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The son of Mathew Pitts, Fountain E. Pitts, was apparently named afterFountain E. Pitts who m arried Martha Britt 14 Aug 1927. Fountain E. Pittswas a much used name in the area, probabl y because of a well knownMethodist preacher recorded in Sumner Co.? There is also a Fountai n E.Pitts Crane b. Aug 18, 1833. There was a F. E. Pitts who was a MethodistPreacher in Wilso n Co., TN. This may be th e reason so many Fountain E.Pitts followed. "Fount" and his name s akes that followed we active inRutherford Co., politics until this day.

The following post on the internet might explain where some of the Pittswent
after the war between the states:

Telma Anijar Andersen on October 04, 1998

MO, TENN, KY --Pitts posted by Myra Hudson on August 24, 1998. I am adescendant of the Pitt s family from Tennessee. My family immigrated toBrazil after the civil war. I have the follow ing names:
Onidia Ives Pitts - born in 1873 in Para, died in Manaus 20 Sept1905--Single.
Marvin Henry Pitts - died in Manaus, Amazon, 18 years old 23 Aug 1903-sonof Fountain E. Pitt s and Sarah B. Pitts.
Ida (Aida) Elvira Pitts - died in Manaus, 20 Jan 1908.
Affonso Pitts - son of Fountain (Affonson in Portuguese) died at the ageof 47.

From the records of the First Baptist Church in Manaus:
Mary (Maria) Pitts - baptized in 17 Sept 1905.
Lillian Pitts - bapt. 3 March 1907.
Menie (Minnie?) Pitts - died 1 Aug 1907
Clarence (Clarencio) Pitts - bapt. 17 Sept. 1905.
Rev. Fountain Elliot Pitts visited Brazil in 1835.
Martha Pitts was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church inManaus, Amazon, she was th e widow of Dr. Josiah Pitts.

Santa Barbara in the state of Sao Paulo is the location of the rest ofthe confederate familie s that immigrated to Brazil.

The following books have been written by Betty Antunes de Oliveira she isthe descendant of El der Robert P. Thomas.

Cemiterio do Campo - Cemetery of Campos - has all the names of thefamilies that are buried a t this location. Can be found at theGenealogical Library for the LDS Church. North American I mmigration toBrazil - Tombstone Records - Santa Barbara D'Oeste - Sao Paulo State.Movimento d e Norte Americanos no Porto do Rio de Janeiro - The movementof the north americans in the Por t of Rio de Janeiro - 18 65 to 1890.

This information is from a letter I received from this lady, she has doneextensive research i nto the families and what has happened to thedescendants of these families.

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Absolom Tennison [Male] b. 1725

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Eleanor Micah Jamison [Female] b. 3 SEP 1833

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James Washington Hance [Male] b. ABT. 1827

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James O. Stotts [Male] b. 22 MAY 1829

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Robert C. Stotts [Male]

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No proven relationship to this authors ancestor, Thomas Allen Jamison b,1811

JAMES O. STOTTS, one of the most prominent citizens of Labette county,Kansas, has been a resi dent of Mound Valley township since 1870, and nowresides in the southeast quarter of sectio n 14, township 32, range 18. Heis a veteran of the Civil War, and stands high in the esteem o f hisfellow citizens. He was born in Morgan county, Indiana, May 22, 1829, andis a son of Rob ert C. and Helen (Laughli n) Stotts.

Robert C. Stotts and his wife were born in Virginia, of Scotch descent.They were married in V irginia, and went at an early period, to Indiana,where the husband was engaged in farming unt il his death , at the age ofsixty years. His wife also died in Indiana. They were parents o f sevenchildren, as follows: Virginia, Margaret, Sarah, John L. and Robert C.,all of whom ar e deceased; James 0.; and E liza (Smith), who resides inher native county in Indiana.

James 0. Stotts was reared on a farm and was engaged in farming until theCivil War, when he m oved to Lewis county, Missouri, where he bought landand lived until 1870. He enlisted from Mi ssouri in Co mpany F, 21st Reg.,Mo. Vol. Inf., and served in the 16th Army Corps. He was wit h GeneralSherman in one of his campaigns, but served mainly under Gen. A. J.Smith. He partici pated in seven of the mos t important engagements of thewar, his first one being under Genera l Prentiss, at Shiloh. His fightingwas done mostly in Tennessee. He was mustered out at Eastp ort,Mississippi, in February, 1865, a nd went with the regiment to Cairo,Illinois, and thenc e to his home in Missouri. He followed farming inMissouri until 1870, when he moved to Labett e county, Kansas, where helocated on his present f arm, - the southeast quarter of section 14 ,township 32, range 18. Two men, Rohrer and Honrath, had filed on the easthalf of section 14 , and Mr. Stotts purchased their interests. He improvedand cult ivated the entire half sectio n for several years, and then gavethe northeast quarter to his son, who has since disposed o f it. Asidefrom the breaking of a few acres, he has made all the improvements uponthe place . There was no natural timber, even along the stream, and allthe trees upon the property at t he present time were set out by him. Heset out a fine orchard of six acres, which is beari n g well. The originalbox house was replaced by a comfortable eight-room residence in the fallo f 1898, ample barns and outbuildings having been built a short timepreviously. Mr. Stotts ha s been very successfully engaged in generalfarming and stock raising. In the early days he so metimes did hismarketing at Ladore, but for many years past he has traded at Parsons.

Mr. Stotts was united in marriage, in Indiana, to Margaret A. Bailey, whowas born in that sta te, in 1831, and died in Labette county August 26,1898. Nine children were born to bless thi s union, as f ollows: William,a carpenter of Mound Valley; Robert, who died in Indiana; Ellen , wife ofE. T. Jamison, who resides in the northeast corner of Mound Valleytownship, and ha s four children, - Ida May, Alfred, William, and Jennie;Jennie (Beebe), of Harlan, Iowa; John , who died in Missouri; Alice(Smith), of Mound Valley township, who has six children; Eliza ( Beggs),of Mound Valley; James Andrews, who died in Labette county; and Edwin M.,who married R ose Wallis, a daughter of N. W. Wallis, an early settler ofLabette county, and they have fou r children, Lelia May; Omah Mildred,James Wallis, and Helen Gladys. William, Robert and Elle n were born inIndiana. In politics, the subject of this sketch is a Republican. He is amembe r of Mound Valley Post, G. A. R. In rligious[sic] views, he is aMethodist, and all of his fam ily attend Hopewell church, in Labettetownship. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Stotts accompany th is sketch.