora obit

  • Name Sedora Jane Gritton 
    Born 24 May 1866  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jul 1954  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Manns Chapel Cemetery, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1012  Gritton
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2023 

    Father Laben Gritten,   b. 19 Jan 1832, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann Potter,   b. 17 Mar 1836, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1877, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 4 Nov 1852  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 30. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.
    Divorced Feb 1867  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Goodner,   b. 18 Aug 1847, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1903, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1882  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anthony Dengler,   b. 25 Jan 1854, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1940, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 29 Oct 1888  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Myrtle Dengler,   b. 24 Sep 1890,   d. 18 Sep 1892  (Age 1 years)
     2. Alva Dengler,   b. Jan 1882, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Marion Anthony Dengler,   b. 21 Feb 1898, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1981  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1866 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Mar 1882 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Oct 1888 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Jul 1954 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Manns Chapel Cemetery, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Ex-resident of Rossville expires at 88.
      Mrs. Dora Dengler, 88, of Lincoln, Ill., former Rossville resident, died at 4 a.m. Thursday (July 29, 1954) in Memorial Hospital at Lincoln where she was a patient a week following a heart attack.

      Mrs. Dengler left Rossville two years ago to live with a son, Marion of Lincoln.

      Surviving in addition to the son are a daughter, Mrs. Elvie Hartle of Veedersburg and a niece, Mrs. Emma Rhorer of 1227 Freeman St.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony, and a daughter.

      The body is at the Howie & Berry Funeral Home in Lincoln where services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday. Graveside Rites will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Mann's Chapel Cemetery south of Rossville.

      Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. Commercial News, Danville, Illinois. No date available.
      [8, 9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] J. Linck.

    2. [S38] Wayne Gritton.

    3. [S2] Find a Grave.

    4. [S6] 1900 US census.

    5. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

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

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

    8. [S17] Obituary.

    9. [S103] newspaper clipping.