John Frank "Frank" Pitman b. Abt 1862 Missouri, USA d. Before 1936 Nebraska, USA: Our Family History

Abt 1862 - 1936 (~ 73 years)

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Name	John Frank "Frank" Pitman [1, 2]
Born	Abt 1862	Missouri, USA [2]
Gender	Male
Census	20 Jul 1870	Timber Hill, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA [3]
	1. Pittman, H., 31, male, white, farmer, real estate value $1000, personal $200, Kansas, cannot read or write 2. _____, Juliet, 27, female, white, housekeeping, Illinois 3. _____, James, 6, male, white, Kansas 4. _____, Rolla, 4, male, white, Kansas 5. _____, Julia, 2, female, white, Kansas 6. _____, Wm, 1, male, white, Kansas
Census	7 June 1880	Vermilion township, Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA [4]
	[Juliette's family after her death] 1. Pitman, John H, white, male, 54, widower, farmer, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Carolina 2. _____, John D., white, male, 18, single, laborer, can read, cannot write, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois 3. _____, William A., white, male, 15, son, single, laborer, can read, cannot write, laborer, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 4. _____, Juliet E., white, female, 12, daughter, attending school, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 5. _____, James E., white, male, 8, son, attending school, Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois 6. _____, Winnie B., white, female, 6, daughter, attending school, Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois
Census	6 June 1900	Galena City, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [5]
	1. Pittman, Frank, head, white, male, February 1862, 38, married 9 years, Missouri, [blank], [blank], mining zinc, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Sarah, wife, white, female, June 1870, 29, married 9 years, 4 children 3 living, Missouri, [blank]. [blank], can read and write 3. _____, Charles, son, white, male, November 1886, 13, Indian Territory, Missouri, Missouri, attended school 6 months, can read and write 4. _____, Sadie, daughter, white, female, December 1893, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, attended school 1 month, cannot read or write 5. _____, Franklin, son, white, male, July 1897, 2, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Census	Apr 1910	Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [6]
	[Frank Pitman's family in his absence] 1. Pitman, Sarah A., head, female, white, 38, widowed,, 6 children 4 living, Missouri, Missouri, Indiana, no occupation, can read and write 2. _____, Charles H. son, male, white, 23, single, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri, miner, zinc mine, can read and write 3. _____, Sadie A., daughter, female, white, 16, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, music teacher, own home, can read and write 4. _____, Frankie Hl, son male, white, 12, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 5. _____, Marie J., daughter, female, white, 8, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri, attending school
Residence	Abt 1907-1911	Idaho, USA [7]
NEWS	20 Nov 1911	Galena City, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [8]
	Galena newspaper: "Frank Pitman, aged 67, and Sarah Pitman, aged 47, who were divorced in Galena about three years ago, were remarried yesterday afternoon by Justice of the Peace M. L. Smith at his office. Mr. Pitman returned to Galena probably a couple of weeks ago after spending about four years in western states. At the time of divorce Mrs. Pitman's maiden name was not restored."
Newspaper Article	23 Nov 1911	Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [7]
	Newspaper: "Mr. Frank Pitman has returned after a four years absence in Idaho. He went there for his health. He seems to be fully recovered. He visited last Saturday with his sister Mrs. Vickers." [This helps to confirm his identity as Nancy Adeline Pitman was married to a Vickers.]
NEWS	1 Jul 1912	Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [9]
	Frank Pitman to be tried to determine if he is insane.
NEWS	2 Jul 1912	Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA [10]
	Frank Pitman is found insane and will be taken to the state asylum.
Died	Before 1936	Nebraska, USA [1]
Person ID	I5809	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	22 May 2022

Father	John Houston Pitman, b. Abt 1834, Tennessee, USA , d. 1896 (Age ~ 62 years)
Mother	Juliette Franklin Walker, b. Abt 1833, Illinois, USA , d. Between 1875-1880 (Age ~ 47 years)
Married	2 Jun 1853	Rock Island County, Illinois, USA [1, 11]
Family ID	F2091	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 [first wife of Frank Pitman] [Pitman]

Married Before 1886 [5]

Based on 1900 census statement that Frank and Sarah were married around 1891, Charles's birth year of 1886, guessing that Frank had a first wife.

Children

1. Charles Pitman, b. Nov 1886, Indian Territory

Last Modified 21 May 2022

Family ID F3350 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Sarah [Pitman]

Children

	1. Sadie A. Pitman, b. 15 Dec 1893, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA , d. 23 May 1952, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years)
	2. Franklin Pitman, b. Jul 1897, Kansas, USA

Last Modified 22 May 2022

Family ID F3349 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes
Married and had two children. [1]

Sources

[S3125] Lawson Howland (showland@cableone.net) to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), email, 4 February 2013; attached was they typescript of material written by J. N. Wannamaker and printed in "The Times" [locale not stated] on 31 December 1936, based on a letter that Mr. Wannamaker received from Martha "Mattie" (Paul) Rippy regarding her Paul and Walker ancestry, as well as a description of their lives in Kansas. Mr. Wannamaker's wife Sadie (Paul) Wannamaker was Mattie Rippy's younger sister and both were the children of Eliza (Walker) Paul, the daughter of Samuel A. Walker.
[S4389] 1880 U. S. census, Nemaha County, Kansas, population schedule, Vermillion township, enumeration district (ED) 197, pp. 7-8 (penned), pp. 126a-b (stamped), dwelling 62, family 67, John H. Pitman household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 390.
[S4733] 1870 U.S. census, Bourbon County, Kansas, population schedule, Timber Hill township, Fort Scott (post office), p. 9 (penned), p. 556 (stamped, recto), dwelling 73, family 69, H. Pittman household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 11 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 429.
[S6589] 1880 U.S. census, Nemaha County, Kansas, population schedule, Mill Vermilion township, enumeration district (ED) 197, pp. 7-8 (penned), p. 126 (stamped, first side), dwelling 62, family 67, John H. Pitman household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 May 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 390.
[S6590] 1900 U.S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Galena Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 10B (penned recto), p. 10 (stamped, verso), dwelling 225, family 244, Fran Pittman household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 March 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].
[S6597] 1910 U.S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Galena (Ward 3), enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 6B), p. 123 (stamped, verso), dwelling 150, family 157, Sarah A. Pitman household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 434.
[S6591] "Lowell" Modern Light (Columbus, Kan..), 23 November 1911, p. 8, col. 5, item for Mr. Frank Pitman; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 May 2022).
[S6593] "Divorced Couple Marry" The Galena Evening Times (Galena, Kan..), 20 November 1911, p. 3, col. 4; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 May 2022).
[S6594] "Is Pitman Insane?" The Galena Evening Times (Galena, Kan..), 1 July 1912, p. 1, col. 6; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 May 2022).
[S6595] "Pitman Adjudged Insane" The Galena Evening Times (Galena, Kan..), 2 July 1912, p. 1, col. 7; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 May 2022).
[S4167] llinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 12 March 2013), entry for John H. Pitman-Juliette Walker, Rock Island County, 2 June 1853; citing Rock Island County, Marriage Book A: 65, license no. 934. .