William and Margaret Ellis Pittman lived one mile east of Prairie Grove, Arkansas in a log house which had been a store and a postoffice and was occuppied by James Chestnut Pittman. They lived there until 1883 then moved into a frame house a short distance southeast of the log house. The family made a trip to Kansas and on return to Arkansas moved into their new home. William Edward Pittman died in 1920 and is burried in the Prairie Grove cemetery.