Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....De Witt, Eli, Sarah, And Martin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marvin De Witt kc8mld@lighthouse.net May 27, 2008, 8:02 am Cemetery: Summit Cemetery Name: Eli, Sarah, And Martin De Witt Date Of Photograph: May 2008 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/summit/dewitt144587gph.jpg Image file size: 44.0 Kb Eli , De Witt - b. 24 Nov 1832 / d. 26 Jun 1906 Sarah Saphronia Kellogg De Witt - b. 22 Feb 1847 / d. 18 Mar 1932 Martin , De Witt - b. 1885 - d. 1945 Additional Comments: Eli , De Witt was the 6th Child of Moses and Mary Francis Sherwood De Witt. He was born in Lewis County New York, 24 Nov 1832. Sarah Saphronia Kellogg De Witt was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Kellogg and was also born in New York State. They married 1 Jun 1868. To this marriage was born eight children. Martin was their 7th child. This particular Headstone is a replacement stone for the original placed on this families graves. It is the understanding of this writer that the original Stones were probably destroyed by roving youths who vandalized several monuments in the late 1900's. The backside of this monument marks two more of sons of Eli and Sarah's and one Daughter-in-Law. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/summit/dewitt144587gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb