When William Pettit was born in March 1832, in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States, his father, James Newton Pettit, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Hilderbrand, was 31. He married Nancy Tyner in 1853, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 June 1895, at the age of 63, and was buried in Citizens Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Iowa is the 29th state.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cherokee, Iowa, United States
English (mainly southeastern): variant of Petit .
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Possible Related NamesFather: James Pettit Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" Hildebrand WILLIAM4 PETTIT, SR (ELIZABETH BETSEY3 HILDEBRAND, MICHAEL2, JOHN1) was born 1832, and died 1895. He married (1) MARGARET ANN MCDANIEL Abt. …
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