George Washington Kitterman, Douglas Co.,MO Pioneer George Washington Kitterman, born December 30, 1838 near Kitterman Corners, Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana, to George Washington and Mary (Fortune) Kitterman, being the nineth child in order of birth, his siblings being: Malinda married William Blunk; John married Savilla Rhodes; Benjamin married Nancy Taylor, Anna married Alfred Crutchfield, Susan married William Carter, Nancy married William Kellams, Sarah married John Beard, Johanna married John Shoemaker; Mary married Isaam Stapleton; David married Maria Louisa Spencer; Elizabeth married Davis L. Dunn; Emily married Nicholas Workan and Maria Eliza married William B. Searcy. The father of our subject, George Washington Kitterman Sr. came to Harrison County, Indiana with his widowed mother at the age of 22 years, his father having died in Franklin County, Virginia in 1811. He married Mary Fortune, daughter of Benjamin and Mildred (Carter) Fortune, early residents of Perry County, Indiana. The subject of our sketch served two terms in the War of the Rebellion, Feb. 8, 1862 Co. F, Captian Shirleys 53 Reg. Ind. Vol. was discharged at Wilma , Miss. 21 Feb. 1864 and from 22 Feb. 1864 to 21 July 1865 in Co. F. 53 Reg. Ind. Vol. in Company F, 53rd. Indiana Inf., his discription from his pension papers says he was 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 173 pounds, complexion- fair, eyes- blue, hair- dark, occupation- farmer. After his discharge from the Civil War, he married Miss. Cornelia Stapleton, August 13, 1865, the daughter of Achem and Mary (Taylor) Stapleton. He bought a farm near Addyville in Perry County, Indiana and four children were born; Isaam Freeman June 10, 1866; Benjamin H. April 7, 1868; John T. born March 25, 1869, died July 20, 1871; Mary born Nov. 28, 1871, died June 14, 1872. Soon after the burial of the two babies, George and Cornelia moved to Ark., but only stayed 6 weeks and then moved to Ava, Douglas County, Missouri. Here three more children were born; George Henderson, June 1, 1874; Walter Boon, October 10, 1878 and Leo Leonard July 4, 1880. Cornelia (Stapleton) Kitterman, wife of our subject, died March 27, 1900 and is buried in the Ava Cemetery in Ava, Missouri. On October 12, 1901, George married Lucy Plybon, daughter of Jacob Plybon and the widow of Samson Johnson Kitterman, they moved to Copan, Washington county, Oklahoma. George Washington Kitterman made his will September 12, 1914 and June 26, 1916 he died. He is buried in Dewey Cemetery, in Dewey, Oklahoma. =============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Perry ===============================================================