Grandison N. "Dick" FITZWATER

1886 - 1947  (60 years)

• Name	Grandison N. "Dick" FITZWATER
  Born	18 Jul 1886	Pleasants Co, WV   [1, 2]
  	Birth date given as Jul 1885 in 1900 Census, as Jul 18 1887 in WW I draft registration, and as Jul 18 1886 in WW II draft registration and death record. Date on headstone is 1886. The name Grandison, often seen in 18th- and 19th-century male naming patterns, derives from the eponymous hero of the hugely popular English novel "Sir Charles Grandison" (1753/4) by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761).
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Pleasants Co, WV
  Census	1930	Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Occupation	farm worker
  Residence	Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1]
  Died	12 Jul 1947	Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1]
  	Headstone incorrectely shows his death date as 1938, rather than the Jul 12 1947 in his death record.
  Buried	Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I50472	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	Mabel Daisy MOORE,   b. 1900,   d. 1984  (Age 84 years)  [4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Ace McClellan FITZWATER,   b. 15 Apr 1922, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. Aug 1970  (Age 48 years)   2. Robert Eugene FITZWATER,   b. 13 Jun 1926, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 2 Dec 2012, Wilmot, Holmes Co, OH  (Age 86 years) + 3. Cora Ella FITZWATER,   b. 5 Apr 1928, Hebron, Pleasants Co, WV ,   d. 11 Jun 2019, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 91 years) + 4. Wilma Dean FITZWATER,   b. 23 Jan 1935, Ritchie Co, WV
  Family ID	F20842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  50472_FITZWATER_GrandisonN_1886-1947_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S638] Headstone (year only). [S5] Headstone. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter. [S1567] Marriage record of son.