Janet C. Snead
(1900-2002)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martin Luther Pitts

Janet C. Snead 1 2 3

  • Born: 26 July 1900, Virginia 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Martin Luther Pitts about 1926 1 2
  • Died: 27 December 2002, Virginia at age 102 3
  • Buried: 30 December 2002, Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Goochland County, VA 3
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Byrd District, Goochland County, VA on April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, Roll 2445, District 0002, Household 61
Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States
Janet Pitts..Wife..29..VA
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Byrd District, Goochland County, VA on 20 May 1940. 2

1940 US Census
Sheet 9B, Roll 4265, District 38-2, Family 137
Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Road No. 608, Home owned, $1000
Janet C. Pitts..Wife..39..VA..2 years college..Proprietor, Retail Grocery Store
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on 29 December 2002 in Richmond, VA.

3 Janet Snead Pitts, age 102, of Goochland, Va., died Friday, December 27, 2002. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin L. Pitts; and two sons, Martin L. Jr. and Charles S. Pitts. Survived by one daughter, Elsie P. Gathright; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was a retired Postmaster of Elk Hill, Va., for 32 years. Remains rest at the Norman Funeral Home, Goochland, Va., where the family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., and where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. Interment Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Goochland and Fife Rescue Squads.

(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA, 29 Dec 2002)
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• She was buried on 30 December 2002 in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens in , Goochland County, VA.

Find A Grave Memorial #83028531
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Janet married Martin Luther Pitts, son of Luther Marion Pitts and Lily Marie Tutwiler, about 1926.1 2 (Martin Luther Pitts was born on 7 January 1900 in Virginia,1 2 4 5 6 7 died in November 1968 6 7 and was buried in November 1968 in Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Goochland County, VA 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Byrd District, Goochland County, VA on April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, Roll 2445, District 0002, Household 61
Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States
Martin L. Pitts..Head..30..VA
Janet Pitts..Wife..29..VA
Martin Pitts Jr..Son..2..VA
Charles S. Pitts..Son..0..VA
Elsie A. Pitts..Daughter..0..VA
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Byrd District, Goochland County, VA on 20 May 1940. 2

1940 US Census
Sheet 9B, Roll 4265, District 38-2, Family 137
Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Road No. 608, Home owned, $1000
Martin L. Pitts..Head..40..VA..2 years college..Farmer
Janet C. Pitts..Wife..39..VA..2 years college..Proprietor, Retail Grocery Store
Martin L. Pitts..Son..13..VA..5th grade
Charles S. Pitts..Son..10..VA..3rd grade
Elsie A. Pitts..Daughter..10..VA..3rd grade
Haley Duovin..Lodger..46..WV
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Sources


1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0002, sheet 3B, family 61, Martin Luther Pitts and Janet C. (?); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2445.

2 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Byrd District, Goochland County, Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 38-2, sheet 9B, household 137, Martin Luther Pitts and Janet C. (?); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4265.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Jul 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83028531.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Byrd Magistorial District, Goochland County, Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 12, p. 12B, dwelling 204, family 204; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Apr 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Byrd Magisterial District, Goochland County, Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 3B, family 65, Luther Marion Pitts and Lillie Marie Tutwiler; index and images (accessed 2 Jul 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

6 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM37-V6D : 4 December 2020), Martin Pitts, Nov 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Jul 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124189325.


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