Amanda Jane Pittman

Eugene John Pittman was the son of William Loami (Lonnie?) “Saul” Pittman and Amanda M. Slaughter, daughter of Robert Slaughter and Martha Mixon. Eugene married Nannie W. Fletcher on February 2, 1887 in St. Helena Parish. Eugene was living with his mother, Amanda, in 1920 in the town of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, listed as age 54, with no wife.

Living with Amanda and son Eugene in 1920 were Charles and Mary Quinn, Amanda’s grandchildren. Dollie Pittman, daughter of Saul and Amanda, was born about 1882 in St. Helena Parish. She married Joseph H. Quinn on December 2, 1900 in St. Helena Parish. Joseph was the son of James H. Quinn and was born about 1876 in Louisiana.

Joseph and Dollie had three children: Charles Quinn, born November 22, 1903 in St. Helena Parish, died in July of 1978 in Hammond,42 Mary Quinn, born about 1906 in St. Helena Parish, and Sarah Quinn, born in St. Helena parish on April 3, 1910, died May 16, 1910, buried at Killian Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in the 5th Ward of St. Helena Parish. Dollie probably died as a result of childbirth complications as she was not listed with her husband in the 1910 census.43 In the 1920 census, Amanda was listed as 77 years old and grandson Charles was 16, and granddaughter Mary was 14. Charles was working at a box factory.

Also working at a box factory and living with his grandmother, Amanda Pittman, was Walter Gill, age 16, born about 1903 or 1904. He was the son of Robert R. Gill and Emma Pittman, Saul and Amanda’s daughter. Robert and Emma were married in St. Helena Parish on March 31, 1901. It appears that both Emma and Robert had died before 1920.

William Loami “Saul” Pittman, husband of Amanda Maude Slaughter, was born about 1828 in Marion County, Mississippi, the son of Jacob Pittman and Nancy Gill. He had several children by a first wife, Wyatt D. Pittman, born about 1853, and Theodosia Pittman, born about 1855.

The children of Saul and Amanda, for clarification, were: Eugene John Pittman, born 1863/4 in Washington Parish; Peter Lenorie (or Lonnie) Pittman, born about 1867/8 in Tangipahoa Parish; Babe Pittman, a daughter, born in 1870 in Tangipahoa Parish; Pete Pittman, born about 1873/4 in Tangipahoa Parish; Emma Pittman, born about 1876/7 in St. Helena Parish; and Dollie Pittman, born about 1881/2 in St. Helena Parish.

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Sources: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/cemeteries/killian.txt

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45316918/mandy-pittman

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