David Alexander Pitt

Background

Pitt, David Alexander was born on March 14, 1877 in Tamlaght, Ireland. Son of David and Margaret (Hamilton) Pitt.

Education

Student Bucknell U., 1898-1900. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1902. Bachelor of Divinity, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1905.

Doctor of Divinity, Berkeley (California) Baptist Division School, 1921.

Career

Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1905. Pastor successively Cuba, New York, Lockport, N,Y. and Berkeley, California, until 1921, Central Church, Norwich, Connecticut, 1921-1942, First Congressional Church, Woodstock, 1942-1945.

Membership

Member of the board of directors Connecticut Baptist Convention (president 5 years). Member President’s Cabinet Northern Baptist Convention, 1933. Member Executive Committee Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board.

Connections

Married Maud Elizabeth Hanna, September 1, 1904 (died June 19, 1945).; married second, Harriet Sampson, April. Children: Carson Hanna, Courtnay Hamilton, Ledlie Carson, Hamilton, Gavin Alexander.

Father:

David Pitt

Mother:

Margaret (Hamilton) Pitt

Spouse:

Maud Elizabeth Hanna

Spouse:

Harriet Sampson

child:

Carson Hanna Pitt

child:

Courtnay Hamilton Pitt

child:

Ledlie Carson Pitt

child:

Hamilton Pitt

child:

Gavin Alexander Pitt