Stephen M . PETTIS

Birth:

23 Jul 1777

Death:

6 Jan 1855

Newburg Township, Pike, Ill.

Burial:

Pettis Cem., Newburg, Pike, Illinois

Marriage:

31 Mar 1831

Johnstown, Ohio

Father:

Stephen PETTIS

Mother:

Amy BUTTON

Notes:

                   Stephen Pettis  was  in  the  U.S.  Army , he fought  in  the '' War of1812 '' and also in the Black Hawk
War. He rose to the rank of Colonel. From Rhode Island, he went to NewHampshire, to Alburgh, Vermont and, in  the middle 1820s, to FrenchMills, Canada, where he built a mill. From  Canada, he went to MeccaTownship, Trumbull County, Ohio. He left Ohio in  1835 and moved toNewburg Township, Pike County, Ill., where he was a surveyor and farmer.He owned 1,000 acres. He and his family were members  of the PresbyterianChurch. He died of " lung fever " Jan 6, 1855 at 7 p.m. In the War of1812, he was a captain and served in 4 th Regiment ( Williams ) VermontMilitia.  He was married four times and had 21 children - 9 by his firstwife, 2 by  his second, 4 by his third and 6 by his fourth.
Two daughters by his first wife, Sarah and Polly, drowned in a shipwreckon Lake Erie Oct. 18, 1829. Sarah was 26, Polly was 19. Both lefthusbands. The  1880  U.S.  census  report  for  his  son  Solomon
says  that  his  father , ( Stephen  Pettis  ) , was  born  in  Vermont .WJD .

Catherine HOSFORD

Birth:

17 Sep 1801

Canaan, Connecticut

Death:

12 Feb 1888

Kasota, Minnesota

Burial:

Woodlawn Cem ., East St. Peter, Kasota, Le Sueur, Minnesota

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mn/lesueur/cemeteries/woodlawn.txt

Notes:

                   In  an  affidavid  for  Stephen  Pettis's  military  pension  , Catherine( Hosford ) Pettis  described
Stephen  in  this  manner , '' Stephen  Pettis  was  six  foot  tall ,brown  hair  , dark  eyes '' .  WJD .

Children

Marriage

No Children Recorded

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Stephen M . Pettis - Catherine Hosford

Stephen M . Pettis was born at CT 23 Jul 1777. His parents were Stephen Pettis and Amy Button.

He married Catherine Hosford 31 Mar 1831 at Johnstown, Ohio . Catherine Hosford was born at Canaan, Connecticut 17 Sep 1801 .

Stephen M . Pettis died 6 Jan 1855 at Newburg Township, Pike, Ill. .

Catherine Hosford died 12 Feb 1888 at Kasota, Minnesota .