Atlanta Constitution - 23 Jan 1937
D L Pittman, Mixup Baby Father, Dead Here After Heart Attack
Daniel L Pittman, one of the parents unwillingly cast for a leading role in the famous baby mix-up case at Grady hospital 17 years ago, died early yesterday from a heart attack at his home at 763 Capitol avenue, Southwest.
The last words of the 60-year-old man were to call for Mary Louise, the girl he had known as a daughter for 17 years.
The girl, now Mary Louise Garner, last summer decided her rightful parents were Mr and Mrs John Garner, of Macon, and she left the Pittman household to take up her residence with the Garners.
Both the Pittmans and the Garners claimed their babies were exchanged in the hospital 17 years ago, and when one of the babies died, the courts awarded the other to the Pittmans, with the stipulation that she might make a decision concerning her parentage on reaching maturity.
Mary Louis was awarded to the Pittmans by Judge George L Bell.
Members of the Pittman family declared Mr Pittman had had a weak heart for some time, but had never suffered an attack until a week after Mary Louise left for her new home at Macon.
Since that time he has been compelled to make frequent trips to the hospital for treatment.
At Macon, the girl for whose custody the court battle was waged burst into tears on hearing of the death of the man who was her "father" for many years and declared she would come to Atlanta to attend funeral services here Sunday.
The Pittman family listed Mary Louise as one of the surviving children.
Other survivors include his wife, four daughters, Mrs C J Leyb, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs Margaret Carter, Miss Edna Pittman and Mrs Lydia Threlkeld, al of Atlanta, and a son, John Pittman, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pentecostal Assembly, with the Rev Paul Bath, officiating. Burial will be in the College Park cemetery under the direction of Harry G Poole.
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Daniel was married 3 times. His first wife was Sallie Guthrie whom he married about 1800. They were the parents of Ollie, Lonie, Alonza, Eliza and Margaret Pittman.
He married Mrs Noma Redding on 22 Jan 1910 in Fulton Co GA. She was previously married and had a daughter, Louise Redding who was born about 1904. No children by this union.
Daniel married Sallie B Leathers on 2 Jan 1916 in Fulton Co GA. They were the parents of Edna, Mary Louise (or the child who died in the reported baby mixup) and John James Pittman.
D L Pittman, Mixup Baby Father, Dead Here After Heart Attack
Daniel L Pittman, one of the parents unwillingly cast for a leading role in the famous baby mix-up case at Grady hospital 17 years ago, died early yesterday from a heart attack at his home at 763 Capitol avenue, Southwest.
The last words of the 60-year-old man were to call for Mary Louise, the girl he had known as a daughter for 17 years.
The girl, now Mary Louise Garner, last summer decided her rightful parents were Mr and Mrs John Garner, of Macon, and she left the Pittman household to take up her residence with the Garners.
Both the Pittmans and the Garners claimed their babies were exchanged in the hospital 17 years ago, and when one of the babies died, the courts awarded the other to the Pittmans, with the stipulation that she might make a decision concerning her parentage on reaching maturity.
Mary Louis was awarded to the Pittmans by Judge George L Bell.
Members of the Pittman family declared Mr Pittman had had a weak heart for some time, but had never suffered an attack until a week after Mary Louise left for her new home at Macon.
Since that time he has been compelled to make frequent trips to the hospital for treatment.
At Macon, the girl for whose custody the court battle was waged burst into tears on hearing of the death of the man who was her "father" for many years and declared she would come to Atlanta to attend funeral services here Sunday.
The Pittman family listed Mary Louise as one of the surviving children.
Other survivors include his wife, four daughters, Mrs C J Leyb, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs Margaret Carter, Miss Edna Pittman and Mrs Lydia Threlkeld, al of Atlanta, and a son, John Pittman, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pentecostal Assembly, with the Rev Paul Bath, officiating. Burial will be in the College Park cemetery under the direction of Harry G Poole.
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Daniel was married 3 times. His first wife was Sallie Guthrie whom he married about 1800. They were the parents of Ollie, Lonie, Alonza, Eliza and Margaret Pittman.
He married Mrs Noma Redding on 22 Jan 1910 in Fulton Co GA. She was previously married and had a daughter, Louise Redding who was born about 1904. No children by this union.
Daniel married Sallie B Leathers on 2 Jan 1916 in Fulton Co GA. They were the parents of Edna, Mary Louise (or the child who died in the reported baby mixup) and John James Pittman.
