Brief Life History of Joseph F
When Joseph F Pittsley was born in 1813, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Alexander Pittsley, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Braley, was 22. He married Eliza Ann Braley on 25 April 1851, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He died on 1 August 1884, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Braleys, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Job Clarke, "United States Census, 1910"
- Joseph Pitsley, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Joseph Pittsley, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Pitzler, an occupational name for a mender of clothes or cobbler, from an agent derivative of dialect bizlen ‘to bite off a little’; or an altered form of Bitzle, an Alemannic form of Butz, a short form of Burkhardt /.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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