Calvin Lee Gritton

6 September 1872–15 October 1948 (Age 76)
Sullivan, Indiana, United States

The Life of Calvin Lee

When Calvin Lee Gritton was born on 6 September 1872, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States, his father, Jackson F. Gritton, was 36 and his mother, Eva Elizabeth Plew, was 36. He married Minnie May Stark on 15 October 1898, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Jackson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. He died on 15 October 1948, in Hymera, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hymera, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Calvin Lee Gritton
1872–1948
Minnie May Stark
1875–1901
Marriage: 15 October 1898
Vadna Gritton
1898–

Spouse and Children

    Calvin Lee Gritton

    Male1872–1948Male

    Minnie May Stark

    Female1875–1901Female

MARRIAGE
15 October 1898
Sullivan, Indiana, United States
children

(1)

    Vadna Gritton

    Female1898–Female

Parents and Siblings

    Jackson F. Gritton

    Male1836–1913Male

    Eva Elizabeth Plew

    Female1836–1919Female

siblings

(9)

    Sarah M. Gritton

    Female1856–Female

    Mary Bell Gritton

    Female1857–1915Female

    Lonzo Gritton

    Male1859–Male

    Amanda Elizabeth Gritton

    Female1861–1938Female

    Jackson Gritton

    Male1864–Male

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 3

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 24

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places named Gretton. One in Northamptonshire is named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn, while Gretton, Gloucestershire, is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Calvin L Gritton, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Calvin L Gritton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Calvin L Gritton, "United States Census, 1910"

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