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9 October 2006

Eleventh Annual Grinter Reunion (1940)

Autumn 1940, Muncie, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Attendees identified:
16. Mary Jane (Hodge) Leiter*
17. Vera Fern "Bridgette" (Hodge) Baker*
18. Katherine (Hodge) Dean*
27. Annie Kirby*
29. Mattie Kirby*
51. Irma McCollister**, adopted daughter of Myrtle Mae (Hahn) McCollister* and Gerald "Mac" McCollister, spouse of Myrtle McCollister.
55. Jean Hahn* **, daughter of Edward "Ed" Oscar Hahn* and Ida Marie (Jenkins) Hahn, spouse of Ed Hahn
56. Dorothy "Dotty Mac" Nadine McCollister**, adopted daughter of Myrtle Mae (Hahn) McCollister* and Gerald "Mac" McCollister, spouse of Myrtle McCollister

*Kansas Delaware Indian
 

The Perry Mirror
Thursday
October 10, 1940

Grinter Family Re-union Held Sunday.

The annual GRINTER family reunion was held Sunday at Grinter Heights, eight miles west of Kansas City, Kan. The family dinner on the 60-foot porch of the old family home was served to 124 members of the pioneer family. Making his first appearance at the reunion and the youngest present was Maurice BROWN, 4-month-old great-great-grandson, of Mrs. R. T. MOONEY, who at 83 years was the oldest of the clan present. She is a granddaughter of Moses GRINTER, operator of the early ferry across the Kaw river. Another "oldest" to sign the record book was Mrs. Mary COLLEY, 82, of Perry. The oldest living Grinter in the lineage chart which had just been prepared is Herschel GRINTER, 90, of Independence, Mo., who was unable to be present. Three of his sons, Lee Grinter, John Grinter, and Emery Grinter, all of Independence, attended. Other "Grinter men" present were George P. Grinter, his son, James W. Grinter, and a grandson, Jimmie Grinter, all of Edwardsville; Thomas Grinter of Kansas City, Kan., and Linton E. Grinter of Lawrence. Two granddaughters of Moses Grinter, Miss Matti Kirby and Miss Annie Kirby, now occupy the home at Grinter Heights. A musical program was given by members of the family. Linton E. Grinter of Lawrence was re-elected president of the family
organization. Other officers re-elected were M. N. Grinter, of Independence, vice-president; Miss Annie Kirby, secretary; Miss Mattie Kirby, treasurer; Miss Anna Stephens, historian, and Mrs. Charles Kirby, advisory member. Those from Perry who attended the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Raines, Mrs. Colley and Mrs. Suzanne Schultz, James David, Emory David and Tom Fowler of Silver Lake also attended. [It is odd that there were no family members from Topeka mentioned in the article. Those identified were members of the younger Christian Hahn Family. Chris Hahn and his family had moved from the Stony Point area some 25-30 years earlier. During the Grinter Reunion years the Hahn Family lived at Topeka and attended the Grinter Reunions regularly. The Hahn Family was descended from Mary Jane (Grinter) Defries, daughter of Moses and Annie Grinter. (Marty Weeks provided this article which had been discovered earlier by Jim Laird jlaird@bellsouth.net

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