Married Margaret Ellsworth, 4 Jan 1835, Hampstead, Queens, New York
Married Catherine Hillard, 15 May 1867, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p. 414
Pettit, Ethan, a veteran Elder of the Church, was born Jan. 14, 1810, at Hempstead, Queens Co., New York, the son of James Pettit and Mary Ann Steely. He joined the Church at an early day and came to Utah in 1848, crossing the plains in Heber C. Kimball's company; he settled in the 19th Ward, near the place where the copper plant now signals. In 1855 he filled a mission to the Indians in the Elk Mountains; later he made two trips to New York to visit his relatives. Bro. Pettit was twice married. By his first wife, Margaret Ellsworth, whom he married Jan. 4, 1835, at Long Island, N. Y., he had five children, namely, Matilda, Mary, Margaret, Ethan and Elizabeth W. By occupation Bro. Pettit was a farmer and stockraiser. There was no issue from his second marriage. Bro. Pettit died April 15, 1884, in Salt Lake City.
Married Margaret Ellsworth, 4 Jan 1835, Hampstead, Queens, New York
Married Catherine Hillard, 15 May 1867, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p. 414
Pettit, Ethan, a veteran Elder of the Church, was born Jan. 14, 1810, at Hempstead, Queens Co., New York, the son of James Pettit and Mary Ann Steely. He joined the Church at an early day and came to Utah in 1848, crossing the plains in Heber C. Kimball's company; he settled in the 19th Ward, near the place where the copper plant now signals. In 1855 he filled a mission to the Indians in the Elk Mountains; later he made two trips to New York to visit his relatives. Bro. Pettit was twice married. By his first wife, Margaret Ellsworth, whom he married Jan. 4, 1835, at Long Island, N. Y., he had five children, namely, Matilda, Mary, Margaret, Ethan and Elizabeth W. By occupation Bro. Pettit was a farmer and stockraiser. There was no issue from his second marriage. Bro. Pettit died April 15, 1884, in Salt Lake City.
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