NameCharles B. Pettit
Birthabt 1830, Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky
Death27 Nov 1905, New Orleans, Orleans parish, Louisiana
FatherO'Bannon Pettit (1807-1840)
Marriageabt 1856
SpouseArathusa M. Bradley
Birthabt 1834, Lawrenceville, Grant Co., Kentucky
Children
Birthabt 1857, California
Birth15 Apr 1859, Placerville, El Dorado Co., California
Death22 Nov 1935, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio
Birth13 Sep 1864, Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., California
Death3 Mar 1938, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio
Birthabt 1867, California
Birth2 Feb 1869, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana
Death26 Dec 1942, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio
Notes for Charles B. Pettit
Birthplace of Frankfort, Ky is from the death certificate of his daughter Clara.

New Orleans death index lists Charles B. Pettit, age 76, white, died 27 Nov 1905.
Census
1850 census of Woodford Co., Ky, district 2, enumerated 2 Aug, lists on p. 460:
Charles B. Pettet, 20, drugest, b. Ky.
The household seems to be a boarding house headed by Curtis J. Smith, 40, clergyman, and his wife Margaret age 30. Besides their children and Charles Pettit, there are 2 Moffetts, 1 Jones, 1 Fryman, and 2 Scearces.
Notes for Arathusa M. Bradley
Birthplace of Lawrenceville, Ky is from the death certificate of her daughter Clara.
Census Notes for Charles B. & Arathusa M. (Family)
1860 census of El Dorado Co., California, Placerville ward 3, enumerated 22 June, lists on p. 99 as family #1100:
C. B. Pettit, (m), 30, b. Ky, druggist; A. M. Pettit, (f), 26, b. Ky ; M. Pettit (f), 3, b. Cal; C. Pettit (f), 3/2, b. Cal; B. Hanaran, (f), 33, b. Ireland, domestic; M. Blackford, (f), 50, b. England.

1870 census of Orleans parish, Louisisana, New Orleans ward 1, enumerated 22 June, lists on p. 78 as family #516/501:
Pettit, Charles, 38, b. Ky, lamp dealer; R., 36, b. Ky; Mary, 13; Carrie, 10; Fanny, 5; Agnes, 3; Ebin, 1, b. Indiana. All 4 daughters born in California.

1880 census of Orleans parish, Louisiana, New Orleans, enumerated 12 June, lists on p. 43 as family #361/364:
Pettit, Charles, 50, flour dealer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Arathusa, 45, wife, b. Ky Ky Ky; Clara, 18, dau, b. Calif Ky Ky; Fanny, 15, dau, b. Calif Ky Ky; Agnes, 13, dau, b. Calif Ky Ky; Eben, son, 11, b. Indiana Ky Ky; Robinson, Charles W., 28, boarder, b. Eng Eng Eng, clerk in store; Mary, 22, boarder, b. Calif Ky Ky; Cash, Maggie, 18, servant, b. Louisana La La.

Judging by her age and birthplace, Mary Robinson is probably their daughter and Charles Robinson their son-in-law.
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