Hon Peter Perkins PITCHLYN^[1]

1806 - 1881  (74 years)

• Name	Peter Perkins PITCHLYN
  Prefix	Hon
  Born	30 Jan 1806	Noxubee County, Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jan 1881	Washington, DC
  Buried	Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
  Person ID	I11964	Main
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Col John PITCHLYN,   b. 11 Jun 1745, Georgia ,   d. 20 May 1835, W Point, Clay, Mississippi  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sophia FOLSOM,   b. 1773,   d. 1871, Indian Territory, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma  (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F4036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 17 Jan 1881 - Washington, DC  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Called "The Calhoun of the Choctaws". It was said by some contemporary writers that he was the most handsome man that ever walked down the aisles of the Senate Chamber at Washington.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] FOLSOM. A Genealogy of the Folsom family : John Folsom and his descendants, 1615-1882, Chapman, Jacob, AM, (Republican Press Association, Concord, NH. 1882).