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Capt. Samuel Pinckney Pittman, deputy sheriff, and one of the prominent men of Washington County, Ark., was born ten miles southwest of Fayetteville, in what is now Prairie Grove Township, June 27, 1836, and is the son of James C. and Mary (Tuttle) Pittman, and grandson of Samuel Pittman. The parents were natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, and were frugal, industrious people. They were married in Arkansas in 1835, at the home of Solomon Tuttle. Their son, Samuel P. Pittman, grew to manhood in Prairie Grove Township, and adopted his father’s business, that of farmer and stock raiser. In 1858 he married Miss Sarah Boone, daughter of William Boone (deceased), and niece of Col. Noah Boone, of Rocky Comfort, Mo. They became the parents of two children: William, who died in his eighteenth year of typhoid fever (June 17, 1878), and Mary, a young lady of education and refinement. Mrs. Pittman is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and an active worker in the same. In June, 1862, Mr. Pittman entered the Confederate service, and after serving as orderly-sergeant one year was elected lieutenant of Company K, Thirty-fourth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, Col. Brook’s regiment, and rendered active and honorable service for three years. He surrendered his company, Company K, at Fort Smith, June 12, 1865. He was taken prisoner twice, but escaped each time. After the war he returned to his farming and stock-raising, which he continued until 1882, when he retired. He took an active part in the organization of the Washington County Bank, became a member of its directory, in 1886 its vice-president, and is its present honored president, by election in 1888. Mr. Pittman served as trustee of the State University for several years, served as captain of the militia for several years after the war, and still holds that position. Upon the organization of the Grange movement in Washington County, Capt. Pittman rendered important aid, and became a charter member of Prairie Grove Grange. He was county master of the Grange for several years, and served as delegate to the State Grange and lecturer of this district. He owned a half interest in one of the first reapers and mowers brought into Northwestern Arkansas, was the first one to bring a wheat drill into the county, and he brought the first herd of Cotswold sheep and thoroughbred Short horn cattle into the county. Upon the organization of the county fair of Washington County, Ark., Mr. Pittman gave important support, and has held official connection with that Institution since. He is one of the county’s best citizens, and is universally respected.