Pittman - Oliver
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, June 5, 1911
Oliver Pittman, 45 years of age, died Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home of his father, William Pittman, on Milligan street, of tuberculosis, after a short illness. The deceased has lived in this city for a number of years and was a printer by trade, but for some time has been doing outside work for a time lived on a farm near Yountsville. The deceased is survived by his father and three sisters. The funeral will occur this afternoon at 4:30. The pallbearers will be members of the typographical union, to which he belonged. Crawfordsville Daily Journal, June 6, 1911 Oliver P. Pittman, born November 8, 1867; died June 4, 1911; aged 43 years, 6 months and 26 days. He was born in Linn county, Missouri, and was the oldest of a family of six children, tow of whom with his mother have preceded him to the great beyond. His father, William Pittman, and three sisters, Lizzie, Ruth and Kittie, survive. He joined the M.E. church in early manhood, but in moving about from one community to another, neglected to transfer his membership, and lost his identity as a member of the church, but he remained always a firm believer in the doctrine of Christianity as taught by the church and the Bible. He was a printer by trade and a newspaper man of some experience; but by reasons of failing health had to quit his trade and devote his time to outdoor occupations. he was a great reader and one among the best posted men of the day on current events, ancient and modern history and politics. He was a man of the strictest integrity, and honest and conscientious almost to a fault. He was never married, but passionately devoted to his home, always ready and willing to make any sacrifice for the pleasure of his family. He died a strong moral and temperance advocate and without a personal enemy so far as known. The immediate cause of his death was catarrh of the stomach, of which he had suffered many years, complicated with asthma. He was sick but little over three weeks. His suffering during the last twelve hours of his life was intense. - thanks to Kim H