Robert Emmett Pitts was born 27 September 1862 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
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He was the son of Allen Lawrence Pitts and Hannah Agnes Real.
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He married Hannah Elizabeth Thurman. He passed away 18 July 1943 in Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee. He was interred in Pitts Cemetery, Falling Water, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
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"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8N-QTX : 12 April 2016), Emmit Pitts in household of Allen E Pitts, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 7, family 39, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,014.
Allen E Pitts M 47 Tennessee
H A Pitts F 47 Tennessee
Mattie J Pitts F 24 Tennessee
Matilda J Pitts F 22 Tennessee
William W Pitts M 20 Tennessee
Mary E Pitts F 17 Tennessee
James M Pitts M 13 Tennessee
Allen * Pitts M 10 Tennessee
Emmit Pitts M 7 Tennessee
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7Z-DDS : 15 July 2017), Robert E Pitts in household of Allen L Pitts, District 2, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 45, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1259; FHL microfilm 1,255,259.
Allen L Pitts Self M 57 Tennessee, United States
Hanner A Pitts Wife F 56 Tennessee, United States
William W Pitts Son M 30 Tennessee, United States
Allen L Pitts Son M 20 Tennessee, United States
Robert E Pitts Son M 17 Tennessee, United States
"United States Census, 1900, Tennessee, Hamilton County, dist. 41, sh 11B(26B)
Pitts, Allen head WM May 1823 77 M55 TN SC SC
Hannah wife WF Jan 1824 76 M55 8/4 TN TN TN
William W.son WM Jul 1850 51 TN TN TN
Robert son WM Sept 1862 37 M17 TN TN TN
"Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9LW-NZ9 : 9 March 2018), Robert Emmett Pitts, 18 Jul 1943; citing Pitts Family Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee, cn 14501, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,336.
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