Individual Details
Edgar Keith BRITTON
(10 Aug 1896 - 1 Jul 1956)
Logansport Pharos Tribune (Logansport, Indiana), Monday, July 2, 1956
"Death Claims Former Tipton Township Man - Services for Edgar K.Britton, 59, Indianapolis, native of Walton and former Onwardresident, who died Sunday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, will beheld at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fenn funeral home, Kokomo. Burial willbe in Memorial Park cemetery there with Masonic rites.
His death followed a short illness with a heart ailment.
Born August 10, 1896, at Walton, to C. M. and Hannah C. (Sprinkle)Britton, he lived near Onward for many years before going to Kokomo in1937. He later moved to Indianapolis, where he operated a drive-inrestaurant.
He was married Dec. 17, 1915, to Mary McDonald [sic], who surviveswith a son, John K., of Kokomo; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Moss ofKokomom, and Mrs. Robert Stevens and Mrs. Berkley Peck, both ofIndianapolis; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Charles and M. L.Britton, both of Peru; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fenn funeral home."
"Death Claims Former Tipton Township Man - Services for Edgar K.Britton, 59, Indianapolis, native of Walton and former Onwardresident, who died Sunday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, will beheld at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fenn funeral home, Kokomo. Burial willbe in Memorial Park cemetery there with Masonic rites.
His death followed a short illness with a heart ailment.
Born August 10, 1896, at Walton, to C. M. and Hannah C. (Sprinkle)Britton, he lived near Onward for many years before going to Kokomo in1937. He later moved to Indianapolis, where he operated a drive-inrestaurant.
He was married Dec. 17, 1915, to Mary McDonald [sic], who surviveswith a son, John K., of Kokomo; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Moss ofKokomom, and Mrs. Robert Stevens and Mrs. Berkley Peck, both ofIndianapolis; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Charles and M. L.Britton, both of Peru; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Fenn funeral home."
Events
| Birth | 10 Aug 1896 | Walton, Cass Co., Indiana | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Tipton Twp., Cass Co., IN, ED 22 Sh 3A; Edgar H. [sic] McDowell, son, born Oct. 1896, 3, born IN both parents born IN. | |||
| Marriage | 9 Dec 1915 | Cass Co., Indiana - Mary MCDOWELL |  | ||
| Military | 5 Jun 1918 | World War I Draft Reg. card: Edgar Keath Britton, born August 3, 1896 | |||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Pipe Creek Twp., Miami Co., IN, ED 146 Sh 8A; Edgar K. Britton, head, 23 (1896), born IN both parents born IN, farmer. | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | Buchanan City, Berrien Co., MI, ED 20 Sh 21A; Edgar Britton, head, 33 (1896-97), 17 at first marriage, born IN both parents born IN; Retail salesman - Electric. | |||
| Military | 2 May 1942 | World War II Draft Registration card:Edgar Keith Britton, born 10 Aug | |||
| Death | 1 Jul 1956 | Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana | | ||
| Reference No | 10850 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary MCDOWELL (1898 - 1974) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com database.
2. Obituary.