Anna Pettibone Whitford was born August 31, 1837, and died January 5, 1933. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Harriet Miller Pettibone, and was born in Hartsville.
At the age of fourteen she united with the Hartsville Church and there she remained a member for seventy-nine years. On June 19, 1855 [1856] she was married to Langford Whitford of Hartsville. To them were born three children: Adelbert L., and Harriet Whitford Beyea, both of Alfred; and Mary E., who died at the age of fourteen. She lived at Hartsville until 1908, when she and her husband moved to Alfred where she has since lived. Mr. Whitford died in 1912.
Mrs. Whitford was a great lover of her home and her family. The church, too, was one of her most devoted interests. She gave much time to the work of the W. C. T. U. as well as other community work. She placed the interests of others before her own and was always kindly and helpful in her home and her community. She is survived by her two children, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from her home by her pastor. Henry Pieters sang a fitting solo, and her body was laid to rest in the Hartsville Cemetery. A. C. E.
