Son of Elisha H Pittman & Martha H Windham; grandson of Hiram & Annie Pittman and Edwin Windham.

1880 Tanyard, Pike Co., AL census:
Elisha H (head) 33 b AL Farmer
Martha H (wife) 35 b AL
John E (son) 7 b AL
William E (son) 5 b AL
Annie E (dau) 4 b AL
Wade T (son) 1 b AL

Married Frances R. "Fannie" Chapman, about 1895.

1900 Enterprise, Coffee Co., AL census:
John E. (head) Dec 1873 26 b AL,
m 4 yrs, Farmer
Fannie R. (wife) Apr 1876 24 b AL,
m 4 yrs, 3 children / 3 living
Horace M. (son) Apr 1896 4 b AL
Mattie P. (dau) May 1898 2 b AL
Cora L. (dau) Jan 1900 4 months b AL
George York (servant) Mar 1878 22 b AL

1910 Enterprise, Coffee Co., AL census (index):
John E. (head) 36 b AL
Frances R. (wife) 34 b AL
Mattie P. (dau) 12 b AL
Cora Lee (dau) 10 b AL
Johnnie M. (dau) 8 b AL

1920 Enterprise, Coffee Co., AL census:
John E (head) 47 b AL Farmer
Johnnie M (dau) 17 b AL
Walter H Strickland (son-in-law) 28 b AL Clerk, Census Sup Office
Cora L Strickland (dau) 19 b AL
Lem Jones (servant) 24 b AL

Married Onyx McKinnon.

1930 Enterprise, Coffee Co., AL census (index):
John E. (head) 56 b AL
Onyx (wife) 39 b AL
John (son) 8 b AL
Dan (son) 7 b AL
Joseph (son) 6 b AL
Elishia (father) 83 b AL, Widower

His was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man, and a Woodman of the World.

"FORMER LEGISLATOR DIES AT 94

"ENTERPRISE --J. E. Pittman, a Coffee County farmer and school teacher who became the County's first farm agent and later served in the state legislature, died here Saturday at 94.

"Pittman was elected to the legislature when he was 38 and took office in 1911.

"He also served more than two decades, from early 1930's to the mid 1950's, as chairman of the Coffee County Board of Education.

"He was one of Coffee County's oldest residents."

A big THANK YOU for Mr. Pittman's photo and obituary goes to Find A Grave contributor Timotheus and says Mr. Pittman is his "...great grandmother's oldest brother and an extremely nice gentleman."