John Neel Pettigrew b. in Snow Hill, Texas
married Mary Catherine "Kitty" Chancellor on February 8, 1885.
They lived in Chismville, Arkansas. John died in 1896 while on a business trip.
Their 6 Children:
Minnie Ellen PETTIGREW b. June 11,1886 in Chismsville, AR (died at 8 months old)
Millie Betty Pettigrew b. Feb. 26, 1889 in Arkansas
Christopher Columbus Petigrew b. May 24, 1891 in Chismsville, AR
Baby Pettigrew b. Dec. 7, 1892 in Chismsville,AR (Infant died)
Silas Neel PETTIGREW b. May 24, 1894 in Scyene, Texas
Eva Lena PETTIGREW b. Jan. 3, 1897 in Scyene, Texas
Notes:
They left for Texas in 1893.
1880 census-- John "M" Pettigrew age 21 is a school teacher boarding with a Brooks family
In 1887, family moved to Scyene,Texas (Mesquite)moved to Dallas, Texas in 1891
John Neel Pettigrew died without a will. In the 1897 probate packet from Dallas, his property was determined to be a value of $1600.00, of which his wife received $750.00(with her new husband Charles C. Hudgins),and the children were given trust accounts and a guardian George Pointer to oversee the moneys. The wife (Mary Catherine Chancellor) died in 1899 of tuberculosis. Her new husband (Charles Hudgins) disappeared and there is no further information. The children went to live with a foster care family, Wilson B. and Martha J. Walthall of Mesquite who beat the children and abused them. The two boys Chris and Silas ran away from home at the ages of 9 and 12,jumping on a train, passing through town. A biography that Silas Neel wrote of his journeys, which is the best genealogical information we have. The 2 daughters stayed with the Walthalls and evidently had their money stolen, and lived as virtual slaves until age of marriage.
married Mary Catherine "Kitty" Chancellor on February 8, 1885.
They lived in Chismville, Arkansas. John died in 1896 while on a business trip.
Their 6 Children:
Minnie Ellen PETTIGREW b. June 11,1886 in Chismsville, AR (died at 8 months old)
Millie Betty Pettigrew b. Feb. 26, 1889 in Arkansas
Christopher Columbus Petigrew b. May 24, 1891 in Chismsville, AR
Baby Pettigrew b. Dec. 7, 1892 in Chismsville,AR (Infant died)
Silas Neel PETTIGREW b. May 24, 1894 in Scyene, Texas
Eva Lena PETTIGREW b. Jan. 3, 1897 in Scyene, Texas
Notes:
They left for Texas in 1893.
1880 census-- John "M" Pettigrew age 21 is a school teacher boarding with a Brooks family
In 1887, family moved to Scyene,Texas (Mesquite)moved to Dallas, Texas in 1891
John Neel Pettigrew died without a will. In the 1897 probate packet from Dallas, his property was determined to be a value of $1600.00, of which his wife received $750.00(with her new husband Charles C. Hudgins),and the children were given trust accounts and a guardian George Pointer to oversee the moneys. The wife (Mary Catherine Chancellor) died in 1899 of tuberculosis. Her new husband (Charles Hudgins) disappeared and there is no further information. The children went to live with a foster care family, Wilson B. and Martha J. Walthall of Mesquite who beat the children and abused them. The two boys Chris and Silas ran away from home at the ages of 9 and 12,jumping on a train, passing through town. A biography that Silas Neel wrote of his journeys, which is the best genealogical information we have. The 2 daughters stayed with the Walthalls and evidently had their money stolen, and lived as virtual slaves until age of marriage.
John Neel Pettigrew b. in Snow Hill, Texas
married Mary Catherine "Kitty" Chancellor on February 8, 1885.
They lived in Chismville, Arkansas. John died in 1896 while on a business trip.
Their 6 Children:
Minnie Ellen PETTIGREW b. June 11,1886 in Chismsville, AR (died at 8 months old)
Millie Betty Pettigrew b. Feb. 26, 1889 in Arkansas
Christopher Columbus Petigrew b. May 24, 1891 in Chismsville, AR
Baby Pettigrew b. Dec. 7, 1892 in Chismsville,AR (Infant died)
Silas Neel PETTIGREW b. May 24, 1894 in Scyene, Texas
Eva Lena PETTIGREW b. Jan. 3, 1897 in Scyene, Texas
Notes:
They left for Texas in 1893.
1880 census-- John "M" Pettigrew age 21 is a school teacher boarding with a Brooks family
In 1887, family moved to Scyene,Texas (Mesquite)moved to Dallas, Texas in 1891
John Neel Pettigrew died without a will. In the 1897 probate packet from Dallas, his property was determined to be a value of $1600.00, of which his wife received $750.00(with her new husband Charles C. Hudgins),and the children were given trust accounts and a guardian George Pointer to oversee the moneys. The wife (Mary Catherine Chancellor) died in 1899 of tuberculosis. Her new husband (Charles Hudgins) disappeared and there is no further information. The children went to live with a foster care family, Wilson B. and Martha J. Walthall of Mesquite who beat the children and abused them. The two boys Chris and Silas ran away from home at the ages of 9 and 12,jumping on a train, passing through town. A biography that Silas Neel wrote of his journeys, which is the best genealogical information we have. The 2 daughters stayed with the Walthalls and evidently had their money stolen, and lived as virtual slaves until age of marriage.
married Mary Catherine "Kitty" Chancellor on February 8, 1885.
They lived in Chismville, Arkansas. John died in 1896 while on a business trip.
Their 6 Children:
Minnie Ellen PETTIGREW b. June 11,1886 in Chismsville, AR (died at 8 months old)
Millie Betty Pettigrew b. Feb. 26, 1889 in Arkansas
Christopher Columbus Petigrew b. May 24, 1891 in Chismsville, AR
Baby Pettigrew b. Dec. 7, 1892 in Chismsville,AR (Infant died)
Silas Neel PETTIGREW b. May 24, 1894 in Scyene, Texas
Eva Lena PETTIGREW b. Jan. 3, 1897 in Scyene, Texas
Notes:
They left for Texas in 1893.
1880 census-- John "M" Pettigrew age 21 is a school teacher boarding with a Brooks family
In 1887, family moved to Scyene,Texas (Mesquite)moved to Dallas, Texas in 1891
John Neel Pettigrew died without a will. In the 1897 probate packet from Dallas, his property was determined to be a value of $1600.00, of which his wife received $750.00(with her new husband Charles C. Hudgins),and the children were given trust accounts and a guardian George Pointer to oversee the moneys. The wife (Mary Catherine Chancellor) died in 1899 of tuberculosis. Her new husband (Charles Hudgins) disappeared and there is no further information. The children went to live with a foster care family, Wilson B. and Martha J. Walthall of Mesquite who beat the children and abused them. The two boys Chris and Silas ran away from home at the ages of 9 and 12,jumping on a train, passing through town. A biography that Silas Neel wrote of his journeys, which is the best genealogical information we have. The 2 daughters stayed with the Walthalls and evidently had their money stolen, and lived as virtual slaves until age of marriage.
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