Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Pitts, Samuel October 14, 1820 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Green Township
p. 485 & 486

Samuel Pitts was born in Guilford County, N. C., Oct. 14, 1820, and when 
twelve years of age moved with his parents, Samuel and Martha (Merideth) 
Pitts, to Wayne County, Ind. After reaching manhood he purchased land in Iowa 
which he soon sold and purchased the farm where he has since resided. He 
served four years as Trustee of Green Township, and has been guardian of 
estates since twenty-two years of age. He was married in 1842 to Martha A., 
daughter of Joseph and Ruth Tegal, her father a native of Virginia and her 
mother from North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were the parents of one child---
Anna, now Mrs. A. J. Gibbs, of Fountain City, Wayne County. Mrs. Pitts died in 
1843, and in 1844 Mr. Pitts married Anna, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Night) 
Thomas. They have had four children, two now living---Martha A., wife of Henry 
Love, of Wayne County, and Asa, married and residing with his parents. One son 
and one daughter are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pitts and children are members of 
the Society of Orthodox Friends. Mr. Pitts has served as Elder of his church a 
number of years and was ordained a minister in 1866. Mrs. Pitts is an Elder of 
her church. In politics Mr. Pitts was reared a Whig, but since the 
organization of the Republicans he has affiliated with that party. His parents 
were born, reared and married in North Carolina, and in 1832 moved to Wayne 
County, Ind. His father was engaged in agricultural pursuits through life and 
died on his farm, aged seventy-seven year. His wife died the following year 
aged seventy-seven years. They were consistent members of the Orthodox 
Friends. Mrs. Pitts's parents, were also born, reared, and married in North 
Carolina, and settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1812. They reared nine 
children of whom only two survive---John Thomas, of Iowa, and Fannie. Mr. 
Thomas died near Fountain City in 1855, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife 
died in 1842, aged seventy-two years.

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