searching for descendants of William Pleasant Pitts
My husband, David, and I are looking for descendants of this family.William Pleasant Pitts is my husband's GG Uncle which means some of his children would be my husband's 2nd cousins.Attached are the details of this family.
Paula Pitts
Name: William Pleasant Pitts
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Birth: 27 May 1849 Mississippi
Death: 27 Mar 1908 Montrose, Montrose County Colorado
Burial: 29 Mar 1908 Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose County Colorado
Father: Benjamin Franklin Pitts (1816-1894)
Mother: Sally Sarah Hazel (1813-1899)
Other spouses: Georgia Ann Colvard
Misc. Notes
Pitts family book -> Pleas, as he was called, left the Booneville MS area for the west andArkansas, he was never heard from after leaving.
Cedar Cemetery is in the city of Montrose, Montrose county Colorado.
PITTS, William P. - Died March 28, 1908, age 59 years.City Records:
Bur Sec F, Block 64, Lot 8, NE 1/4.
Marriage: abt 1880
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Spouse: Columbia Jane Colvard
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Birth: 18 Mar 1859 Ft. Worth, Tarrant County Texas
Death: 6 Oct 1936 near Cimmaron, Montrose County Colorado
Burial: 8 Oct 1936 Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose County Colorado
Father: Wade Hampton Colvard (~1812-1864)
Mother: Letha Ann Gage (~1812-1863)
Other spouses: Frank Salomon Green
Misc. Notes
Living in Cimarron, Montrose County Colorado in Nov. 1920
Buried next to William Pleasant Pitts in Cedar Cemetery in Montrose Colorado, but is buried under the name Green witha birthdate of 1859.
Other data indicate she was born in Arkansas, not Ft. Worth Texas.The
death certificate informant was Frank Green, her second husband
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Children
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1 F: Cora Pitts
Birth: abt 1875 Texas
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2 M: Willie Pitts
Birth: abt 1878 Texas
Spouse: Ida Henderson
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3 M: Edward Presley Pitts
Birth: 15 May 1880 Texas
Death: 7 Dec 1969 Hotchkiss, Delta County Colorado
Burial: 11 Dec 1969 Crawford Cemetery Crawford Delta County Colorado
Spouse: Freda Swain b. Dec. 1880 England, d. 1915, burial Crawford Cemetery, Delta Co. CO
child: William Russell b. Feb 26, 1910 d. May 6, 1984, burial Crawford Cemetery Delta Co. Colorado
spouse of William Russell was Minnie Childress, b. Sept 24, 1911 Delta Co. CO, d Feb 10 1991 Delta Co. Colorado, burial Crawford Cemetery, Delta Co. Colorado
2nd wife of Edward Presley Pitts
Spouse: Bertha Mae McLeod .July 12, 1892, White Pine CO, d. Nov 26, 1956 Delta Co. CO
Marriage: Sep 1915 Crawford, Delta County, Colorado
children:Robert Ward Pitts b. Oct 27, 1918 Colorado, D. June 8, 1955 Korea, burial Crawford Cemetery, Delta County Colorado
Alene Gertrude Pitts, b. May 23, 1916 CO, d. Oct17, 1992, Delta Co. CO, burial Riverside Cemetery, Delta County CO
Alene married Harold C. Gellatly on March 13, 1946
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4 M: Augustine (Gus) B. Pitts
Birth: 14 Jul 1886 Seattle, King County, Washington
Death: 7 Nov 1920 Montrose, Montrose County Colorado
Burial: 10 Nov 1920 Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose County Colorado
Spouse: Hazel McIntyre
child: Burton (or Burlin) Russ (or Ross) Pitts
b. abt Jan 1920 Colorado
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5 F: Nellie B. Pitts
Birth: May 1894 Colorado
Spouse: David W. Richardson b. abt 1889 Colorado
child: Clarence Richardson b. abt1916
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6 M: Abner Pitts
Birth: Sep 1895 Colorado
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