Legislator Details


Frederick Pitt
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Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 58

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 6/10/1824
City: London, England
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Country: England
 
Death
Date: 1/7/1894
City: Orleans, MI
County: Ionia County, MI
Country: US
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Marital Information:
married his cousin Ann Pitt in Edgebaston, County Warwick, England 3/24/1846; children: Samuel, Frederick, Richard and Carrie

Number of Children: 4

Background

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Occupation: carpenter, farmer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
common school and academic education

Biographical Sketch:
Son of John and Mary Pitt. He was apprenticed at 14 to a watch engraver. Mechanization drove him from the field after 3 years. He moved into pianoforte manufacturing for several yrs until emigrating, in July, 1848, to Quebec [he arrived in Quebec in October]; arrived in Ionia, MI, June, 1850, working as a carpenter until January, 1853. In 1853, he moved to a farm in Orleans, MI. Server as school inspector, justice of the peace & twp supervisor.

Notable Facts:
Conflicting death records give date of death as 1/7/1893 and 1/7/1994 and place of death as Orleans and Odessa, both in Ionia Co.

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Second Legislature, 1883-1884
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Manufactures, Michigan Institution for Deaf and Dumb
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Ionia
County of Residence Ionia
District: Ionia 2
District Description: Townships of Berlin, Boston, Campbell, Easton, Keene, Odessa, Orange, Orleans, Otisco, and Sebewa

Date Elected: 11/7/1882
Date Sworn In: 1/3/1883
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

Chapman (Le) p.342; USCen 1870; 1880; MIDeaths&BurInd 1867-1995
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