Henrietta (Grubb) Settle (1795 - 1882)

Born 29 Apr 1795 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John M Settle — married 22 Nov 1815 in Bedford, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1882 at age 86 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Writtis (Rittie) Grubb was born on 29 Apr 1795 in Pittsylvania, Virginia to Jesse Grubb and Mary Newman Younger. She married John M Settle on 22 Nov 1815 in Bedford, Virginia. Children: Paulina S, Edward James, Jerome B, John S, Thomas Erastus, Ritta, William Marion, Louise, Mary Polly Denima, Sallie M, Andrew Walker (Jack). She died on 31 Mar 1882 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.^[1][2]

Name

• "Naty or Wraty Grubb(s)" on her marriage index.^[3][4]
• "Ritta and John Suttle" on the 1850 Census.^[5][6]
• "Henrietta and John Suttle" on the 1870 Census.^[7][8]
• "Ritty" on the 1880 Census^[9]
• "RITTIE ... SETTLE" on her Headstone.^[10]
• "Rita Grubb" on child's death certificate.^[11]

Marriage

John M Settle (1793-1890)^[3][4]

Children

• Paulina S. Suttle (abt.1819-1887)
• Edward James
• Jerome B.
• John S.
• Tom
• Ritta 1826
• William Marion Settle (1826-1904)
• Louise
• Mary Denima (Settle) Dallas (1830-1920)
• Andrew W 1833
• Sallie M (Settle) Grubb (1833-1873)

Death

Rittie passed away on 31st of March 1882 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. The headstone can be viewed here: Find A Grave: Memorial #21127812 ^[12] Her headstone reads:

RITTIE

WIFE OF

JOHN M. SETTLE

BORN 1795

DIED MAR. 31, 1882

• Ancestry Profile: accessed 16 July 2023, profile for Writtis "Rittie" Grubb.
• Ancestry Record 7163 #39300433: accessed July 16, 2023, in the 1870 United States Federal Census for Henrietta Suttle
• Find A Grave: Memorial #21127812: accessed July 16, 2023, memorial for Writtis "Rittie" Grub Settle

Sources

1. ↑ Iris Warren (Yeatts) Kelly. Personal recollection. 1980-1995, as told to J. Allen in person. Family Records in the possession of J. Allen and L. (Davis) Allen.
2. ↑ Compiled by Bertha P. Faust. “THE GENEALOGY OF THE FOUST, GRUBB, YEATTS, SHORT AND TUCKER FAMILIES OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA”. Author in direct consultation with 1st cousins Iris (Yeatts) Kelly, Bill Yeatts, and Lowell Yeatts..
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHQ-YRFQ : 28 June 2022), Naty or Wraty Grubb in entry for John Settle, 22 Nov 1815; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH7-1HZ1 : 28 June 2022), Naty or Wraty Grubbs in entry for John Settle or Suttle, 22 Nov 1815; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-7LP : 23 December 2020), Ritta Suttle in household of John Suttle, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Federal Census". Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M432_968; Page: 230A; Image: 462. [Online Database with Images]. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP9-ZBP : 29 May 2021), Henrietta Suttle in entry for John Suttle, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Federal Census". Year: 1870; [Online Database with Images]. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009.
9. ↑ "United States Federal Census". Year: 1880; Census Place: Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1384; Page: 58B; Enumeration District: 164. [Online Database with Images]. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, USA, 2010.
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21127812/writtis-settle
11. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3D2-F9T : 20 February 2021), Rita Grubb in entry for Polly Dallas, 03 Jun 1920; citing Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, reference 14, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,710.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21127812/writtis-settle: accessed 10 April 2023), memorial page for Writtis “Rittie” Grubb Settle (1795–31 Mar 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21127812, citing Grubb Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by ~B~ (contributor 46971304).

See Also:

• "GRUBB, KRUFF, Va." Newspapers.com - The Herald-Journal - 28 Jan 1950 - Page. (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112918450/genealogy-newspaper)
• "GENEALOGY" Newspapers.com - The Virginia Gazette - 5 Jun 1953 - Page 11, 17 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112917441/andrew-kruff-genealogy), (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112917905/henrietta-grubb-rittie/)