Family Group Sheet
NameFloyd David Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth16 Jul 1890, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Death5 Nov 1930, Athens Co., Ohio
FatherJohn A. Pettit (1850-1923)
MotherNancy Susan Holley (1850->1900)
Marriageabt 1917, Athens Co., Ohio
SpouseGladys Marie Devore
BirthSep 1895, Ohio
Father<unknown>
MotherMalinda “Linnie” M. Devore (1870-1915)
Children
2 MJessie Person Pettit (Died as Infant), Half 2C2R
Birth11 Apr 1918, Athens Co., Ohio
Death3 May 1918, Athens Co., Ohio
Notes for Floyd David Pettit
His WWI draft registration card, filed 5 June 1918 in Sugar Creek township, Athens Co., Ohio, records Floyd David Petitt, age 28, residence Poston, Ohio, born 16 July 1890 in Kentucky, occupation mining, employer Ohio Collaries Coal Co., Sugar Creek, married, supporting wife, 1 child & father, physical description slender, dark blue eyes, light brown hair, disability claimed due to deafness.
His death certificate records Floyd Pettit, born 16 July 1890 in Ohio, died 5 Nov 1930 in Athens Co., Ohio, married, husband of Gladys Pettit, cause of death explosion in coal mine, buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
His death certificate records Floyd Pettit, born 16 July 1890 in Ohio, died 5 Nov 1930 in Athens Co., Ohio, married, husband of Gladys Pettit, cause of death explosion in coal mine, buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
Census
1910 census of Athens Co., Ohio, York township, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 6B as family #112/122:
Petitt, Thomas W., 36; John H., brother, 29; Floyd D., brother, 19. All single, all born Ky Ky Ky, all coal miners.
Petitt, Thomas W., 36; John H., brother, 29; Floyd D., brother, 19. All single, all born Ky Ky Ky, all coal miners.
Notes for Gladys Marie Devore
Gladys probably remarried after Floyd’s death.
Census Notes for Floyd David & Gladys Marie (Family)
1920 census of Athens Co., Ohio, York township, Doanville precinct, enumerated 5 Jan, lists on p. 3B as family #59/61:
Pettit, Floyd, 29, b. Ky Ky Ky; Gladys, wife, 25, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Delbert, son, 3 11/12, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Thomas, brother, 46, single, b. Ky Ky Ky.
1930 census of Athens Co., Ohio, Dover township, village of Millfield, enumerated 7 April, lists on p. 6B as family #125:
Pettit, Floyd, 39, b. Ky Ky WVa, age at first marriage 25, loader at coal mine; Gladys, wife, 34, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, age at first marriage 21; Delbert, son, 13, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Tom, brother, 56, b. Ky Ky WVa, single, no occupation; Lands, Edgar, brother-in-law, 24, divorced, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, loader at coal mine.
Edgar Lands is Gladys’s half-brother. Her unce Lewis Devore, age 37, is three households above. (He is only three years older than her, but he is her mother’s younger brother.)
Pettit, Floyd, 29, b. Ky Ky Ky; Gladys, wife, 25, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio; Delbert, son, 3 11/12, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Thomas, brother, 46, single, b. Ky Ky Ky.
1930 census of Athens Co., Ohio, Dover township, village of Millfield, enumerated 7 April, lists on p. 6B as family #125:
Pettit, Floyd, 39, b. Ky Ky WVa, age at first marriage 25, loader at coal mine; Gladys, wife, 34, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, age at first marriage 21; Delbert, son, 13, b. Ohio Ky Ohio; Tom, brother, 56, b. Ky Ky WVa, single, no occupation; Lands, Edgar, brother-in-law, 24, divorced, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio, loader at coal mine.
Edgar Lands is Gladys’s half-brother. Her unce Lewis Devore, age 37, is three households above. (He is only three years older than her, but he is her mother’s younger brother.)
