Family Group Sheet
NamePeter Lucas
Birthabt 1864, Kentucky
Marriage12 Jul 1919, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
Divorcebef 1930
SpouseArizona Davis
Birth3 Mar 1868, Kentucky
Death1 Feb 1955, Winona, Fayette Co., West Virginia
Other spousesMadison “Mat” Matthew Pettit
Notes for Arizona Davis
Her death certificate records Arizona Petitt, age 86, born 3 Mar 1868 in Kentucky, died 1 Feb 1955 in Winona, Fayette Co., West Virginia, widowed, father Thomas Davis, mother’s maiden name Mary Mann, cause of death hypertension, informant Charles Pettit, burial in Morris Creek Cemetery. (The two different spellings of Petitt/Pettit are not a typo, at least not on my part.)
Census
1920 census of Kanawha Co., West Virginia, Cabin Creek district, enumerated 5 Jan, lists on p. 5A as family #1:
Locus, Pete, 56, b. Ky Ky Ky, in pour howse; Arzonie, wife, 52, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio. Pettit, Franklin, stepson, 32, single, b. Ky Ky Ky, miner; Grant, stepson, 17; Charlie, stepson, 15; George, stepson, 11. The three teen stepsons are listed as born WVa WVa WVa, but the parent birthplaces are wrong.
She is recorded twice in the 1930 census, once with her daughter Rosa, and once as a boarder with an apparently unrelated Vance family:
1930 census of Kanawha Co., West Virginia, Cabin Creek district, enumerated 1 May, lists on p. 32A as family #566/606:
Dooley, William M., 38, age at first marriage 20, b. Ky Ohio Ky, coal miner; Rosa L., wife, 34, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Ohio Ohio; Virgie M., dau, 14, b. Ky Ky Ky; William F., son, 10, b. WV Ky Ky; Dorotha L., dau, 4 6/12, b. WV Ky Ky. Pettit, Arizona, mother-in-law, 61, widowed, age at first marriage 19, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
1930 census of Kanawha Co., West Virginia, Cabin Creek district, Union Mines, enumerated 8 April, lists on p. 9A as family #187:
Vance, Melvin, 44, age at first marriage 18, laborer at coal mines; Mabel, wife, 22; John, son 3 9/12. All born WVa WVa WVa. Petet, Arizona, lodger, 61, widowed, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
In 1940 she is recorded with her youngest son George and his wife Lena as Arizona Petitt, mother, 71, widowed, b. Ohio, living in rural Fayette Co., WVa in 1935.
Locus, Pete, 56, b. Ky Ky Ky, in pour howse; Arzonie, wife, 52, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio. Pettit, Franklin, stepson, 32, single, b. Ky Ky Ky, miner; Grant, stepson, 17; Charlie, stepson, 15; George, stepson, 11. The three teen stepsons are listed as born WVa WVa WVa, but the parent birthplaces are wrong.
She is recorded twice in the 1930 census, once with her daughter Rosa, and once as a boarder with an apparently unrelated Vance family:
1930 census of Kanawha Co., West Virginia, Cabin Creek district, enumerated 1 May, lists on p. 32A as family #566/606:
Dooley, William M., 38, age at first marriage 20, b. Ky Ohio Ky, coal miner; Rosa L., wife, 34, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Ohio Ohio; Virgie M., dau, 14, b. Ky Ky Ky; William F., son, 10, b. WV Ky Ky; Dorotha L., dau, 4 6/12, b. WV Ky Ky. Pettit, Arizona, mother-in-law, 61, widowed, age at first marriage 19, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
1930 census of Kanawha Co., West Virginia, Cabin Creek district, Union Mines, enumerated 8 April, lists on p. 9A as family #187:
Vance, Melvin, 44, age at first marriage 18, laborer at coal mines; Mabel, wife, 22; John, son 3 9/12. All born WVa WVa WVa. Petet, Arizona, lodger, 61, widowed, b. Ohio Ohio Ohio.
In 1940 she is recorded with her youngest son George and his wife Lena as Arizona Petitt, mother, 71, widowed, b. Ohio, living in rural Fayette Co., WVa in 1935.
Notes for Peter & Arizona (Family)
Kanawha Co., West Virginia marriage register lists the marriage on 12 July 1919 in Charleston, W.Va of Peter Lucas, age 55, single, born in Ohio, and Arizonia Pettit, age 52, widowed, born in Ky, by I. L. Edens.
This marriage probably ended in divorce, because by 1930 Arizona had returned to going by Pettit.
This marriage probably ended in divorce, because by 1930 Arizona had returned to going by Pettit.
