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1850 District 3, Giles Co, Tennessee 17 October 1850, p359b:
#43/43 Bittick Isaac N. 23 m farmer Tn
Susannah Jane 22 f Tn
Marcus I. 2 m Tn [Marcus Lafayette]
James M. 8/12 m Tn
Nutt Mary 25 f Tn
Rosenbaum Henry 21 m Tn

1860 District 6, Troy PO, Obion Co, Tennessee 29 October 1860, p70a:
#1633/1633 Bittick I. 35 m w Tn farmer $500/500 can't read/write [Isaac]
S.A.J. 35 f w Tn [Susannah Ann Jane]
L. 13 m w Tn - attended school [Marcus Lafayette]
J. 11 m w Tn - attended school [James]
A.R. 9 f w Tn - attended school [Aria Adney]
C.E. 7 f w Tn [C. Elizabeth]
F. 6 m w Tn [Franklin]
J.T. 3 m w Tn [could he be Houston 'General' Lafayette?]
Q/G? 8/12 f w Tn [Adell]

1870 District 6, Troy PO, Obion Co, Tennessee 16 July 1870, p123b & 124a:
#136/136 Bitticks Jane 41 f w keeping house $800/30 Tn
Lafayette 22 m w Tn farmer [Marcus]
Elizabeth 16 f w Tn
Franklin 14 m w farm labor Tn
p124a Adel 9 f w Tn
John 8 m w Tn [John David]
Issac 6 m w at home Tn
[Indexed as Bethiks on ancestry.com]

1880 unable to locate

1900 Civil District 15, Obion Town, Obion Co, Tennessee June 08, 1900, ed106, p178a:
164? E. Main Street
#176/190 Bittick Marcus head w m Dec 1849 54 widow, farmer, general farm Tn Tn Tn
Lona/Lena dau w f Jan 1875 24 widow, 0 born /0 living Tn Tn Tn
Fred son w m Jan 1880 19 single farmer, general farm Tn Tn Tn
Wilford son w m Feb 1883 17 single farm hand Tn Tn Tn

1910 Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot Co, Missouri 22 April 1910, ed149, p49a:
#156/157 Bidicks Sam? head m w 50 widow Ky Ky Ky
Mil/Wil son m w 21 single Ky Ky Ky
[I believe this is Marcus and Wilford Bittick]

DEEDS:
Obion Co, Tennessee
Deed Book H-2, page 115 (FHL film # 107344):
Grantor: M. L. Bittick and wife Mary Bittick. Obion County Grantee: Washington Polk
Dated: 30 Dec. 1882
Recorded: 30 Dec. 1882
Noted in Bk. 3 page 236
Consideration: $250.
Description: Land, 15 acres in Obion Co. TN, Civil district 6, same being lot No. 5, set apart to Mary Bitticks by division of county court April term 1874. Clerk personally acquainted with M. L. and M. F. Bittick, his wife.
(Was this an inheritance to Mary?)

Book H-2, page 122:
Grantor: J. S . Mofatt.
Grantee M. L. Bittick of Obion Co. TN.
Dated: 1 Jan 1883
Recorded: 4 Jan 1883
Noted Bk 8 page 238
Consideration: $350.
$250 cash; Note $50 with interest, due 25 Dec 1883.
Note $50 with interest, due 25 Dec 1884.
Description: 22 acres in Obion Co. TN.
Legal description refers to "Prosser's line, Kitty S. Evan's dower. conveyed by Harvey Sturges, et al".
[courtesy of Dorothy Miller]

TAXES:
1872: 6th District, Obion Co, Tennesse Tax List:
M.L. Bittick
10 Acres
State tax $.50
County tax $.50
Total $1.00
[courtesy of Dorothy Miller]
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Missouri State Archives Death Certificate Database
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
[see Other Documents: Death Certificates: Marcus Lafayette Bittick]

Place of Death: County: Pemiscot
Township: Little Prairie crossed out
City: Caruthersville
Registration District No. 651
File No. 39074
Primary Registration District No. 4388
Registered No. 147
Marcus LayFayette Bitticks
male, while, widow
Date of Birth: Dec 25, 1844
Age: 66 yrs 11 mos 14 da
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Polk, TN
Father: ___ Bitticks, born Ten
Mother: don't know, born Ten
Informant: Wilford Bitticks, Caruthersville
Filed: Dec 9th
Date of Death: Dec 9th, 1910
I hereby certify, that I attended deceased from Dec 5th, 1910 to Dec 9th, 1910, that I last saw him alive on Dec 8th, 1910, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 5:30 am.
Cause of Death: congestion of brain
Contributory: acute malaria
M.B. Hendrix, MD, Caruthersville, Mo
Length of Residence at place of death: 7 yrs
In the State: 7 yrs
Former or Usual Residence: Polk Station, Tenn.
Place of Burial: Polk, Tenn
Date of Burial; Dec 11?, 1910
Undertaker: A. C. Lutoy?, Cville, Mo


Buried: Polk, Obion Co, Tennessee
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