PETTITT

ROBERT PETTITT, farmer, Section 1, Township 18, Range 3, P. O. Schuyler,
was born in Sussex, England, March 17, 1817. He there married, in 1842,
Miss  Elizabeth Kenward. They have eight children--Fred, Caleb, Albert,
Frank, Walter, Lucy, Sarah Jane and Isabel. He emigrated to America in
1850, locating in Saratoga, County, N. Y., residing there two years. He
then moved to Henry County Ill, where he resided about nine years, after
which he moved to Ford County, Ill, where he remained till 1876. In that
year he removed to Nebraska, and soon after his arrival settled in
Colfax County. Mr. P. has been engaged in farming since he came to
America, and now has a fine stock farm of 260 acres, of which sixty-five
acres are in cultivation, the rest grass land, a portion being under
fence.  He devotes much attention to raising fine stock, chiefly sheep,
keeping about seven hundred head on hand. 

Source: Andreas' History of Nebraska 1883, Colfax County, Town of
Schuyler

Contributed by Susie Martin-Rott
rootbound2@geocities.com


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