Ida May Shellhorn DeWitt

Parents

• Jacob Shellhorn
• Mary Moore

Siblings

• Mary Davenport
• Anna Aikins
• Peter Shellhorn
• Wilbur Shellhorn
• Harry Shellhorn

Spouse(s)

• Samuel DeWitt

Children

• Charles DeWitt
• Ira DeWitt
• Bertha Webster
• Merle Sherman
• Clyde DeWitt
• Lyle DeWitt
• Marie Weaver
• Florence Stites Smith

Ida May Shellhorn was born on November 27, 1861 in Richardson Co, NE.

She married Samuel Jackson DeWitt, son of Henry J. DeWitt and Eve Elizabeth Wilmon, on October 20, 1881.

Ida was listed as Samuel Jackson DeWitt's wife on the 1920 Census in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.

She moved in 1926 to Salina, Saline Co, KS.

She was listed as a wife in Samuel Jackson DeWitt's household on the 1930 Census at 225 South Fourth, Salina, Saline Co, KS.

She and Samuel Jackson DeWitt lived in May, 1942 at 534 S. Tenth, Salina, Saline Co, KS.

She was a member of the Nazarene church in Salina, Saline Co, KS.

She was left a widow by Samuel 's death in at home, Salina, Saline Co, KS, on May 27, 1942.

She lived with her daughter, Merle May Sherman in June, 1942 at 611 West Grand, Salina, Saline Co, KS.

She died on June 14, 1944 in Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 82. An obituary was published on June 15, 1944 in The Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS. Ida's funeral was held on June 16, 1944 at Salina Funeral Home in Salina, Saline Co, KS. She was buried on June 16, 1944 in Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS, Section E.

Photo: Portrait with Samuel

Photo: With Daughters

Photo: Family Portrait c1927

Photo: With Anna and Mary

Photo: With Harvey

Photo: With Lola and Samuel

Photo: With Merle and Samuel

Obituary

Cemetery Marker