Elisha DeWitt

Parents

• Henry DeWitt
• Eve Elizabeth Wilmon

Siblings

• Lewis DeWitt
• Jacob DeWitt
• Christina Britt
• Anna Shellhorn
• Mary Britt
• Samuel DeWitt
• Emma Caswell
• John DeWitt

Spouse(s)

• Flora Shellhorn

Children

• Mary DeWitt
• Bertha DeWitt
• Clarence DeWitt
• Effie Hays
• John DeWitt
• Ralph DeWitt

Elisha "Lish" DeWitt was born in Blackford Co, IN, on July 6, 1848.

He was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt on the 1850 Census in Washington Township, Blackford Co, IN.

He moved circa 1858 to Nemaha Co, NE.

He was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt in the 1860 Census in Richardson Co, NE.

He was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt on the 1870 Census in Pawnee Co, NE.

He married Flora Virginia Shellhorn in Nemaha Co, NE, on April 2, 1874.

He moved fall 1910 to Ellsworth Co, KS.

He moved in 1913 to Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.

Elisha died on December 17, 1916 in home, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, at age 68. Death followed an illness of several weeks. His funeral was held in home, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on December 18, 1916. Rev. L. B. Dobbs officiated. An obituary was published on December 21, 1916 in the Chapman Advertiser in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS. His body was interred circa December 22, 1916 in DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE.