Octavius Pickering
BIRTH
Sep 2, 1791
Wyoming, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DEATH
October 29, 1868
FAMILY
FATHER:
Timothy Pickering
(1745-1829)
MOTHER:
Rebecca White Pickering
(1754-1828)
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Pickering, Octavius
(1791-1868)
Octavius Pickering (1791–1868) was a member of a family represented in the historical record of the American Revolutionary era. The biographical details in this entry are based on the record titled “Octavius Pickering (1791-1868) - Memorials.”
Octavius Pickering was born on Sep 2, 1791. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Octavius Pickering is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Octavius Pickering died on Oct 29, 1868. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.