Joseph Napoleon Pitre

1852 Beauharnois, Quebec – 1899 Eureka, Montana

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Pierre Pitre/Marcelline Hainault); all known surname descendants:

                   7          Joseph Napoleon Pitre  b: 9 September 1852  St. Timothee, Beauharnois, Quebec; d: 1899  Eureka, Lincoln, MT

                                  +Elizabeth Alice Belles (Kibler)  b: 16 June 1860  St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO; m: 7 November 1878  Butte, Silver Bow, MT [Aquilla/Sarah Ann Rutledge] (divorced 21 May 1880); d: 11 April 1942  Centralia, Lewis, WA

 

 

Notes for Joseph Napoleon Pitre:

Census

- 1870

- 1880
 

Tombstone inscription, Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln, MT:  Maccilen Vitona / Born Sept. 22, 1825 / Died May 23, 1900 / Age 74 yrs 8 mos 1 dy / Napoleon Peters / Born 1852 / Died 1899 / Age 47 yrs
 

MISC:  New North-west (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 16 August 1878:  Napoleon Peters, the popular landlord of the Silver Bow crossing, is putting up a large barn opposite the Hotel.

- New North-west (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 27 December 1878:  Marriages - Peters-Kibler - At Butte, November 7th, Napoleon Peters, of Deer Lodge crossing, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kibler, of Butte.

- New North-west (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 6 February 1880:  Summons - Lizzie Peters, Plaintiff vs Napoleon Peters, Defendant.  Required to appear within 10 days to answer the complaint.  Action brought to dissolve bonds of matrimony and plaintiff's costs.  The grounds occurring during the past year: 1st - the extreme cruelty of defendant toward plaintiff; 2nd - the habitual drunkenness of defendant; 3rd - the desertion of plaintiff by defendant, and 4th - failure of defendant to provide for plaintiff's support.

- New North-west (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 9 April 1880:  Law & Equity Causes - Geoffrey Lavell et al vs. N. Peters; foreclosure of lien; passed for service.

- Summer 1880 - Sued by 2 lumberman to recover over $100 for lumber supplied for the Peters residence on Park street near Butte.

- New North-west (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 2 May 1890:  Mr. Napoleon Peters is erecting a building at the corner of Fourth and D streets, in Deer Lodge, for the purpose of establishing a cigar factory.

 

Notes for Elizabeth Alice Belles:

- Elizabeth had 6 husbands:  Christian Kibler (23 Jan 1877 MT - died), Napoleon Peters (7 Nov 1878 MT - divorced), Denman Sully Wagstaff (24 Jul 1880 MT - divorced), William Skinner Wright (2 Apr 1882 MT - died), James Henry Bailey (25 Jun 1904 WA - died), & Rice R. Harrington (18 Jun 1941 WA)

 

 

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Last updated:  15 February 2022.