Helen E. Eisert and Jesse Howard Pettit

JESSE HOWARD PETTIT was born January 20, 1894 in Pattonsburg, Daviess, Missouri,⁷⁰⁶ and died December 28, 1957 in Bucklin, Linn, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ He is buried in Bucklin Masonic Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.^{706, 456}

He married HELEN E. EISERT on April 17, 1915 in Greenfield, Dade, Missouri,⁹⁴⁰ daughter of EVA THEODORA MOORE and FRED JOSEPH EISERT. She was born October 13, 1896 in Everton, Dade, Missouri,⁸²¹³ and died February 9, 1988 in Marceline, Missouri.⁸²¹³

• Descendant Reports
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Helen E. Eisert)

Children of HELEN E. EISERT and JESSE HOWARD PETTIT:

1. MILDRED EVELYN PETTIT, b. December 12, 1916, Everton, Dade, Missouri;⁷⁰⁶ d. December 2, 1964, Marceline, Linn, Missouri;⁷⁰⁶ bur. Bucklin Masonic Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
2. PHILLIP JESSE PETTIT, b. April 2, 1917, Everton, Dade, Missouri;⁴⁵³² m. MARGARET FRANCES NEWMAN on October 23, 1940 in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri⁹⁴⁰; d. December 11, 1993.⁴⁵³²
3. REGINALD EISERT PETTIT, b. January 16, 1919, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;⁴⁵³² d. November 2, 1988.⁴⁵³²



Personal Information

• Helen E. Eisert was a member of the Christian Church, Bucklin, Missouri. ⁸²¹³

Work History

Obituaries

Kansas City Star, December 29, 1957⁸¹⁹⁶

JESSE PETTIT DIES

Ex-Mayor of Bucklin Once Lived at Lee's Summit

Bucklin, Mo., Dec. 28 (AP)—Jesse H. Pettit, 62, former mayor of Bucklin and a lumber dealer here 30 years, died today after suffering a heart attack.

Before coming here Pettit was in the lumber business at Lee's Summit, Mo.

He is survived by his wife: two son, Phillip Pettit, Chillicothe, and Reginald, Keytesville, Mo., and a daughter, Mildred Pettit, of Bucklin.

Constitution-Tribune, February 11, 1988⁸²¹³

Helen E. Pettit

Helen E. Pettit, 92, died Feb.9, 1988, at St. Francis Hospital, Marceline. Mrs. Pettit was born Oct. 13, 1896, at Everton, the daughter of Fred and Eva Eisert. She was a member of the Christian Church, Bucklin.

Survivors include two sons, Philip, Chillicothe, and Reginald, Bucklin; a brother, Francis Eisert, Stockton; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband Jesse H. Pettit, Dec. 29, 1958.

Funeral service will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Scaruado Funeral Home, Bucklin. Visitation will be today (Thursday) from 7 to 9 p.m.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 2, 19001640	Polk, Dade, Missouri	Fred Joseph Eisert Eva Theodora Moore Charles Frederick Eisert Leta Theodora Eisert Nina Rosamond Eisert Fred Ernest Eisert Helen E. Eisert Eugene F. Eisert
May 2, 19101641	Pilgrim, Dade, Missouri	Fred Joseph Eisert Eva Theodora Moore Charles Frederick Eisert Leta Theodora Eisert Nina Rosamond Eisert Fred Ernest Eisert Helen E. Eisert Eugene F. Eisert Ralph Francis Eisert Kermit Horner Eisert
April 23, 19308199	Bucklin, Linn, Missouri	Jesse Howard Pettit Helen E. Eisert Mildred Evelyn Pettit Phillip Jesse Pettit Margaret Frances Newman
April 8, 19408200	Bucklin, Linn, Missouri	Jesse Howard Pettit Helen E. Eisert Mildred Evelyn Pettit Phillip Jesse Pettit Margaret Frances Newman