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William Pittsford

12 Jun 1800 – 12 Jul 1860

Birth12 Jun 1800
Death12 Jul 1860
CemeteryMount Pleasant Cemetery
Steffenville , Lewis County , Missouri , USA
Added byJohnnie Walker on 30 Dec 2011
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The family came from Licking county, Ohio to Clark county, Ohio and from there to Madison county, Indiana around 1827 settling on what was known as the French farm, one mile west of the "Mounds", where the family resided for many years. William Pittsford went to Missouri and died there in 1860. Mrs. William Pittsford died in Madison County in 1870; is buried at Anderson cemetery. Her name before marriage was Betsy Bodle. Their children were: David Pittsford b Clark Co., Ohio Mar 24, 1824 d Feb 7, 1888 Madison Co., Ohio husband of Rebecca Stanley Nancy Pittsford Mary "Polly" Pittsford d 1874 Isaac Pittsford d Aug 14, 1888 age 58 yrs 10 mth 10 days Isabel Pittsford Sallie Pittsford US Bureau of Land Management reports that William Pittsford patented a claim on land in the E NE Sec 20, T19-N, R 8-E, 2ND PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (80 acres in MADISON Co.) on Dec 20, 1826. **** From The Pioneer, pp. 138-139: DAVID PITTSFORD Came with William Pittsford, his father, to Madison county in 1827, and settled en what is known as the French farm, one mile west of the "Mounds," where the family resided many years. William Pittsford went to Missouri, and died there in i860. Mrs. William Pittsford died in Madison, Ind., in 1870; is buried at Anderson cemetery. Her name before marriage was Betsy Bodle. The family came from Licking county, Ohio, to Clark county, Ohio, and from there to Madison county, Ind. The following are the names of William and Betsy Pittsford's children David, born in Clark county, Ohio, March 24, 1824; Nancy, Polly, Isaac, Isabel and Sallie. Polly died in 1874; Isaac died in 1889. David Pittsford, the one whose name heads this sketch, was a mere boy when he came to Madison county, and lived here till February 7, 1889 ; is buried at the Anderson cemeter. He was married to Phebe Stanley, July 22, 1855. She was born in Madison county, September 4, 1833, daughter of William Stanley. Her mother's name before marriage was Sarah Miller. The following are the names of their children: William, born May 3, 1856; resides in Anderson. Amelia, born December 12, 1857; married to John Stanley. She died in Kansas in 1888. She was a teacher, and a grand, good woman. She is buried at Anderson. Frank, born April 2, 1862 ; married to Ollie Bennett. She was born in Delaware county, Ind. ; reside on the old farm, two miles south-east of Anderson. Three children died in infancy. Mrs. David Pittsford was married to Erasmus Fifer, November 14, 1893. He was born in Virginia, March 6, MADISON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. 1 39 1818, and they reside on Pitt street, Anderson. He is a Christian minister. David Pittsford, like all the Pittsford family, was a large man, strong, and well fitted for a pioneer life. He was among the first to help organize a county fair in Madison county. A Republican of the strongest kind, and belonged to the Christian Church. He will be remembered as one of Madison county's best as well as oldest citizens. Glad to give him a notice in the Pioneer. ------------------------------------------ From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monroe_3_00&id=I03387 Notes from Ira M. Price, Price Genealogy The Pittsfords had come from Llanidloes, Wales, to America in the spring of 1801, and settled in Chester County, PA., where he bought a small farm, raised garden truck which he marketed in Philadelphia (40 miles distant). After about fifteen years he traded his land for an unseen 100 acres on the Welsh Hills, near Granville, OH. Moved all his goods and his family in a covered wagon and reached the Hills in 1816 to find a small patch cleared of the "hilliest hill-farm on the Hills." His family, Mary , William, John, Elizabeth, Isaac, and James, and he, by diligence and strict economy soon cleared more land and made a comfortable living for themselves on that place. 2. David2 Pittsford (John1) was born June 1762 in So. Wales, and died September 30, 1842. He married Ann Davis 1797 in Wales. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes for David Pittsford: submitted by Margaret Frazier Bowman/8-16-1998 Excerpt from History of Licking County: "Pittsford, David, deceased, born in Wales, near the line between Wales and England, June, 1762. He was a slater by trade, and followed that as his vocation forty-five years. In 1797 he married Ann Davis of Wales. In 1801 he, with wife and two children, Mary and William, migrated to America, and located in Chester county, PA; remained there until 1816 when they migrated to Licking county, OH. They located in Granville Twp, on a farm now owned by their son, James Pittsford, where he engaged in clearing away the timber, and cultivating the soil as his vocation, which he followed until he died, September 