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- [S199] Charles Dean Harris, The Story of the Warren H. Harris Family and its American Ancestry, revised edtion (Charles D. Harris, 2005), page 5.
"Samuel Pitts, Jr. (1833-1912)...."
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Samuel Pitts, Sr.
Memorial #29618365. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618365). Accessed on 2 June 2011. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on 6 September 2011. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1802 at Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1885 at [place not given]. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed: Saml. Pitts Sr. 1802-1844 [sic].
Charles Dean Harris include information not shown on the gravestone: "Samuel Pitts, Sr. (1802-1885) and his wife, Elizabeth (Vaughn or Vaughan) Pitts (1807-1866) were natives of Massachusetts and were married in Boston by the Methodist church in November of 1828." Samuel and Elizabeth Pitts are known to have produced three children: Samuel, Jr., William Vaughn (died as a young man in 1864), and Mary Murray.
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Samuel Pitts, Jr.
Memorial #29618528. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618528). Accessed on 2 June 2011. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on DATE. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1833 at Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1912 at [place not given]. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed: Saml. Pitts Jr. 1833-1912.
- [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. Sophia Elizabeth Fiegenbaum; 1859-1839.
(http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2542) in March 2011. Accessed in March 2012. Original data from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947; Index." FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Family History Library film number 1432190.
Sophia Elizabeth Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 27 August 1859. Birth place: Alton, Illinois. Father's name: Samuel Pitts. Father's birth place: Boston, Massachusetts. Mother's name: Isabelle Pringle. Mother's birth place: Scotland. Name of spouse: Julius H. Fiegenbaum.
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Samuel Pitts, Sr.
Memorial #29618365. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618365). Accessed on 2 June 2011. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on 6 September 2011. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1802 at Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1885 at [place not given]. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed: Saml. Pitts Sr. 1802-1844 [sic].
Charles Dean Harris include information not shown on the gravestone: "The family migrated to Alton around 1836 where Samuel became a prominent businessman involved in the steamboat and, later, the hotel businesses."
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Elizabeth Vaughn Pitts.
Memorial #29618443. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618443). Accessed on 2 June 2001. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on 6 September 2011. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1807 at Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1866 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed insription: Elizabeth Pitts, 1807-1866.
Charles Dean Harris include information not shown on the gravestone: "Elizabeth Pitts was a native of Massachusetts and was married to Samuel Pitts Sr in Boston by the Methodist church in November of 1828."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 58.
Sophie Elizabeth Pitts, daughter of Samuel Pitts and Isabella Pringle, was born on 27 August 1859 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois.
- [S199] Charles Dean Harris, The Story of the Warren H. Harris Family and its American Ancestry, revised edtion (Charles D. Harris, 2005), page 6.
Samuel Pitts and Isabella Pringle were married on 5 April 1858.
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Samuel Pitts, Jr.
Memorial #29618528. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618528). Accessed on 2 June 2011. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on DATE. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1833 at Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1912 at [place not given]. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed: Saml. Pitts Jr. 1833-1912.
Charles Dean Harris include information not shown on the gravestone: "On April 5, 1858, Samuel Pitts, Jr. married Miss Isabella Pringle (1832-1914). Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pitts, Jr., who lived first on 4th Street and then at 607 State Street, are known to have had five children--Harry P., Sophie Elizabeth, Theodosius May, William, and Lee Irwin--of which only one lived beyond the age of 21 years."
- [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Isabella Pringle Pitts.
Memorial #29618644. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29618644). Accessed on 2 June 2011. Record created by "Charles Dean Harris" on DATE. Gravestone photo posted by "Charles Dean Harris."
Birth: 1832 at Scotland. Death: 1914 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Burial: Alton Cemetery; Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. Photo of gravestone showed insription: Isabella Pitts, 1832-1914.
Charles Dean Harris include information not shown on the gravestone: "On April 5, 1858, Isabella Pringle married Samuel Pitts, Jr. The couple is known to have had five children...."
- [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. Sophia Elizabeth Fiegenbaum; 1859-1839.
(http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2542) in March 2011. Accessed in March 2012. Original data from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947; Index." FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Family History Library film number 1432190.
Sophia Elizabeth Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 27 August 1859. Birth place: Alton, Illinois. Father's name: Samuel Pitts. Father's birth place: Boston, Massachusetts. Mother's name: Isabelle Pringle. Mother's birth place: Scotland. Name of spouse: Julius H. Fiegenbaum..
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