Benjamin
"Benn"
Pitman
Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Pitman
and Maria (Davis) Pitman
Brother of
Melissa (Pitman) Jones, Jacob Pitman, Isaac Pitman, Abraham Pitman, Rosella Pitman, Joseph Pitman, Jane (Pitman) Hunt, Mary (Pitman) Webster, Henry Pitman and Frederick Pitman
Husband of
Jane Bragg
— married
4 Jul 1849 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2019
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Biography
Benjamin Pitman was an Ohioan.
Benjamin (also known as Benn) was born in on 24 Jul 1822 and christened on 8 September 1822, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.[1] He was the son of Samuel Pitman and Maria Davis. He married Jane Bragg on 4 July 1849, and the couple had three children.
Benn and his family emigrated to United States in 1853. [2] The family settled in Cincinnati, Ohio where Benn set up a Phonographic Institute based on his brother, Sir Isaac Pitman's system of shorthand. Benn became an important figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States and was a competent wood carver.
Benn passed away on 28 December 1910, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", databasezFamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ND1W-NLW : 24 February 2022), Benjamin Pitman, 1822.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists Index, 1800-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Y-P475 : 16 March 2018), B Pitman, 1853; citing ship City Of Glasgow, NARA microfilm publication M360 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 419,539.
- ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1Q-KK5 : 8 June 2022), Benn Pitman, 1910.
- Pitman, Marlene J., editor. Pitman Families in Australia: 1838-1990. Revised, updated & extended. 1954. Reprint, N.p.: n.p, 1990.
- "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1Q-KK5 : 8 December 2014), Benn Pitman, 28 Dec 1910; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. , certificate number , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
- 'Benjamin Pitman', Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Pitman, accessed 27/11/22.
- 'Benn Pitman House,' Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Pitman_House.
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