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John William Pitts

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John William Pitts

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
26 Dec 1911 (aged 51)
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 11 Block 275 NE Quarter grave 1
Memorial ID
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Mindy FAG #46796420 Their suggestion:
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Son of William Carroll Pitts and Martha
Emily Richards

Spouse: Emma Talitha Johnson, married 18 FEB 1883 in Missouri,USA

== Census ==
1900 Green Twp., Hickory Co., MO Census, vol. 38, e.d. 96,
sheet 10, line 17
John W. Pitts,
white, b: Feb 1860, age 40, in MO
Emma Pitts,wife, b: Mar 1865, age 35, in MO
Iona M. Pitts, dau., b: Apr 1884, age 16, in MO
Dick P. Pitts, son, b: Aug 1886, age 13, in MO
Johnnie Pitts, dau., b: July 1888, age 11, in MO
Dee Pitts, son, b: July 1890, age 9, in MO
James W. Pitts,son, b: Feb 1885, age 5, in MO

== Occupation ==
Detective in Hickory Co., MO who in 1895 shot and killed an outlaw by the name of Frank C. Huffman, later moving to Tulsa, Okla. to become a merchant policeman at the time of his death.

== Obituary ==
28 Dec 1911 Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa,Okla.)
Thursday, December 28, 1911 Paper: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) Volume: VII
Issue: 87 Page: Three Pitts Funeral Services Yesterday Funeral services over the body of Merchant Policeman John Pitts who died Tuesday night, were held from the family residence, 421 North Boston, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. C. W. Kerr conducted the services and the body was interred in [Oak Lawn]cemetery.
Mindy FAG #46796420 Their suggestion:
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Son of William Carroll Pitts and Martha
Emily Richards

Spouse: Emma Talitha Johnson, married 18 FEB 1883 in Missouri,USA

== Census ==
1900 Green Twp., Hickory Co., MO Census, vol. 38, e.d. 96,
sheet 10, line 17
John W. Pitts,
white, b: Feb 1860, age 40, in MO
Emma Pitts,wife, b: Mar 1865, age 35, in MO
Iona M. Pitts, dau., b: Apr 1884, age 16, in MO
Dick P. Pitts, son, b: Aug 1886, age 13, in MO
Johnnie Pitts, dau., b: July 1888, age 11, in MO
Dee Pitts, son, b: July 1890, age 9, in MO
James W. Pitts,son, b: Feb 1885, age 5, in MO

== Occupation ==
Detective in Hickory Co., MO who in 1895 shot and killed an outlaw by the name of Frank C. Huffman, later moving to Tulsa, Okla. to become a merchant policeman at the time of his death.

== Obituary ==
28 Dec 1911 Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa,Okla.)
Thursday, December 28, 1911 Paper: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) Volume: VII
Issue: 87 Page: Three Pitts Funeral Services Yesterday Funeral services over the body of Merchant Policeman John Pitts who died Tuesday night, were held from the family residence, 421 North Boston, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. C. W. Kerr conducted the services and the body was interred in [Oak Lawn]cemetery.


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