Father married 4 times, had brothers Hershel, Harry and unk brother in Escalon and sister Ethel
Herschel Pitts is listed in LDS records as b abt 1859 St Clair, Illinois, USA to Blarney Pitts and Ellen Burton, d 1937 ??
Father possibly Loren Edgar Pitts born 21 May 1862 Of, Freeburg, St Clair,
Illinois
Loren's parents possibly James Pitts and Mary Varner m 25 Apr 1861 Illinois
Loren's brother James Elmer Pitts, b 05 Feb 1865 Freeburg, Ill, d 24 Mar
1946 Freeberg, St Clair, Illinois
Loren's father James Pitts b 02 Dec 1829 Illinois, d 02 May 1865
Mary Varner b abt 1842 St Clair, Illinois, d 21 Apr 1928 Geyserville, Stanislaus,
CA
David says Arthur's parents were from Freeberg, so William below has to be out
LDS reports same Loren with same birth but diff parents William and Margaret
Stookey
William b 22 Feb 1836 Illinois, d 10 May 1910 buried Linkville Cemetery,
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Margaret Stookey b 31 Oct 1842 St. Clair, Illinois d 24 Jan 1930
William's parents Kinchen Pitts and Elizabeth Elder m 21 Jan 1824 Rutherford,
Tennessee
Margaret's parents Daniel Stookey and Margaret McGuire m 14 Jun 1827
Kinchen b 25 Dec 1800 South Carolina d 17 Nov 1874 Nashville,Washington,
Illinois
Elizabeth Elder b Jan 1799 Virginia d 12 Mar 1874 Nashville,Washington,
Illinois
Elizabeth's parents James Elder and Mary m 09 Sep 1789 Campbell,Virginia
Father James Elder b abt 1765/70 Brunswick,Virginia d 1824 Rutherford,
Tennessee
Mother Mary b abt 1770 Virginia, d bef 1820
His children, all born above Kerr's Mill.
1st Lola May Laughlin, born Apr 6th 1888.
2d Nora Elfie Laughlin, born Nov. 5th 1889.
3d Lida Lavena Laughlin, born Aug. 3d 1891.
4th Monta Laughlin, born Sept. 7th 1892, died Sept. 10th 1892 aged 3 days.
5th Francis Orval Laughlin, born Aug. 28th 1893.
6th Claud Monroe Laughlin, born June 1st 1897. Died near Cedar Hill Cemetery, Jan'y 17th 1912 aged 14 ys. 7 ms. & 16 ds.
7th Clyde Jennings Laughlin, born June 26th 1901.
8th Roy Earl Laughlin, born July 26th 1903.