WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
HORATIO PICKETT
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BIOGRAPHY
Horatio Pickett was born in Winter Quarters/Florence, Douglas County, Nebraska on May 10, 1848.Harriet Josephine Johnson was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa on July 17, 1850.
Horatio and Harriet were married in St. George on May 31,1868.
Philena Hunt was born in St. George on November 26, 1871.
Horatio operated a lumber yard, furniture business, and carpentry shop in St. George. He worked on the
Temple and Tabernacle and was the first mortician in town. He was also a lawyer, justice of the peace, and
school board member. For 30 years, Pickett directed a choir. He loved to play the fiddle.
Harriet died in St. George on December 19, 1892 and was buried in Plot A_B_29_2
of the St. George City Cemetery.
Horatio and Philena were married in St. George on August 8, 1895.
Horatio died in St. George on December 21, 1918 and was buried on December 22 in Plot A_B_30_2_WH
of the St. George City Cemetery.
Philena died in the Pickett home in St. George on July 27, 1939. She was buried in Plot A_B_29_5
of the St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Horatio's Parents and Siblings:
William Pickett Sr. Susanna Mehitable Rogers Pickett Horatio Pickett |
(11/2/1816-4/2/1891) (married xx/xx/1847) (7/5/1813-1/9/1905) (5/10/1848-12/21/1918) (married as shown below) |
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Harriet's Parents and Siblings: Joseph Ellis Johnson Sr. Harriet Eloise Snider Johnson Mary Julia Johnson Eliza Antonetta Johnson Joseph Ellis Johnson Jr. John Ezekiel Edgar Johnson Harriet Josephine Johnson Joel Elmer Johnson Sr. Diadamia Wheeler Johnson Martha Aurelia Johnson Blanche Alpine Johnson Benjamin Willard Johnson |
(4/28/1817-12/17/1882) (married 8/25/1840) (9/4/1823-6/17/1905) (9/24/1841-12/20/1928) (married Heber John Richards) (11/17/1843-10/23/1844) (9/5/1845-10/26/1846) (4/22/1848-9/11/1949) (7/17/1850-12/19/1892) (married Horatio Pickett) (7/14/1853-6/11/1912) (married Mary Elizabeth Hastings and Lillie Ann Phillips) (6/22/1856-12/28/1899) (married Thomas W. Canning aka James Harlow Carlton) (6/28/1859-10/29/1900) (married Warren Wilford Hardy and Joseph Weight Deck) (3/15/1862-12/8/1940) (married George William Aikens, William Lycurgus Akers, and Alvin Zelotus Holmes) (12/13/1866-10/6/1939) (married Sarah May Weller) |
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Philena's Parents and Siblings: Isaac Hunt Ann Newling Hunt William James Hunt Martha Ann Hunt Alma Moroni Hunt George Holmes Hunt Elizabeth Mary Hunt Isaac Hunt Jr. Julia Lucinda Hunt Susie Matilda Hunt Philena Hunt |
(1/9/1829-12/21/1904) (married 3/27/1853) (12/4/1826-1/4/1915) (12/30/1854-8/9/1921) (married Anna Elese Schmutz) (12/11/1856-3/20/1944) (married William Alanson Terry) (10/25/1858-4/7/1920) (married Rosetta Schmutz) (6/23/1860-4/25/1925) (married Orpha Maria Fuller) (9/5/1862-10/19/1863) (12/11/1864-3/22/1951) (married Almira Kelsey) (2/5/1867-3/25/1869) (7/1/1869-1/18/1957) (married Otis Lysander Terry) (11/26/1871-7/27/1939) (married Horatio Pickett) |
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First Wife and Children: Harriet Josephine Johnson Pickett Horatio Pickett Josephine Pickett Harriet Pickett Martha Pickett Mary Pickett Susanna Pickett Leo Rogers Pickett Blanche Pickett Huron Pickett Henry Pickett Ellis Johnson "E.J." Pickett Charles Edgerton Pickett |
(7/17/1850-12/19/1892) (married 5/31/1868) (7/12/1869-7/27/1870) (8/19/1871-1/13/1970) (married Charles Adelbert Workman and William Arthur Fawcett) (9/9/1873-12/26/1964) (married Arthur Hartley Woodbury Sr.) (8/29/1875-8/29/1875) (8/29/1875-8/29/1875) (1/14/1877-9/21/1964) (married Henry Wickley Gubler) (3/11/1879-8/6/1979) (married Elizabeth Amelia Monk) (12/15/1881-1/26/1882) (12/24/1882-1/18/1891) (6/19/1885-5/2/1975) (married Agnes Squire) (12/4/1887-8/12/1971) (married Ruth Morris) (6/5/1890-3/20/1978) (married Jayne Simpson Walkingshaw) |
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Second Wife and Children: Philena Hunt Pickett Philena Pickett Ann Pickett Paul Pickett Jesse Pickett LaVerne Pickett Una Pickett |
(11/26/1871-7/27/1939) (married 8/8/1895) (5/22/1896-9/5/1983) (married Orson Charles Hall) (7/3/1897-8/28/1991) (married Alvin Hall) (8/12/1900-1/9/1970) (married Christina Reber) (10/5/1904-10/28/1904) (3/5/1906-8/20/1988) (married William Arthur Deswan and William Malin Cox) (6/5/1911-4/6/2005) |
PHOTOS
 Horatio Pickett |
 Harriet Josephine Johnson Pickett |
 Philena Hunt Pickett |
Horatio & Harriet Pickett Family (about 1890-1891) (for the names of the people in the photo, click here)
Horatio Pickett Family (probably Summer 1910) (for the names of the people in the photo, click here)
REFERENCES
Biography of Horatio PickettBy Douglas M. Cox, December 1993
FamilySearch entry for Horatio Pickett
Find-A-Grave entry for Horatio Pickett
FamilySearch entry for Harriet Josephine Johnson
Find-A-Grave entry for Harriet Josephine Johnson Pickett
FamilySearch entry for Philena Hunt Pickett
Find-A-Grave entry for Philena Hunt Pickett