Born
4 Apr 1857 in
Missouri, United States
Ancestors
Descendants
Died
2 Jan 1938
at age 80
in
Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified 3 Apr 2020
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
Willis Pitts ... [1]
Early Life
Family
Occupation
Death & Legacy
MO Death Certificate for Willis Marshall Pitts; birth date Apr 4, 1857 (tombstone 1857), cause of death: Bronchal Pnemonia; Copy in Pitts records
Dooly Bend Cemetery, Hermitage, Hickory Co., MO
Willis M. Pitts 1857 - 1938
Minnie A. Pitts 1871 - 1947
Source: Photograph of stone by findagrave contributor volunteer, Lynda Proffitt
Timeline
1900 Tyler Twp., Hickory Co., MO Census, vol. 38, E. D. 99, Sheet 6, Line 70
Willis M. Pitts, white, b: April 1858, age 42, in MO
Minnie Pitts, wife, b: April 1871, age 29, b: MO
Edna Pitts, dau., b: Sept 1892, age 7, b: MO
John M. Pitts, son, b: May 1897, age 3, b: MO
Francis Pitts, Mother, b: Nov 1819, age 81, b: TN (Willis' mother)
Research Notes
Disputed Origins
Sources
↑ Entered by Nancy Pitts, Jun 19, 2012
Pitts Family History by Josephine (Pitts) Gambill, Vol. 1
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
Nancy Pitts , firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Nancy and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willis by comparing test results with other carriers of
his Y-chromosome or
his mother's mitochondrial DNA .
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with Willis:
~2.73%
Richard Kee :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member rickee44
~1.56%
Patsy Franklin :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A197270 [compare ] , Ancestry member Qltwizard
~1.56%
Joseph Diamond :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch QM4910871 [compare ] , Ancestry member brokeranna
~1.56%
William Pitts :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch DF8884800 [compare ] , Ancestry member pbillpitts
~0.78%
Deborah (Farris) Outland :
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AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A809444 [compare ] , Ancestry member DeborahOutland
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MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
Nathen Skinner :
23andMe
~0.78%
Tim Meadows :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Susan (Farris) Howard :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A428767 [compare ] , Ancestry member DeborahOutland
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B203450
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MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
Randy Skinner :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member rsskinner0
~0.78%
Barry Bishop :
AncestryDNA
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