OBIT: David L. WITT, 1916, Jennertown, Somerset County, PA

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Witt, David L.

  David L. Witt died shortly before noon Thursday at his home in Jennertown, 
Somerset County, following an illness that became critical Monday when he was 
stricken with paralysis dying without regaining conscious. Mr. Witt was one of 
the oldest and best known residents of the Jennertown district, having spent 
practically all his life there. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having 
enlisted in the 54th Regiment and serving three years. Mr. Witt was married 
first to Miss Mary Brubaker and then to Miss Mary Bell, a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Hiram Bell. His second wife and the following children survive: Mrs. 
William Repp of Johnstown; Mrs. Bertha Bell and Mrs. S. H. Scott, both of 
Morrellville; Mr. A. C. Dyer, of Sewickley; Robert F. Witt of Johnstown; the 
Rev. E. Talmage Witt of Hammond, Ind. Joseph Wit of Ralphton; James Witt 
somewhere in Ohio, Mrs. Carion [?] Cook, of Jennertown. Mr. Witt was a member of 
Reuben Ferner Post, G. A. R. of Stoyestown, and of the Evangelical Church. His 
funeral took place on Saturday, with services in the Jenner Cross Roads United 
Brethren church and interment in the cemetery there.

Meyersdale Commercial, July 6, 1916