Margaret Clemons Ellis

PITTMAN, Margaret C. ELLIS - Mrs. W.E. Pittman Dies This Morning - Prairie Grove, Mar. 22 - Mrs. W.E. Pittman, 88, who has been ill for some time, died this morning a 8 o'clock at her home here.

Funeral arrangements are pending word from relatives.

Mrs. Pittman was born in Tennessee January 20, 1850. Her husband, a Confederate veteran, died 18 years ago.

She leaves the following children: Ellis Pittman of Prairie Grove, Mrs. H.W. Johnson of Ottawa, Kansas, Mrs. Jesse Cravens who had been with her during her illness, Porter Pittman of Prairie Grove, Mrs. Earl Pyeatt of Fullerton, California, and 22 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Other survivors are two brothers, Will Ellis of California and Alf Ellis of Wichita, Kansas and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Martin of Ottawa, Kansas, Mrs. Gates and Mrs. Dora Launt, both of Whittier, California. [Northwest Arkansas Times 3/22/1938]