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William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt 1846–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Oct 1846

Birth Location: Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 8 Jan 1889

Death Location: Bollinger County, Missouri, USA

Father: JOHN HITT

Mother: Eunice Milton

Spouse(s): Mary ZIMMERMAN

Children(s): John Hitt

William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt was born in 1846 in Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA, the child of John Green Hitt And Eunice Fidilia Milton. William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt married Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman, and had children including John Jacob Hitt. William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt passed away in 1889 in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt was born in 1846 in Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA, the child of John Green Hitt And Eunice Fidilia Milton.
  • William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt married Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman, and had children including John Jacob Hitt.
  • William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt passed away in 1889 in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA.

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William Hitt's Ancestors

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William Hitt
1846–1889
Birth Place: Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
Parents
JOHN GREEN HITT
1818–1896
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Eunice (Fidilia) Milton
1820–1854
New York, USA
Grandparents
John (P.) HITT
1800–1867
Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, USA
Sarah (Sally) Cox
1791–1865
Jefferson County, KY, USA
George Milton
1806–1859
Walcot St Swithin, Somerset, England
Mary Holmes
1811–1860
Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John VI
1759–1839
Frances Banks
1763–1852
Elizabeth Cox
1770–1840
Sarah Hancock
1778–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Hitt
1718–1783
Alice Holtzclaw
1722–1810
Gerard Banks
1731–1787
Francis Bruce
1736–1818
Beverly Glenn
1750–1810
Sarah Richardson
1752–1848

William Hitt's Descendants

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William (Benjamin (Billy)) Hitt (10 Oct 1846–8 Jan 1889) m. Mary (Elizabeth) ZIMMERMAN (26 JUN 1855–6 Aug 1923)
  1. 1. John (Jacob) Hitt 1878–1961 m. Ophelia (Mc) Neely 1879–1954

William Hitt's Timeline

2 Records

1846
10 Oct 1846
Birth of William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt in Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
1889
8 Jan 1889
Age 43
Death of William Benjamin (Billy) Hitt in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
Bollinger County, Missouri, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1846
    Event Place: Pike, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1889
    Event Place: Bollinger County, Missouri, USA

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