William Pitt Oakes

1833 - 1913  (79 years)

• Name	William Pitt Oakes
  Born	8 Mar 1833	Sangerville, Penobscot County, Maine
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KHWY-9CR
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHWY-9CR
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	23312211
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23312211
  Died	1 Feb 1913	Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Buried	Aft 1 Feb 1913	Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Person ID	I23530	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Colonel William Oakes, Jr.,   b. 8 Nov 1795, Canaan, Somerset County, Maine ,   d. 12 Apr 1873, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary E. Weymouth,   b. 9 Oct 1798, Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New Hampshire ,   d. 29 Apr 1887, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 88 years)
  Married	3 May 1819	Canaan, Somerset County, Maine
  Family ID	F39056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Nancy Lewis,   b. 14 Jul 1842, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 7 Jan 1923  (Age 80 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1869	Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine
  Children	1. Louis C. Oakes,   b. 15 Feb 1871, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 5 Nov 1964, Greenville, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 93 years)   2. Gertrude Oakes,   b. 14 Apr 1873, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 24 Jan 1935  (Age 61 years)   3. Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet,   b. 23 Dec 1874, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 7 Jul 1943, Nassau, ____, New Providence, Bahamas  (Age 68 years)   4. Jessie Nita Oakes,   b. 30 Dec 1878, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 20 Aug 1959, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia  (Age 80 years)   5. Myrtice M. Oakes,   b. 16 Jan 1880, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 24 Apr 1957, Maine  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F11193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Mar 1833 - Sangerville, Penobscot County, Maine Married - 12 Aug 1869 - Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine Died - 1 Feb 1913 - Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine Buried - Aft 1 Feb 1913 - Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: According to the Ancestral File at familysearch.org, William Pitt Oakes was born 8 Mar 1833 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine to William Oakes & Mary Weymouth, married Edith N Lewis 12 Aug 1869 in Sangerville, died 1 Feb 1913 and is buried in Dover Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine. 1850 census of Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine p182-183: William Oakes, 3rd, age 17, born in Maine, listed with parents, William, Jr, 54 & Mary, 51 and siblings, Abner, 30, Valentine, 26, Mary, 14 and Augustus, 12. Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: William P Oakes marred Edith N Lewis on 5 Aug 1869 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine and William P Oakes married Edith W Lewis on 12 Aug 1869 in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine. Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 19 Aug 1869 p2: "MARRIED---In Sangerville, Aug. 12th, by D. W. Hussey, Esq., Mr. Wm. P. Oakes and Miss Edith N. Lewis, both of Sangerville." 1880 census of Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine p24C: William P Oakes, age 46, farmer, he & parents born in Maine, listed with wife, Edith N, 37 and children: Louis, 9, Gertie, 7, Harry, 5, Jessie, 2, and unnamed baby girl, 4 months. 1900 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p4A: Wm B Oakes, age 68, born in Mar 1832 in Maine, parents born in Maine, civil engineer, listed with wife of 30 years, Edith N, 59 and children, Harry, 25 and Myrtice M, 20 as well as married daughter, Jessie J Babson, 22 and her new husband, George J, 44. Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921: William P Oakes, born in Sangerville, Maine, son of William Oakes (farmer, born in Sangerville, Maine) & Mary Weymouth, married, civil engineer, died 1 Feb 1913 in Foxcroft, Maine at age 79y 10m 23d of heart failure. Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register by Henry Lebbeus Oak [1906].