Tuscola-Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Pettit, Edwin 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 29, 2007, 8:33 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) EDWIN PETTIT. We are pleased to give place in this RECORD to the life narrative of many a man who came across the border from Canada, and has made his home in the Wolverine State, adding his quota to the industries and activities which have so materially helped to develop the resources of Michigan. Edwin Pettit who now makes his home in Elkland Township, Tuscola County, was born in Canada, a son of John and Maria Ann (Woods) Pettit, both of whom had their nativity and early training in England and came to Canada after their marriage. His father was by occupation a farmer, and upon the farm this son spent the early years of his life. Edwin Pettit did not receive the benefits of an education as he was so situated in childhood as to be deprived of such opportunities, but his native shrewdness and good sense qualified him for attending to business and the fact that he did not feel himself prepared to handle extended accounts has led him into the excellent method of doing business by the cash system. He came to the United States when he was a mere boy, locating with his parents in Lapeer County, Mich., and spending the years of his youth, mostly in that county upon a farm. It was in 1864 that he came to Tuscola County, and he then took up eighty acres of land, and after clearing it proceeded to put improvements upon it. Besides its highly cultivated condition one thing which makes it an admirable piece of property is that it has not now and never has had upon it a mortgage or claim from any one beside its owner. This is as all concede a remarkable record and a very happy one. In 1875 the parents of our subject came to Cass City where they lived a retired life, the mother passing from earth in 1888 and the father dying in 1891. The subject of this sketch was married June 18, 1870, to Ellen Landragren a Canadian by birth who was at the time residing in Elkland Township. One child crowned this union, namely, Frank, who was born March 10, 1874. The wife died June 18, 1889, and our subject now resides alone on the farm with his son. Mr. Pettit's whole life has been devoted to agricultural employments and he carries on stock-raising to a limited extent, keeping only such animals as he needs in order to efficiently pursue the work of the farm. Educational matters have ever awakened a keen interest in his mind and he desires for his son the advantages which he missed in childhood and youth, and is giving to him a thorough schooling in the Cass City High School. His career since making his home here has been marked by thorough industry, devotion to business, a regard for the rights of others and sterling integrity, and the respect of the community is his. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/bios/pettit701gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb