William H. Hitt, 18681952 (aged 83 years)

Name
William H. /Hitt/
Given names
William H.
Surname
Hitt
Nickname
Bill & Will
Birth
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Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Marriage of a parent
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Birth of a half-brother
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Birth of a half-brother
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19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Death of a paternal grandfather
Census
Address: Red Lands Township, Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Citation details: NARA Film# T9-0046, Page 423D, Film# 1254046
Note: entry# 3263. lists as Hit [Hitt], Preston [Presley] Self, IL IL IL, White, Male, Married, Age: 35, Farmer; Mary, wife, Female, Age: 30, IL; William, son, Male, Age: 8; Thomas, son, Male, Age: 6; Joseph, son, Male, Age: 2. Children born in Arkansas.
Marriage of a parent
Quality of data: Page 213 image
Citation details: Page 213, Book 2 of Marriage Records
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Birth of a half-brother
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Citation details: Memorial# 47993418. Added 11 FEB 2010 by Fern Paul Moore
Birth of a half-brother
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22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Marriage of a parent
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Text:

Certificate of Marriage: STATE OF ARKANSAS. County of Hempstead. I, Jas A. Gorham certify that, on the 14th day of Oct. A.D. 1888, I, did duly and according to law, as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and publish the Bans of Matrimony between the parties therein named. WITNESS my hand this 14th day of Oct A.D. 1888. ss/Jas A Gorham, J.P.
Certificate of Record: STATE OF ARKANSAS, County of Hempstead. I, Robert W. Jones, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that the above License for, and Certificate of the Marriage of Mr. Presley N. Hitt and Mrs. Sarah E. Gorham were on the 16th day of November 1888, filed in my office, and the same are now duly recorded on Page 454 of Book I of Marriage Records. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court, this 16th day of November A.D. 1888. ss/ RM Jones, Clerk of the County Court.

Note: Sarah's probable 3rd marriage.
Marriage
about 1889 (aged 20 years)
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Birth of a daughter
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Marriage
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Marriage
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Birth of a son
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Family census
Address: Precinct 2, Camp County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 15B
Text:

Supervisor's District: 1
Enumeration District: 15
Enumerator: C. W. Stowe

Note: in 282 286 as Hitt, William H., Head, White, Male, Born: Aug 1870, Age: 29, Married: 2 yrs, AR IL USA, Farmer, Can read write & speak English, Home: rent, farm 270; Lena, Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1881, Age: 19, Married: 2 yrs. Children born: 1, Children living: 1, TX TX TX, Housekeeper, Can read write & speak English; Edith, Daughter, White, Female, Age: Oct 1892, Age: 7, Single, TX AR TX; Luther, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1899, Age: 1, Single, TX AR TX
Birth of a daughter
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British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Birth of a daughter
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Marriage of a half-brother
Marriage of a half-brother
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Death of a son
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Marriage of a daughter
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Birth of a son
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Death of a son
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Note: Willie & mother, Lena, died at child birth
Death of a wife
Cause: Milk Fever at birth of son, Willie
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Census
Address: Justice Precinct 1, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Page 19
Quality of data: transcription
Note: family 355 lists William Hitt, Self, White, Male, Age: 38, Widowed, TX IL AR; Effie Hitt, Daughter, Female, Age: 9; Rosie Hitt, Daughter, Female, Age: 6; Della, Daughter, Female, Age: 4.
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Marriage
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Birth of a son
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Citation details: Film# 2240147, Digital Film# 4005486, Image# 01123, Reference# 45288
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Marriage of a daughter
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Family census
Address: Precinct 6, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Film# 1821853, Digital Folder# 4390817, Image# 00894, Sheet 2
Quality of data: transcription
Note: lists: Will H. Hitt, Self, Male, White, Married, Age: 49, AR IL AR, Farmer; Emma, Wife, Female, Age: 45, GA; Effie, Daughter, Female, Age: 19; Rosie, Daughter, Female, Age: 16; Della, Daughter, Female, Age: 14; Levi, Son, Age: 6; children born in Texas.
Marriage of a daughter
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Death of a father
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Death of a half-brother
Address: Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Film# 2114763, Digital Film# 4165151, Page# 245, Reference# 12731
Burial of a half-brother
Citation details: Film# 2114763, Digital Film# 4165151, Image# 245, Reference# 12731
Family census
Address: Precinct 6, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 8A, NARA Publication T626-2403, Film# 2342137, Digiital Folder# 4547382, Image# 00897
Text:

