DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr.

Birth Name DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr.
Gramps ID I3969
Gender male
Age at Death 70 years, 10 months, 21 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1874-04-12 Kansas, USA  
 
Census 1875 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
2a
Military Service 1898   Spanish-American War veteran
3a
Census 1910 Cherokee Twp, Montgomery Cty, Kansas, USA  
4a
Death 1945-03-03    
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. [I0045]1824-05-311889-01-09
Mother Hickson, Rebecca [I0847]1837
    Sister     DeWitt, Belle Zora [I3966] 1867-01-01 1902-07-29
    Sister     DeWitt, Rosa [I3967] 1870
    Brother     DeWitt, William L. [I3968] 1871-10-01 1887-08-20
         DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr. [I3969] 1874-04-12 1945-03-03
    Brother     DeWitt, Warren Quimby [I3970] 1878-03-11 1945-10-31
    Brother     DeWitt, Clarence [I3972] 1880-10-01 1885-12-10

Families

    Family of DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr. and Beswick, Viola [F1262]
Married Wife Beswick, Viola [I4005] ( * 1884 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1905-11-21 Columbus, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
5a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
DeWitt, Nancy R. [I4006]
DeWitt, Edward O. [I4007]

Narrative

Note: Researching Clark DeWitt Jr.

There seems to be something of a gap in the census records I can find for Clark Jr., in that after his marriage in 1905 (to Viola Beswick), there is a 1910 US Census listing for Clark Jr.'s household that includes his wife Viola (ten years his junior) and their two young children, Nancy R. and Edward O. After that, the next record I can find for Clark Jr. is the 1930 US Census listing that places him in Colorado, with wife Mary, three years his senior. After that, in the 1940 US Census he's found back in Kansas, with wife Mary (this time listed as two years his senior). I do not have enough information to be certain that the 1930 and 1940 census listings are for the Clark Jr. in our family tree.

I've found no grave listing or death record as of yet for Viola, though I do note that on his WWI draft registration card, Clark Jr. gave his closest relative as "Miss Rebecca DeWitt" in Kansas, which would presumably be his daughter Nancy R. Whether Clark Jr. was a widower or had divorced is unclear at this point.

Additionally, there is a burial listing and a grave photo for a Clark Edward DeWitt in the same cemetery as his father on the FindaGrave.com website, but no birth or death date information. The marker pictured bears an inscription for his service in the Spanish-American War in 1898, so I think it likely that this listing pertains to the correct man.

Thus far, after the 1910 Census record, I've found no further information for his children.

ADDENDUM: A rootsweb.com posted (archived by Ancestry.com) by Barbara Hardwick Collier in 2007 names the children of Clark Edward Jr. as Nancy Rebecca, Edward, Verdie, Claude, and twins Clarence and Clara.

Pedigree

  1. DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. [I0045]
    1. Hickson, Rebecca [I0847]
      1. DeWitt, Belle Zora [I3966]
      2. DeWitt, Rosa [I3967]
      3. DeWitt, William L. [I3968]
      4. DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr.
        1. Beswick, Viola [I4005]
          1. DeWitt, Nancy R. [I4006]
          2. DeWitt, Edward O. [I4007]
      5. DeWitt, Warren Quimby [I3970]
      6. DeWitt, Clarence [I3972]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Kansas State Census of 1875 [S0391]
      • Citation:

        "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL66-27ND : 12 March 2020), Clark Dewit, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States, 3, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm 570,200.

        Kansas State Census of 1875
        Event Place: Pleasant View, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States
        Clark Dewit Male 49 Indiana
        R E Dewit Female 37 Ohio
        B Z Dewit Female 8 Indiana
        Wm L Dewit Male 4 Kansas
        B B Dewit Male 0 Kansas

         

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFPL-X3J : accessed 23 December 2014), Rebecca Dewitt in household of Clark Dewitt, Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, 47; citing sheet 563B, film number 0376, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,254,376.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
        Clark Dewitt Self M 45 Indiana, United States
        Belzora Dewitt Daughter F 13 Indiana, United States
        William Dewitt Son M 8 Kansas, United States
        Clark E Dewitt Son M 5 Kansas, United States
        Warren Dewitt Son M 2 Kansas, United States
        Rebecca Dewitt Wife F 43 Ohio, United States

  3. United States index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 [S0271]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HXF-LXP : accessed 7 January 2015), Clark E De Witt, 1898; citing NARA microfilm publication M871, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,002,459.

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2CT-9X4 : accessed 7 January 2015), Clark A Dewitt, Cherokee, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 157, sheet 6A, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,374,461.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Cherokee, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
        Clark A Dewitt Head M 35 Kansas
        Viola Dewitt Wife F 25 Missouri
        Nancy R Dewitt Daughter F 3 Kansas
        Edward O Dewitt Son M 2 Kansas
        Howard A Foster Head M 26 Indiana
        Russie V Foster Wife F 23 Kansas

  5. Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935 [S0270]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWLF-9QW : accessed 7 January 2015), Clark E. Dewitt and Viola Beswick, 21 Nov 1905; citing Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, reference p428 cn3972; FHL microfilm 1,411,997.