Family Group Sheet
NameAlexander Pettit, 4C6R
BirthMay 1797, Pennsylvania62
Death9 May 1862, St. Joseph Co., Indiana62
BurialSt. Joseph Co., Indiana
FatherJohn Pettit (ca1770-1829)
MotherKeziah [Pettit] (~1770-)
Other spousesElizabeth Krozer
SpouseMary Ann
Birthabt 1802, Pennsylvania
Census Notes for Alexander Pettit
1850 census of St. Joseph Co., Indiana, Penn townsip, enumerated 26 Sep, lists on p. 9 as family #321:
Alexander Pettit, 54, b. Penn, farmer; Mary A., 48, b. Penn; Caroline E. Shenlaffer, 9, b. Michigan; Alexander J., 17, farmer, b. Ohio; Enos F., 13, b. Ind; Isaac M., 10, b. Ind; Sylvester N., 7, b. Ind.
Caroline Shenlaffer is presumably a daughter of Mary by a previous husband. The next household is headed by Alexander’s brother David, and the one after that by his son James.
Alexander appears in the 1860 Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana. He gives his place of birth as Pennsylvania. His wife's name is given as Mary Ann, age 53, from Pennsylvania. Their two youngest children are living with them.
Alexander Pettit, 54, b. Penn, farmer; Mary A., 48, b. Penn; Caroline E. Shenlaffer, 9, b. Michigan; Alexander J., 17, farmer, b. Ohio; Enos F., 13, b. Ind; Isaac M., 10, b. Ind; Sylvester N., 7, b. Ind.
Caroline Shenlaffer is presumably a daughter of Mary by a previous husband. The next household is headed by Alexander’s brother David, and the one after that by his son James.
Alexander appears in the 1860 Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana. He gives his place of birth as Pennsylvania. His wife's name is given as Mary Ann, age 53, from Pennsylvania. Their two youngest children are living with them.
