Census Conundrums and Other People Puzzles

A. W. Bittick, William Bittick, Bittick-Cox in Newburg & Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri--Who are these Bittick's mentioned in the Rolla Newspaper?

The Rolla New Era Newspaper
http://newspapers.umsystem.edu

November 17, 1888, p3:
Property in Newburg for Sale.
Two story house of 8 rooms, and one lot, 50 & 140, opposite round house in Newburg, for sale for $1000, or will exchange for good bottom farm.
Apply to
Wm. Bittick, Newburg, Mo.
Newburg, Mo., Oct. 20, 1888.

December 15, 1888, p3:
Property in Newburg for Sale.
Two story house of 8 rooms, and one lot, 50 & 140, opposite round house in Newburg, for sale for $1000, or will exchange for good bottom farm.
Apply to
Wm. Bittick, Newburg, Mo.
Newburg, Mo., Oct. 20, 1888.

June 23, 1894, p2:
Among Our Exchange
[Licking News]
Word reached here Thursday that a man by the name of Cox fired sixty buckshot into his son-in-law, one Mr. Bittick. The men spent the day in Houston and were returning home both intoxicated, coming to where the road forked Cox wished to go to Raymondville and wanted to ride Bittick’s mule, Bittick would not agree to this, and after considerable quarreling Cox went home got his shotgun, loaded both barrells, went to Bittick’s house, called him out and shot him twice, once through the legs and again through the body. Cox at once went to Houston and gave himself up to the authorities, Bittick only survived a few hours.

October 24, 1896, p5:
L. L. Pierce and William Bittick of Newburg, went to Knotwell after a load of brick for Rees Morgan.

December 12, 1896, p3:
Mr. A.W. Bittick of Salem, Mo., was here this week with a view of starting a first class bath house.
[Albert W. Bittick b. May 1870, d. 1959, son of William Bittick and Jane W. Stephens?]

February 27, 1897, p3:
William Bittick and wife went to Rolla last Tuesday in a wagon. We don’t know how they got there, as the roads are worse than we ever say them in this county.

Newburg and Rolla are both in Phelps Co, Missouri.
Is the William or A. W. Bittick in these articles Albert William? Bittick? Or is the William Bittick in these articles William R. Bittick (b. abt 1830)?

Alfred M. Bittock 1895-1942 buried Rockvale Cemetery, Carbon Co, Montana

Also, listed in same cemetery:

Clarence W. Bittock - 18 Aug 1883 - 25 Nov 1936
Emma L. Bittock - 3 Aug 1865 - 18 Mar 1941
Emma Luella Bittock - 12 May 1894 - 14 Aug 1908
Jefferson Davis Bittock - 6 Dec 1862 - 6 Apr 1918

Clarence and Emma Luella are children of Jefferson Davis and Emma L. (Brumfield) Bittick. Is Alfred one of their children, also?

Anna J. Bittick born ca 1897 in Colorado - parents unknown. She married Thomas Edward Burgess on 25 Jul 1914 in Kansas City, MO. They had a daughter, Dorothy Lavita Burgess - b. 20 Jul 1915 d. 26 Jan 1915 - both in Kansas City, KS.

 

Dan/Don, Henry & Lois Bittick in Henry Co, Missouri 1930

1930 City & Township of Clinton, 4th Ward, Henry Co, Missouri 05 April 1930, ed42-9, p270b:
215 South 3rd
#109/111a Thomas Nadine head rents f w 25 single, beauty operator, barber shop Mo US US
Bittick Lois roomer f w 29 single, beauty operator, barber shop Mo Mo Mo
Henry roomer m w 23 single, packer, candy shop Ks Ks Ks
Dan/Don roomer m w 20 single, errand boy, barber shop Mo Mo Mo

Does anyone know Dan/Don Bittick born ca. 1910 in Missouri; Henry Bittick born ca. 1907 in Kansas, and Lois Bittick born ca. 1901 in Missouri?  All were boarders with Nadine Thomas in Henry Co, Missouri in 1930.

Dick Bittick living in Sheridan, Wyoming 1926

The Helena-Daily Independence
Saturday Morning
November 6, 1926
page 7

WORD OF JUDGE FAILS TO JAIL BOOTLEGGER

Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 5. - The testimony of Judge James H. Burgess of the fourth judicial district failed today to convict a man arrested in a raid conducted personally by the judge.
A jury was discharged after deliberating 17 hours on the guilt of Dick Bittick, employee of a pool hall here.
Judge Burgess testified that he had followed a sheepherder who worked for him into the pool hall and finding Bittick behind a bar, asked "Bittick, why did you get my sheepherder drunk."
Bittick, according to the jurist, replied that "I didn't know it was your sheepherder, Judge."
Judge Burgess said he then asked the man where he kept his liquor. The liquor was shown to him, he said, and he then ordered Deputy Sheriff Gerald Braucht, who had followed him into the place, to seize it.
The jury heard the judge, looked at the alleged evidence, went into the jury room and stayed there 17 hours without reaching an agreement.
Hayden M. White, county attorney elect of Johnson county, defended Bittick. The case was heard by Judge C. O. Brown of the Sixth judicial district.

