Lucy A. Fletcher and Eward Marmaduke Sitton



Lucy A. Fletcher was my great grandaunt. She was born in Callaway Co. Missouri, Jan. 1, 1857, a daughter of John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco. She was a grandaughter of John Sr. and Mary Fletcher, who came from Virginia to Callaway Co. Missouri about 1826. She was also a grandaughter of James Simco and Francis Canada.

On January 11, 1870 in Callaway Co., Missouri, she married Edward Marmaduke Sitton. Edward Sitton's brother, Isaac Sitton married Lucy's sister, Sara Jane Fletcher. Edward was born Dec. 18, 1844 in Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of John Sitton and Sally Jamison. He was a grandson of Jeffery Sitton of North Carolina. Jeffery married Polly Bostick of North Carolina, and settled in Callaway county in 1819.

Lucy A. Fletcher and Edward M. Sitton had nine children:
  1. Addie Ola Sitton b: Nov. 29, 1871, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 22, 1953, Tebbets, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: December 18, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, Luther E. Boyd, b: Nov. 30, 1871, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 31, 1952, Cedar Twp, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri. Luther was a son of Wharton H. Boyd and Mary E. Blackmore.
    • This couple had no children.
  2. William Arthur Sitton b: Oct. 20, 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 17, 1937, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: May 16, 1900, Callaway Co., Missouri, Annie J. Senevy, b: Oct. 1882, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 21, 1972, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Russell Lee Sitton, b: Apr. 6, 1901, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 30, 1995, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Anne E. unknown, b: Dec. 9, 1909, Missouri, d: Apr. 8, 1996, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Edward L. Sitton, b: Nov. 26, 1929, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 4, 2005, St. John, Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Margaret Sitton, b: May 23, 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 7, 1978, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
      • Clarence Sitton, b: abt 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri
      • Lorene Genevieve Sitton, b: Aug, 4, 1916, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 20, 2000, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Nov. 11, 1937, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, Fred Monroe Deardorff, b: Oct. 29, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 16, 2008, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Charley Carson Deardorff and Sarah Elizabeth Hendrix.
  3. Wallace E. Sitton b: Nov. 20, 1875, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 22, 1966, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: Dec. 6, 1896, Callaway Co., Missouri, Minnie Myrtle Leonard, b: Nov 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 24, 1965, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Willy R. Sitton, b: Nov 8, 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: May 26, 1900, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried High Hill Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Paul E. Sitton, b: abt 1902, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: after 1966.
  4. George Sitton b: Aug. 3, 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 5, 1937, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: Ella C. Foster, b: Oct. 15, 1883, Missouri, d: June 17, 1977, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  5. Charles R. Sitton b: Oct. 19, 1879, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb. 24, 1971, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: Lucy Bell, b: Feb. 19, 1891, Missouri, d: May 8, 1980, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Louis Raymond Sitton, b: Jan. 4, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sep. 15, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Middle River Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
      • E. Vance Sitton, b: Aug. 17, 1912, Tebbets, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 18, 2007, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • married, Dec. 1, 1950, Mokane, Callaway Co., Missouri, Opal Beatty, b: Apr. 7, 1916, Steedman, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 1, 1999, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of James Willard Beatty and Callie Martha Kemp.
      • Infant Sitton, b: Aug. 4, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 5, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Middle River Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Clarice Maxine Sitton, b: Oct. 6, 1920, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 24, 1999, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  6. Sue Belle (Dollie) Sitton b: Jan. 1, 1881, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 18, 1966, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: Sept. 4, 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri, Louis Berghuaser, b: Feb. 15, 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 23, 1935, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of William E. Berghauser and Helen E. Sartor.
      • Children:
      • Mary Frances Berghauser, b: June 20, 1911, Fulton, Callaway Co., MIssouri, d: Nov. 23, 1996, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married: Robert Wise Alexander, b: June 18, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 12, 1988, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of William Moss Alexander and Beulah Wise.
      • Lewis Edward Berghauser, b: May 11, 1913, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 26, 1993, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  7. Thomas Sitton b: Mar. 6, 1883, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: July 25, 1975, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • married: Abt. 1907, Beulah unknown, b: Feb. 28, 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 12, 1977, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Ansel T. Sitton, b: Sep. 16, 1908, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 21, 1985, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married March 14, 1942, Mary Grace Adkison, b: Feb. 3, 1923, Wainwright, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 11, 2003, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
          • Children:
          • Living son
          • John A, Sitton, b: July 8, 1952, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 7, 2001, Holts Summitt, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Maurice Sitton, b: Nov. 13, 1909, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 16, 1994, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Stella unknown, b: Sept. 1, 1915, d: Nov. 1, 1947, buried Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  8. Harry Sitton b: Aug. 1888, Callaway Co. Missouri. Lived in Denver Colorado
  9. Ray L. Sitton b: Jun. 1894, Callaway Co. Missouri. Lived in San Diego, California.

Edward M. Sitton was a farmer and lived in Callaway Co., Missouri all his life. He died February 24, 1924 in Cote Sans Dressien Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri. He was buried in Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.

Lucy A. Fletcher Sitton died March 16, 1940 in Callaway Co., Missouri. She was buried in Riverview cemetery, Tebbetts, Callaway Co., Missouri.



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