Cemetery records show her as "Mrs. Johnathan Pettit." Unclear as to whether or not she is actually interred here, or if it was simply meant that she would be one day.
I am unsure on dates. Birth year is a guestimate based on censuses.
Interestingly, Jonathan Pettit filed for divorce at the very end of 1872, but the court minutes show that it was continued for over a year before the court dismissed it at cost to the plaintiff (Jonathan). The initial filing for divorce stated that Nancy had willfully left him and had been gone for 3 years (putting her disappearance at 1869). On the 1880 census, Jonathan identifies himself as a widower.
Some of their children are living with other families in 1870 in Wayne County, Iowa - namely, Charles, Lafayette, and James. By 1880, the youngest two sons - William and Thomas - are also living in Wayne County, Iowa. They seem to be connected to the Campbell, Kelso, Stringer, and Prince families. I cannot find William and Thomas on the 1870 census. Nancy remains a mystery as well.
Possibly connected to the following -- they all got married in Morgan County, Ohio, around the same time period, and there are DNA connections to their family groups where applicable:
James H Blacksten (1818-1895)
Henry Blackston (1820-?)
George H Blackston (1823-1885)
Martha Blackston Pettit (1824-1878)
Mary Ann Blackston Vannatter (1825-1890)
I am unsure on dates. Birth year is a guestimate based on censuses.
Interestingly, Jonathan Pettit filed for divorce at the very end of 1872, but the court minutes show that it was continued for over a year before the court dismissed it at cost to the plaintiff (Jonathan). The initial filing for divorce stated that Nancy had willfully left him and had been gone for 3 years (putting her disappearance at 1869). On the 1880 census, Jonathan identifies himself as a widower.
Some of their children are living with other families in 1870 in Wayne County, Iowa - namely, Charles, Lafayette, and James. By 1880, the youngest two sons - William and Thomas - are also living in Wayne County, Iowa. They seem to be connected to the Campbell, Kelso, Stringer, and Prince families. I cannot find William and Thomas on the 1870 census. Nancy remains a mystery as well.
Possibly connected to the following -- they all got married in Morgan County, Ohio, around the same time period, and there are DNA connections to their family groups where applicable:
James H Blacksten (1818-1895)
Henry Blackston (1820-?)
George H Blackston (1823-1885)
Martha Blackston Pettit (1824-1878)
Mary Ann Blackston Vannatter (1825-1890)
Cemetery records show her as "Mrs. Johnathan Pettit." Unclear as to whether or not she is actually interred here, or if it was simply meant that she would be one day.
I am unsure on dates. Birth year is a guestimate based on censuses.
Interestingly, Jonathan Pettit filed for divorce at the very end of 1872, but the court minutes show that it was continued for over a year before the court dismissed it at cost to the plaintiff (Jonathan). The initial filing for divorce stated that Nancy had willfully left him and had been gone for 3 years (putting her disappearance at 1869). On the 1880 census, Jonathan identifies himself as a widower.
Some of their children are living with other families in 1870 in Wayne County, Iowa - namely, Charles, Lafayette, and James. By 1880, the youngest two sons - William and Thomas - are also living in Wayne County, Iowa. They seem to be connected to the Campbell, Kelso, Stringer, and Prince families. I cannot find William and Thomas on the 1870 census. Nancy remains a mystery as well.
Possibly connected to the following -- they all got married in Morgan County, Ohio, around the same time period, and there are DNA connections to their family groups where applicable:
James H Blacksten (1818-1895)
Henry Blackston (1820-?)
George H Blackston (1823-1885)
Martha Blackston Pettit (1824-1878)
Mary Ann Blackston Vannatter (1825-1890)
I am unsure on dates. Birth year is a guestimate based on censuses.
Interestingly, Jonathan Pettit filed for divorce at the very end of 1872, but the court minutes show that it was continued for over a year before the court dismissed it at cost to the plaintiff (Jonathan). The initial filing for divorce stated that Nancy had willfully left him and had been gone for 3 years (putting her disappearance at 1869). On the 1880 census, Jonathan identifies himself as a widower.
Some of their children are living with other families in 1870 in Wayne County, Iowa - namely, Charles, Lafayette, and James. By 1880, the youngest two sons - William and Thomas - are also living in Wayne County, Iowa. They seem to be connected to the Campbell, Kelso, Stringer, and Prince families. I cannot find William and Thomas on the 1870 census. Nancy remains a mystery as well.
Possibly connected to the following -- they all got married in Morgan County, Ohio, around the same time period, and there are DNA connections to their family groups where applicable:
James H Blacksten (1818-1895)
Henry Blackston (1820-?)
George H Blackston (1823-1885)
Martha Blackston Pettit (1824-1878)
Mary Ann Blackston Vannatter (1825-1890)
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