Source, Rutland, Vt.Daily Herald--Mon.Mar.3, 1913. RUTLAND, Vt. MRS. MELISSA N. PITTS. Mrs. Melissa N. Pitts died at her home on Baxter street Saturday morning. She was 74 years old and had been a resident of Rutland, Vt.for 45 years. She was a widow of Benjamin F. Pitts, who died about 12 years ago. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Francis Cathcart of Granville, N.Y., and Mrs. Joseph Gravelin of Greenwich, N.Y. Mrs. Pitts was a member of the King's Daughters of the Methodist church. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house.