Francis C. Pettypool
FRANCIS C. PETTYPOOL - born in Herald's Prairie, February 15, 1843,
was a son of Braxton B. and Celia (McGhee) Pettypool, natives of
Tennessee. His grandparents, Thomas Pettypool and Parent McGhee,
were natives of Virginia and moved to Tennessee at an early day.
BRAXTON PETTYPOOL was married three times. The children of the
first marriage were: A. Maria, Thomas B., Francis C., Mahulda,
Tilitha C., Sarah E., John H. (deceased). His second wife was
Polly Ann Catlin Tichenor. Their children were: Joel R., Ezekiel,
Marshal, Newton (deceased). His third wife was Mary, daughter of
John Jones, OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. Their children are: Lear, Dora and
Hardon. He has been a resident of JEFFERSON COUNTY for 12 years.
Francis C.'s early life was spent in this county on a farm and going
to school. When 19 years of age he enlisted in Company I, 87th
Illinois Infantry. He married Mahala E., daughter of James W. Hart,
one of White County's oldest citizens, who makes his home with his
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Pettypool have three children: Thomas C.,
Edgar L. and Vienna A. The Tennessee bend has the reputation of
being a hot-bed of fever and ague, and its inhabitants of being
pale and sickly, but Mr. Pettypool has lived there his entire life,
except while in the army, and he has always been remarkably healthy,
which goes far toward proving the fallacy of the statement. He has a
fine apple orchard, containing 200 or more trees, all grafted. He has
180 acres of cultivated land, and is one of Herald's Prairie's best
farmers.
SOURCE: History of White County, IL
Submitted by Mary Zinzilieta
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