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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Putnam County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Harvey S. Pittman, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Davis County, Iowa, October 12, 1845, and is tt son of William and Jaley Pittman, the former born in Kentucky, January 1, 1807, and the latter, also of Kentucky nativity, born December 14, 1825. William Pittman, when a young man, came from Kentucky to Missouri, where he married Miss Jaley, daughter of Joseph Henderson, in 1841, and resided in Randolph and Howard Counties till 1843, when he moved to Davis County, Iowa. He lived there till the fall of 1855, then returned to Missouri and entered land, and improved a farm in Sherman Township, Putnam County, where he lived until his death, August 31, 1886. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. His wife died July 25, 1887. H. S. Pittman is one of a family of four children, two of whom died in infancy, and two are living-our subject and Martha A. King. Mr. Pittman cams to this county with his parents when ten years old, and grew to manhood in Sherman Township, and in the fall of 1864 served as a private soldier in the Missouri State Militia. He was married, January 28, 1864, to Miss Harriet A., daughter of Mary and Harrison Dorsett, of Putnam County, Mo., formerly of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Pittman was born in Schuyler County, Ill., May 12, 1849, and was reared in Putnam County, Mo. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Pittman lived on rented farms in the neighborhood of his present location for some time, but in the fall of 1866 he bought forty acres of land where he now resides, which he improved, and to which he has added until he now owns 197 ¾ acres in one tract, nearly all fenced, and consisting of meadow, plow land and pasture. He has a neat and new one-and-a-half story house, and good outbuildings, neat gates and good fencing. Mr. and Mrs. Pittman have one child, Amanda A. Pittman, who was born in Putnam County, Mo., May 30, l865. She married J. B. Warren, January 1, 1885, in Putnam County. Mr. Pittman is a self-made man, and a successful and respected citizen. In politics he is a Republican, but never sought nor held office. He is a temperance man and a religious man, himself and wife belonging to the Christian Church, which they joined September 16, 1876, and were baptized on the 17th inst.

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This family biography is one of 139 biographies included in the Putnam County, Missouri portion of the book,  The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co.  For the complete description, click here: Putnam County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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