Enumeration District: 15

Quality of data: transcriiption
Note: family 167 lists William H. Hitt, Head, Male, Age: 60, 1st married at 21, White, AR IL IL; Farmer; Emma H. Hitt, Wife, Female, Age: 57 1st married at 18, White, GA GA GA ; Levi T. Hitt, Son, Male, Age: 17, Single, White, TX AR GA.
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Birth of a grandson
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33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Death of a wife
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Citation details: Memorial# 18644599. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Burial of a wife
Cemetery: Willow Oak B. C. Cemetery
Address: Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 18644599. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Note: tombstone inscription: Emma Hitt; wie of W. H. Hitt; Dec 13, 1870; Feb 14, 1951
British King
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
Death of a mother
Death
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Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Burial
Cemetery: Willow Oak B. C. Cemetery
Address: Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, Ua
Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Note: tombstone inscription: William H. Hitt; Aug. 9, 1868; Feb. 14, 1952
Family with parents
father
18411926
Birth: February 2, 1841 37 33 Washington, Illinois, USA
Death: May 24, 1926Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
mother
Marriage Marriageabout 1867
20 months
himself
18681952
Birth: August 9, 1868 27 19 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 14, 1952Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Malinda Starks
father
18411926
Birth: February 2, 1841 37 33 Washington, Illinois, USA
Death: May 24, 1926Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
stepmother
1837
Birth: about 1837Illinois, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageMarch 25, 1863Washington, Illinois, USA
22 months
half-brother
Father’s family with Mary Jane Wright
father
18411926
Birth: February 2, 1841 37 33 Washington, Illinois, USA
Death: May 24, 1926Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
stepmother
1849
Birth: about 1849Illinois, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageOctober 19, 1870Conway, Arkansas, USA
3 years
half-brother
1873
Birth: about 1873 31 24 Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Death:
5 years
half-brother
1877
Birth: about 1877 35 28 Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Death:
5 years
half-brother
18811959
Birth: November 7, 1881 40 32 Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Death: October 28, 1959Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
2 years
half-brother
18841929
Birth: February 1884 42 35 Texas, USA
Death: February 27, 1929Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Sarah E. Barnes
father
18411926
Birth: February 2, 1841 37 33 Washington, Illinois, USA
Death: May 24, 1926Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
stepmother
18481930
Birth: April 1848Arkansas, USA
Death: about 1930Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
Civil marriage Civil marriageOctober 14, 1888Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Father’s family with Angeline Askew
father
18411926
Birth: February 2, 1841 37 33 Washington, Illinois, USA
Death: May 24, 1926Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, USA
stepmother
Marriage MarriageDecember 22, 1880Hempstead, Arkansas, USA
Family with Lena
himself
18681952
Birth: August 9, 1868 27 19 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 14, 1952Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
wife
1881
Birth: March 1881Texas, USA
Death:
Marriage Marriageabout 1889Texas, USA
22 months
daughter
18901959
Birth: November 6, 1890 22 9 Texas, USA
Death: August 28, 1959Texas, USA
Family with 1st wife of William H.
himself
18681952
Birth: August 9, 1868 27 19 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 14, 1952Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
wife
Marriage Marriageabout 1891Texas, USA
22 months
daughter
1892
Birth: October 1892 24 Texas, USA
Death:
Family with Lena Josephine Edwards
himself
18681952
Birth: August 9, 1868 27 19 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 14, 1952Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
wife
18811908
Birth: February 1881Texas, USA
Death: about 1908Upshur, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageFebruary 28, 1898Franklin, Texas, USA
14 months
son
18991906
Birth: April 1899 30 18 Camp, Texas, USA
Death: about 1906Texas, USA
19 months
daughter
19001980
Birth: October 28, 1900 32 19 Texas, USA
Death: April 19, 1980Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
3 years
daughter
19031990
Birth: October 10, 1903 35 22 Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: October 30, 1990Upshur, Texas, USA
16 months
daughter
19051988
Birth: February 14, 1905 36 24 Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: August 24, 1988
4 years
son
19081908
Birth: about 1908 39 26 Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: about 1908Upshur, Texas, USA
Family with Emma Henrietta Kelly
himself
18681952
Birth: August 9, 1868 27 19 Arkansas, USA
Death: February 14, 1952Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
wife
18701951
Birth: December 13, 1870Georgia, USA
Death: February 14, 1951Camp, Texas, USA
Marriage Marriageafter May 5, 1910Texas, USA
3 years
son
19131975
Birth: January 27, 1913 44 42 Upshur, Texas, USA
Death: June 12, 1975Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, USA
Birth
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Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Census
Citation details: NARA Film# T9-0046, Page 423D, Film# 1254046
Marriage
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Marriage
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Marriage
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Family census
Citation details: Sheet 15B
Text:

