Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ezekiel Pitts    
                Born: Apr-22-1843          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Dec- 1-1917          in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  1
              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  2
              Census: 1850                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,2
              Father: John Pitts   (1817 -     ) 
              Mother: Margaret Gatrell   (1816 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Mary A. Bates     
             Married: Sep-22-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1858              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  3,4,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1870, 1880           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Jackson Bates   (1834 - 1897) 
              Mother: Ruth Mary Cavalier   (1829 - 1898) 
           M Child 1: Floyd B. Pitts      
         Census name: Floy B. Pitts 
                Born: Apr-  -1879           5
              Census: 1880, 1900           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Noah W. Pitts      
                Born: Dec-  -1883           5
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Samuel Joshua Pitts      
       Also known as: Joshua Pitts 6,7,8
                Born: Dec- 3-1885           5,9
                Died: Jan-25-1944           10,11,9
              Buried:                      in Ash Cemetery, Riggins Run (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 road construction worker  12
                Wife: Iva Myrtle Backus  b. Sep-20-1890  d. Apr-21-1967  
       Also known as: Myrtle Backus 7,6,8
             Married: May-25-1907           10

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(8) Obituary of son. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Obituary of wife. 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1860, but age 2 in the 1860
Census and 12 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1858.







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