West Virginia Pioneers

Crayton C Litton

Male 1917 - 1992  (74 years)


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  • Name Crayton C Litton 
    Born 8 Apr 1917  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Mar 1992  Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
      Name: Crayton C Litton
      Birth Year: 1917
      Race: White, Citizen (White)
      Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
      State of Residence: West Virginia
      County or City: Jackson
      Enlistment Date: 22 Aug 1942
      Enlistment State: Virginia
      Enlistment City: Huntington West
      Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
      Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
      Grade: Private
      Grade Code: Private
      Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
      Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
      Source: Civil Life
      Education: Grammar school
      Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
      Marital Status: Married
      Height: 71
      Weight: 169

      Jackson Herald
      Headquarters, 13th AAF, Southwest Pacific: Cpl. Crayton C. Litton, son of Mrs. Paulina A. Glenn, of St Albans, WV, recently was presented the Good Conduct medal at an advanced southwest Pacific base of the 13th AAF, the jungle air force. Clp. Litton, whose wife, the former Leatha Winters, and three children, live at Staats Mills, WV, and had been in the South and Southwest Pacific since Dec 1943, after attending the AAF’s Transportation School,. He entered the service in August 1942. (Friday, Feb 2, 1945)

      Social Security Death Index
      Name: Crayton C. Litton
      SSN: 234-16-6039
      Last Residence: 26164  Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia, United States of America
      Born: 8 Apr 1917
      Died: 17 Mar 1992
      State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)

      Child from a later marriage but can't find that marriage.
      Death Record
      Name: Alda Jane/Litton
      Sex:  F
      Death Date: 13 Jul 1952 
      Death Place: Staats Mill , Jackson, West Virginia
      Age at Death:  1 mo
      Cemetery: Mahood
      Date of birth: 13 Jul 1952 
      Place of Birth: Staats Mill
      Mother: Jeanette/Taylor
      Mother's Birth Place: 
      Father: Crayton/Litton
      Father's Birth Place: 
      Informant:  Crayton Litton
      Cause: spina bifida
    Person ID I34804  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2006 

    Father Isaac Newton Litton,   b. Jun 1874, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1920  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Pauline Jane Southall,   b. 11 Nov 1879, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1969  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1899  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
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    • Marriage Record
      Date: 4/23/1899 at groom's res
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Isaac Newton Litton, 24, Jackson, Jackson
      Lina Jane Sauthall, 19, Jackson, Jackson

      1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV
      l/w John & Martha
      Isaac 6/1874 m 1y
      Paulina, dil, 11/1880, 1-1 OH WV OH
      Beulah, gd, 3/1900

      1910 Washington, Jackson, WV # 98
      Litton, Isaac N 35 m2- 10y WV WV WV
      Paulene J 28 m1-10y 4-4 children OH OH WV
      Beulah M da 10 WV
      Emery E son 7
      Edna E da 3
      Jessie A da 1.2

      1920 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV
      Pauline Litton 34 w Oh
      Beulah 20 WV
      Emory 17
      Edna 13
      Jessie 11 dau
      Madge 7.3
      Crayton 2.3
    Family ID F5567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Letha Maxine Winter,   b. 27 Jan 1922, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 2018, Canton, Stark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1937  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 2/20/1937
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Crayton C Litton, 21, Jackson, Gay
      Letha Winter, 16, Jackson, Staats Mill
      Informant, Wilbur Glen, who being duly sworn says he saw Anna Winter give Crayton Litton a certoficate, the same Cert. filed in my office giving her consent for Letha Winter, her daughter to marry Crayton Litton.
    Children 
     1. Eldon Leon Litton,   b. 11 Nov 1937, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Erwin Clair Litton,   b. 3 Sep 1940, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1997, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F19694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    2. [S400] Daryl Lytton.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.