Born in Missouri, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and Martha Jane (Chisley) Tolton
Sister of
Augustus Tolton
Wife of
Robert Pettis
— married
about 1866 in Illinois [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
William Benjamin Pettis
Died
at about age 61
in Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Anna (Tolton) Pettis is a part of US Black heritage.
Anna was born into slavery in 1851 in Missouri.
The 1860 Census Slave Schedule for Stephen Edward Elliott[1] shows a female age 9 that must be Ann, among the six slaves owned.
About the time of Stephen Elliot's death in 1863, fearing her children would be sold, her mother, Martha successfully escaped with Ann and possibly four more children to Quincy, Illinois. Estate settlement records show that they were not freed by the Elliot family, since expenses were paid to fugitive slave hunters.[2]
She married Robert Pettis, probably sometime after the Civil War. They had one child:
The 1870 Census[3] shows her at age 19 with her husband and one son in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. They live next door to her mother.
The 1880 Census[4] shows her at age 27 with her husband and one son in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
Her husband Robert died in 1887. About that time, she and her mother moved to Chicago, presumably to be nearer her brother, Augustus Tolton (1854-1897).
The 1900 Census[5] shows her at age 40 in the home of her mother in Precinct 11 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook County, Illinois. This census states that she has born 1 child, and 1 is still living.
The 1910 Census[6] shows her at age 48 in the home of her mother in Chicago Ward 3, Cook County, Illinois. This census show their address as 3647 Dearborn Street.
She died in 1912,[7] and is buried in the same lot as her mother[8] at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.[9]
Slave Owners
Research Notes
The informant on her Death Certificate was her son, W. B. Pettis. Note that Anna's maiden name is given as her mother's, and that Anna's grandfather's name is given as Anna's father's.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZBW-NG3Z : 16 October 2019), Stephen E Elliott, 1860.
- ↑ Ancestry Record of Elliott Estate Settlement Papers, found in the article: New Research in the Life and Times of Fr. Augustus Tolton, by John J. Treanor, Vice Chancellor for Archives and Records, Archdiocese of Chicago, Member Tolton Historical Commission]
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M644-BXT : 2 January 2021), Anna Teddis in entry for Robert Teddis, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNM-1SL : 19 February 2021), Mary A Petties in household of Robert Petties, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet 463C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,175.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSG-W89 : accessed 18 March 2021), Annie Pettis in household of Martha Tolton, Precinct 11 South Town Chicago city Ward 4, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 9A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,247.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHY-7WB : accessed 18 March 2021), Anna Pettis in household of Marthe Lafever, Chicago Ward 3, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 242, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 243; FHL microfilm 1,374,256.
- ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M7-LXXZ : 8 March 2018), Anna Pettis, 29 Jun 1912; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 17521, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,655.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #194832662 page for Martha Jane Chisley Tolton (9 Feb 1827–10 Nov 1911), citing Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; accessed 27 March 2021; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 46496806).
- ↑ Photo of grave marker for Anna Pettis, d. 29 Jun 1912
- FamilySearch profile for Anne Tolton (1851–1912), accessed 18 Mar 2021.
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