Walter Speece Pettibone (1851 - abt. 1925)

Born 21 Dec 1851 in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Descendants

Died about 17 Jan 1925 at about age 73 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

He is the son of Noah Pettibone and Margaret Speece. Walter Speece Pettebone was slender, about 5'9" tall, blue-eyed, and brown haired. His wife, Minnie, was almost as tall as he, slender, and of the same complexion as he. They were devoted to each other and to their two sons. Frank, the younger som. died at the age of twenty-two, but Thomas, the elder son, married and continued to live in the family home with his wife, Minnie. They may have had one son, named Walter for his grandfather. Apparently neither father nor son ever worked for a living, but were supported by the proceeds of coal underlying their large farm and perhaps by additional investments. They lived an unostentatious but pleasant life, staying in their home on Susquehanna Avenue in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, in the summers and living in Florida in the winters. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [Note from K E. Valentine to K S. Pontius, April 1995].

Pettibone Registry, page 212, 346, see K. Pontius. Find A Grave: Memorial #44496260