Atlanta Constitution - 23 Jan 1937
D L Pittman, Mixup Baby Father, Dead Here After Heart Attack
Daniel L Pittman, one of the parents unwillingly cast for a leading role in the famous baby mix-up case at Grady hospital 17 years ago, died early yesterday from a heart attack at his home at 763 Capitol avenue, Southwest.
The last words of the 60-year-old man were to call for Mary Louise, the girl he had known as a daughter for 17 years.
The girl, now Mary Louise Garner, last summer decided her rightful parents were Mr and Mrs John Garner, of Macon, and she left the Pittman household to take up her residence with the Garners.
Both the Pittmans and the Garners claimed their babies were exchanged in the hospital 17 years ago, and when one of the babies died, the courts awarded the other to the Pittmans, with the stipulation that she might make a decision concerning her parentage on reaching maturity.
Mary Louis was awarded to the Pittmans by Judge George L Bell.
Members of the Pittman family declared Mr Pittman had had a weak heart for some time, but had never suffered an attack until a week after Mary Louise left for her new home at Macon.
Since that time he has been compelled to make frequent trips to the hospital for treatment.
At Macon, the girl for whose custody the court battle was waged burst into tears on hearing of the death of the man who was her "father" for many years and declared she would come to Atlanta to attend funeral services here Sunday.
The Pittman family listed Mary Louise as one of the surviving children.
Other survivors include his wife, four daughters, Mrs C J Leyb, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs Margaret Carter, Miss Edna Pittman and Mrs Lydia Threlkeld, al of Atlanta, and a son, John Pittman, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pentecostal Assembly, with the Rev Paul Bath, officiating. Burial will be in the College Park cemetery under the direction of Harry G Poole.
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Daniel was married 3 times. His first wife was Sallie Guthrie whom he married about 1800. They were the parents of Ollie, Lonie, Alonza, Eliza and Margaret Pittman.
He married Mrs Noma Redding on 22 Jan 1910 in Fulton Co GA. She was previously married and had a daughter, Louise Redding who was born about 1904. No children by this union.
Daniel married Sallie B Leathers on 2 Jan 1916 in Fulton Co GA. They were the parents of Edna, Mary Louise (or the child who died in the reported baby mixup) and John James Pittman.
D L Pittman, Mixup Baby Father, Dead Here After Heart Attack
Daniel L Pittman, one of the parents unwillingly cast for a leading role in the famous baby mix-up case at Grady hospital 17 years ago, died early yesterday from a heart attack at his home at 763 Capitol avenue, Southwest.
The last words of the 60-year-old man were to call for Mary Louise, the girl he had known as a daughter for 17 years.
The girl, now Mary Louise Garner, last summer decided her rightful parents were Mr and Mrs John Garner, of Macon, and she left the Pittman household to take up her residence with the Garners.
Both the Pittmans and the Garners claimed their babies were exchanged in the hospital 17 years ago, and when one of the babies died, the courts awarded the other to the Pittmans, with the stipulation that she might make a decision concerning her parentage on reaching maturity.
Mary Louis was awarded to the Pittmans by Judge George L Bell.
Members of the Pittman family declared Mr Pittman had had a weak heart for some time, but had never suffered an attack until a week after Mary Louise left for her new home at Macon.
Since that time he has been compelled to make frequent trips to the hospital for treatment.
At Macon, the girl for whose custody the court battle was waged burst into tears on hearing of the death of the man who was her "father" for many years and declared she would come to Atlanta to attend funeral services here Sunday.
The Pittman family listed Mary Louise as one of the surviving children.
Other survivors include his wife, four daughters, Mrs C J Leyb, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs Margaret Carter, Miss Edna Pittman and Mrs Lydia Threlkeld, al of Atlanta, and a son, John Pittman, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pentecostal Assembly, with the Rev Paul Bath, officiating. Burial will be in the College Park cemetery under the direction of Harry G Poole.
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Daniel was married 3 times. His first wife was Sallie Guthrie whom he married about 1800. They were the parents of Ollie, Lonie, Alonza, Eliza and Margaret Pittman.
He married Mrs Noma Redding on 22 Jan 1910 in Fulton Co GA. She was previously married and had a daughter, Louise Redding who was born about 1904. No children by this union.
Daniel married Sallie B Leathers on 2 Jan 1916 in Fulton Co GA. They were the parents of Edna, Mary Louise (or the child who died in the reported baby mixup) and John James Pittman.
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