Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Pitts
Born: ca 1817 1
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Margaret Gatrell 2
Born: ca 1816 1
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Stephen Pitts
Born: Mar- 7-1838 3
Died: Aug-24-1924 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
Buried: in Sycamore Methodist Cemetery, btwn Rt 19 & US 50, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3
Census: 1910, 1920 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 3,4
Wife: Mahala Weekley b. Oct- -1838 d. Jan-30-1915
Married: Mar- 4-1859 5 (see note 1)
M Child 2: Elijah Pitts
Born: ca 1840 1
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: William Pitts
Born: ca 1841 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 6
Died: bef May 1875 7
Resided: 1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Wife: Nancy Underwood b. ca 1847
Married: Dec-17-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 4: Ezekiel Pitts
Born: Apr-22-1843 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 8,6
Died: Dec- 1-1917 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 8
Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 8
Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1888 in Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 8,6
Wife: Minerva Weekley b. ca 1842 d. bef Sep 1878
Married: Oct-14-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Wife: Mary A. Bates b. ca 1858
Married: Sep-22-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Wife: Emily Jane Bogard b. Jun- 7-1842 d. May- 5-1924
Married: Dec-17-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
M Child 5: George Washington Pitts
Census name: Washington Pitts
Born: ca 1845 in Meeker, Tyler Co, WV 1,9
Died: May- -1905 5
Resided: 1887 in Tyler Co, WV 10
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Wright b. Aug-25-1849 d. Jan-30-1916
Census name: Elizabeth Wright
Married: Dec-10-1887 in Tyler Co, WV 11
M Child 6: Simon Pitts
Born: ca 1848 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,12
Died: Apr-29-1880 5,13 (see note 2)
Census: 1870 in Green District, Wetzel Co, WV
Resided: 1868 in Tyler Co, WV 12
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Military: (enlisted 1865) Pvt, Co I, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 14,15
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Wright b. Aug-25-1849 d. Jan-30-1916
Census name: Elizabeth Wright
Married: Aug- 1-1868 in Wetzel Co, WV 12,5
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.
(2) Marriage record of son.
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(4) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.
(5) Obituary of wife.
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(7) Record of wife's remarriage.
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(9) Birth record of son.
(10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(11) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as George W. Pitts, 42, b. & res. in Tyler Co; and Mrs. Mary
E. Pitts, 39, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Dec 10 1887 "at the home of Geo. Pitts, Tyler Co, W.Va."
(NOTE: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Sep 18 1888.), MR p. 287 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040158&Type=Marriage.
(12) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.
(13) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration
(NARA)
(14) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(15) U.S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives &
Records Administration (NARA)
Event Notes
Note (1) 1900 Census indicates marriage date as about 1856.
Note (2) Death date given in one version of wife's obituary as August 29 1880. But
his will was probated on Jun 4 1880, and she was listed as a widow in the Census
enumeration of Jun 26 1880. The U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule shows
that he died in April 1880. Another version of wife's obituary provides the
correct date, Apr 29 1880.
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