DeWitt, William L.

Birth Name DeWitt, William L.
Nick Name Willie
Gramps ID I3968
Gender male
Age at Death 15 years, 10 months, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1871-10-01 Kansas, USA  
 
Census 1875 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
2a
Death 1887-08-20    
 
Burial   Crocker Cemetery, Pleasant View Twp, Cherokee Cty, Kansas, USA  
 

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
         DeWitt, William L. [I3968] 1871-10-01 1887-08-20
    Brother     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

Narrative

There is a social note in Opolis section of the Girard Press, 24 Aug 1887, stating that "[o]ne of Clark DeWitt's boys is very kow with malarial fever." I suspect this refers to William, and the news of his death had not yet reached print.

 

Pedigree

  1. DeWitt, Clark Edward Sr. [I0045]
    1. Hickson, Rebecca [I0847]
      1. DeWitt, Belle Zora [I3966]
      2. DeWitt, Rosa [I3967]
      3. DeWitt, William L.
      4. DeWitt, Clark Edward Jr. [I3969]
      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