Stitt - William R.
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery Co IN (HH Hill, Chicago
1880) p 217
William R. STITT, farmer and stock raiser, Crawfordsville, was
born April 3, 1835 in the place where he now lives. He had a
common school education and has always been a farmer. He has 120
acres of land one and a half mile from the city. He is a Mason,
Odd Fellow, Good Templar, Republican, a member of the [Horse Thieves] Detective
Association and of the Methodist Church. Mr. Stitt and his
sisters, Sarah R. and Rebecca J., live together on the "old
homestead." His father, Judge James Stitt, was the oldest son of
Robert and Jane Stitt. He was b. in Grayson Co Va. He came W. at
a very early day, and had gone on through the south. he bought
land in Washington Co, then went to Va, and afterward came back
to Indiana. He entered 160 acres in this County, where his son
now lives. It had upon it a good millseat, and he soon built a
mill which he ran till the Black Hawk war. He was assoc. judge of
Montgomery Co. for 21 years, and was elected for 7 years more,
when he d. in 1844. He was an able judge, a member of the
Methodist Church, a strong temperance man and an honored citizen.
He had a good education for his day, and was a man of extensive
information. He was married in 1818 to Miss Mary F. RICHARDSON,
She was a member of the Methodist Church and d. in 1871. They had
7 children. The Stitts came from Ireland to this country at an
early day and the grandfather of Judge Stitt was in the
Revolutionary War and was put in prison, where he suffered much
and was liberated by his uncle, an officer in the British
army.