Individual Details

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Francis Catherine or Katherine Grinter was born on 26 December 1839, at White Church on the Delaware Reserve (present Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas). She was on the List  of the 26 Delaware Who Elected to Remain in Kansas under the 1862 Allotment Number 78. Francis Catherine married  on 7 February 1856 John Carter Grinter, the son of Samuel Grinter. Samuel Grinter was the son of John Grinter. John C. Grinter was born (according to his grave marker) on 28 January 1828. He was the first cousin of Moses Read Grinter and the first cousin once removed of Francis Catherine Grinter. John C. Grinter died on 17 September 1898.  Francis Catherine died on 9 April 1908 in Wyandotte County. She was buried in the Grinter Chapel Cemetery at Kansas City, in Wyandotte County. The following item was from Barney Thomson:
The Perry Mirror, Thursday, April 16, 1908
Mrs. Frances Catherine GRINTER, 69 years old, the widow of John C. GRINTER, died last night on the old GRINTER farm, two miles north of Edwardsville, in Wyandotte county, Kansas. It had always been her home. Mrs. GRINTER and her husband, John C. GRINTER, who died several years ago, were cousins. Five children survive them.
Mrs. GRINTER was one of the first white children born in Wyandotte county. Her father was Moses GRINTER, the first white settler in Wyandotte county, who went to live among the Indians on the old Delaware reservation in 1838. His wife, Anna Marshall GRINTER, whom he married in 1836, was member of the Delaware tribe.--Thursday's Kansas City Star.
Funeral services for Mrs. GRINTER were held at the GRINTER chapel one mile northeast of Muncie, Kan., and were largely attended. Mrs. J.C. GRINTER, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. GRINTER, J. W. COLLEY and Miss Linnie COLLEY attended the funeral from Perry.
                           
Grave Marker of John C. Grinter and Frances C. Grinter in the Grinter Chapel Cemetery, on 78th Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Francis's name is in the show area. ( Photo by Tom Hahn about 1996)
                            
The children of John Carter Grinter and Francis Catherine Grinter, using his ancestry, that is through his father, Samuel Grinter, and his grandfather, John Grinter, are:
        i. Mary Elizabeth Grinter  (John Carter3 Grinter, Samuel2, John1) was born 9 February 1857 in Logan County, Kentucky. She married on 20 May 1875 Robert Taylor Mooney. He was born at Rutherford, North Carolina on 24 October 1846. They had six children: Mattie Francis died in early infancy), Ora Etta, Anna Emily, Bertha Elizabeth, John Clay, and Ella Florence. History of Wyandotte County, pp. 734-735) 5
             (1) Bertha Elizabeth Grinter (Mary Elizabeth4 Grinter, John Carter3,  Samuel2, John1)[See the entry below for an extensive descendancy of Bertha Elizabeth Grinter.
          ii. John W. Grinter
         iii.  Mannie H. Grinter
         iv.  Edward E. Grinter
         v.  John W. Grinter

Birth	26 Dec 1839	At White Church On the Delaware Reserve (Present Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas), United States
Birth	26 Dec 1839
Marriage	7 Feb 1856	John Carter Grinter
Residence	1870	Post Office: Edwardsville - Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Residence	1880	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Residence	1 Mar 1885	Marital Status: Married - Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Residence	1900	Relation to Head: Head - Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Residence	1 Mar 1905	Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Burial	1908	Grinter Chapel Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandott, Kansas, United States
Death	9 Apr 1908	Kansas City, Wyandott, Kansas, United States
Death	1909
Alt name		"Katherine"
Alt name		Frances Catherine
Probate		Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
FIND-A-GRAVE		https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14195388/francis-c-grinter

Spouse	John Carter Grinter (1828 - 1898)
Child	Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Grinter (1857 - 1945)
Child	Edward E. Grinter (1860 - )
Child	Nannie Hill Grinter (1861 - 1931)
Child	Catherine S. "Kate" Grinter (1872 - 1950)

Father	Moses Reid Grinter (1809 - 1878)
Mother	Anna "Annie" Marshall (1820 - 1905)
Sibling	William Henry Harrison Grinter (1841 - 1887)
Sibling	Mary Jane Grinter (1843 - 1908)
Sibling	Victoria B. Grinter (1848 - 1853)
Sibling	Florence D. Grinter (1851 - 1857)
Sibling	Prudence Grinter (1854 - 1854)
Sibling	Martha Vashtie Grinter (1857 - 1930)
Sibling	James Grinter (1860 - 1860)
Sibling	Francis Grinter (1862 - 1864)
Sibling	Cunningham Reed "Cam" Grinter (1864 - 1924)

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