When Laban John Gritten was born on 19 January 1832, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, his father, John R. Gritton, was 23 and his mother, Nancy Atkinson, was 23. He married Sarah Ann Potter on 4 November 1852, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Vermilion Grove, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 28 March 1906, in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
English: see Gretton .
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