Sutton, Granville Garnet

Title

Last Name

Sutton

First and Middle Name

Granville Garnet

Hometown

Petersburg

County and/or State

Dinwiddie, Virginia

Birth Date

September 30, 1894

Birthplace

Richmond, Virginia

Death Date

July 5, 1953

Cause of Death

Toxicology

Place of Death

Richmond, Virginia

Parents

Lee Edwards Sutton & Ella Doretta Haynes Wagner

Siblings

Louis Valville Sutton, Lee Edwards Sutton Jr & Preston Taylor Sutton

Spouse(s)

Jessie L Butler

Children

No Children

VPI Graduating Class

1916

Undergraduate Major

Electrical Engineering

Graduated

Yes

Other Events

While at Virginia Tech he played football, baseball, and was on the varsity track team. He also was the leader of the German Club. In the Bugle, it is stated that he developed a hatred for his calling to the military. On his world war draft card it stated he was working at Fort Myer. In the 1940 census he reported he was unable to work.

Occupation

Civil Engineer

Contributing Researchers

Alyssa Thompson
Class of 2020

Bibliography

Ancestry.com
1916 Bugle

Files

Granville Garnet Sutton senior portrait from the 1916 Bugle.jpg

Granville Garnet Sutton picture from the 1916 Bugle.jpg

Granville Garnet Sutton from the 1916 Bugle.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1916

Citation

“Sutton, Granville Garnet,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 5, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/75.

Output Formats

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