Family Group Sheet
NameMillard Brenton Petitt, 3C2R
Birth12 May 1894 or 1895, Kentucky
Death9 Mar 1970, Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Kentucky
BurialCrown Hill, Sharpsburg, Bath Co., KY
FatherJohn William Pettit (1872-1920)
MotherLillian Lee Gray (1872-1959)
Marriageabt 1919, prob. Nicholas Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Virginia “Jennie” Susan Guy
Birth19 Dec 1898, Nicholas Co., Kentucky
Death30 Jun 1990, Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Kentucky
BurialCrown Hill Cem., Sharpsburg, Bath Co., KY
FatherPeter Johnson Guy (1866-1935)
MotherRebecca Frances Holbrook (1872-1941)
Children
1 MWilliam “Bill” J. Petitt, 4C1R
Birth8 Jun 1916, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death11 Feb 1987, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
SpouseFlora E. Wilson
SpouseOrpha Jean Napier
3 MJudah Petitt, 4C1R
Birthabt 1922, Bath Co., Kentucky
4 FAnna Christine Petitt, 4C1R
Birth2 Nov 1924, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseEwell Goodpaster , 4C3R
SpouseStanley Tull
5 MRobert N. Petitt , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseOvella Hart
6 FAlice M. Petitt , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
7 MMillard Brenton Petitt Jr. , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseLorena Gillespie
8 MBennie Lee Petitt , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Millard Brenton Petitt
In the 1900 census, he was recorded as age 6, born May 1894.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Millard Petitt, age 22, residence Sharpsburg, Ky, born 12 May 1895, occupation farmer, employed by W. R. Prewitt, married, supporting wife and child, medium height and build, blue eyes, black hair, no disabilities.
Death Certificate (from KY Vital Statistics Dept) for Millard Brenton Pettit, d. March 9, 1970, in Sharpsburg, Bath Co., occupation farmer, married, surviving spouse Mary Guy, born May 12, 1895 in Ky, father William Pettit, mother's maiden name Lillie Gray, informant Benny Petitt, cause of death cerebrovascular thrombosis.
The Social Security death index lists Millard Petitt, born 12 May 1895, died Mar 1970, SSN issued in KY, last residence zip 40374.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Millard Petitt, age 22, residence Sharpsburg, Ky, born 12 May 1895, occupation farmer, employed by W. R. Prewitt, married, supporting wife and child, medium height and build, blue eyes, black hair, no disabilities.
Death Certificate (from KY Vital Statistics Dept) for Millard Brenton Pettit, d. March 9, 1970, in Sharpsburg, Bath Co., occupation farmer, married, surviving spouse Mary Guy, born May 12, 1895 in Ky, father William Pettit, mother's maiden name Lillie Gray, informant Benny Petitt, cause of death cerebrovascular thrombosis.
The Social Security death index lists Millard Petitt, born 12 May 1895, died Mar 1970, SSN issued in KY, last residence zip 40374.
Notes for Mary Virginia “Jennie” Susan Guy
The birth certificates of her children variously give her name as Mary Guy, Jennie Guy, or Virginia Guy. Her death certificate (#90 30749) gives her name as Mary Virginia Susan Petitt, and says that she was born Dec 19, 1898, in Kentucky, that her father was Pete Guy and her mother's maiden name Rebecca Holbrook. She was widowed. She died 30 June 1990, at age 91, in Sharpsburg, where she resided, of myocardial infarction (a heart attack), and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. The informant was her son Millard Petitt, Jr.
Census Notes for Millard Brenton & Mary Virginia “Jennie” Susan (Family)
In 1920 they were listed with Millard’s parents:
1920 census of Nicholas Co., East Union precinct, enumerated 22 Jan, lists on p. 9B as family #83:
Pedit, John W., 46; Lillie, wife, 47; Millard, son, 24, married; Jennie, daughter-in-law, 20; ... (see John and Lillie’s census notes for the rest of the family.)
1930 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg, enumerated 2 April, lists on p. 11A as family #8:
Pettitt, Millard, 34, age at first marriage 19; Jennie, wife, 31, age at first marriage 16; Willie, son, 17; Edgar, son, 11; Juda, son, 8; Christine, dau, 7; Robert, son, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg precinct, ED 6-1, enumerated 3 April, lists on p. 1B as family #17:
Pettitt, Miller, 45, farm laborer; Virginia, wife, 41; Christine, dau, 18; James, son, 17, delivery boy for retail grocery store; Robert, son, 11; Allie, son, 5; Miller Jr., son, 3; Ben Lee, son, 0; Guy, Rebecah, mother-in-law, 69, widowed. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
1920 census of Nicholas Co., East Union precinct, enumerated 22 Jan, lists on p. 9B as family #83:
Pedit, John W., 46; Lillie, wife, 47; Millard, son, 24, married; Jennie, daughter-in-law, 20; ... (see John and Lillie’s census notes for the rest of the family.)
1930 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg, enumerated 2 April, lists on p. 11A as family #8:
Pettitt, Millard, 34, age at first marriage 19; Jennie, wife, 31, age at first marriage 16; Willie, son, 17; Edgar, son, 11; Juda, son, 8; Christine, dau, 7; Robert, son, 3/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg precinct, ED 6-1, enumerated 3 April, lists on p. 1B as family #17:
Pettitt, Miller, 45, farm laborer; Virginia, wife, 41; Christine, dau, 18; James, son, 17, delivery boy for retail grocery store; Robert, son, 11; Allie, son, 5; Miller Jr., son, 3; Ben Lee, son, 0; Guy, Rebecah, mother-in-law, 69, widowed. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
