Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....DeWitt, Christopher 1832 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

CHRISTOPHER DEWITT is a retired farmer and manufacturer of cheese, living in
Millington Township, Tuscola County. He is a native of Holland and was born
December 25, 1832. He is a son of Derk DeWitt, a native of Holland, who was
married to Dinah DeWitt. They had three sons and two daughters. In 1847 he came
to America and settled at Port Byron, Cayuga County, N. Y., upon a farm, that
being his calling. On his way to America the vessel in which he and his family
were, was shipwrecked and although their lives were spared all their goods were
lost and they started out in the new country with nothing. They came to Michigan
and settled in Oakland County. They came to Millington Township in 1856 and
settled on a farm on section 10.

  Our subject and his brother took up eighty acres of land after coming here and
to this Christopher DeWitt has since added eighty acres. He now owns one hundred
and twenty acres of land. He was married January 1, 1860, in Oakland County to
Miss Anna Webber, a native of England and a daughter of Joseph and Jane Webber,
who came to Oakland County in early pioneer days and settled on a farm purchased
from the Government at a time when their nearest neighbor was at a distance of
one mile. They both died in Oakland County, the father at the age of forty years
and the mother at the age of eighty-four. They reared a family of five children.
One son and two daughters were born of the first marriage. The mother again
married and became the parent of two sons.

  The parents of our subject died in Millington Township, the father at the age
of seventy-five years and the mother at the age of eighty-five. Mr. DeWitt has
been engaged in agricultural life exclusively until within three years, when he
came to Millington and engaged in the manufacture of cheese in partnership with
Mr. L. Shaver. They have been very successful in this venture and the
surrounding agricultural region finds it very convenient to dispose of their
surplus creamery products. Our subject has also been engaged in lumbering.

  Socially he of whom we write belongs to Millington Lodge, No. 61, K. P. He is
a Republican in politics and has been Township Treasurer for a number of years.
He is Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the School Board and has been President
of the village since coming to Millington. To our subject and his wife two
daughters have been born —Phebe (Mrs. R. A. Forsythe), who resides in
Millington; and Eva, who is a teacher and lives at home. Aside from the work and
interests we have mentioned Mr. DeWitt runs a cheese factory at Columbiaville
that belongs to William Peters. He also represents the Aetna Insurance Company
and does quite a business in this direction. He was for twenty-five years
Superintendent of the Free Baptist Sunday School.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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