Notes for Albert 'AC' Crittenden Bittick
Albert and Lew Mosley were divorced in 1900 according to a family story written by Albert C. Bittick, Jr.
In a letter from Ruby Bittick Smith, 28 January 1982 to Dorothy L. Miller: "I can remember Papa saying that his step Bro. married his ex-wife, Lue, mother of his 5 children, Debbie, Eddie, Maudie, Clyde and Jess Bittick. Papa rode away horseback with a pack mule headed for Arizona. Looking back after down the road short way, he saw Maudie sitting on front door step waving goodbye. Papa often cried over his children and never talked to us of his troubles. Never saw again Maudie, Deb nor Jess. Clyde came over to live with his father 1909 to 1911. I can remember him teasing me and pulling my pigtails, pull off my hair ribbons & stick them in his pocket. To tie on his horse, he'd say."
No. 326
Affidavit of Application for Marriage License
Territory of Arizona}
County of Pinal} ss
Albert C. Bittick being fully sworn, says: My name is Albert C. Bittick, I reside at Dudleyville, I desire a license to authorize marriage with Jennie May Selleck. I am forty five years of age’ Jennie May Selleck is Eighteen years of age.
I know of no legal objection to our marriage.
Albert C. Bittick
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of May, A.D. 1904.
George Swingle
Justice of the Peace
Precinct No. 4
Pinal Co. Arizona
No. 326 - Affidavit of Albert Bittick for Marriage Licence.
Filed May 16th, 1904.
J. C. Harris, Clerk
Marriage License
To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel
any Judge of a Court of Record, or any Justice of the Peace within this County:
You are hereby authorized to solemnize the
Rites of Matrimony
Albert C. Bittick, of Pinal County, Arizona and
Jennie May Selleck of Pinal County, Arizona.
and endorse the same on the license and make return there of to this office according
to law.
{Seal}In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal this 16th
day of May, A.D. 1904.
J. C. Harris
Clerk of the Probate of the Territory
of Arizona in and for the County of Pinal.
Marriage Certificate
This Certifies that on the 21st day of May, A.D., 1904
Albert C. Bittick and Jennie May Selleck
were united in marriage at Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona
according to the laws of the Territory of Arizona and by the authority of the forego-
ing license by George Swingle, J.P. in the presence of
Ed. A. Bates and George W. Roberts
who have hereunto attached their signatures as witnesses to said marriage ceremony.
In Witness Whereof, the said contracting parties, the said witnesses and
the said George Swingle, who solemnized such marriage ceremony
have hereunto set their hands this 21st day of May, A.D., 1904.
Ed. A. BatesAlbert C. Bittick
WitnessContracting Party
George W. RobertsJennie May Selleck
WitnessContracting Party
George Swingle
Officer, Justice of the Peace
Returned and filed for record by Albert C. Bittick
this 28th day of May 1904, at 2:00 o’clock P.M.
and recorded in Book 2 of Marriage Licenses and Certificates at page 3
J. C. Harris, Clerk
[See Documents for copy of Affidavit and License. Courtesy of Isa Smith]
Albert 'AC' C. Bittick Census Enumerations:
1860 Township No 2, Tules River PO, Tulare Co, California 25 Jul 1860, p25:
#197/197 Joseph Biddits 32 m w farmer $-/1500 Texas
Eliza 21 f w house keeper Kentucky
Henry 3 m w California
Albert 1 m w California
John Biddits 40 m w farmer Arkansas
1870 Snelling PO, Merced Co, California 24 Jun 1870, p251a:
#82/67 Bettick Joseph 42 m w farmer US Citizen Alabama
Eliza G. 30 f w keeping house Kentucky
Henry N. 13 m w California
Albert C. 11 m w California
Ashby H. 7 m w California
1880 Township 5, Range 13, Snelling, Merced Co, California, 12 June 1880, ed42, p340b:
#181/110 Bittick Joseph w m 52 md farmer Ar Tn Ga
Eliza w f 41 wife md keeping house Ky Ky Ky
Henry M. w m 23 son single laborer Ca Ar Ky
Albert w m 21 son single laborer Ca Ar Ky
Ashbury H. w m 17 son single laborer Ca Ar Ky
James A. w m 7 son single Ca Ar Ky
McSwain James w m 35 [boarder?] single farm Mo Mo Ky
Summers Elizabeth w f 79 mother widow Ky don't know don't know [line is drawn thru this entry]
1900 Nos. 1st Standard S & E of line between Range 10 & 11 E, Pinal Co, Arizona 17 June 1900, ed56, p222a:
#49/181 Hall John head w m Feb 1848 52 md 10 yrs, stock raiser, Va Va Va
Eliza G. wife w f Dec 1838 61 md 10 yrs 5 born/3 living Ky Va Va
#52/186 Biddick Albert C. head w m Mar 1859 41 md 15 yrs Ca Tx Mo [son of Eliza G. Hall above; 1st wife, Lou Mosley - divorced about 1900.]
