Nicholas
Coleman Pettit
Rev Nicholas Coleman Pettit was born 30 Oct 1826 in Pendleton Co Ky. the son of Absalom and Elizabeth (Hart) He married Sarah Elizabeth Morin, daughter of William Morin and died 17 Mar 1914 in Mentor and was buried in the Grandview Cemetery.
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Children of Nicholas Coleman Pettit and Sarah Elizabeth Morin
Howard Malcolm Pettit b-9 Feb 1855 in Cold
Spring; d-19 Apr 1939 in Detroit Mich. br-Acacia Park Cemetery
Judson Pettit
b-26 Feb 1857 in Campbell Co Ky. d-28 Oct 1859 in Campbell Co; br-Flagg Springs
Baptist Church Cemetery
Sarah Alice Pettit b-15 Feb 1859 in Cold Spring; d-17
Aug 1934 in Ft Thomas; br-Grandview Cemetery
William E Pettit b-9 Feb 1861 in
Cold Spring; d-1 Mar 1944 in Dayton Ky. br-Independence Cemetery
Harry
Spillman Pettit b-20 Aug 1863 in Mentor; d-31 Mar 1955 in Wheeling W Va. br-Greenwood
Cemetery
Paul B Pettit b-15 Sep 1865 in Mentor; d-12 May 1949 in Dayton Ky.
br-Grandview Cemetery
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In December 1880 Nicholas Coleman Pettit was called to preach at the Licking Baptist Church.
The members of the Licking Baptist Church of
Cold Spring Ky. were completing their plans for an all-day jubilee and home
coming at the church on Saturday, June 25, 1910, to celebrate the centennial
anniversary of "Old Licking Church." Every Baptist church and Sunday school in
Campbell co. and churches of other denominations as well had been invited to
attend and take part in the exercises.
Many former Cold Spring residents signified
their intention to return and live over old times for a day at least. Prof. N C
Pettit of Mentor Ky. the dean of Campbell co. educators and preachers, who
preached in the old church for many years, and who also built the seminary hall
at Cold Spring before the Civil War, was the central figure of the day if his
health permitted him to attend.
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 26 September 1903, page 5
Rev Pettit, from the upper part of the county, has been visiting in town, Newport, during the past few days, looking up old friends of 60 years ago.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 10 November 1903, page 8
Rev N C Pettit, of Mentor Ky. formerly principal of the Cold Spring Seminary, filled the pulpit Sunday morning and evening at the Licking Baptist Church.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 29 December 1905, page 8
Rev Nathan (sic) Pettit celebrated his eightieth birthday with a grand celebration at his home at Mentor on Thursday The guests numbered 45 and came from all over the county.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 27 September 1906, page 3
The marriage of Edward Ball and Miss Susan Mary Kinney of Mentor Ky. will be celebrated Oct 1, Rev Pettit officiating. Ball is in charge of the free rural delivery recently established in the California district.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 25 October 1906, page 5
Residents of Dayton have received invitations for the celebration of the eightieth birthday anniversary of Rev N C Pettit and the establishment of the academy of which he was preceptor at Cold Spring 50 years ago. The celebration will take place Oct 30.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 29 October 1906, page 5
The double celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Cold Spring Seminary and the eightieth birthday of its founder, Prof. N C Pettit, will take place tomorrow. Addresses will be delivered by Col. R W Nelson, Judge J C Wright, Col. L J Crawford, all of Newport and Judge William Fields of Brookfield Ky. Invitations have been sent out all over the country to 150 former pupils of the seminary.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 31 October 1906, page 5
The reunion held at the seminary in honor of its fiftieth and the founder, N C Pettit's eightieth anniversary, was largely attended. Hon William Nelson and Rev N C Pettit addressed the assemblage. Dinner was served by the women of the Licking Baptist and Asbury M E Churches.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 24 June 1909, page 3
FOR SALE COUNTRY HOME-9 rooms; nice on the Ohio; plenty of shade, fruit and water. N C Pettit, Mentor Ky.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 1 June 1910, page 3
(First sentence cut off) her father, Rev N C Pettit, who is better, he having had a slight stroke of paralysis.