Note: SUSANNAH BENTON, WIFE OF PLEASANT OWEN PITTMAN, WAS THE SISTER OF Nancy BENTON WHO MARRIED SIR JAMES PITTMAN. HER PARENTS WERE MORDECAI AND PRISCILLA BENTON. SUSANNAH'S DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OWNED BY HER SON PLEASANT CICERO. HIS WIFE OLIVIA REMOVED IT AND GAVE IT TO LUCINDA PITTMAN DAVID WHO LEFT IT TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER SUSIE FREEMAN. IT WAS IN HER POSSESSION IN 1965 IN NICHOLSON, GA: "SUSANNAH PITTMAN DIED MAY 27, 1871 AT 7 O'CLOCK ON SAT. A.M. AFTER AN ILLNESS OF 2 MONTHS UNABLE TO SIT UP FOR 7 WEEKS. AGE 71 YRS. 11 DAYS. SHE DIED OF TYPHOID PNEUMONIA AND HEART DISEASE. FUNERAL WAS ON SUNDAY 11 IN THE MORNING BY REV. W. F. STARK FROM THE TEXT 'WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?'"
Note: SUSANNAH BENTON, WIFE OF PLEASANT OWEN PITTMAN, WAS THE SISTER OF Nancy BENTON WHO MARRIED SIR JAMES PITTMAN. HER PARENTS WERE MORDECAI AND PRISCILLA BENTON. SUSANNAH'S DEATH WAS RECORDED IN THE FAMILY BIBLE OWNED BY HER SON PLEASANT CICERO. HIS WIFE OLIVIA REMOVED IT AND GAVE IT TO LUCINDA PITTMAN DAVID WHO LEFT IT TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER SUSIE FREEMAN. IT WAS IN HER POSSESSION IN 1965 IN NICHOLSON, GA: "SUSANNAH PITTMAN DIED MAY 27, 1871 AT 7 O'CLOCK ON SAT. A.M. AFTER AN ILLNESS OF 2 MONTHS UNABLE TO SIT UP FOR 7 WEEKS. AGE 71 YRS. 11 DAYS. SHE DIED OF TYPHOID PNEUMONIA AND HEART DISEASE. FUNERAL WAS ON SUNDAY 11 IN THE MORNING BY REV. W. F. STARK FROM THE TEXT 'WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?'"
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