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Note: The 15 Aug 1884 Missouri birth record for her 9th child lists her middle initial as "M" and the 17 April 1886 Missouri birth record for her 10th child lists her middle initial as "N".
Hickory Co, Mo Death Cert #8207, Artimissa Pitts, widow of C. C. Pitts, Father Wm M Vanderpool, born Germany, Mother Polly Fuston born Missouri, informant Josie Gist, cause of death Arterial Sclerosis.
Cemetery transcription indicates her first name is spelt Artimissa and family records indicate Artemissa. It is not know which spelling is correct. Parents: Father - William M. Vanderpool b: 1818 in NC (not Germany as one census mentions) & Mother - Mary "Polly" Fuston was born in Tennessee and died in 1849 in Iowa when Artemissa was only 7 years old. Her Vanderpool family is of Dutch heritage, having come to New York [New Netherland] in the 1640s. Spouse: Christopher Columbus Pitts aka Columbus Christopher Pitts. Artemissa has not been found in the 1860 census. Her father was a roamer, living in various parts of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Cherokee Nation from the 1840s until his death in 1884. He served as a Missouri state legislator from old Dodge [Putnam] County 1846-48. Artemissa's mother died in 1849 in Decatur County, Iowa (just over the Missouri border) and her father quickly remarried a kinswoman (Mahala Vanderpool) and had another large family by her. Of course, the Civil War took place while Artemissa was growing up and 3 of her brothers and her father took part (all Union men). Her younger brother, Daniel Boone Vanderpool, born ca 1844 enlisted in the Union Army and died of the measles at age 18 near St. Louis in. 1862 where he is buried. One of her older brothers was an Oregon pioneer (1852) and two other brothers served in the Union Army from Arkansas, one of whom, Capt. James Vanderpool, was my ancestor. Her death certificate indicates that Artemissa Vanderpool was born in Madison County, MO. I have never found any indication that the family was there. Doesn't mean it is not accurate, but ... In 1850 her father, William Vanderpool is enumerated in the census twice -- once in Dade County, MO and once in Decatur County, Iowa. Artemissa had only one full sister (known to have survived -- Rachel Permlia Vanderpool -- who married Dr. Abijah Beach in 1860 in Kansas and later removed to Washington. (Source: Myra Vanderpool Gormley on her Find-A-Grave memorial)
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