Pitsy (Bass) Ladd (abt. 1841 - 1927)

Born about 15 Mar 1841 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Jesse Ladd — married 18 Sep 1867 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1927 at about age 86 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Pitsy was born about 1844. She was the daughter of Aron Bass and Malenda Wooton. She passed away in 1927.

In 1870, Jesse Ladd, (the name is spelled Ludd), a 22 year old farmer b. Tennessee, lived in District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee, with five others named "Ludd": Pitsey, 26 b. North Carolina; Aaron F. (Fouch, 12; W. F. (Fouch), 10; Anna D., 5; and Ellen J. M., 5/12, b. December. All four children were born in Tennessee.^[1]

In 1880, Jesse Ladd, a 33 year old married farmer b. TN, lived with his wife Pitsy, 37 b. North Carolina, and 7 children b. TN: Ann, 13; Ellen R., 10; William P., 9; Sarah C., 7; John R., 4; Elizabeth Lynn, 0; and Nancy A., 5.^[2]

On the 1900 US Census for Civil District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, Pitsy Ladd, a 59 year old widow, said she was a farmer, born in North Carolina in March 1841. She had had 10 children, of whom 9 were still living. Two sons, farm laborers, were living with her: J. Reuben Ladd, 24 years old b. March 1876 in TN; and G. Jarvis Ladd, 15 years old b. TN Oct. 1884. The sons' father was born in Arkansas.^[3]

In 1910, Pitsy Ludd, a 69 year old widow b. North Carolina, was living in the 10th civil District, Sullivan, Tennessee, with son Woodard L. Fouch, a 49 year old farmer b. Virginia. Pitsy has had 10 children, 8 of whom are living, ^[4]

Pitsy had at least the following children (not in order):

• Woodard Fouch,
• Aaron Fouch,
• Anna Fouch/Ladd?,
• Ellen J.M. Ladd (Rachel Ella?) ,
• William P. Ladd,
• John Reuben Ladd, Sarah C. Ladd,
• Elizabeth Lynn Ladd,
• Nancy A. Ladd,
• George Jarvis Ladd.

Sources

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Siloam, Surry, North Carolina; Roll: M432_646; Page: 341A; Image: 366.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MHSP-LDZ : accessed 17 Jun 2014), Jesse Ladd, District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; Roll: 1281; Family History Film: 1255281; , NARA microfilm publication T9; Page: 489D; Enumeration District: 025; citing sheet 489D.

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/1BBG-755 : accessed 16 Jun 2014), Pitsy Ladd, Civil District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; Enumeration District: 0110; citing sheet 5A, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T623, Roll: 1601; FHL microfilm 1241601.

• Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1522; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1375535.

• This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files.

• North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

1. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1565; Pages: 469B and 470A; Images: 199-200; Family History Library Film: 553064.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1880
3. ↑ United States Census, 1900
4. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 10, Sullivan, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1522; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1375535.

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