Biographical Sketch of J. G. Pettitt, M.D., Greene County, Missouri, Jackson Township >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Dr. Pettitt is the son of Dr. B. M. Pettitt, and was born at Auburn, N. Y., June 10th, 1846. His father was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and afterwards studied homoeopathy, and was one of the first and oldest homoeopaths in the United States. He is still living. J. G. Pettit was educated at Monroe Collegiate Institute, near Syracuse, N. Y. He followed the avocation of civil engineering for seven years, on the A. and P. R. R., now the 'Frisco. He studied medi- cine with his father, and took two courses of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, leaving the senior class to enter the army. He was in the 6th New York Cavalry, Col. Harris. He practiced medicine two years in New Mexico, and came to Strafford late in the summer of 1879, where he has since practiced his profession at Strafford and Cedar Gap as surgeon of the railroad. Dr. Pettitt was married June 25th, 1871, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Col. R. M. and Mary M. Jones, of this county, formerly of Giles county, Tennessee. Their union has been blest with three children, two girls and a boy. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================