Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Pettit, Joseph H. May 6, 1837 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Joseph H Pettit, farmer, Swart's, Penna, was born in 
Washington Township, Greene County, Penna, May 6, 1837, a 
son of Isaac Pettit and Cynthia Hathaway Pettit, who were 
natives of Greene County, where they remained until their 
deaths. She departed this life in 1873, and her husband in 
1881.
  
      December 13, 1862, Joseph H Pettit was united in 
marriage with Elizabeth Hedge, born in Greene County, 
February 2, 1846. She is a daughter of Aaron Hedge and Eva 
Fonner Hedge, natives of the same county, both deceased. The 
latter departed this life April, 1888.
  
      Mr and Mrs Pettit are the parents of eight children, 
six of whom are living: Laura Pettit; Jessie Pettit; Cynthia 
Pettit; Martha Pettit; George Pettit; and Bert Pettit; and 
Eva and Mary, deceased. Having been reared on a farm, Mr 
Pettit has made farming his occupation through life and owns 
148 acres of land where his family live. Mrs Pettit is one 
of the faithful members of the Baptist Church.

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