Henry DEWITT

Birth:
4 Sep 1806
Guernsey, Ohio
Death:
5 Jul 1894
Sources:
1860 Census - White Oak, Mahaska County,IA, Pg. 14 & 371
1998 Ancestral File - nil
2000 Ordinance Index - nil
Iowa State Census Collections, 1856 - White Oak, Mahaska, IA
1880 Census - White Oak, Mahaska, IA, Pg. 395A, ED 177
The DeWitt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway (online)
Descendants of Jan DeWitt (online)
Ancestry World Tree
Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com)
1850 Census Knox Co., Ohio
Notes:
                   NOTE:
    Married 15 Mar 1827/21 Feb 1827
Mary Matilda
Birth:
Abt 1808
Virginia
Death:
23 May 1882
Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa
Burial:
White Oak Grove Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
Find A Grave Memorial
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Mary aka Polly
Children
Marriage
1
Jefferson DEWITT
Birth:
20 Jan 1828
of Richland, Holmes, Ohio
Death:
Elma S. PEACH 
Marr:
5 Apr 1860
Ohio 
2
Lucinda DEWITT
Birth:
5 Jul 1829
of Richland, Holmes, Ohio
Death:
4 Jun 1907
Mound City, Linn, Kansas
William TAYLOR 
Marr:
15 Jun 1854
Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa 
3
Samuel DEWITT
Birth:
29 May 1831
of Richland, Holmes, Ohio
Death:
Hannah WAGGONER 
Marr:
23 Nov 1856
Ohio 
4
Mary Ann DEWITT
Birth:
23 Aug 1832
of Richland, Holmes, Ohio
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
James Porter DEWITTE
Birth:
10 Oct 1833
Richland, Holmes, Ohio
Death:
14 Feb 1899
Monmouth, Polk, Oregon
Priscilla COFFIN 
Marr:
21 Jun 1857
Madison, Mahaska, Iowa 
Notes:
                       James Porter Dewitte enlisted on Aug.23,1862 in the 2nd Iowa Independent Battery of volunteers and light artillary(union army). He was 5 feet 4 in. tall with brown hair and grey eyes.  He was discharged Aug. 7 1865 at Danenpark Iowa at the age of 26 years.

NOTE:
    Possible Parents Henry DEWITT & Mary HEADLEY
6
Matilda DEWITT
Birth:
3 Jul 1834
Holmes, Ohio
Death:
10 Jun 1922
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
James Henderson GATLIN 
Marr:
18 Jul 1853
Hamburg, Calhoun, Illinois 
7
Martha DEWITT
Birth:
3 Dec 1836
of Knox, Ohio
Death:
6 Jul 1898
Mahaska, Iowa
Benjamin F. FERGUSON 
Marr:
3 May 1857
Mahaska, Iowa 
8
Simon DEWITT
Birth:
3 Aug 1838
of Knox, Ohio
Death:
Abt 1865
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTE:
    Enlisted in the Civil Ward 21 Nov 1863. Did not survive the war
9
Hannah DEWITT
Birth:
29 Jun 1842
of Wills Twp, Guernsey, Ohio
Death:
W. E. WALLACE 
Marr:
23 Jan 1873
Mahaska, Iowa 
10
Sarah E. DEWITT
Birth:
20 Feb 1846
of Wills Twp, Guernsey, Ohio
Death:
1911
Samuel Alexander WOODS 
Marr:
1876
of Iowa 
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Henry Dewitt - Mary Matilda

Henry Dewitt was born at Guernsey, Ohio 4 Sep 1806. His parents were Paul Dewitt and Charity Elizabeth Haufman.

He married Mary Matilda . Mary Matilda was born at Virginia Abt 1808 .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Jefferson Dewitt born 20 Jan 1828.
Lucinda Dewitt born 5 Jul 1829.
Samuel Dewitt born 29 May 1831.
Mary Ann Dewitt born 23 Aug 1832.
James Porter Dewitte born 10 Oct 1833.
Matilda Dewitt born 3 Jul 1834.
Martha Dewitt born 3 Dec 1836.
Simon Dewitt born 3 Aug 1838.
Hannah Dewitt born 29 Jun 1842.
Sarah E. Dewitt born 20 Feb 1846.

Henry Dewitt died 5 Jul 1894 .

Mary Matilda died 23 May 1882 at Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa .