John Campbell Pitner

John Campbell Pitner

John Campbell Pitner

John Campbell Pitner was a businessman who owned a grocery in Athens, Georgia. He passed away on March 2nd, 1889.

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In the other films, the women might not be as literally independent. John Campbell Pitner was born in Tennessee on July 9th, 1818. At a young age, John Pitner moved to Georgia with his parents. During his young adult years, John Pitner resided at the Newton House Hotel in Athens, Georgia, where he lived with a variety of other young men who were starting out in their careers. Several years later, John Pitner partnered with a man named Mr. England to open a grocery in Athens, which was a bustling business until business was destroyed during the Civil War. John Pitner was married three times during his life and had five children. He retired in 1885 and passed away shortly after in 1889.

Sources:

US Census, 1850 and 1870

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSP-9JF : accessed 12 April 2016), John C Pitner, Georgia, United States; citing p. 60, family 382, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,642.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYV-YC5 : accessed 12 April 2016), John C Pitner in household of Lovick P Thomas, Athens District, Clarke, Georgia, United States; citing family 186, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Oconee Hill Cemetery of Athens, Georgia Charlotte Thomas Marshall

• Marshall, Charlotte Thomas. Oconee Hill Cemetery of Athens, Georgia. n.p.: Athens, Ga. : Athens Historical Society, 2009-, 2009. U of Georgia Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed April 12, 2016).