Wallace
Lee
Pettit
Born in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James W Pettit
and Bertha P Patterson
Brother of
Daniel Archer Pettit and Marcus Scott Pettit
Husband of
Leona Vandalia (Hess) Pettit
— married
30 Dec 1914 in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2012
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Biography
Wallace was a son of James and Bertha Pettit, born 15 Dec 1893 in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas. Passed away in 1874. Buried in the Weslaco Cemetery in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas.
Death
- Date: 5 Jun 1974:: Place: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
- Cause: Pulmonary Emphysema
Burial
- Place: Highland Memorial Park Cem, Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
Note
- Note: #NI592
Sources
- 1900 Census, Grand Meadow, Cherokee, Iowa, United States
- Jan 1900, Family # 36
- James Pettit, w, m,42, Farm Labor, born in Illinois
- Pearl Pettit, w, f, 24, born in Iowa
- Lee Pettit, w, m, 6, born in Kansas
- Winifred Pettit, w, f, 4, born in Kansas
- Archer Pettit, w, m, 3, born in Iowa
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Jamesport, Daviess, Missouri; Roll: :T624_779; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0053; Image: 172; FHL :microfilm: 1374792.
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Jefferson, Grundy, Missouri; Roll: :T625_916; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 51; Image: 267.
- Year: 1930 Census, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas
- Dwelling # 493, Family # 515
- Lee W. Pettit, m, w, 37, born in Kansas
- Leona Pettit, f, w, 39, born in Iowa
- Verdie P Pettit, f, w, 12, born in Missouri
- Neal Pettit, m, w, 9, born in Texas
- Year: 1940; Census Place: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas; Roll: :T627_4064; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 108-49
- Year: 1950; United States of America, Bureau of the Census; ;Washington, :D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, :1950; Record :Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, :1790-2007; Record :Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; :Home in 1950: :Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, E.D. 108-121, Sheet 13.
- Ken Hess observation: In December 1954, when I was in Texas, Lee was manager of the City of Weslaco Water and Sewer Works.
- Social Security Death Index:
- PETTIT, WALLACE,
- Born:15 Dec 1893,
- Died: Jun 1974,
- Age: 80,
- Last Address: 78596 (Weslaco, Hidalgo, TX)
- SS#: 455-18-5308
- Texas Death Index
- Family Search Database:
- Name: Wallace Lee Pettit
- Death Date: ÙCtabÙD05 Jun 1974
- Death Place: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
- Death Age: 80 years
- Estimated Birth Date:
- Birth Date: 15 Dec 1893
- Birthplace: Hiawatha Kansas
- Marital Status:
- Spouse's Name: Leona Vandalia
- Father's Name: James Pettit
- Father's Birthplace:
- Mother's Name: Bertha P Patterson
- Mother's Birthplace:
- Occupation: Management of City Treatment System
- Place of Residence:
- Cemetery: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas
- Burial Place: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas
- Burial Date: 8 Jun 1974
- Additional Relatives:
- Film Number: 2243200
- Digital Film Number: 4152973
- Image Number: 00671
- Reference Number: 43542
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