Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pitt, James H., 1936 

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     JAMES HENRY PITT 

  James Henry Pitt, 78 [sic; 79*], of Isle of Wight County, died Wednesday 
July 15th, at his home near Smithfield after a brief illness.  Mr. Pitt was 
the son of Nathaniel Newman Pitt, and Lavainia [sic; Lavinia] Baker Pitt, 
had was connected with some of the oldest and most prominent families of 
the county.

  He married Julia B. Channell almost fifty years ago, plans for the 
celebration of the golden wedding have been made.

  Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Julia Channell Pitt, one daughter, Mrs. 
Paul Davis; a grandchild Marie Davis, a brother, J. Meader Pitt of Norfolk; 
a sister Mrs. E.K. Channell of Suffolk and a number of nieces and nephews.

  Mr. Pitt has been an active member of Whitehead Grove Baptist Chruch since 
early youth.  Funeral services were held at his church Friday morning at 11 
o’clock conducted by the Rev. T.W. Page.  Burial was made in Wesley Chapel 
Cemetery of Chuckatuck.

  Active pallbearers were Percy G. Pitt, Franklin W. Pitt, James T., E.N., 
W.F., and H.H. Davis, J. Waverly Horne and J.V. Oliver.


James Henry PITT, farmer, 
b. 4 Feb 1858, Nansemond Co., d. 15 Jul 1936, at home, near Smithfield, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery*, Chuckatuck, 17 Jul 1936, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., July 23, 1936, p. 1, col. 7 

*Wesley Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 18472 (Newport #13). 


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