Source: Ancestry.com newspapers online

Earl Bittick b. May 1891 in South Dakota.  Father born Missouri, mother Ohio - In 1900, he's living with George C. Robanston/Robertson & Hattie A. in Cripple Creek, Teller Co, Colorado.  Who is Earl? Who are his parents?

Eva Martha Bittick Ehlers--From 1970-1972, Belle Bittick Clark (Mrs. Reuben Marshall Clark) corresponded with the "heir-finding" company, Henry R. Ferris & Company, regarding the search for collateral heirs of Martha Eva (or Eva Martha) Bittick Ehlers. By 1970, the four children of Martha and her husband, Axel Ehlers, were deceased and none had children. This company was trying to establish Martha's parentage and determine whether she had siblings, whose descendants would be entitled to inherit personal property valued at approximately $200,000. Unfortunately, the company was unable to determine Martha's parents.  See Other Documents: Martha Eva Bittick Ehlers Correspondence and the Francis-Missouri Bitticks Database for more information.  Does anyone have information about Eva Martha Bittick or the Henry R. Ferris & Company's search for her heirs?

Henry Bitticks who married Barbara Ellen (White) Woodring in Central City, Lawrence Co, South Dakota in 1890.

Is Henry W. Bittick the Henry Bittick above?  Who is Frank Bittick?

Black Hills Daily Times, Deadwood, South Dakota Library:

Dec 1, 1889
Letters remaining in Central Post Office, Nov 30:
Bittick, Frank

April 20, 1890
Letters remaining in the Deadwood Post Office, April 19:
Bittick, Henry W.

April 27, 1890
Letters remaining in Lead Post Office, April 27:
Bittick, Henry
Bitticks, Frank

June 13, 1890
Passenger lists, Smith's hack, Arrivals and departures via Northwestern, Stagelines:
Bitticks, Henry
doesn't say if he's arriving or departing

Jesse A. Bittick [1894-1950]--His step-daughter, Edwina Nyman [Neyman] was injured in altercation May 2, 1950 Portola, Plumas Co, California [Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada].  Does any one have information on this family?  Who was Jesse's wife and what happened to Edwina? [Contact us for the complete articles]

Marry Bitticks--Unknown Bittick or Bitticks in Arkansas Census

1910 Oak Bluff Township, Clay Co, Arkansas 04 May 1910, ed142, p185b:
#166/167 Bitticks Marry head f w 46 widow, farmer, general farm, rents farm
Tn Tn Tn [born c1864]
John son m w 20 single, laborer, home farm Tn Tn Tn [born c1890]
Annie dau f w 16 single, laborer, home farm Tn Tn Tn [born c1894]
Willie son m w 10 single Ar Tn Tn [born c1900]
Forth Main travler (sic) m w 19 single IL IL IL

Was Marry married to a John Bittick?

Mary A. (Essing) Bittick, married to Sidney Charles Martin Bittick May 4, 1904, possibly divorced before 1938.  She was first married to a Mr. Goss before 1903; he apparently died about 1904.  Does any one have information?

Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada
Monday, June 20, 1938
page 10
Deaths
Bittick - Funeral services will be announced later for the late Mrs. Mary Bittick. Friends may call at the O'Brien & Nugent Funeral Home.

Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada
Tuesday, June 21, 1938
page 12
Deaths
Bittick - Friends are invited to attend the funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Bitick, Wednesday (tomorrow) morning at 9:45 o'clock from the O'Brien & Nugent chapel, thence to the St. Thomas Aquinas cathedral where a requiem mass will be celebrated at ten o'clock. Interment in the Mater Dolorosa cemetery. Recitation of the rosary will be held this evening at seven o'clock.

Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada
Tuesday, June 21, 1938
page 16
Bittick Funeral Will Be Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at ten o'clock at St. Thomas Aquinas cathedral for Mrs. Mary Bittick, well known Reno resident who died recently at a local hospital. Recitation of the rosary will be held at the O'Brien & Nugent chapel and burial will be in Mater Delorosa cemetery.
Mrs. Bittick's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Bittick and two brothers, George and Joseph Essing of Kansas City, arrived here today to attend the rites.
[ancestry.com]

Mary F. (--?--) Biddix and children, Claud, Frank, Bell, Ernist & Judson/Hudson Biddix/Beddix

1900 Wallaceburg Township, Hempstead Co, Arkansas 21 June 1900, ed54, p348a:
#179/181 Biddix Mary F. head w f Jan 1866 43 widow 6 born/5 living Ar Tn Ms
Claud son w m Jan 1884 16 single Ar Ar Ar
Frank son w m Nov 1886 13 single Ar Ar Ar
Bell dau w f Feb 1889 10 single Ar Ar Ar
Ernist son w m Sep 1895 6 single Ar Ar Ar  [Ersie "Jake"]
Judson/Hudson son w m Feb 1898 2 single Ar Ar Ar

Wallaceburg, Hempstead Co is where the descendants of Robert Bittick lived. I (Mary Gallano) can't find a possible male for the husband of Mary F. Biddix. And, I can't find any of the above kids in 1910. I did find:

1920 Philadelphia Township, Neshoba Co, Mississippi 21 January 1920, ed78, p21a:
#399/457 Beddix Claud head m w 37 md sawyer, saw mill, Ar Ar Ar
Mattie wife f w 26 md Ar Ms Ar
Claud Jr son m w 3 single Ms Ar Ar

1930 Rentiesville?, McIntosh Co, Oklahoma 17 April 1930, ed46-21, p_b:
#17/17 Biddix Ersie m w 32 md @19 Ar Ar Ar  ["Jake"]
Mary wife f w 29 md @17 Ar Ar Ar

Who is Mary F. & who was her Biddix/Bittick husband?  Does anyone have information on her children?

Maud Bittick

Ste. Genevieve Co, Missouri Deaths:
Maud Bittick, 32? [according to these dates, her age should be 20, not 32]
DOB: 10 Sep 1898
DOD: 17 Nov 1918
#19

Who is this Maud Bittick? 

Minerva A. Biddix--Does anyone know Minerva's parents or have any information on this family?

Jonathan P. Dillon was born about 1824 in Pasquotank Co, North Carolina. He married (1) Minerva A. Biddix 13 January 1846 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. She was born about 1826 in Burke Co, North Carolina. He married (2) Sarah Emily Ryan 11 August 1859 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. 

Notes for Jonathan P. Dillon:

Jonathan Dilloin and Sarah Emily Ryan, marriage bond 10 August 1859, married on 11 August 1859 in Guilford Co, North Carolina by William Kirkman, Justice of the Peace. Bondsman: Cornelius Stack
Witness: H. C. Willis
Bond No. 000054848
Record No. 01 118

Notes for Minerva A. Biddix:

Minerva A. Beddox and Jonathan P. Dillon were married on 13 January 1846 in Rowan Co, North Carolina.
Bondsman: Hezekiah Turner
Witness: J. M. Turner
[Marriages of Rowan Co, North Carolina, 1753-1868, p106 compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, Published by Clearfield]

1850 The Southern Division, Guilford Co, North Carolina 20 July 1850, p256a:
#22/23 Jonathan P. Delon 26 m farmer Pasquotank Co, NC
Minerva 24 f Burke Co, NC - can't read/write

Nancy Biddix: Who is this Nancy Biddix?  According to the BLM web site, Nancy Biddix of Fulton Co, Arkansas received 90.54 acres in Izard Co, Arkansas on 1 May 1860.  Looks like the land is in 2 sections.

Patentee: Nancy Biddix
Issue Date: 5/1/1860
Land Office: Batesville
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry
State: Arkansas
Acres: 90.54
Document No. 11377
Accession/Serial No. AR0700_435
BLM Serial No. AR NO S/N
Aliquot Parts: W 1/1 NW
Township: 18-N
Range: 8-W
Meridian: 5th PM
County: Izard
Aliquot Parts: 1/
Township: 18-N
Range: 9-W
Meridian: 5th PM
County: Izard

Nancy Williams who married Samuel Bittick died before 1850.  Is this Nancy Biddix from the Tennessee Bittick lines?  Is she a Bittick/Biddix widow?  Could she be the daughter of Francis Bittick & Mary Stanfield?  They had a daughter, Nancy, born c1804.  We've never found any information on her, but could she have gone to Arkansas with her sister, Eleanor Bittick Cheairs?  Or is she from the African-American Biddix families in Arkansas?  If you have any information on this Nancy, we'd love to hear from you.

Original Certificate located at Bureau of Land Management web site:  http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/