His obituary, printed in The Elkhart Truth of Wed., Jan 31, 1962, reported:

“Grant Pettit, 80, of 3027 Burr Oak Ave., died Tuesday afternoon in Elkhart General Hospital. He had been admitted Sunday.

Mr. Pettit’s first wife, Mary Thompson, died in 1915. He married Emma Hawkins in 1917. She died Feb. 22, 1961.

Surviving are four sons, Benjamin, Homer, Jess and Albert, all of Elkhart; three daughters, Mrs. Olin Swikert, Calif., Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Roy Hawkins, Elkhart; a stepson, Henry Hawkins, Elkhart; 29 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 pm Thursday in the White Funeral Home. The Rev. Keith Finny, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, will be in charge. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery.”

Her death certificate (Vol 48, #23721) records Mary V. Petitt, died Oct 7, 1915, in Bath Co., married, date of birth and age fields blank, birthplace Ky, occupation housewife, father Thomas Thompson born Va, mother Martha Click born Ky, cause of death typhoid fever, informant Grant Petitt, Salt Lick, Ky, burial Jones Graveyard, undertaker Mrs. Sciati Vaughn, Salt Lick, Ky.

1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 11 June, lists on p. 10B as family #176:
Grant Pettit, 21, b. Feb 1879; Marry, wife, 22, b. May 1878, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Cora, dau, 10/12, b. July 1875. All born Ky/Ky/Ky.

1910 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 27 April, lists on p. 8B as family #1:
Grant Petett, 29; Marry, wife, 30, married 12 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living; Cora M, dau, 11; Ealbert, son, 8; Jessie T, son, 6; Mattie P, dau, 3; Berthie, dau, 6/12. All born in Ky/Ky/Ky. (The next household is that of Mary’s parents, Thomas and Martha Thompson, and the one after that is John Petitt with wife Flora.)

See census notes for Grant and his second wife Emma for the 1920 and 1930 readings.