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: 1898 Tobacco Plains, Flathead, 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
Obituary: The Silver State Post (Deer Lodge, MT), Wednesday, 16 March 1898: Napoleon Peters, age 45, an old-timer of the Deer Lodge valley, died a few days ago at Tobacco Plains, Flathead county. He kept a store there. Frank Henault, of Warm Springs, who is in town today, received the news by letter. Deceased leaves a brother named Peter Peters in Flathead county.
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.
- Rocky Mountain Hasbandman (Diamond City, MT), Thursday, 19 September 1878: Napoleon Peters & Bro., are building a fine barn and otherwise improving their hotel accomodations.
- 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.
- The Anaconda Recorder and New Northwest (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 21 May 1880: Lizzie Peters vs. Napoleon Peters; divorce; decree entered.
- Summer 1880 - Sued by 2 lumberman to recover over $100 for lumber supplied for the Peters residence on Park street near Butte.
- The Anaconda Recorder and New Northwest (Deer Lodge, MT), Friday, 16 September 1887: Napoleon Peters, at Deer Lodge Crossing, near Warm Springs, has established at that place a Cigar Factory, which is now in operation, and is known under the U.S. revenue laws, as Factory No. 1, District of Montana, being, if not the only cigar factory in Montana, the first established in this county.
- 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. (More details about the cigars.)
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)
- Elizabeth's surname also seen written as Bellus.
Tombstone Inscription, Claquato, Chehalis, WA: E. A. / Harrington / 1860 - 1942
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Napoleon Pitre
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Montana deaths in RED from obituaries.
Last updated: 20 May 2024.