The News has received the following, under date of Jan. 11, from Brentwood, Md.:
The funeral of the Rev. Edwin B. Pitts, Sr., of Oswego, N. Y., for 35 years a member of Onondaga conference, Methodist Protestant church, and well known throughout Wayne, Cortland, Jefferson and Oswego counties, N. Y., was held, Monday at 2 p. m., from the home of his son, Lieut. Wellington E. Pitts, in this village, a suburb of Washington.
Rev. Mr. Claggart, pastor of Hyattsville M. P. church, South, officiated, Mr. Pitts' four sons being bearers. The remains were sent to his former home at Oswego, for interment beside his wife, Jennie I. Pitts, in the family lot in Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Pitts was ill only a few hours, suffering from an abrasion of the brain. He was unconscious when two of his sons arrived from New York, and died Saturday morning, without regaining consciousness. The recent death of his wife, to whom he had been married nearly fifty years, was a severe blow to him, and is thought to have hastened his death.
Mr. Pitts descended from that branch of the Pitt family of England which emigrated to America and aided the colonies in their battle for independence, subsequently adding an "s" to their name. He came from a long line of soldiers, most of the male members of each generation having fought in every war of their respective times, from the Revolution down.
He was born Sept. 11, 1847, at Granville, N. Y.; was educated in the grade schools; was at the age of fourteen to eighteen the main support of a mother, a younger brother and three sisters during the Civil war, while, for four years, his father served In the Union army. After the war, he removed to Oswego county, N. Y., the Pitts homestead being In the town of Constantia.
In 1873 he married Miss Jennie I. Scouton, of Fair Haven, formerly of Constantia; in 1884, he became a local preacher of the M. P. church; was later ordained, as was his wife; and for twenty years husband and wife served as joint pastors on various circuits of the Onondaga conference of that church.
Mr. Pitts, in addition to being a successful revivalist, was very active in the material welfare, as well, of his charges, being usually engaged in building or rebuilding churches and parsonages. He preached at various places in Oswego county until 1883, when he removed to Cortland county, and was pastor at Cuyler and Cheningo, respectively, a total of six years; he then was pastor, several years, of churches in Worth and Lorraine, Jefferson county; in Volney and Albion Oswego county; at Wolcott, Wayne county, and later again at Cheningo and Volney. He was superanuated last September.
He leaves an exceedingly large circle of friends throughout northern New York and is survived by five children: Clarence E. and Harley S., of New York city; and Edwin B. Jr., Grace B. and Wellington E., of Washington, D. C.
His surviving brother and sisters are Frank Pitts, Constantia; Mrs. John Winn and Mrs. Arthur Webb, Oneida; and Mrs. H. R. Burgess, Proctor, Vermont. O. B. Tanner, Constantia, is his brother-in-law, having been the husband of his deceased sister, Alice Pitts Tanner.
The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, N.Y., January 20, 1921
The funeral of the Rev. Edwin B. Pitts, Sr., of Oswego, N. Y., for 35 years a member of Onondaga conference, Methodist Protestant church, and well known throughout Wayne, Cortland, Jefferson and Oswego counties, N. Y., was held, Monday at 2 p. m., from the home of his son, Lieut. Wellington E. Pitts, in this village, a suburb of Washington.
Rev. Mr. Claggart, pastor of Hyattsville M. P. church, South, officiated, Mr. Pitts' four sons being bearers. The remains were sent to his former home at Oswego, for interment beside his wife, Jennie I. Pitts, in the family lot in Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Pitts was ill only a few hours, suffering from an abrasion of the brain. He was unconscious when two of his sons arrived from New York, and died Saturday morning, without regaining consciousness. The recent death of his wife, to whom he had been married nearly fifty years, was a severe blow to him, and is thought to have hastened his death.
Mr. Pitts descended from that branch of the Pitt family of England which emigrated to America and aided the colonies in their battle for independence, subsequently adding an "s" to their name. He came from a long line of soldiers, most of the male members of each generation having fought in every war of their respective times, from the Revolution down.
He was born Sept. 11, 1847, at Granville, N. Y.; was educated in the grade schools; was at the age of fourteen to eighteen the main support of a mother, a younger brother and three sisters during the Civil war, while, for four years, his father served In the Union army. After the war, he removed to Oswego county, N. Y., the Pitts homestead being In the town of Constantia.
In 1873 he married Miss Jennie I. Scouton, of Fair Haven, formerly of Constantia; in 1884, he became a local preacher of the M. P. church; was later ordained, as was his wife; and for twenty years husband and wife served as joint pastors on various circuits of the Onondaga conference of that church.
Mr. Pitts, in addition to being a successful revivalist, was very active in the material welfare, as well, of his charges, being usually engaged in building or rebuilding churches and parsonages. He preached at various places in Oswego county until 1883, when he removed to Cortland county, and was pastor at Cuyler and Cheningo, respectively, a total of six years; he then was pastor, several years, of churches in Worth and Lorraine, Jefferson county; in Volney and Albion Oswego county; at Wolcott, Wayne county, and later again at Cheningo and Volney. He was superanuated last September.
He leaves an exceedingly large circle of friends throughout northern New York and is survived by five children: Clarence E. and Harley S., of New York city; and Edwin B. Jr., Grace B. and Wellington E., of Washington, D. C.
His surviving brother and sisters are Frank Pitts, Constantia; Mrs. John Winn and Mrs. Arthur Webb, Oneida; and Mrs. H. R. Burgess, Proctor, Vermont. O. B. Tanner, Constantia, is his brother-in-law, having been the husband of his deceased sister, Alice Pitts Tanner.
