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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John Irvin Britton: Birth: 30 OCT 1877 in Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 25 APR 1915 in Mercer, Illinois, USA

  2. Edna Nancy Britton: Birth: 9 MAY 1883 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 1 MAY 1917 in Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA

  3. Ada Elmina Britton: Birth: 9 MAY 1883 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 24 NOV 1967 in Preston, Pratt, Kansas, USA

  4. Fred E. Britton: Birth: 15 JUN 1886 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 26 OCT 1957 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

  5. Mabel Britton: Birth: 6 JUL 1889 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 5 NOV 1889 in Mercer, Illinois, USA

  6. Orville Stuart Britton: Birth: 23 OCT 1894 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 21 JAN 1989 in Orange, California, USA

  7. Clarence Miller Britton: Birth: 27 OCT 1896 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Death: 2 SEP 1960 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA


Sources
1. Title:   GEDCOM FILE/Thob2.ged
Author:   Marjorie M. Britton
Publication:   Name: Name: Information from letter as given to LBlackburn in 1976;;
2. Title:   John Britton NY
Author:   David and Mary Nix
Publication:   Name: Name: http://www.gendex.com/users/69751/JohnBrittonNY/PERSONS.html;;
3. Title:   Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2008;;
4. Title:   Haynesville Cemetery Listings, Pratt Co., KS
Publication:   Name: Name: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/pratt/haynesville.html;;
5. Title:   Haynesville Cemetery Listings, Pratt Co., KS
Publication:   Name: Name: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/pratt/haynesville.html;;
6. Title:   1870 Federal Census, IL, Mercer Co., Viola
Page:   Pg 9, Fam #72
Publication:   Name: Name: @@genealogy.com;;
7. Title:   1900 Federal Census, IL, Mercer Co., Greene Twp
Page:   ED #70, Sht 3A-B, Fam #68, 69
Publication:   Name: Name: @@Genealogy.com;;
8. Title:   1910 Federal Census, IL, Mercer Co., Greene Twp
Page:   ED #68, Sht 2A, Fam #38
Publication:   Name: Name: @@Genealogy.com;;
9. Title:   1920 Federal Census, IL, Mercer Co., Greene Twp, Viola Village
Page:   Ed #71, roll #T625, Sht 4A
Publication:   Name: Name: Ancestry.com;;
10. Title:   Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
Page:   vol00B/pg0009
Author:   Illinois State Archives
Publication:   Name: Name: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html;;
11. Title:   Britton, copy of marriage license
12. Title:   FamilySearch Family Tree
Page:   "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 November 2020, 22:43), entry for Jairus Parker Britton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LV8L-ZPW); contributed by various users. PersonID LV8L-ZPW
Author:   FamilySearch.org
Link:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LV8L-ZPW

Notes
a. Note:   OCCUPATION: Mary Estella was a employed as a "washwoman". [1910census]
  BIOGRAPHY: Family history has it that Mary Estella told her husband,Jairus Parker Britton, and son, John Irvin Britton, to leave theirhome due to their drinking issues. This incident possibly happenedbetween 1900 and 1910 based on census records, in which Jairus andJohn are not recorded. Nancy Winney Denniston sold the house that theBritton family lived in to her daughter, Mary Estella, for $1 around1898.
b. Note:   Census record (1900) indicates Mary had 6 children with 5 living.Mabel had passed away in 1889, perhaps she had disowned John orthought he was already dead. John is not found on any census records.


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