hmtl5 William Jacob Gritton b. 5 May 1852 Mercer County, Kentucky d. 7 Jan 1944 Mercer County, Kentucky: Gritton Genealogy
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William Jacob Gritton

Male 1852 - 1944  (91 years)

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  • Name William Jacob Gritton 
    Birth 5 May 1852  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Death 7 Jan 1944  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Burial 9 Jan 1944  Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Person ID I2307  Gritton
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2024 

    Father Floyd Norman Gritton,   b. 19 Mar 1819, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1901, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah Evans,   b. Jul 1824, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 3 Aug 1846  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Family ID F633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1855, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1926, Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1892  [2, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Finley Vaugn Gritton,   b. 20 Jan 1893, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1960, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Sarah O. Gritton,   b. Apr 1894, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Luella Gritton,   b. 23 Sep 1896, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1972, McCreary County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 May 1852 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jan 1944 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 9 Jan 1944 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • W.J. Gritton
      Harrodsburg, Ky., Jan. 7 (Special) - W.J. Gritton, 91, of Salvisa, died at 5:45 o'clock this morning at the A.D. Price Memorial hospital after an illness of three weeks. He was the oldest member of the Methodist church at Salvisa and recently was awarded a hat as the oldest regular attendant at any Sunday school in the county.
      Mr. Gritton was a retired farmer, a descendant of pioneer families and a son of the late Floyd and Sarah Evans Gritton, of Mercer county. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. A.I. Alderson, Harrodsburg; Mrs. B.L. Tribbble, Salvisa; one son, Finley V. Gritton, Salvisa, and two brothers, E.L. Gritton, Summerville, Mo., and O.L. Gritton, Lexington.
      Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist church at Salvisa with burial in Spring Hill cemetery, Harrodsburg.
      The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday 8 January 1944, page 2.
      [5, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S75] Don Claypool, The Family of Gritton, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.

    3. [S19] Death certificate.

    4. [S6] 1900 US census.

    5. [S17] Obituary.

    6. [S104] marriage record.

    7. [S102] Newspaper article.


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