The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, N.Y., January 20, 1921
The News has received the following, under date of Jan. 11, from Brentwood, Md.:
The funeral of the Rev. Edwin B. Pitts, Sr., of Oswego, N. Y., for 35 years a member of Onondaga conference, Methodist Protestant church, and well known throughout Wayne, Cortland, Jefferson and Oswego counties, N. Y., was held, Monday at 2 p. m., from the home of his son, Lieut. Wellington E. Pitts, in this village, a suburb of Washington.
Rev. Mr. Claggart, pastor of Hyattsville M. P. church, South, officiated, Mr. Pitts' four sons being bearers. The remains were sent to his former home at Oswego, for interment beside his wife, Jennie I. Pitts, in the family lot in Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Pitts was ill only a few hours, suffering from an abrasion of the brain. He was unconscious when two of his sons arrived from New York, and died Saturday morning, without regaining consciousness. The recent death of his wife, to whom he had been married nearly fifty years, was a severe blow to him, and is thought to have hastened his death.
Mr. Pitts descended from that branch of the Pitt family of England which emigrated to America and aided the colonies in their battle for independence, subsequently adding an "s" to their name. He came from a long line of soldiers, most of the male members of each generation having fought in every war of their respective times, from the Revolution down.
He was born Sept. 11, 1847, at Granville, N. Y.; was educated in the grade schools; was at the age of fourteen to eighteen the main support of a mother, a younger brother and three sisters during the Civil war, while, for four years, his father served In the Union army. After the war, he removed to Oswego county, N. Y., the Pitts homestead being In the town of Constantia.
In 1873 he married Miss Jennie I. Scouton, of Fair Haven, formerly of Constantia; in 1884, he became a local preacher of the M. P. church; was later ordained, as was his wife; and for twenty years husband and wife served as joint pastors on various circuits of the Onondaga conference of that church.
Mr. Pitts, in addition to being a successful revivalist, was very active in the material welfare, as well, of his charges, being usually engaged in building or rebuilding churches and parsonages. He preached at various places in Oswego county until 1883, when he removed to Cortland county, and was pastor at Cuyler and Cheningo, respectively, a total of six years; he then was pastor, several years, of churches in Worth and Lorraine, Jefferson county; in Volney and Albion Oswego county; at Wolcott, Wayne county, and later again at Cheningo and Volney. He was superanuated last September.
He leaves an exceedingly large circle of friends throughout northern New York and is survived by five children: Clarence E. and Harley S., of New York city; and Edwin B. Jr., Grace B. and Wellington E., of Washington, D. C.
His surviving brother and sisters are Frank Pitts, Constantia; Mrs. John Winn and Mrs. Arthur Webb, Oneida; and Mrs. H. R. Burgess, Proctor, Vermont. O. B. Tanner, Constantia, is his brother-in-law, having been the husband of his deceased sister, Alice Pitts Tanner.
The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, N.Y., January 20, 1921
The funeral of the Rev. Edwin B. Pitts, Sr., of Oswego, N. Y., for 35 years a member of Onondaga conference, Methodist Protestant church, and well known throughout Wayne, Cortland, Jefferson and Oswego counties, N. Y., was held, Monday at 2 p. m., from the home of his son, Lieut. Wellington E. Pitts, in this village, a suburb of Washington.
Rev. Mr. Claggart, pastor of Hyattsville M. P. church, South, officiated, Mr. Pitts' four sons being bearers. The remains were sent to his former home at Oswego, for interment beside his wife, Jennie I. Pitts, in the family lot in Riverside cemetery.
Mr. Pitts was ill only a few hours, suffering from an abrasion of the brain. He was unconscious when two of his sons arrived from New York, and died Saturday morning, without regaining consciousness. The recent death of his wife, to whom he had been married nearly fifty years, was a severe blow to him, and is thought to have hastened his death.
Mr. Pitts descended from that branch of the Pitt family of England which emigrated to America and aided the colonies in their battle for independence, subsequently adding an "s" to their name. He came from a long line of soldiers, most of the male members of each generation having fought in every war of their respective times, from the Revolution down.
He was born Sept. 11, 1847, at Granville, N. Y.; was educated in the grade schools; was at the age of fourteen to eighteen the main support of a mother, a younger brother and three sisters during the Civil war, while, for four years, his father served In the Union army. After the war, he removed to Oswego county, N. Y., the Pitts homestead being In the town of Constantia.
In 1873 he married Miss Jennie I. Scouton, of Fair Haven, formerly of Constantia; in 1884, he became a local preacher of the M. P. church; was later ordained, as was his wife; and for twenty years husband and wife served as joint pastors on various circuits of the Onondaga conference of that church.
Mr. Pitts, in addition to being a successful revivalist, was very active in the material welfare, as well, of his charges, being usually engaged in building or rebuilding churches and parsonages. He preached at various places in Oswego county until 1883, when he removed to Cortland county, and was pastor at Cuyler and Cheningo, respectively, a total of six years; he then was pastor, several years, of churches in Worth and Lorraine, Jefferson county; in Volney and Albion Oswego county; at Wolcott, Wayne county, and later again at Cheningo and Volney. He was superanuated last September.
He leaves an exceedingly large circle of friends throughout northern New York and is survived by five children: Clarence E. and Harley S., of New York city; and Edwin B. Jr., Grace B. and Wellington E., of Washington, D. C.
His surviving brother and sisters are Frank Pitts, Constantia; Mrs. John Winn and Mrs. Arthur Webb, Oneida; and Mrs. H. R. Burgess, Proctor, Vermont. O. B. Tanner, Constantia, is his brother-in-law, having been the husband of his deceased sister, Alice Pitts Tanner.
The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, N.Y., January 20, 1921
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