hmtl5 Emma Jane Gritton b. 7 Jan 1878 Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa d. 9 Nov 1913 Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Emma Jane Gritton

Female 1878 - 1913  (35 years)

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  • Name Emma Jane Gritton 
    Birth 7 Jan 1878  Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Nov 1913  Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I2347  Gritton
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father Levi Gritton,   b. 1826, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1896, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary E. Russell,   b. 1840, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1915, Muskingum County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1873  Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Family ID F990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles L. Cooley,   b. 25 Jun 1869, Livingston County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1928, Rochester Township, Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1900  Cedar County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Jan 1878 - Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jan 1900 - Cedar County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Nov 1913 - Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Emma Cooley.
      Mrs. Emma Cooley died at 7 Sunday evening at her home, 1013 Third avenue from cancer. She had been ill since March and was bedfast during the entire time.
      Emma Gritton was born January 7, 1878, in Rochester, Cedar county, Io., and there she grew to womanhood. She was married January 1, 1900, to Charles Cooley and three years later the couple removed to Muscatine. In January of this year they came to Rock Island.
      Beside her husband, she leaves her mother, Mrs. Mary Gritton of Muscatine, two brother, Thomas and Norman of Rochester and a sister, Mrs. Clara Lambert, of Illinois City. The remains will be taken to Rochester Wednesday morning and laid to rest in a cemetery there.
      The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois. Monday, 10 November 1913.
      [2, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S17] Obituary.

    3. [S104] marriage record.

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

    5. [S102] Newspaper article.


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