1830–1918

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 18, 1830, Lums Cor­ners, Town of Yates, Or­leans Coun­ty, New York.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 25, 1918, Brook­lyn, New York.

Buried: Rose Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Fred­er­icks­burg, Io­wa.

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Biography

William was the son of Charles and Polly G. Pitts. He mar­ried twice: to Mar­tha Amel­ia Pierce Gran­nis (1887), and Ann Eli­za Pitts.

As a young man, he taught school in rur­al Rock Coun­ty, Wis­con­sin.

He lat­er be­came a doc­tor, and prac­ticed in Fred­er­icks­burg, Iowa, for ov­er 40 years.

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