William was the son of Elizabeth and John Richard Pettus.
William's sister Eudora Adeline Pettus married Judge Edwin Hobby. Eudora's son, William's nephew, was Govenor William Pettus Hobby. He was the 27th Governor of Texas (from 1917 to 1921).
1862 Apr 14 - William enrolled and mustered into the Confederate States Army. Private, Capt. W.R. Sullivan's Company, Waul's Texas Legion. He was 18 years old.
1865 Jun 10 - POW, Paroled at Houston, Texas
William's father, John Richard Pettus, also served in the Confederate Army. He was in the 16th Brigade Teas States Troops.
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OBIT from Dallas Morning News;
Friday, 15 May 1931
GEORGETOWN, Texas, May 14--
Dr. W. G. Pettus, 87, a resident of Georgetown since 1877, died Thursday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at First Methodist Church. He had been a member of the governing board of that church fifty years.
Born in Lunenberg County, Virginia he moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John Richard Pettus, to Tennessee as a child, later to Rusk County, Texas: to Marlin in 1855 and to Fort Beend County in 1858.
He volunteered as a Confederate soldier at Galveston at 17 and served with General Forest and General Van Dorn four years. Returning from the war, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and finished at the University of Maryland and returned to Fort Bend County, where he practiced medicine until 1877, when he removed to Georgetown.
He was twice married, first to Miss Alice Secret (sp.?) of Fort Bend County, who died here in 1878, and again in 1881 to Mrs. A. C. Charles.
Surviving are two children, E.H. Pettus of Corpus Christi and Mrs. John Balliew of Waco, and one stepdaughter, Miss Alice Charles of Georgetown. He was vice president of the State Medical Society for several years.
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William's sister Eudora Adeline Pettus married Judge Edwin Hobby. Eudora's son, William's nephew, was Govenor William Pettus Hobby. He was the 27th Governor of Texas (from 1917 to 1921).
1862 Apr 14 - William enrolled and mustered into the Confederate States Army. Private, Capt. W.R. Sullivan's Company, Waul's Texas Legion. He was 18 years old.
1865 Jun 10 - POW, Paroled at Houston, Texas
William's father, John Richard Pettus, also served in the Confederate Army. He was in the 16th Brigade Teas States Troops.
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OBIT from Dallas Morning News;
Friday, 15 May 1931
GEORGETOWN, Texas, May 14--
Dr. W. G. Pettus, 87, a resident of Georgetown since 1877, died Thursday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at First Methodist Church. He had been a member of the governing board of that church fifty years.
Born in Lunenberg County, Virginia he moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John Richard Pettus, to Tennessee as a child, later to Rusk County, Texas: to Marlin in 1855 and to Fort Beend County in 1858.
He volunteered as a Confederate soldier at Galveston at 17 and served with General Forest and General Van Dorn four years. Returning from the war, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and finished at the University of Maryland and returned to Fort Bend County, where he practiced medicine until 1877, when he removed to Georgetown.
He was twice married, first to Miss Alice Secret (sp.?) of Fort Bend County, who died here in 1878, and again in 1881 to Mrs. A. C. Charles.
Surviving are two children, E.H. Pettus of Corpus Christi and Mrs. John Balliew of Waco, and one stepdaughter, Miss Alice Charles of Georgetown. He was vice president of the State Medical Society for several years.
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William was the son of Elizabeth and John Richard Pettus.
William's sister Eudora Adeline Pettus married Judge Edwin Hobby. Eudora's son, William's nephew, was Govenor William Pettus Hobby. He was the 27th Governor of Texas (from 1917 to 1921).
1862 Apr 14 - William enrolled and mustered into the Confederate States Army. Private, Capt. W.R. Sullivan's Company, Waul's Texas Legion. He was 18 years old.
1865 Jun 10 - POW, Paroled at Houston, Texas
William's father, John Richard Pettus, also served in the Confederate Army. He was in the 16th Brigade Teas States Troops.
*****
OBIT from Dallas Morning News;
Friday, 15 May 1931
GEORGETOWN, Texas, May 14--
Dr. W. G. Pettus, 87, a resident of Georgetown since 1877, died Thursday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at First Methodist Church. He had been a member of the governing board of that church fifty years.
Born in Lunenberg County, Virginia he moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John Richard Pettus, to Tennessee as a child, later to Rusk County, Texas: to Marlin in 1855 and to Fort Beend County in 1858.
He volunteered as a Confederate soldier at Galveston at 17 and served with General Forest and General Van Dorn four years. Returning from the war, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and finished at the University of Maryland and returned to Fort Bend County, where he practiced medicine until 1877, when he removed to Georgetown.
He was twice married, first to Miss Alice Secret (sp.?) of Fort Bend County, who died here in 1878, and again in 1881 to Mrs. A. C. Charles.
Surviving are two children, E.H. Pettus of Corpus Christi and Mrs. John Balliew of Waco, and one stepdaughter, Miss Alice Charles of Georgetown. He was vice president of the State Medical Society for several years.
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William's sister Eudora Adeline Pettus married Judge Edwin Hobby. Eudora's son, William's nephew, was Govenor William Pettus Hobby. He was the 27th Governor of Texas (from 1917 to 1921).
1862 Apr 14 - William enrolled and mustered into the Confederate States Army. Private, Capt. W.R. Sullivan's Company, Waul's Texas Legion. He was 18 years old.
1865 Jun 10 - POW, Paroled at Houston, Texas
William's father, John Richard Pettus, also served in the Confederate Army. He was in the 16th Brigade Teas States Troops.
*****
OBIT from Dallas Morning News;
Friday, 15 May 1931
GEORGETOWN, Texas, May 14--
Dr. W. G. Pettus, 87, a resident of Georgetown since 1877, died Thursday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at First Methodist Church. He had been a member of the governing board of that church fifty years.
Born in Lunenberg County, Virginia he moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. John Richard Pettus, to Tennessee as a child, later to Rusk County, Texas: to Marlin in 1855 and to Fort Beend County in 1858.
He volunteered as a Confederate soldier at Galveston at 17 and served with General Forest and General Van Dorn four years. Returning from the war, he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and finished at the University of Maryland and returned to Fort Bend County, where he practiced medicine until 1877, when he removed to Georgetown.
He was twice married, first to Miss Alice Secret (sp.?) of Fort Bend County, who died here in 1878, and again in 1881 to Mrs. A. C. Charles.
Surviving are two children, E.H. Pettus of Corpus Christi and Mrs. John Balliew of Waco, and one stepdaughter, Miss Alice Charles of Georgetown. He was vice president of the State Medical Society for several years.
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