Hiram K. Pitts

Brief Life History of Hiram K.

When Hiram K. Pitts was born on 30 December 1846, in Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, his father, Levi Pitts, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Matthews, was 30. He married Martha Ann Davis on 13 February 1870, in Pope, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Crawford Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States in 1900. He died on 22 February 1902, in Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Buffington Cemetery, Sallisaw, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram K. Pitts
1846–1902
Martha Ann Davis
1850–1910
Marriage: 13 February 1870
James M Pitts
1870–1902
Dora Bell Pitts
1876–1932
Charles Alex Pitts
1878–1945
Alexander Pitts
1878–
Cynthia Elizabeth Pitts
1881–1956
Thomas B. Pitts
1882–1883
Leslie Lee Pitts
1886–1977
Wesley Pitts
1887–
Joseph Pitts
1890–
Andrew Jackson Pitts
1892–1965
Lulu Pitts
1894–

Sources (20)

  • Hezram Pitts in household of Levi Pitts, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Hiram K Pitts, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • H. K. Pitts, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (7)

1857

OLDEST MEMORIAL

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pitt , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: topographic name for one who lived by pits or hollows, from the plural of Middle English pitt.

Americanized form of German Pitz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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