George Washington Pickett

George Washington Pickett

• George Washington Pickett was born on 30 April 1828 in Virginia.
• He married Mary Jane True on 27 October 1849 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• George Washington Pickett and Mary Jane True appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, enumerated next to a female charitable institution.
• He was a painter, according to the 1850 census.
• George Washington Pickett and Mary Jane True appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Chalkville PO, Chester County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included John Pickett, George H. Pickett, Milton Corbin Pickett and James E. Pickett.
• He was a Baptist preacher, according to the 1860 census.
• George Washington Pickett and Mary Jane True appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Hallseyville Township, Chester County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included John Pickett, Milton Corbin Pickett, Thomas Pickett, Samuel Pickett, Richmond A. Pickett and Charles Pickett.
• He was a farmer and minister, according to the 1870 census.
• George Washington Pickett and Mary Jane True appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Richmond A. Pickett and Walter Pickett.
• He was a minister, according to the 1880 census.
• George Washington Pickett became a widower at the 1887 death of his wife Mary Jane True.
• He married Clara V. Shannon circa 1888.
• George Washington Pickett died on 15 April 1897 at age 68 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.
• His wife Clara V. Shannon became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Old Independence Cemetery, Independence, Washington County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 16 April 1897 in The News: (Richmond, Fort Bend Co., Tex., April 16) The remains of Rev. G. W. Pickett, whose death occurred a few minutes after participation in the revival at the Methodist church last night, an account of which appeared in The News, were taken to Independence for burial to-day. He was one of the best known Baptist preachers in Texas and had occupied various pulpits for forty years. He was 58 years old and native of Virginia, but had lived in Texas many years.

• Last Edited: 30 Dec 2011