Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jonathan Berty Pitts Also known as: Bert Pitts 1
Born: Apr- 4-1877 in Indian Creek, Tyler Co, WV 2,3,4,5,6 (see note 1) Died: Dec- 3-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,6 Buried: in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV 8,7 Resided: 1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1910 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Harrison Co, WV 3 Occupation: Pittsburgh West Virginia Gas Co. (retired) 7 Occupation: 1910 farmer 9 Father: Isaac Pitts Mother: Tabitha Kester Other spouse 1 Other spouse 3
Wife: Anna L. Ware 1,10 Also known as: Annie Ware 5,7 Married: Aug-26-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: Jul- 8-1889 in Braxton Co, WV 11,5 Died: Apr- 4-1939 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 7,6 Buried: in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV 8 Cause of death: diabetic coma 7 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Danzel Pitts Born: Sep-29-1918 6 Died: Oct- 2-1918 6 Buried: in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Elsie Marie Pitts Born: Oct-13-1919 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Died: May-26-2013 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 12 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Resided: 2013 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 10 Resided: 1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Dorsey Roy Rhoads, Jr. b. Oct- 6-1917 d. Apr- 7-1974 Also known as: Dorsey Ray Rhodes 5,2 Married: Sep-10-1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
F Child 3: Dessie Tabitha Pitts Born: May-29-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,5 Died: Feb- 5-2017 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 12 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,15 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Jul- -1955 - 1987 Doddridge County Clerk (first woman elected to a Doddridge County office) 12 Occupation: formerly Deputy County Clerk, secretary to Judge Robert L. Holland, Sr. & to the Prosecuting Attorney 12 Occupation: during World War II billing department of John Deer Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan 12 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1938) Husband: Waitman Dodd b. Sep- 3-1919 d. Sep-24-1989 Married: Jul- 5-1941 16 Divorced: Apr- -1949 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Husband: Bernard D. Daugherty b. Jul-31-1929 d. May- 6-1979 Married: Nov-26-1964 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
F Child 4: Opal Virginia Pitts Born: Mar- 7-1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,18 Died: Dec-20-2009 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19,18 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 12 Resided: in Salem, WV 18 Resided: 1946 in Mantua, Portage Co, OH 13 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Romeo Chester Gatrell b. Jan-21-1922 d. Jun- 6-2008
F Child 5: Claris Lucille Pitts Also known as: Lucille Pitts 13 Born: Apr-27-1928 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Died: Mar- -1981 18 Resided: in Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 20 Resided: in Patterson Heights, Beaver Co, PA 21 Resided: 1946, 1947 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,5 Husband: Virgil Clayton Wise b. Apr-16-1920 d. Aug- 2-1994 Married: Feb- 2-1947 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Birth record of daughter. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) Headstone. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (9) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. (10) Obituary of daughter. (11) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (12) Obituary. (13) Obituary of father. (14) Obituary - At home. (15) Obituary of sister. (16) Obituary of wife. (17) West Union Herald, 4/21/1949. (18) Social Security Death Index. (19) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (21) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace incorrectly given in death record as Doddridge County. His birth record and marriage record show it as Tyler County, and his daughter Mabel's delayed birth record (which he filed himself in 1941) states that her father was born at Indian Creek, Tyler County.Name Index