Joseph Sanford Pitts

Joseph Sanford Pitts was but a lad of three or four years when his parents removed from Berkley to Taunton. He succeeded to his father's business, and during his entire life continued in the same line, being located on the north side of Main Street. His education was acquired in Bristol Academy, and he always had a fondness for books. He never took part in public affairs, preferring the quiet and seclusion of home life. He was a gentleman of the old school, quiet, dignified and scholarly in his tastes and acquirements, and a lover of peace.......Mr. Pitts married Margaret Hamblen, and to this union was born one daughter, Annie Provost, who married George W. Colby; they have a daughter, Charlotte.

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts

Chicago / J.H. Beers & Co., 1912

Volume III / page 1356