Composed for the "Bluff City, KS Centanie," 1986 by Daniel & Grace Pittman:
THE BLACKSMITH SHOP
"... Henry and Huldah's fourth child, William Henry was born August 22, 1872 and remained with the family in their travels and residence at Bluff City area until he was nineteen or twenty years of age. William Henry then decided to make a trip to Colorado. On his return trip home he fell into the company of the Daniel Newtwon Cary and Lydia Cary family. The Cary's had thirteen children and five or more were with them at the time. Three of the children are of particular significance to our story: their third child, Abel Oliver Cary born March 2, 1860; their eighth child Lillie May born May 10, 1870; and their twelvth child Seigle Ellsworth Cary born April 16, 1879. Now it was on this journey that William Henry Pittman and Lillie May Cary met and fell in love. The Cary family settled at Bluff City at this time.
"The Cherokee Strip opened into Oklahoma September 16, 1893 and Henry Pittman and two sons, Wilson Caswell Pittman and William Henry Pittman made the run and settled southwest of Enid, OK at or near Meno. The next year William Henry Pittman and Lillie May Cary were married on September 27, 1894 and lived on a homestead in a sod house for some time. Prior to the turn of the century, William and Lillie Pittman returned to Bluff City where the Cary family now lived in a residence just back (west) of the Chillocco Hotel, which later burned after 1912.
"There was a small blacksmith shop in Bluff City which William Pittman ran for a while and after a few years he dismantled the old shop and constructed a new and larger blacksmith shop on the same location. A son, Daniel Claude Pittman, was born to William and Lillie Pittman on April 3, 1902. A brother of William Pittman, Wesley Francis (Frank) Pittman joined the business and they worked together sharpening plow shears and doing other work for the farmers of the area. ..."
Many thanks to stone photo, AM (Hentges) Krieg, who first listed and graciously transferred memorial.
Composed for the "Bluff City, KS Centanie," 1986 by Daniel & Grace Pittman:
THE BLACKSMITH SHOP
"... Henry and Huldah's fourth child, William Henry was born August 22, 1872 and remained with the family in their travels and residence at Bluff City area until he was nineteen or twenty years of age. William Henry then decided to make a trip to Colorado. On his return trip home he fell into the company of the Daniel Newtwon Cary and Lydia Cary family. The Cary's had thirteen children and five or more were with them at the time. Three of the children are of particular significance to our story: their third child, Abel Oliver Cary born March 2, 1860; their eighth child Lillie May born May 10, 1870; and their twelvth child Seigle Ellsworth Cary born April 16, 1879. Now it was on this journey that William Henry Pittman and Lillie May Cary met and fell in love. The Cary family settled at Bluff City at this time.
"The Cherokee Strip opened into Oklahoma September 16, 1893 and Henry Pittman and two sons, Wilson Caswell Pittman and William Henry Pittman made the run and settled southwest of Enid, OK at or near Meno. The next year William Henry Pittman and Lillie May Cary were married on September 27, 1894 and lived on a homestead in a sod house for some time. Prior to the turn of the century, William and Lillie Pittman returned to Bluff City where the Cary family now lived in a residence just back (west) of the Chillocco Hotel, which later burned after 1912.
"There was a small blacksmith shop in Bluff City which William Pittman ran for a while and after a few years he dismantled the old shop and constructed a new and larger blacksmith shop on the same location. A son, Daniel Claude Pittman, was born to William and Lillie Pittman on April 3, 1902. A brother of William Pittman, Wesley Francis (Frank) Pittman joined the business and they worked together sharpening plow shears and doing other work for the farmers of the area. ..."
Many thanks to stone photo, AM (Hentges) Krieg, who first listed and graciously transferred memorial.
Family Members
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Wilson Caswell Pittman Sr
1867–1912
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Elizabeth Pittman
1869–1869
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Eda Belle Pittman Chambers
1870–1945
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John Talbot Pittman
1874–1946
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Wesley Francis "Frank" Pittman Sr
1877–1957
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Arthur Arvine "Vine" Pittman
1879–1968
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Thomas Oliver Pittman
1882–1929
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Amcy Emerson Pittman
1884–1968
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Amos Elias Pittman
1884–1957
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Anna Blanche Pittman Husted
1886–1938
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Mary Olive Pittman
1891–1891