30, 1842. His companion survived him until February 27, 1863, aged ninty-one years and six months. Their union resulted in six children: Mary, born in Wales, June 19, 1798; William (deceased), born in Wales, June 12, 1800; John (deceased), born in PA, October 2, 1802; Elizabeth, born in PA, June 9, 1804; Isaac (deceased), born in PA, October 1, 1807; James, born in Chester Co. PA , June 15, 1812, came with his parents to Licking county, OH, in 1816 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Notes from The Price Family Tree, by John M. Price, 1957 Came to America 1801, landing at Philadelphia;> Chester Co, Pa. 1801-16 Welsh Hills, near Granville, OH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Probably lived in Washington Twp, Licking Co, OH 2-2-1999--buried in Granville, OH: THE OLD COLONY CEMETERY. The cemetery is located on South Main Street at what was the southern edge of the village as it was platted in 1805. Cemetery records: b: abt 1762 ________________________________________________________________________ The following write up on David Pitchford (Pittsford), Price basic ancestor, is by Prof. Ira M. Price. The Pitchfords were settled in and about the Parish of St. Harmons, Radnorshire, N.Wales. The writer visited the parish church at Tylwch, June 5, 1901, and abstracted from the records, part of which had been destroyed by a church fire (between 1774 and 1805) all the material useful in locating the family genealogy. Our great grandfather, David Pitchford was the son of John Pitchford. Said John P1 had eight children, John, b: June 9, 1754; Edward, b: July 3, 1757-March 25, 1769; William, b: May 29, 1759; David b: March 23, 1761; Elizabeth, March 11, 1764-July 2, 1776; Edward, b: April 6, 1770; Hannah, b: Mar 8, 1772; and Joseph, November 18, 1774-June 15, 1777. Of the eight, three passed on in childhood or youth. No effort was made to run down the posterity of any of these except David our ancestor, though there were some Pitchfords living at St. Harmons and at Llanidloes--these latter descendants of Edward. We know nothing of the ancestry of the originals. They all spoke English and the records were written in English, though the parish is in the heart of Wales. Greatgrandfather Pitchford was a slater by trade, which he followed for 45 years. He was married three times. this I accidentally discovered by visiting the Parish of Nantmel, over in Radnorshire, while hunting information about the Prices. In the records of Nantmel I found this: "David Pitchford, parish of St. Harmons & Margaret Meredith of this parish (Nantmel), banns published July 29, August 12 & 19, 1781 (were married) by me, Thos. Jones, Curate." No information is given about any children or about what became of this wife. In the parish of St. Harmons I next found David Pitchford and Ann Thomas, "both of parish of Saint Harmons were married in this church by banns and by consent of Parents the 20th day of Auguest, 17 and 85 (1785) John Davies." signed by marks only. (Parish Records, Book I, pg 70.) The issue of this marriage is unknown, for the records at this point are defective. Presumably one son of this marriage came to U.S.A. by the name of Benjamin Pittsford, as noted below (101). The records give no information about the disappearance of the second wife. But in Nantmel, I fell upon this record: "Banns of marriage of David Pitchford of parish of St. Harmons & ann Davies of this (Nantmel) parish, same were married in this church 31 October 1797 by W. Williams vicar, "signed by marks only. "In the presence of Morgan Edwards, Gwenn Arthur." Four years later, in 1801, Greatgrandfather and Greatgrandmother came to U.S.A. with little Mary and William, their first two cares. They settled at Chester, PA for fifteen years, and did a small fruit and marketing business. They found their market in Philadelphia about 40 miles away. the fame of the Welsh Hills was widespread among the Welsh immigrants about Philadelphia. In 1816 Greatgrandfather traded his little place near Chester, (PA) for a farm on the Welsh Hills, "sight unseen", and secured the hilliest hill farm on the "Hills". The family with John, Elizabeth, Isaac, and James acquired at Chester, (PA), came West in a covered wagon, and after the long hard journey reached their goal. By dint of industry in clearing off the woods, and frugality, the family made its living on the inhospitable hills, and the old farm is still the possession of the Pittsfords. Greatgrandfather Pittsford soon established himself as one of the dependable citizens of the Welsh hills engaging in all community efforts to improve the neighborhood. in his 82d year (September 30, 1842) he passed on into the limitless future. Greatgrandmother a quiet unassuming little old lady lived to the end of her days in the original farm of the Pittsfords. The writer remembers her well, had many little chats with her. In her 92nd year, (August 24, 1770---February 27, 1862), she passed out of the shadows into the perpetual light of the beyond.

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