Mary Ann Eliza (Dennis) Pitts (1860 - 1941)

Born 8 Jul 1860 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, United States

Wife of Fountain Holland Pitts — married 7 Sep 1879 in MO

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1941 at age 80 in Green Township, Hickory, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann Eliza Dennis was born on 8 Jul 1860 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, United States, daughter of Callender L. Dennis and Phoebe Jane Clary.^[1] She came to Hickory County, Missouri at the age of 13 with her parents. ^[2]

She married Fountain H. Pitts in 1879.^[3][4] Their children were:

1. Pearl Pansey Pitts
2. Arthur Lafayette Pitts
3. Ernest Roy Pitts
4. Elmer Thomas Pitts
5. Paul Clyde Coy Pitts
6. Leslie Argus Pitts.^[5][6] In 1930 they were living in Frankfort, Illinois, ^[7]but 1940 saw her back in Hickory County.^[8]

She died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 20 January 1941 in rural Green township in Hickory County, Missouri. ^[2][9] She is buried in Pittsburg Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Pittsburg, Missouri.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64C-M82 : 29 May 2021), Ann E Dennis in entry for Calender L Dennis, 1870. Beaver Creek, Bond Co, Illinois

   Calender L Dennis M 37 Virginia

   Phebe J Dennis F 32 Arkansas

   Narcissa F Dennis F 12 Texas

   Ann E Dennis F 9 Arkansas

   Verginia I Dennis F 7 Texas

   Elijah Clary M 18 Texas

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pitts Family History by Josephine (Pitts) Gambill, Vol. 1, page 148
3. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DTW8-8MPZ : 25 February 2022), Annie Eliza Dennis in entry for Fount H Pitts, 7 Sep 1879; citing Marriage, Hickory, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424475.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XW-WPY : 14 January 2022), Annie Pitts in household of Fountain H. Pitts, Green Township, Hickory, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3C5-NJY : 9 March 2022), Annie E Pitts in entry for Fount H Pitts, 1900. Hickory, Missouri.

   Fount H Pitts M 43 Married Head Missouri

   Annie E Pitts F 40 Married Wife Arkansas

   Pearl P Pitts F 20 Single Daughter Missouri

   Earnest R Pitts M 16 Single Son Missouri

   Elmer T Pitts M 3 Single Son Missouri

   Leslie A Pitts M 2 Single Son Missouri

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TB-MLD : accessed 3 January 2023), Mary A Pitts in household of Frank H Pitts, Green, Hickory, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 779; FHL microfilm 1,374,792.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39S-Z1P : accessed 3 January 2023), Annie Pitts in household of Fount Pitts, Frankfort, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 6A, line 9, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 567; FHL microfilm 2,340,302.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7QJ-68R : 17 May 2020), Anna Pitts in household of Elmer T Pitts, Pittsburg, Green Township, Hickory, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-3, sheet 7B, line 76, family 131, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2111.
9. ↑ MO Death Certificate #2730- Annie E. Pitts.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8682170/annie-eliza-pitts: accessed 03 January 2023), memorial page for Annie Eliza Dennis Pitts (8 Jul 1860–20 Jan 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8682170, citing Pittsburg Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Pittsburg, Hickory County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Johnna Quick Owens (contributor 46614968).