HIRAM J. PETTIT
(December 8, 1886 - January 2, 1929)

Hiram J. Pettit was born in Texas on December 8, 1886 to John Wesley Pettit and Etha Lucinda (McMillon) Pettit.

He and his family lived in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. The home place where they lived is now covered over by a man-made lake.

Hiram was number 12 of 13 children, with his brother Alvis Pettit being the youngest. All Hiram's brothers and sisters and his parents are linked to him at the bottom of this memorial.

He died on January 2, 1929 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas at the age of 42.

(((((The old picture of the Pettit family was taken in 1893 in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, TX. Those pictured were: L-R; #1 Sallie (Pettit) Baker, #2 John Wesley Pettit, #3 Hiram Pettit, #4 Robert Scott Pettit, #5 Etha Lucinda (McMillon) Pettit, #6 Alvis Pettit, #7 Lucinda May (Pettit) Patterson, #8 Fanny (Pettit) Price & #9 Nannie (Pettit) Gilbert. If you enlarge and look closely, you can see numbers on the picture. It was taken in front of the Pettit homeplace, N. of town which is now covered over by a lake. John Wesley Pettit's children, Ben, Maggie, Mary Susan, Ollie, James R. & John H. are not pictured. Maggie, James R. & John H. died very, very young. Ben, Mary Suzi and Ollie would have already left home.)))))

Helen (Baker) Foglesong (Hiram was my paternal great uncle.)
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Hiram's death certificate on Ancestry shows that Hiram was married at the time of his death.

Hiram was buried at Mission Burial Park South, on S. E. Military Drive, described as: Block 6, Lot 828, Space 2. The cemetery is adjacent to the banks of the San Antonio River and near the historic Spanish Missions. It is a very big and well-kept cemetery.

(Info from Daniel Gabehart, retired Deputy Chief, Bexar County Sheriff Dept.) Thank you, Daniel!