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Cemetery:           Embry Cemetery
Name:               Reuben Hitt

Date Of Photograph: July 5, 2004
Photo can be seen at:
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Reuben Hitt
1781 - 1855

Born in Virginia the son of a Methodist preacher, Reuben moved with his family
to Laurens District, South Carolina in 1785. Here he married Martha Hamilton who
died at an early age. In 1835, with his six children, Reuben moved to Webster
County Mississippi. Upon returning to Laurens in 1842 he married Nancy Hitt, a
fourth cousin and 1844 they settled in Webster County where their three sons and
two daughters were reared. Nancy died in 1899. Reuben, possessed with the
pioneer spirit of his Great-Grandfather Peter Hitt, who left his native Germany
in 1714 to settle Germanna, a far western outpost in Virginia, was among the
first white settlers of this new region, seeking fertile land to make a better
home for his family and the generations to come. His descendants have spread
from Webster, Calhoun and Marion Counties to to every section of the country. It
is to Reuben Martin Hitt, buried at this site, and to his brave and determined
pioneer spirit we humbly dedicate this memorial.

J. R. Hitt           Charles H. Hitt         Jessie Hitt
Zack Hitt            Carrie Ellzey           J. W. (Jim) Hitt
Fox Hitt             Edith Black             Jack Hitt
Walter D. Hitt       Dave Black, Jr.         Earl Hitt
Robert D. Hitt       Lorraine Rhian          Lewis R. Hitt
James H. Hitt        Lucile Hollingsworth    Folsie Hood
Mike Hitt            Carolyn H. Priester     Mary S. Soper

Additional Comments:
This large monument is located at the back of the cemetery.

Photo taken by Jackie & Kenneth Rhodes

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