Family Group Sheet
NameRoscoe P. Petitt, 1C2R
Birth16 May 1888, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death31 Dec 1943, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia
BurialNew Sill Cem., Christy Creek, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherJohn P. Pettit (1867-1938)
MotherMalissa Clark (1868-1937)
Other spousesCora Sublett, 2C2R
Marriage16 Nov 1924, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., West Virginia
SpouseLura Alice Cox
BirthDec 1891, Green Sulphur, Summers Co., West Virginia
Other spousesNoah Ephraim Akers
Children
1 FNancy Petitt , 2C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Roscoe P. Petitt
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917 in Page Co., WV, records Rosco Petitt, age 29, born 16 May 1888 in Ellisville, Ky, occupation miner, employer Toup Creek Collery Co., married, supporting wife and four children, physical description medium height and build, grey eyes, dark brown hair.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 April 1942, records Roscoe Petitt, age 54, residence Oak Hill, W. Va., born 16 May 1888 in Round Co., Ky, nearest relative Minnie Akers, Oak Hill, W. Va., employer New River Co., Summerle, W. Va.
His death certificate28 records Roscoe Petitt, age 55 years 7 months 15 days, born 16 May 1888 in Ellitsville, Ky, died 31 Dec 1943 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co., married, husband of Lura Petitt, occupation coal miner, father Johnnie Petitt, mother’s maiden name Melissa Clark, both born in Ky, cause of death acute cardiac dilitation due to silicosis (miner’s lung), burial in James Cemetery, Morehead, Kentucky.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 April 1942, records Roscoe Petitt, age 54, residence Oak Hill, W. Va., born 16 May 1888 in Round Co., Ky, nearest relative Minnie Akers, Oak Hill, W. Va., employer New River Co., Summerle, W. Va.
His death certificate28 records Roscoe Petitt, age 55 years 7 months 15 days, born 16 May 1888 in Ellitsville, Ky, died 31 Dec 1943 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co., married, husband of Lura Petitt, occupation coal miner, father Johnnie Petitt, mother’s maiden name Melissa Clark, both born in Ky, cause of death acute cardiac dilitation due to silicosis (miner’s lung), burial in James Cemetery, Morehead, Kentucky.
Notes for Roscoe P. & Lura Alice (Family)
Fayette Co., West Virginia marriage register lists the marriage on 16 Nov 1924 in Oak Hill of Roscoe P. Pettitt, age 37, divorced, born in Ky, son of Jno. & Amlissa, occupation coal miner, to Alice Akers, age 35, widowed, born in Fayette Co., W.Va., daughter of Jno. & Sarah, both residents of Oak Hill, by I. W. Kinzer.
Census
1940 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Fayettesville district, ED 10-12, enumerated 6 May, lists on p. 27B as family #484:
Pettit, Roscoe, 51, b. Ky, coal loader at coal mine; Alice, wife, 48, b. West Va; Nancy, dau, 11, b. WVa; Akers, Arthur, stepson, 25, b. WVa, single, body man at garage; Robert, stepson, 21, b. WVa, single, laborer for building contracter. All living in same house in 1935.
The next household is headed by Roscoe Akers, age 28, presumably another stepson.
Pettit, Roscoe, 51, b. Ky, coal loader at coal mine; Alice, wife, 48, b. West Va; Nancy, dau, 11, b. WVa; Akers, Arthur, stepson, 25, b. WVa, single, body man at garage; Robert, stepson, 21, b. WVa, single, laborer for building contracter. All living in same house in 1935.
The next household is headed by Roscoe Akers, age 28, presumably another stepson.
