James W. Petty (abt. 1844 - 1936)

Born about 22 Feb 1844 in Monroe Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Juliette Day (Wallar) Petty — married about 26 Jul 1879 in Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

Died 9 Nov 1936 at about age 92 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

James W Petty was born in February 1844 in Monroe Co., Ohio. He is the son of Ludwell Petty and Polly Reed.

1850 census -- Summerfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, USA

Ludwell Petty, age 42, male, , ME Minister, born Virginia; Mary Petty, age 43, female, , born Virginia; Leah E Petty, age 21, female, , born Ohio; Asbury L Petty, age 18, male, , school teacher, born Ohio; James W Petty, age 6, male, , born Ohio.^[1]

1860 census -- Center Twnp., Morgan Co., Ohio, USA

Ludwell Petty, age 52, male, , clergyman, $6250 real estate, $1500 personal property, born Virginia; Mary Petty, age 52, female, , born Virginia; James W Petty, age 16, male, , farmhand, born Ohio, attended school^[2]

1870 census -- Wayne Twnp., Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

Ludwell Petty, age 61, male, , farmer, $25000 real estate, $6375 personal property, born Virginia; Mary Petty, age 62, female, , keeps house, born Virginia; James W Petty, age 26, male, , farmhand, born Ohio; Jonathan Uphold, age 10, male, , farmhand, born Ohio.^[3]

He married Julietta D Wallar in July 1879 (source needed)

1880 census -- Wayne Twnp., Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

James Petty, white, male, age 36, married, married within year, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Julietta Petty, white, female, age 27, wife, married, married within year, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Virginia; Charles F Petty, white, male, age 1/12 (May), son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[4]

1900 census -- Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, USA

James Petty, head, white, male, born Feb 1844, age 56, married 22 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, __ salesman flour, own free house; Juliet D Petty, wife, white, female, born Oct 1855, age 44, married 22 years, 2 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Ohio; Florence Petty, daughter, white, female, born Feb 1882, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school^[5]

1910 census -- Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, USA

James Petty, head, white, male, age 66, married 30 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, retired farmer, own mortgaged farm; Juliett D Petty, wife, white, female, age 59, married 30 years, 2 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Pennsylvania^[6]

1930 census -- Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

Hattie Waller, head, rent $20, white, female, age 76, single, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Ohio; James W Petty, brother-in-law, white, male, age 86, widow, first married @ 30, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[7]

He died 9 February 1936 in Zanesville, Ohio.^[8] He is buried in Duncan Falls Cemetery in Duncan Falls, Ohio.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-GMH : 21 December 2020), James W Petty in household of Sudwel Petty, Monroe, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGW-981 : 18 February 2021), James W Petty in entry for Ludlow Petty, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySeach (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VP-3LW : 28 May 2021), James Petty in entry for Ludwell Petty, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SH-88P : 14 January 2022), James Petty, Wayne Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMX2-P54 : 25 February 2022), James Petty, 1900.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8Z-LB2 : accessed 25 April 2023), James W Petty, Marietta Ward 1, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 146, sheet 4A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,375,250.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4H5-1Q8 : accessed 25 April 2023), James W Petty in household of Hattie Waller, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 9A, line 44, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1859; FHL microfilm 2,341,593.
8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZNL-6YY : 8 March 2021), James W Petty, 09 Nov 1936; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 71584; FHL microfilm 2,022,733.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9712149/james-w-petty: accessed 25 April 2023), memorial page for James W. Petty (1844–11 Nov 1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #9712149, citing Duncan Falls Cemetery, Duncan Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Robert (contributor 46505507).