Born: 24 May 1823, Rhode Island
Death: 22 Mar 1894, Providence, RI 
Burial: Swan Point Cemetary, Providence, RI 

Son of Judge John Pitman, US District Court for the District of Rhode Island 

Federal Judicial Service:
Clerk of the US Circuit Court Providence, RI, October 14, 1854-March 23, 1894 
Clerk of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island, October 14, 1854 - December 12, 1888

Note: 
The American Lawyer: A Monthly Journal Serving the Business and Professional Interests of the American Bar, Volume 4, 1896 - Page 437. "The clerks of court served as clerks of the district and circuit courts until 1888, when Henry Pitman resigned from the District Court, retaining his position in the Circuit Court until his death in 1894, when Clerk William P. Cross, his successor in 1888, was appointed clerk of the Circuit Court, and combined the two offices."

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Articles:
The New York Times from New York, New York - Obituary Notes - March 23, 1894 
Henry Pitman, for nearly forty years Clerk of the United States Circuit Court in Providence, R. I., died yesterday of pneumonia. He was seventy years old. He was the son of the late Judge John Pitman.

The New York Times from New York, New York - March 25, 1894 -  Page 9 
The funeral of Henry Pitman. Clerk of the United States Circuit Court here for nearly forty years, was held to-day. It was attended by the leading members of the Providence County bar, the Judges of the Federal and State courts. United States Government employees and friends from all parts of the State.

Boston Post from Boston, Massachusetts - March 23, 1894 - Page 5
COURT CLERK PITMAN DEAD. PROVIDENCE, March 22.—Clerk Henry Pitman of the United States Circuit Court died today of pneumonia. He had been In the one office for forty years. He was appointed In 18M, when Judge Pitman, his father, was Judge of the District Court. He married a daughter of General Carpenter. but Mrs. Pitman died some years ago, and a daughter alone survives.