hmtl5 Floyd Evans Gritton b. 9 Nov 1891 Kentucky d. 9 Aug 1972: Gritton Genealogy
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Floyd Evans Gritton

Male 1891 - 1972  (80 years)

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  • Name Floyd Evans Gritton 
    Birth 9 Nov 1891  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 9 Aug 1972  [3] 
    Burial Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I3024  Gritton
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father Lidge Davis Gritton,   b. 16 Sep 1862, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1937, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Etta Shy,   b. 7 Mar 1871, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1938, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 1889  [1, 5] 
    Family ID F974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude Grimes,   b. 26 Feb 1902, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1979, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Floyd Evans Gritton,   b. 25 May 1925, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 2000, Owenton, Owen County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F1499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Nov 1891 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rites Friday For Mercer Native HARRODSBURG (Spl.) -Services for Floyd Evans Gritton Sr., 80, of 333 S. Main St., Lawrenceburg, a native of Mercer County, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gordon-Gash Memorial Chapel, Lawrenceburg, with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg. Friends may call at the funeral chapel.
      A retired State Highway Department employe and World War I veteran, Mr. Gritton died Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Woodford Memorial Hospital in Versailles.
      Mr. Gritton, who was a member of the American Legion in Harrodsburg,
      He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Grimes Gritton; a son, Floyd E. Gritton Jr. of Owenton; three brothers, Claude of Lawrenceburg, Wallace of Harrodsburg and David Gritton of Mercer County; a sister, Mrs. Melburn Healey of Mercer County; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
      August 10, 1972. A Publisher Extra Newspaper. The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky
      [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 US census.

    2. [S11] US World War II draft registration card.

    3. [S2] Find a Grave.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

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


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