Franklin M. Gritton
1873 - 1879 (6 years)
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Name Franklin M. Gritton Born 26 Jan 1873 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Male Died 12 Mar 1879 Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I468 Gritton Last Modified 10 Dec 2023
Father John Franklin Gritton, b. 6 Jul 1842, Illinois , d. 1 Jul 1924, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Mother Sarah Catherine Cline, b. 5 Jun 1843, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 18 Dec 1929, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 86 years) Married 9 Aug 1869 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 3] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 57. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom. This was Sarah's second marriage.
Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Jan 1873 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 12 Mar 1879 - Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Gritton Family Register 
Gritton Family Register Gritton Family Register
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Notes - LKH note:
Franklin and his brother Everett died on the same night when the doctor who came to attend them accidently poisoned them.
[4] - Franklin and Everett are mentioned in their father's obituary:
Two sons, Franklin M. and Everett M. Gritton died when they were 7 and 5 years old, when they were given an overdose of medicine by mistake. The two brothers were buried in the same casket. A daughter, Grace May, died in infancy. Besides the son and daughter, Mr. Gritton is survived by the widow, Mrs. Sarah Gritton.
Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.
[5] - LKH note:
Family historian, Marjorie (Fox) Block) said that family lore suggested that the brothers, Franklin and Everett, were buried in Gordon Cemetery north of Danville. So far we have found not documentation to confirm this.
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