Individual Details
Samuel Dawson Petty
(March 2, 1839 - May 30, 1905)
Samuel Dawson Petty enlisted in Caldwell Co with Lone Star Mounted Rifles, 25th Bgd, under the command of Capt. John Mye.
Samuel Dawson Petty married Mary Huddleston and had 4 children. Uncle Sam was perhaps the least adventurous of all the Petty boys. He lived all of his life on a place that adjoined that of his father's homestead. It was with him and Aunt Mary that Grandpa Petty lived after the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Uncle Sam was a religious man and a member of the Masonic Lodge. His home was always open to orphan children or older ones who had no place to stay. After the early death of John Jr., Uncle Sam and Aunt Mary kept the two younger children of John's in their home. He and Aunt Mary are buried in the Pettytown Cemetery.
1880 Bastrop CO census: Family 50 Petty, Samuel w m 41 farmer AR TN TN, Mary w f 31 wife keeping house, AR AL AL, James A w m 9 son at school, TX AR AL, John w m 7 son at school TX AR AL, Emily w f 3 daughter TX AR AL, John w m 79 father widow TN NC TN, Riddle, Alcina w f 14 niece at school TX AL AL, Fleming, David w m 21 boarder school teacher TN TN GA.
1900 Bastrop CO Census: Samuel D head w m 3/1839 61 AR TN TN, Mary E wife w f 12/1849 50 30 4/3 AR AL AL, James A son w m 2/1871 29 TX AR AR, Walter J son w m 10/1872 27 TX AR AR, William A son w m 7/1882 17 TX AR AR, Lonsy S nephew w m 4/1880 20 TX AR TX, Huddleston, John H Brother-in-law w m 5/1866 34 s TX AL MS.
Samuel Dawson Petty married Mary Huddleston and had 4 children. Uncle Sam was perhaps the least adventurous of all the Petty boys. He lived all of his life on a place that adjoined that of his father's homestead. It was with him and Aunt Mary that Grandpa Petty lived after the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Uncle Sam was a religious man and a member of the Masonic Lodge. His home was always open to orphan children or older ones who had no place to stay. After the early death of John Jr., Uncle Sam and Aunt Mary kept the two younger children of John's in their home. He and Aunt Mary are buried in the Pettytown Cemetery.
1880 Bastrop CO census: Family 50 Petty, Samuel w m 41 farmer AR TN TN, Mary w f 31 wife keeping house, AR AL AL, James A w m 9 son at school, TX AR AL, John w m 7 son at school TX AR AL, Emily w f 3 daughter TX AR AL, John w m 79 father widow TN NC TN, Riddle, Alcina w f 14 niece at school TX AL AL, Fleming, David w m 21 boarder school teacher TN TN GA.
1900 Bastrop CO Census: Samuel D head w m 3/1839 61 AR TN TN, Mary E wife w f 12/1849 50 30 4/3 AR AL AL, James A son w m 2/1871 29 TX AR AR, Walter J son w m 10/1872 27 TX AR AR, William A son w m 7/1882 17 TX AR AR, Lonsy S nephew w m 4/1880 20 TX AR TX, Huddleston, John H Brother-in-law w m 5/1866 34 s TX AL MS.
Events
| Birth | March 2, 1839 | Carroll County, Arkansas | |||
| Marriage | May 5, 1870 | Bastrop County, Texas - Mary E. Huddleston | |||
| Death | May 30, 1905 | Pettytown, Bastrop County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Pettytown Cemetery, Bastrop County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Mary E. Huddleston (1849 - 1937) |
| Child | James Albert Petty (1871 - 1946) |
| Child | John Walter Petty (1872 - 1901) |
| Child | Emily E. Petty (1876 - 1885) |
| Child | William Anderson Petty (1882 - 1938) |
| Father | John A. Petty Jr. (1801 - 1882) |
| Mother | Betty Elizabeth Dawson (1805 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Jane Ann Petty (1822 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Gipson Petty (1823 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Petty (1824 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Edna Petty (1826 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Alsey Josephine Petty (1827 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Alexander Anderson Petty (1828 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Lavicia Louisa Petty (1829 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Ann Catherine Petty (1831 - 1922) |
| Sibling | James Marion Petty (1833 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Johanna Petty (1835 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Johnson M. Petty Jr. (1837 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Tempie Arminta Petty (1842 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Joseph Riley Petty (1843 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Mary Petty (1844 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Martha Petty (1845 - 1846) |