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Mourning Martha (Bailey) Pittman (1812 - 1895)

Mourning Martha "Morimage, Mona" Pittman formerly Bailey aka Thompson
Born in Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, USAmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , and
Wife of — married 31 Aug 1839 (to 1 Nov 1847) in Jackson County, Georgia, USAmap
Wife of — married after 1847 in Jackson County, Georgia, USAmap
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Mother of , , , and
Died at about age 83 in Ochlocknee, Thomas, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mourning was born in 1812. Her parents were Ralph Bailey and Elizabeth Nix. She married Lewis Thompson in 1839.[1] He passed away in 1847.

She married her second husband, James Franklin Pittman, sometime between Nov 1847 (Lewis's death) to about Jan 1848 (their daughter, Frances, was born in Aug 1848). In the 1850 census Mourning (age 32) and her second husbnad, James Pittman, were in Subdivision 45, Jackson, Georgia, United States.[2]

In 1860, the family was living in Thomas County, Georgia.[3]They were still there in 1870[4] and 1880.[5]

In the 1870 census Manning [sic] (age 58), Keeping House, was in Ochlocknee, Thomas, Georgia.[6]

In the 1880 census Mourning (age 69), Keeps House, was the wife of James F. Pittman in Cairo, Thomas, Georgia, United States.[7]

She passed away in 1895 in Thomasville, Georgia. Burial was in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.[8][9]

Her obituary in the Thomasville Daily Times dated 18 Jul 1895 (a Thursday) states she died 11 PM on Tuesday night which makes her date of death 16 Jul 1895.[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ1-D2W : accessed 22 April 2016), Lewis D. Thompson and Morninge Bailey, 21 Aug 1839; citing Marriage, Jackson, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 325,652.
  2. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 45, Jackson, Georgia; Roll: 74; Page: 4b; Line Number: 15
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #18749333 (accessed 15 August 2022)
    Mourving Pittman (32) in Subdivision 45, Jackson, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZML-KPG : accessed 22 April 2016), Mourning Pittman, 1860.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC3Y-KSR : accessed 12 March 2015), Mourning Pittman in household of James Pittman, Georgia, United States; citing p. 21, family 151, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,676.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P9-VHQ : accessed 22 April 2016), Mourning Pittman in household of James F Pittman, Cairo, Thomas, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 402D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0167; FHL microfilm 1,254,167.
  6. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1870; Census Place: Ochlocknee, Thomas, Georgia; Roll: M593_177; Page: 160A
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #6635203 (accessed 15 August 2022)
    Manning Pittman (58), Keeping House, in Ochlocknee, Thomas, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
  7. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1880; Census Place: Cairo, Thomas, Georgia; Roll: 167; Page: 402D; Enumeration District: 083
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #8213970 (accessed 15 August 2022)
    Mourning Pittman (69), wife, Keeps House, in household of James F. Pittman (75) in Cairo, Thomas, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
  8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17594520
  9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVV-SVW3 : accessed 12 March 2015), Mourning Bailey Pittman, 1895; Burial, Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States of America, Laurel Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 17594520, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  10. ↑ Obit of Mourning Bailey Pittman from Thomasville Daily Times July 18, 1895, copy of newspaper clipping in possession of Atkinson-3464

See also:

  • "37,000 Early Georgia Marriages" by Maddox, p 110




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