Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Pittman, George 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

George Pittman, farmer, section 3, Hopkins Township, is a son of Abraham and 
Mary K (Alexander) Pittman, who were natives respectively of Virginia and 
Pennsylvania, and came to Whiteside County in the spring of 1864 and settled 
in Hopkins Township, where they lived the remainder of their days. They had a 
family of seven children, viz.: George, James, Esther Catherine, David, 
Rebecca and Caroline. The subject of this sketch was born in Fulton Co., Pa., 
Dec. 14, 1835. He lived in that State till 1864, when he came to Whiteside 
County, where he has since lived. He is the owner of 70 acres of land, in 
Hopkins Township, all of which is in a good tillable condition, and he has a 
valuable stone quarry on his farm. He was married in Fulton Co., Pa., Feb. 5, 
1859, to Elizabeth Clevenger, daughter of John and Julia A. (Carbol) 
Clevenger, natives of the Keystone State. They had a family of four children, 
as follows: Elizabeth, Ann, John and Catherine. Mrs. Pittman was born in 
Fulton Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. P. are the parents of seven 
living children, namely: Martha E., Sophia J., James H., John H., Charles M., 
Mary M. and Homer. Sophia J. died when five years, five months and eleven days 
old. In politics Mr. Pittman is identified with the Democratic party.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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