Pitts, Samuel Sr.

Male 1802 - 1885  (83 years)


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  • Name Pitts, Samuel 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 1802  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Moved To Abt 1836  Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 1885  [3
    Buried Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • He was buried in Alton Cemetery.
    Person ID I7316  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2011 

    Family Vaughn, Elizabeth,   b. 1807, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1866, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married Nov 1828  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
    +1. Pitts, Samuel Jr.,   b. 1833, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912  (Age 79 years)
     2. Pitts, William Vaughn,   b. 1836, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     3. Pitts, Mary Murray,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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...." Samuel is reported to be the son of "Peter Pitts who immigrated from Taunton, England to Taunton, Massachusetts in Bristol County before 1643."

    2. [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."

    3. [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].

    4. [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.

    5. [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."