Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: George A Pettis
Age in 1850: 10
Estimated birth year: 1840
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1850: North Norwich, Chenango, New York
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Sally A (age 13), Israel (8), Susan (6), and Betsy E (2)
Census place: North Norwich, Chenango, New York; Roll M432_487; Page: 225B; Image: 450
Date: 27 Aug 1850

Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: George Pettis
Age in 1860: 22
Estimated birth year: 1838
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: servant
Home in 1860: Smithville, Chenango, New York
Post office: McDonough
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: not listed
Occupation: farm laborer
Census place: Smithville, Chenango, New York; Roll M653_734; Page: 512; Image: 482; Family History Library Film: 803734
Date: 2 Aug 1860

Extract from U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles:
Name: George Pettis
Residence: Illinois
Enlistment date: 2 Oct 1861
Rank at enlistment: private
State served: Illinois
Survived the war?: yes
Service record: enlisted in Company H, Illinois 46th Infantry Regiment on 1 Dec 1861. Mustered out on 1 Aug 1862
Source: Illinois Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Alphonso Pettis
Age in 1870: 30
Estimated birth year: 1840
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Washington, Franklin, Iowa
Post office: Hampton
Value of personal property: $400
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Washington, Franklin, Iowa; Roll: M593_392; Page: 407; Image: 380
Date: 23 Jun 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: George A Pettis
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1839
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Culver, Ottawa, Kansas
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Culver, Ottawa, Kansas; Roll: T9_392; Family History Film: 1254392; Page: 430.3000; Enumeration District: 223; Image: 0578
Date: 14 Jun 1880

Extract from New York Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920:
Name: Geo Pettis
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: 1840
Birth place: Sherburne, New York
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: single
Father's birth place: Sherburne, New York
Mother's birth place: New York
Education: common schools
Occupation of father: farmer
Existing cause of dependence: intemperance and vice
Ability to work: any light work
Previous inmate of poor house: stays here winters
Probable destiny: will not grow better
Admission date: 27 Nov 1903

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: George A Pettis
Age in 1910: 71
Estimated birth year: 1839
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: head
Home in 1910: Hampton Ward 1, Franklin, Iowa
Address: 617 Ninth Street
Marital status: married
Number of years of present marriage: 46
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Farm or house: house
Home owned or rented: owned; no mortgage
Occupation: laborer
Type of industry: odd jobs
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 5
Census place: Hampton Ward 1, Franklin, Iowa; Roll: T624_403; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 317
Date: 22 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1915 Iowa State Census:
Name: Alfonso G Pettis
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: 1839
Birth location: New York
Gender: male
Race: white
Residence county: Franklin
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Hampton
Post office: Hampton
Years in Iowa: 47
Marital status: married
Occupation: farmer
Total earnings in 1914 from occupation: $150
Months unemployed in 1914: 5
Able to read and write: yes
Deaf: yes
Education: 12th grade
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Value of farm or home: $1000
Mortgage: none
Religion: not listed
Roll: IA1915_196
Line: 75

Obituary from the "Evening Times-Republican" of Marshalltown, Iowa dated 1 Mar 1918:
Two Pioneer Residents Dead.
- - - - -
George A. Pettis and Mrs. Caldwell Die
in Franklin County.
Hampton, March 1. - Death has two more of this county's pioneers during the past few days. First was George A. Pettis, who passed away at the age of 79 years. From New York, where he was born, he came with his parents to Ohio, thence to Fulton, Ill., where in 1860 he enlisted in the Forty-eighth Illinois infantry. On March 20, 1864, he was united in marriage to Louisa C. Wright. Since 1867 the couple have resided in Franklin county. To them were born six girls and three boys. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Nichol and interment was in the Old Chapin Cemetery.

He married Louisa Cornelia Wright 20 March 1864 in Fountain Prairie, Columbia, Wisconsin.