Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Petitt, Milton 1819 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Milton Petitt, farmer, Veedersburg, was born in Carroll county, Kentucky,
November 1, 1819. His father served as a soldier under Gen. Harrison in the war
of 1812. Till he was twenty-five years ot age he assisted his parents as becomes
a dutiful son. At an early age he united with the Baptist church, and through
life has endeavored to act the part of a christian. He was bred a farmer, which
pursuit he has never forsaken. In 1844 he came to Indiana and was married to
Margaret J. Thompson, a native of Kentucky. In 1855 they moved to Fountain
county. Mrs. Petitt is a member of the Christian church, having united with the
same in early life. They own 175 acres of land adjoining Sterling, which is well
improved, and other property, as the result of their industry and economy. All
who know him know him to be honest in all his dealings, and know his word to be
as good as his bond. John Thompson, his wife's father, was an early pioneer of
Fountain county, having emigrated from Kentucky, of which he was a native, in
1833, locating on a farm near Hillsboro, where he remained till his death.
Samuel Thompson fell in the war of 1812. Milton and Margaret J. Petitt have one
child, Marshall Petitt, born November 6, 1847. He was educated at the Wesley
Academy and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, after which he returned to
his father's farm. Marshall united with the ancient order of Masons, Waynetown,
Indiana, at the age of twenty-nine; was given the degree of royal arch in
Crawfordsville Chapter, No. 40, in 1877. He took up the study of medicine with
Dr. Armstrong, of Hillsboro, and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Indianapolis, October 12,1876, graduating February 22, 1878, in the degree M.D.
August 30, 1877, he was married to Miss Nan Patton, by whom he has one daughter,
Hallie J., born May 23, 187S. Dr. Petitt located in Veedersburg July 1, 1878,
where he has since exclusively pursued the practice of medicine, with an
increasing and paying practice. He is a member of the Fountain County Medical
Society.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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