from The Pettit Correspondent, Vol. 1, No. 2, page 23a
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                          Petet Family of Acrobats?!
       
         Kathryn McCutcheon  (2750 So.  River Rd., Zanesville, OH 43701)
       of the  Muskingum Co.  OGS found a copy of the death certificates
       for Alva  Petet and  his wife Jane Hearing (not Haren). According
       to these  records Alva's  parents were Thomas and Jane Petet both
       born in  PA. Her  father was David Hearing. Alva's obituary, from
       The Weekly  Herald of  30 July  1914, was  sent to  me by  Morgan
       County Ohio researcher Cris Reed (Rt. 1, Malta, OH 43758).
       
                                Mr. Pettet Dead
       
         Mr. Alva  Petet died  Wednesday afternoon, July 22, at his home
       in Zanesville,  after a  week's illness of infirmities. He was 80
       years of  age, and  was born  near Porterville.  After moving  to
       Zanesville, he  became superintendent  of the Harris Bros.' brick
       plant, and later he was employed at a rolling mill. Surviving him
       are the widow, who was Miss Jane Hearing, and two sons, Joseph D.
       Petet, lieutenant  of police, Zanesville, and Thomas Petet of New
       York, head  of the  Petet  family  of  acrobats,  who  are  doing
       vaudeville in  the east.  On Friday morning the body was taken to
       Porterville where the funeral services were held.