ARTEMUS WHITMAN was born in New York State in 1800. He married Susan Whalen, who also was born in New York State, in 1801. Susan died in 1842, age 41. Artemus died in Kansas in 1875, age 75. Artemus and Susan Whitman had seven children, five girls and two boys. The eldest child was Phoebe Whitman.
PHOEBE WHITMAN was born in Milton, Saratoga County, New York, on September 11, 1824. She married Harvey Pettit, of Saratoga County, New York, on January 26, 1843. They lived in that county for several years before moving to Henry County, Ohio, where they settled on 160 acres of wild timber land given them by Harvey’s father. A few years later, they moved to Penn Township, Stark County, Illinois, where Harvey
engaged in farming. In about 1884, Harvey and Phoebe Pettit retired from farm life and moved to Wyoming, Illinois, where they lived for the remainder of their lives.
Harvey Pettit died at Wyoming, Illinois, on November 9, 1904. Phoebe Pettit died October 16, 1924, at the age of 100 years, one month and four days. Phoebe Pettit was respected, loved and revered by the entire citizenship of Stark County, Illinois.
Harvey and Phoebe Pettit had fourteen children, among whom were Elijah B. Pettit, Castleton, Illinois, Mrs. Mary Dilbern, Council Bluffs, Iowa, George Pettit, Peoria, Illinois, William Pettit, Sterling, Colorado, and Susan Ann Pettit.
SUSAN ANN PETTIT was born in Stark County, Illinois, in 1846. She married Abraham Buffington, Jr. Susan Ann died in 1891.
Thus the Whitman, Whalen and Pettit Families merged with the Buffington family.
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