Pitts Ellis

Ellis Pitts (February 29, 1808 - February 1, 1876) was an American shoemaker, farmer, and politician.

Born in Murray, New York, Pitts moved to Michigan Territory in 1832 living in Nile and Tecumseh. Then in 1839, he moved to Wisconsin Territory settling in North Prairie and then in Genesee, Wisconsin. Pitts was a farmer, shoemaker, and in the grain business. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives as a Democrat. Pitts served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846. He also served in local government. In 1850, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He died in Genesee, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'The Convention of 1846,' Milo Milton Qualife, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1919, Biographical Sketch of Pitts Ellis, pg. 770
  2. ↑ 'The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of its Settlement, Growth, Development, and Resources,' Waukesha County Historical Society; 1880, Biographical Sketch of Ellis Pitts, pg. 584