Pitman, Henry

PITMAN, HATCH

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/23/2013 at 08:06:07

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

PITMAN, HENRY.—Grinnell Twp—pg 920. Of the firm of Pitman & Co., butchers, Grinnell. Was born in England, January 30, 1845, and at the age of ten years immigrated with his mother to America, landing in New York. From there he went to Wisconsin, where he attended school, after which he commenced farming and lumbering, and continued the same until the spring of 1869. Then came to Poweshiek county, settling in this city, and engaged in his present business. August 11, 1862, Mr. P. enlisted in company B, Thirty-first regiment Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged July 6, 1865. His marriage was in Wisconsin, December 4, 1870, to Miss Cornelia Hatch. Their family consists of three children: Samuel A., Harry A. and Hattie C.