1910 - unable to locate family in Arizona or California
1920 Winkelman, Precinct No. 1, Town of Winkelman, Gila Co, Arizona, 2 January 1920, ed54, p260a:
#10/10 Bitick Albert C. head owns farm m w 61 md farmer, general farm Ca Tx Ky
Jennie wife f w 31 md Az Vt Ca
Rubie dau f w 12 single, attended school Az Ca Az
Joe son m w 10 single, attended school Az Ca Az
Della dau f w 8 single, attended school Az Ca Az
Albert son m w 2 single Az Ca Az
Silleck Duncan father-in-law m w 84 widow Vt Eng Scotland
Hall Elizabeth G. mother-in-law f w 82 widow Ky Al Al
[everyone in the family can read and write]
1930 Feldman, Precinct 4, Pinal Co, Arizona 23 Apr 1930, ed11-11, p122a:
No Street Name or House Numbers
#7/7 Bittick Albert C. head owns m w 71 md@@24 rancher, ranch Ca Tx Mo
Jennie M. wife f w 42 md@@19 Az Vt Ca
Joe H. son m w 20 single cowboy, ranch Az Ca Az
Della R. dau f w 17 single Az Ca Az
Albert C. Jr son m w 12 single Az Ca Az
Hannah L. dau f w 9 single Az Ca Az [Betty Louise]
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Arizona Business Directory
Including
El Paso, Texas, with Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Denver, Classification
...Including...
Live Stock Department
Wool Growers' Department
Classified Department
1905-1906
Denver, Colorado
The Gazetteer Publishing Co
James R. Ives, Manager
1905
Live Stock, p443
Bittick A C (Horses) ......Dudleyville
Bittick H N (Cattle)......... " [Dudleyville]
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[see Other Documents: Death Certificates]
Arizona State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Standard Certificate of Death
Place of Death:
County: Pinal
City: Florence; Pinal County Hospital
Length of Residence in city or town where death occurred: 2 yrs
Full Name: Albert Crittenten Bittick
Residence: Winkelman, Arizona
How long in State where death occurred: 42 yrs
male, white, married
Wife: Mrs. Jennie Bittick
Date of Birth: Mar 17, 1859
Age: 79 years 7 months 21 days
Occupation: Ranching
Birthplace: City or Town: No Record
State of Country: California
Name of Father: Joseph Bittick, born: City or Town: No Record; State: Texas
Maiden Name of Mother: Liza Summers, born: City or Town: No Record; State: No Record
Informant: Albert Crittenton Bittick, Winkelman, Arizona
Burial: Winkelman, Ariz, Date: Jan 10, 1939
Embalmer: License No. 209-A?; Signature: Dalton A. Cole?
Funeral Director: Martin Mortuary, Florence, Arizona
Filed: Jan 9, 1939
Date of Death: Jan 8, 1939
I hereby certify, that I attended the deceased from 9-3-38 to, 1-8-39. I last saw him alive on 1-8-39; death is said to have occurred on the sat state above at 3:15 p.m.
Cause of Death: Cardio - Nephritis, Senility
Signed: T.B. Steward?, Florence, Az.
[State File No. 420, Register No. 67]
Buried: Dudleyville, Dudleyville Cemetery, Pinal Co, Arizona
Dudleyville isn't far from Winkelman. The Dudleyville Cemetery is on land once owned by Albert C. Bittick and is on the opposite side of the San Pedro River from Dudleyville. [Justin Bittick, email, 26 June 2005]
ArizonaGravestone.org has this to say about the Dudleyville Cemetery:
Dudleyville Cemetery, Pinal County, Arizona
Dudleyville Cemetery is private family cemetery located in Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona, about two miles south of Winkelman, Gila County, Arizona. The cemetery was founded about 1887 and still in use today. The cemetery was started by the Harrington Family of Dudleyville. The village of Dudleyville was named for Dudley Harrington. At present there are 110 marked graves and many more unmarked due to age and grass fires years back. To get to the cemetery from Winkelman, start at the junction of State Highway 177 and 77, go South 1 mile on State Highway 77 and turn right onto Piper Springs Road and go .7 miles and turn left at the junction onto Camino Rio Road and go .4 miles and the Cemetery will be next to the road on your right. For GPS users the location is 32.9628N 110.7693W.
[http://arizonagravestones.org]
Did Albert Bittick purchase this land from Mr. Harrington?
1931 Written by A.C. Bittick
The history of the Bittick family as handed down from my father, Joseph Butler Langley Bittick.
There were two boys of the Bittick family came here on the Mayflower from Wales. One married and riazed [sic] a family, the other one died an old bachelor. Years after, my grandfather married in Shelby County, Texas a Miss Butler & raized [sic] a family there in Shelby County. The oldest was Crit, next was Joe, next Mary, Jonathan, Nute, Henry, Jancy & Richard the youngest. Joe Bittick (my father) came to the gold rushy in (to Calif) in 1849. In 1846 married Eliza Summers. Joe was born in Montgomery Co, Mo. in 1838. My father never did go back his old home state. He died here in Ariz. at the age of 77 years. My mother also died in Ariz. at the age of 86 yrs. I still live here & enjoying good health at the age of 72 years. My birthday the 17th of March born 1859. Married twice first wife Lou Mosley of Texas & present wife Jennie Sellick of Arizona. Have five children by each marriage. Albert Crittenton Bittick [records of Lola King - mbg, 14 Apr 2005]
Al and Jennie worked together, living in mountain cow camps and on farms along the San Pedro River. When Al became too old for the hard ranch work, they moved closer to Dudleyville where the children could attend school. [Ruby Bittick Smith to Dorothy L. Miller]
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[see Tombstones: Albert 'AC' Crittendon Bittick]
Buried: Dudleyville Cemetery, Pinal Co, Arizona:
Rest In Peace
A. C. Bittick
b. 1859
d. 1937 [incorrect, d. 08 Jan 1939 per death certificate]
Ariz Pioneer
Another stone:
Albert [C] Bittick
b. Mar 17, 1859
d.
Same stone as Jennie Mae Bittick
[Photo of double stone with Jennie Mae see Tombstones: Albert 'AC' Crittendon Bittick]
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