hmtl5 Sarah Ann Gritton b. 16 May 1852 Indiana d. 3 Aug 1941 Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Sarah Ann Gritton

Female 1852 - 1941  (89 years)


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  • Name Sarah Ann Gritton 
    Born 16 May 1852  Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation at home  [2] 
    Died 3 Aug 1941  Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried 5 Aug 1941  Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I497  Gritton
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Father William Wesley Gritton,   b. 10 Oct 1825, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1884  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Amelia Ann Cox,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Hendricks County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1879, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1851  Johnson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Peter Milton Lee,   b. 6 Jun 1851, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1925, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1868  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6] 
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 84. Squire Lee, father, and Cym Lee signed for Milton Lee. W. W. Gritton, father, signed for Sarah A. Gritton.
    Divorced Oct 1883  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Luna Amelia Belle Lee,   b. 1871, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1897, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     2. Mary F. Lee,   b. Abt 1872, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Joseph Mack Lee,   b. 23 Apr 1872, Newtown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Wesley Lee,   b. Abt 1876, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ina S. Lee,   b. Nov 1875, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1906  (Age 30 years)
     6. Milton Lee,   b. Abt 1880, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Humble,   b. Jan 1869, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1911  (Age 42 years) 
    Married Aft 1883 
    Divorced Bef 1910 
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 May 1852 - Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Dec 1868 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - Oct 1883 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Aug 1941 - Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 5 Aug 1941 - Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Note from Find a Grave
      Sarah Ann Gritton was born 16 May 1852 in Indiana to William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox. She married Milton Lee 31 December 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah divorced Milton in October of 1883 in Vermilion County, Illinois. The marriage produce seven known children; Luna Belle who married Eli Filmore Martin; Mary F.; Joseph M.; John Wesley who married Mary Jane Smith; Iona S. who married William Dickinson, Milton and Henry E. Sarah second married Jesse Thatcher in Vermillion County, Illinois 25 January 1884. They also apparently divorced. Sarah married James Humble in Vermilion County 15 October 1892. She died in Jefferson County, Illinois 31 August 1941. After her eldest daughter Luna Belle died at the early age of 26, Sarah helped raise her four children.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.

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

    4. [S22] Indiana Marriages.

    5. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    6. [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).


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