PITCHFORD FAMILY:
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While the name Pitchford has all but disappeared from Miller County. They quietly live here for several years with their neighbors and their in-laws the Russells, Alexanders, Enloes and Stephens. The reason I am doing this Pitchford look-up is because I believe they might be the key to any road blocks the afore mentioned families might have. The Pitchfords have been in the Cole/Miller County area since about 1855. I believe they started in Virginia then moved to what is now Barren County, Kentucky. The Pitchford that concerns Miller County was Fleming and Susan (Russell) Pitchford. Susan was born in Barren County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of John Russell. I believe she had a brother named John Russell who was the patriarch of all the John Russells that settled in Miller County. I am going to list the children of Fleming & Susan (Russell) Pitchford, because the census records I have do not cover them all. You will see names like Alexander that are neighbors and in-laws i! n Missouri, just like they were neighbors and in-laws in Kentucky. That is the key when you have to go to another state looking for your people. If they are married to the same families and lived next to the same families in Kentucky as they do in Missouri, you know you are on the right track. The afore mentioned families do just that. It would take a trip to Barren County Ky. to prove my point. I have heard they have excellent records down there. The first place I would go would be the Barren County Historical Society. If your lucky they may have a Peggy Smith Hake of their own. 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Fleming Pitchford age 65 (Ky) both parents (Va) Susan Pitchford (Russell) (Ky) both parents (Va) William T. age 24 (Ky) Daniel G. age 21 (Mo) Nora A. age 1 (g-dau) (Mo) (Children of Fleming & Susan (Russell) Pitchford and who they married to make my point) Anna L. Pitchford (born 1835) married Josiah Alexander in Barren Co. 1855. Amanda Melvina Pitchford (born 1836) married Wm. Simmons in Missouri in 1857. See following census report. Alpha Pitchford (born 1838) married Mary Shikles in Cole Co. Mo. in 1861. John James Pitchford (born 1842) married Catherine Enloe in Cole County, Mo. 1867. Nancy Elizabeth Pitchford (born 1843) married Allen A. Atkinson in Miller County, Mo. 1866. Frances Ann married (born 1846) married Harvey E. Atkinson in Miller County, Mo. 1866. Joseph Warren Pitchford (born 1849) married Minnie Slaves, in Mo. Sarah Jane Pitchford (born 1850) married Edward F. Carney, in Miller County, 1870. (living next to her Mom & Dad, Fleming and Susan) 1880 census: (Saline Twp) Edward F. Carney age 39 (Mo) Sarah J. age 28 (Ky) Margaret S. age 8 (Mo) Theresa C. age 7 (Mo) Malinda A. age 3 (Mo) George F. age 11 months. William Tribune Pitchford (born1855) married Martha Matilda Starling in Miller County Missouri 1875. Daniel Green Pitchford (1858, the first one born in Mo.) married Eliza Brown in Miller County, Mo. 1881. Mary Ellen Pitchford born and died in Miller County, 1865. 1880 census: (Saline Twp) John J. Pitchford age 38 (Ky) both parents (Ky) Catherine (Enloe) age 33 (Mo) both parents (Mo) Margaret E. age 12 (Mo) Virginia age 7 (Mo) Anna L. age 5 (Mo) Dora C. Stephens age 19 (Mo) 1900 census: (Saline Twp) John J. Pitchford age 58 Cartherine "Kate" age 53 Annie L. age 24 Marion Starling age 22 (boarder) 1860 census: (Saline Twp) William S. Simmons age 27 (Ky) Amanda M. (Pitchford) age 22 (Ky) Susan A. age 2 (Mo) James age 6 months (Mo) William T. Pitchford married Martha Matilda Starling, 12/12/1875. William T. Pitchford married Mary L. Clay, 4/9/1885. Daniel G. Pitchford married Eliza Brown, 4/14/1881. Frances Ann Pitchford married Harvey E. Atkinson, 5/22/1866. Jennie E. Pitchford married James R. Coffman, 5/22/1889. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) James R. Coffman age 35 (Mo) Jennie E. age 26 (Mo) Blanche age 9 Barney age 8 John A. age 3 Margaret E. Pitchford married Leonidas "Leon" Jordan, 4/27/1887. Minnie B. Pitchford married Thornton "Ian" J. Plummer, 12/11/1887. 1900 census: (Saline Twp) Ian J. Plummer age 35 Minnie B. age 27 Clarence M. age Josie age 8 Fenton Moore age 12 (Nephew) Clyde Moore age 10 (Nephew) Fleming Pitchford was the son of Daniel Pitchford & Rebecca Pitchford (Davis) of Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was the g-son of William Pitchford & Sarah Pitchford (Stiles) of Virginia. He was the gg-son of Samuel Pitchford & Angelico Pitchford (Cheatum) also of Virginia. His wife, Susan (Russell) Pitchford's parents were also from Virginia. I think you can find more information on these Pitchfords in the Cole County census, tax records, marriage records and history of Cole County. I think more settled there than in MIller County. Check the Pitchfords that I show no Miller County census records on, over in Cole Co. DeVere |