Celia Ann Pettit ^48,91,112

   Another name for Celia was Sela A Petit.

  Notes:

Source: June Terry Johnson
Name, birth and marriage.
Place of birth stated on death certificate as North Carolina.

  Items of interest in her life were:

• Celia appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1880 in Boone Township, Wright County, Missouri. ⁸⁸ Andrew J. Greathouse household,
Sela A, WF 33,wife, keeping house, North Carolina, NC, NC

• Celia appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1900 in Union Township, Webster County, Missouri. ¹¹¹ In household of Jack Greathouse,
Celann, wife, FW , July 1848, 51, married 34 years, 7 child., 6 living, North Car, North Car, North Car

• Death certificate: number 40269, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. ¹¹² Celia A. Greathouse
Died 12-2-1928 from hemopheligia, senility and stroke
Female White Widow of Andrew Jackson
Born July 12, 1849 age 79 yrs and 4 mos
Father Thomas Petit, b. Illinois
Mother: Mary McKell, b.Illinois
Informant Walter Walton
Burial Niangul Missouri, 12-3-1928

Celia married Andrew Jackson "Jack" Greathouse, son of Michael Greathouse and Margaret "Peggy" Snawder, on 17 Sep 1866 in , Webster County, Missouri. (Andrew Jackson "Jack" Greathouse was born on 22 Dec 1836 in , Morgan County, Indiana,⁶⁴ died on 28 Mar 1912 in Niangua, Webster County, Missouri and was buried in Niangua, Webster County, Missouri.)

  Marriage Details:

Married at Riley Terry's home by Alen Kilburn, J.P.