Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....PETITT, William J.  March 17, 1929
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, March 27, 1929
Page 4, OBITUARY
WILLIAM J. PETITT  (JOHN WILLIAM PETITT)
Ammons, Breckinridge County, Ky, March 24 (Special)
     William J. PETITT, age 78, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James 
MORGAN and Mr. MORGAN, Sunday morning March 17, 1929 at 1:00.  Mr. PETITT had 
been in failing health for sometime, and had been very sad since the death of his 
wife, a little more than two months ago.  He seemed to welcome death when he 
learned of it's approach.
     He was a well known and highly respected citizen of the community.  He is 
survived by:
four daughters:
Mrs. Clem PAYNE of Humboldt, Illinois (Coles County)
Mrs. Lula WEEDMAN of Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County) not Illinois?
Mrs. Clarence MORGAN of Vincennes, Indiana (not Illinois?)
Mrs. MORGAN of this place (Cloverport, Ky)
one son:
Thomas PETITT of Cloverport, Ky
one sister:
Mrs. Gertrude LYONS of Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County)
     The funeral was conducted on Monday afternoon (March 18, 1929) at the Ammons 
Baptist Church, by the Reverend H. S. ENGLISH.


Additional Comments:
Breckinridge County Cemeteries, volume 1, published in 1991:
Hattie's husband was still living when Hattie died.

#0126 English Baptist Church Cemetery, located in Ammons, .1 mile north of 
Highway 259.  1 1/4 miles north of the junction of Highways 259 & 144.
PETITT, John William  17 Apr 1850 -- 27 Mar 1929  husband of Hattie J.
        Hattie J.     19 Aug 1847 -- 02 Jan 1929  wife of John W.
(John William PETITT died on March 17, not on March 27, as is listed in the 
cemetery book)

Research from Ancestry.com website:
I found Hattie's full maiden name on her death certificate #00496
Registrar's Number- 01    Registration District Number- 4355
Harrett Josephine PETTIT, female, white, married, housekeeper at home
born August 19, 1846 Clark County, Indiana
died January 2, 1929 Town of Ammons was crossed out.  Voting Precinct- Union 
Star, Breckinridge County, Ky.
died at age 82 years, 4 months, 2 days old
Name of Father: Benjamin HAWKINS born Clark County, Indiana
Name of Mother: Lucy GOODMAN born Clark County, Indiana
Informant:  James MORGAN of Ammons, Ky.
Burial was on January 3, 1929 at Ammons, Ky.

Hattie's husband:
Death Certificate #08344  Registrar's number- 09
Registration District number- 4355
John William PETITT, male, white, widowed, farmer
born April 17, 1850 Indiana
died March 17, 1929 at 1:00 a.m. in Voting Precinct- Union Star
died at age 78 years, 11 months, 1 day old
Name of Father: Thomas PETITT born Indiana
Name of Mother: Mary NEAL born Indiana
The space where the name of his wife should have been given, was left blank.
Informant: James MORGAN of Ammons, Ky
Burial was on March 18, 1929 at Ammons, Ky

James MORGAN of Ammons is the husband of Ottie Gay PETITT, daughter of John W. 
and Hattie HAWKINS PETITT.  This couple is also buried at English Baptist Church 
Cemetery:
MORGAN, Ottie Gay  born 08 May 1870 Madison, Indiana
                   died 12 July 1945 Addison, Breckinridge County, Ky
Information from her Death Certificate #13965  She was buried on 15 July 1945 at 
Ammons, Ky
Tombstone has her birth date:  born 08 April 1870
Ottie's husband"
MORGAN, James W.  born 24 Mar 1866 Meade County, Ky
                  died 04 Nov 1945 Western State Hospital, rural Hopkinsville in 
                  Christian County, Ky.
His Death Certificate #22845 states James was a patient for only 4 days, and died 
from a cerebral hemorrhage.  His parents and their places of birth was listed as 
unknown, going only by hospital records, dying only 4 months as his wife, Ottie.

I found on Ancestry.com where Ottie PETITT and James MORGAN were married in 
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana on July 6, 1891.

I did not find a tombstone for Hattie and John's other child who lived around 
Ammons, namely Thomas Benjamin PETITT.  The rest of their children lived outside 
of Breckinridge County according to Hattie and John's obituaries.
Peggy Russell


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