Brief Life History of Dessie
When Dessie Gritton was born on 11 November 1896, in Sinai, Anderson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Levi Gritton, was 42 and her mother, Martha Ellen Drury, was 40. She married Earl Rastus Barnett Sr. on 30 April 1912, in Cardwell, Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 9 March 1931, in Mackville, Washington, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Lawrenceburg, Anderson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Pearl Barnett in household of Earl Barnett, "United States Census, 1940"
- Dessie A. Gritton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Bessie A. Barnett, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English (London): variant of Girton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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