His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Evert Petitt, age 43, residence Cooston, Coos Co., Oregon, born 1 Feb 1875, occupation ship yard work, employer Kruse & Banks, North Bend, Coos Co., Oregon, nearest relative wife, same address.

The Oregon death index lists Everett Petitt, died 4 Dec 1958 in Coos Co., wife Lucy.

His death notice and his obituary, both printed in The World, a local newspaper for the Coos Bay, Oregon area, differed by 10 years on his age. The first, printed on 5 Dec 1958, reported “Funeral services for Everett Petitt, 84, late resident of 2960 Sherman Ave., North Bend, who died Thursday in Mercy Home, will be announced from the Campbell Watkins mortuary. Born in Greenham City, Ky, Mr. Petitt had lived in North Bend many years. He moved to Mercy Home six weeks ago. His wife died here in November 1957.”

The obituary printed the following day reported “Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, in the chapel of the Campbell Watkins mortuary for Everett Petitt, 74, late resident of 2960 Sherman Av., who died Thursday in Mercy Home.

Pastor Donald McIvor of the Coos Bay Seventh Day Adventist church will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.

Born in Greenham City, Ky, Mr. Petitt came to this area in 1911 and worked as a wood calker for Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding Co.

Survivors are: Sons, Charles, B. W. and Clay of Cooston; daughters, Mrs. Helen Edmunds, Rudyard, Mont.; Mrs. Jessie DeJa, McBride, Mich.; Mirs. Florence Burlincourt, Corvalis, and Mrs. Laura Mae Heer, North Bend; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.”

Her gravestone says Mother, Annie Petitt, 1877 - 1934.

Hocking Co., Ohio marriage book G, p. 65, records the marriage on 8 Jan 1898 of James Petitt, over 21, and Annie Jack, over 18, by N. H. Skyler, J.P.

1900 census of Hocking Co., Ohio, Coalgate precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 2A as family #28:
Petitt, Everett, 24, b. Feb 1876, Ky Ky Ky, coal miner; Annie, wife, 22, b. Dec 1877, Ohio Ohio Ohio, married 2 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living; Jessie, dau, 2, b. Mar 1898, Ohio Ky Ohio.

1910 census of Morgan Co., Ohio, York township, enumerated 17 April, lists on p. 11A as family #7:
Pettit, Evert, 35, b. Ky Ky Va, laborer at coal mine; Anna, wife, 32, b. Ohio Ireland Ohio, married 12 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Jessie, dau, 11; Florance, dau, 8; Charles, son, 7; Luford, son, 4. All children born Ohio Ky Ohio.

1920 census of Coos Co., Oregon, North Eastside precinct, enumerated 10 Jan, lists on p. 1B as family #16:
Petitt, Everett, 45, b. Ky Ky Ky, caulker at ship yard; Annie, wife, 43, b. Ohio Ohio Penn; Florence, dau, 18, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Charles, son, 17, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Bluford, 13, son, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Clarence, son, 8, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Helen, dau, 5, b. Oregon Ky Ohio; Laura M., dau, 3 7/12, b. Oregon Ky Ohio.

1930 census of Coos Co., Oregon, Eastside North precinct, enumerated 7 April, lists on p. 1A as family #14:
Petitt, James E., 55, age at first marriage 22, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at ship yard; Annie E., wife, 53, age at first marriage 20, b. Ohio North Ireland England; Clary, son, 18, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Helen, dau, 16, dau, b. Oregon Ky Ohio; May, dau, 14, b. Oregon Ky Ohio; Jack William, grandson, 6, b. Oregon Ky Ohio.

The next two households are headed by their sons Bluford and Charles.