Berkeley County WV
Obituaries and Death Notices
BOYD -- A negro man, Sam, belonging to Mr.
John E. Boyd, of Berkeley County, VA.
died on the 8th inst. He was 21 years old at the time of Braddock's defeat, making him 115 years old at his death.
He was the first colored man owned by Gen. Boyd, of Berkeley County. [The
Pittsfield Sun. 1849-07-26 - Transcribed by Pam Rathbone]
PITNEY
Junction City Pioneer, ANNA PITNEY Dead at 97.
The town's oldest resident Mrs. Anna Magdalene Pitney, 97, who had lived in Junction City (Oregon) for 74 years,
died Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Junction City Methodist Church with the Rev Joyce S. Kendall officiating.
Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Junction City. Murphy Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Mrs. Pitney was born in Martinsburg, W. VA., Jan. 31, 1859, and came to Oregon with her parents in 1872. Here
she married Marcellus B. Pitney, the son of Oregon pioneers and the young couple went to Junction City to make
their home.
Since her husband's death in 1895, Mrs. Pitney kept roomers and boarders. She took an active part in civic affairs
and traveled extensively. She was a life-long member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Pitney led an active life until a fall about a month ago. Since then she has been in the hospital and Sunset
Lutheran Home.
Survivors include three daughters, Misses Modena and Mary, both of Junction City, and Mrs. BEULAH B. FRY of Vancouver,
Wash.; a granddaughter, ANNA JANE PITNEY of Whittier, Calif.; and two brothers, M. M. HOLLIS of Eugene and J.T.
HOLLIS of Vancouver, Wash. A son Hollis, preceded his mother in death.
[Eugene Register Guard, clipping not dated but probably 1958 - submitted
by Darlene Griffith]
