Family Group Sheet
NameFranklin Duane Pettit
Birthabt 1801, Virginia
DeathMay 1846, Columbus, Iowa
Marriage11 Feb 1829, Franklin Co., Kentucky
SpouseElizabeth Zook
Birthabt 1804, Henry Co., Kentucky
Death27 Oct 1853, Franklin Co., Kentucky
FatherDavid Zook (~1760-1810)
MotherMary ("Polly") [Zook]
Children
Birthabt 1834, Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky
Birth21 Dec 1839 (?), Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky
Death29 Nov 1931, Owensboro, Daviess Co., Kentucky
SpouseMargaret Blair
SpouseAlice Frakes
Birthabt 1843, Frankfort, Franklin Co., Kentucky
Notes for Franklin Duane Pettit
A biographical history of Kentucky by Wm. Perrin, in an article on Thomas S. Pettit, says "..he is a son of Franklin Duane and Elizabeth (Zook) Pettit. His father was born at Fredericksburg, Virginia, of French-born parents, his father, who was an ardent admirer of the Napolean, having fled to the United States after Napoleon's defeat, settling at Fredericksburg, where he was an educator, as he had been in France.
Franklin Duane Pettit as a young man went from his native town to Frankfort, Kentucky, where he met and married Elizabeth Zook, who was of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage. At Frankfort Franklin Duane Pettit and Thomas B. Stevenson became owners and publishers of the Kentucky Farmer. Mr. Pettit died rather early in life, and not long afterwards his wife also passed away, the subject of this sketch therefore being left an orphan when but a boy, being but ten years of age when his mother died."
(I can find no town named Fredericksburg in either Virginia or W.V., though there is one in Maryland. I rather doubt the French origin.)
Franklin Duane Pettit as a young man went from his native town to Frankfort, Kentucky, where he met and married Elizabeth Zook, who was of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage. At Frankfort Franklin Duane Pettit and Thomas B. Stevenson became owners and publishers of the Kentucky Farmer. Mr. Pettit died rather early in life, and not long afterwards his wife also passed away, the subject of this sketch therefore being left an orphan when but a boy, being but ten years of age when his mother died."
(I can find no town named Fredericksburg in either Virginia or W.V., though there is one in Maryland. I rather doubt the French origin.)
Census
1830 census of Franklin Co., Ky, lists on p. 115, line 9, in Frankfort:
Franklin D. Pettit, 1 m 10-14, 1 m 20-29, 1 f 20-29. (Since Franklin and Elizabeth had only been married one year, and there is no evidence of a prior marriage, it is unlikely that the boy 10-14 is Franklin's son. They seem to have raised him, though, as it appears he is also with the family in 1840.)
1840 census of Franklin Co., Ky, lists on p. 323, line 15, in Frankfort:
F.D. Pettit, 1 m < 5, 1 m 5-9, 1 m 20-29, 1 m 30-39, 1 f < 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 30-39. (This is 3 lines down from the family of W.N. Pettit.)
Franklin D. Pettit, 1 m 10-14, 1 m 20-29, 1 f 20-29. (Since Franklin and Elizabeth had only been married one year, and there is no evidence of a prior marriage, it is unlikely that the boy 10-14 is Franklin's son. They seem to have raised him, though, as it appears he is also with the family in 1840.)
1840 census of Franklin Co., Ky, lists on p. 323, line 15, in Frankfort:
F.D. Pettit, 1 m < 5, 1 m 5-9, 1 m 20-29, 1 m 30-39, 1 f < 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 30-39. (This is 3 lines down from the family of W.N. Pettit.)
Notes for Elizabeth Zook
"Scott's Papers: Ky Court & Other Records", p. 177, lists Mrs. Eliz. Pettit, wife of F.D. Pettit, died Franklin Co. 27 Oct 1853 (from a newspaper death notice)
Census
1850 census of Franklin Co., KY, District 1, p. 36, taken 18 Sep, lists as family #467:
Elizabeth Petitt, 46; Harriett D., 16; Thomas S., 10; Emmaline S., 7; all born in Kentucky.
Elizabeth Petitt, 46; Harriett D., 16; Thomas S., 10; Emmaline S., 7; all born in Kentucky.
Notes for Franklin Duane & Elizabeth (Family)
Marriage records of Franklin Co., KY, list marriage of Franklin D. Petitt and Elizabeth Zook, 2 Feb 1829. (Perhaps a brother of the Benjamin who married his wife's sister.)
