Medina County OhArchives Biographies.....Dewitt, Clark J. bef 1847 - December 17, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Clifton D. Cardin cliftondcardin@juno.com January 23, 2010, 6:54 am Source: Goodspeed, Chicago Ill 1882 Author: County of Williams, Historical and Biographical Memiors "C. J. DEWITT, editor of the Tri-State Alliance, is a native of St Ben County, N. Y., and came to Medina County, Ohio, with his parents in 1847. He attended Hillsdale College, Michigan, in 1858, 1859 and 1860, when, his health failing, he left college and traveled for a time taught school, and was ordained a Baptist minister. Returning in 1864 he engaged in Sunday school work, as agent and organizer. In the same year, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio National Guard, and after the war came again to the West as teacher, Sunday school worker and preacher until 1869, when he commenced mercantile life in Illinois, in which he continued three years, afterward moving Kansas and opening a cattle ranch. On the death of his mother and sister, he returned to Williams County and began the work of an Evangelist, traveling through many States. In June, 1879, he started the Pioneer Alliance. On July 8, 1869, he married Miss Anna Baker, Illinois ; their family consists of four children—Percy G., Lena M., Clara L. and Iva Belle. He is a member of the Masonic and G. A. orders." County of Williams, Historical and Biographical Memiors.....Goodspeed, Chicago Ill 1882 Clark J. Dewitt moved to Mobile County Alabama and established Saraland Post Office which he named after his wife, Sarah Anna Baker Dewitt....She reported on Confederate Pension application that he died Dec 17, 1906 in Mobile County Alabama. Clifton D. Cardin Official Bossier Parish Historian 318-470-4573 cliftondcardin@juno.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/medina/bios/dewitt33nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb