Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Dewitt, J. S. 1833 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  J. S. DEWITT, farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born July 4, 1833, in Kentucky. He
is a son of John Dewitt, born in Virginia, where he married Mary Spurling, born
in Virginia. Mr. Dewitt went to school in Kentucky, where he farmed, and was
married, June 2, 1855, to Mildred A. Reynolds, who died in this county. She was
the mother of six children, of whom only Emma M., born September 15, 1863, is
now living. She married Jesse Wright. Mr. Dewitt was married a second time to
Mrs. Stacy Walters, born October 15, 1822. She is a daughter of T. H. McColpin,
and is the mother of ten children, five are now living-Eliza Jane, born December
23, 1850, she married T. J. Pifer; Rosa Ann, born January 18, 1856, she married
John Jefferson; Jacob L., born July 3, 1860, he married Maggie Wright; Charles
F., born June 11, 1862; Grant, born September 7, 1864; these are all from, her
first husband. Mrs. Dewitt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Dewitt is identified with the Democratic party.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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