Pittman, G. S. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 876, Putman Township
G. S. Pittman, farmer, sec. 24; P. O., Civer; was born in Fulton, Penn., Nov. 25, '47, son of John and Caroline M. (Ayers), also natives of Pennsylvania; came to Fulton Co. in 1858; educated in a common school here; has 80 acres of land, and as a farmer has been moderately successful; has been Justice of the Peace; is a Democrat, and a member of the U. B. Church; married March 5, '74, and his children are: Charles M., who died Dec. 5, 1876, and Kate L.