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Lewis Pettit

Birth
Death
15 Apr 1875 (aged 64)
Burial
Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Age 64 years and 5 months.

His first wife was Elsie Golder Smith, with whom he had a daughter named Ann Augusta Pettit Wright (1838-1871), also buried in the Presbyterian Church cemetery. His second wife was Jane Sealey.

An article in the Hempstead Sentinel (Nov 1 1891) entitled "Unlucky Investments" clarifies relations between Lewis, first wife Elsie Smith, his granddaughter Ann Augusta Wright, his father-in-law Nathaniel Smith, and his second:

"Counselor Geo. A Mott, guardian of Anna Augusta Wright is about to institute proceedings for an accounting of the estate of Louis [Lewis] Pettit...Pettit died 15 years ago [1875]. His second wife, Jane Pettit, nee Sealey, and a grandchild, Anna Augusta Wright, survived him. The first wife of the deceased was Elsie Smith, a daughter of Nathaniel Smith who last spring died at Hempstead in his 102nd year..."
Age 64 years and 5 months.

His first wife was Elsie Golder Smith, with whom he had a daughter named Ann Augusta Pettit Wright (1838-1871), also buried in the Presbyterian Church cemetery. His second wife was Jane Sealey.

An article in the Hempstead Sentinel (Nov 1 1891) entitled "Unlucky Investments" clarifies relations between Lewis, first wife Elsie Smith, his granddaughter Ann Augusta Wright, his father-in-law Nathaniel Smith, and his second:

"Counselor Geo. A Mott, guardian of Anna Augusta Wright is about to institute proceedings for an accounting of the estate of Louis [Lewis] Pettit...Pettit died 15 years ago [1875]. His second wife, Jane Pettit, nee Sealey, and a grandchild, Anna Augusta Wright, survived him. The first wife of the deceased was Elsie Smith, a daughter of Nathaniel Smith who last spring died at Hempstead in his 102nd year..."


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