Orsmas J. Gritton
1853 - 1898 (44 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Orsmas J. Gritton was born on 9 Dec 1853 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 30 Nov 1898 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: carpenter, farm laborer
- Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Mortuary record
Gritton.
O.J. Gritton passed away yesterday afternoon at 12:57 o'clock at his home, corner of Vermilion and Davis streets. He had been ill five weeks of acute consumption which developed into a complication. Deceased was 45 years old and leaves a wife to mourn his loss.
Mr. Gritton moved here from Rossville about two years ago. He was proprietor of the Big Four meat market. He was well liked and popular with all who knew him. Mr. Gritton was a member of the Church of Christ and of the Modern Woodmen of America. His father lives in Penfield and he leaves three brothers, one sister and hour half-brothers. One brother, Ed Gritton, resides in this city.
The funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at Union chapel, seven miles northwest of this city. The cortege will leave the house at 9 o'clock. Rev. S.S. Jones will officiate. Interment will occur in the Johnson cemetery.
Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52622615/orsmas-j-grittonOrsmas married Mary Emily Gritton on 28 Feb 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox) was born on 6 Nov 1858 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Aug 1946 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Aug 1946 in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ida Gritton
was born about 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
Generation: 2
2. Ida Gritton (1.Orsmas1) was born about 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Ida Girtton, daughter of Orsmus and Mary Girtton, is five years old in the 1880 US census. I do not find any other record of her.