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• Name: Arthur Lee Pitts
• Born: August 2, 1887 Lyerly (near Summerville), Chattooga County, Georgia
• Father: Newton Pitts
• Mother: Arminda Elizabeth Speed
• Married: March 31, 1907 Central District (Bryan County), Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
• Spouse: Tursa Tennessee Love
• Children:
• Wilma Bertha Pitts
• Della Lee Pitts
• Boyad Franklin Pitts
• Josie Pauline Pitts
• Tersa Menerva Pitts
• Died: 1958
• Buried: Lower Big Fork Cemetery, Big Fork, Polk County, Arkansas, United States

Notes, Lee Pitts was called a "free-thinker" back then, he belived in God but not that any current religions were correct or that preachers knew anything special that other people didn't, ran a newletter, would never hit farm animals, wouldn't treat one of God's creatures that way, would sing gospel songs to them while out working because it made them calmer, DLW Sr said he was the calmest most steady person he had ever met, he always said that if someone was mad at him or stole from him then that was their problem and not his. DLW Jr. July 17, 2021

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• 1900 US Census, Texas, Hunt County, Justice Precinct 6, Family No. 562, Line 20; Lee Pitts; Son; white; male; Born, August 1887; Age, 12; Single; Birthplace, Georgia; Father's birthplace, Alabama; Mother's birthplace, Georgia; Can read; Can write; Can speak English.
• Name, Lee Pitts; Age, 29; Home address, Indianola, Oklahoma; Birth, August 2nd 1887, Lyerlia[sic], Georgia; Occupation, farming; by whom employed, self; where employed, Indianola, Oklahoma; dependents, wife& 3 children; married; Caucasian; military service, none; exemption claimed, no; medium height; medium build; grey eye color; dark hair color; disabled, no; June 5, 1917. World War I Draft Registration Card, Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, No. 81
• Marriage License No. 1814; Lee Pitts of Boswell, Indian Territory, Age 40, and Tennessee Love of Boswell, Indian Territory, age 18, March 30, 1907; married March 31, 1907. Marriage Records, Indian Territory, Central District, p. 315.
• 1930 US Census, Texas, Lubbock County, Precinct 3, Dwelling number 160, Family number 167, Line 4. Name, Lee Pitts; Relation, Head; Home owned or rented, owned; Lives on farm, yes; Male; White; Age, 42; Marital status, married; Age at first marriage, 19; Attended school, no; Able to read and write, yes; Birthplace, Georgia; Father's birthplace, Georgia; Mother's birthplace, Alabama; Able to speak English, yes; Occupation, Laborer; Industry, Farm; Class of worker, working on own account; Employment, yes.
• 1940 US Census, Arkansas, Polk County, Mill Creek, Sheet 1A, Household 5, Line No. 15; House owned; Home value, $500; Farm, yes; Auther L. Pitts; head; male; white; age, 52; married; attended school, no; highest grade completed, elementary school 3rd grade; birthplace, Arkansas; residence in 1935, rural, Lubboc County, Texas; resident on farm in 1935, yes; employed for pay, yes; hours worked week prior to census, 35; occupation, farmer; industry, farm; class of worker, working on own account; weeks worked in 1939, 26; income, 0; income other sources, yes; number of farm schedule, 4.
• Name: Arthur Lee Pitts, Gender: Male, Race: White, Birth Date: 2 Aug 1887, Birth Place: Georgia, Father: Newton Pitts, Mother: Armenda Speed, SSN: 431181379, Notes: Apr 1939: Name listed as ARTHUR LEE PITTS. Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
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• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pitts-3322