Supervisor's District: 1
Enumeration District: 15
Enumerator: C. W. Stowe

Census
Citation details: Page 19
Quality of data: transcription
Marriage
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Family census
Citation details: Film# 1821853, Digital Folder# 4390817, Image# 00894, Sheet 2
Quality of data: transcription
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 8A, NARA Publication T626-2403, Film# 2342137, Digiital Folder# 4547382, Image# 00897
Text:

Enumeration District: 15

Quality of data: transcriiption
Death
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Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 18644612. Added 27 Mar 2007 by Jane Eubanks.
Census

entry# 3263. lists as Hit [Hitt], Preston [Presley] Self, IL IL IL, White, Male, Married, Age: 35, Farmer; Mary, wife, Female, Age: 30, IL; William, son, Male, Age: 8; Thomas, son, Male, Age: 6; Joseph, son, Male, Age: 2. Children born in Arkansas.

Family census

in 282 286 as Hitt, William H., Head, White, Male, Born: Aug 1870, Age: 29, Married: 2 yrs, AR IL USA, Farmer, Can read write & speak English, Home: rent, farm 270; Lena, Wife, White, Female, Born: Mar 1881, Age: 19, Married: 2 yrs. Children born: 1, Children living: 1, TX TX TX, Housekeeper, Can read write & speak English; Edith, Daughter, White, Female, Age: Oct 1892, Age: 7, Single, TX AR TX; Luther, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1899, Age: 1, Single, TX AR TX

Census

family 355 lists William Hitt, Self, White, Male, Age: 38, Widowed, TX IL AR; Effie Hitt, Daughter, Female, Age: 9; Rosie Hitt, Daughter, Female, Age: 6; Della, Daughter, Female, Age: 4.

Family census

lists: Will H. Hitt, Self, Male, White, Married, Age: 49, AR IL AR, Farmer; Emma, Wife, Female, Age: 45, GA; Effie, Daughter, Female, Age: 19; Rosie, Daughter, Female, Age: 16; Della, Daughter, Female, Age: 14; Levi, Son, Age: 6; children born in Texas.

Family census

family 167 lists William H. Hitt, Head, Male, Age: 60, 1st married at 21, White, AR IL IL; Farmer; Emma H. Hitt, Wife, Female, Age: 57 1st married at 18, White, GA GA GA ; Levi T. Hitt, Son, Male, Age: 17, Single, White, TX AR GA.

Burial

tombstone inscription: William H. Hitt; Aug. 9, 1868; Feb. 14, 1952

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