. Witt/DeWitt Family Genealogy
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Witt/DeWitt Family Descendant Report
Descendants of Jacob Witt
Generation No. 1
1. JACOB1 WITT was born Abt. 1586 in France, and died Unknown.
Notes for JACOB WITT:
I do have Jacob Witt, but I was interested in your comment that he was from France. The story passed down through the family was that the family had land in France which had a 99 year lease. Supposedly a town grew up on the land. My mother told me that it was Booneville. Could be Bon Ville. Anyway at the end of the lease the family sent Jeff DeWitt and a lawyer by the name of Potter to check on the inheritance. They claimed that when they got to New York that they wired France and were told that they were a day too late and that the inheritance had fallen to the crown. Until your statement that Jacob came from France, I had not been able to connect the family to France.. Interested to know how you found that Jacob was from France.. Winn
More About JACOB WITT:
Religion: French Huegonot
Child of JACOB WITT is:
2. i. JOHN2 WITT, b. 1612; d. 02 Dec 1675, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 WITT (JACOB1) was born 1612, and died 02 Dec 1675 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married SARAH ? in Lynn, Essex, Mass.. She was born 1616, and died Jan 1679/80 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
More About JOHN WITT and SARAH ?:
Marriage: Lynn, Essex, Mass.
Children of JOHN WITT and SARAH ? are:
i. ANN3 WITT, b. Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. 17 Mar 1700/01, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
More About ANN WITT:
Burial: 17 Mar 1700/01, Newport, , RI
ii. JONATHON WITT, b. 1638, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. Unknown.
iii. ELIZABETH WITT, b. Abt. 1639, Of, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 12 Feb 1674/75, Lynn, Essex, MA.
iv. MARY WITT, b. Abt. 1643, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. Bef. 12 Sep 1675, Lynn, Essex, MA.
3. v. JOHN WITT, b. Abt. 1651, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. Unknown.
vi. SARAH WITT, b. Abt. 1655, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. Bef. 12 Sep 1675, Lynn, Essex, MA.
vii. MARTHA WITT, b. 05 Mar 1658/59, Lynn, Essex, Mass; d. Bef. 12 Sep 1661, Lynn, Essex, MA.
viii. THOMAS WITT, b. 25 Jul 1661, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. Unknown, Lynn, Essex Co., MA.
ix. EBENEZER WITT, b. 06 Apr 1665, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. 30 Jun 1665, Lynn, Essex, MA.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN3 WITT (JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Abt. 1651 in Lynn, Essex, MA, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH BAKER 14 Jan 1675/76 in Lynn, Essex, MA, daughter of SAMUEL BAKER and ELEANOR WINSLOW. She was born 1655 in Lynn, Essex, MA, and died Unknown.
More About JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH BAKER:
Marriage: 14 Jan 1675/76, Lynn, Essex, MA
Children of JOHN WITT and ELIZABETH BAKER are:
i. ELIZABETH4 WITT, b. 09 Aug 1677, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. 29 Jul 1738.
ii. JONATHAN WITT, b. 03 Jun 1679, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. 1743.
More About JONATHAN WITT:
Name 2: John Witt
Date born 2: 03 Jun 1679, Lynn, Essex, Mass.
iii. MARY WITT, b. 14 Aug 1681, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. Unknown.
4. iv. SARAH WITT, b. 1686, Lynn, Essex, MA; d. Unknown.
v. ABIGAIL WITT, b. 10 Feb 1686/87, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. 13 Mar 1759.
vi. SAMUEL WITT, b. 20 Oct 1691, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. 29 Sep 1779.
vii. EBENEZER WITT, b. 08 Aug 1693, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. 05 Jul 1781.
5. viii. THOMAS WITT, b. 18 Feb 1696/97, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. 1739.
6. ix. PERSIS WITT, b. 02 May 1698, Lynn, Essex, Mass.; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 4
4. SARAH4 WITT (JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1686 in Lynn, Essex, MA, and died Unknown. She married EPHRAIM POTTER Abt. 1712 in Of Marlborough, Middx., Mass.. He was born 05 Apr 1683 in Marlborough, Middx., Mass., and died 19 Mar 1730/31 in Prob. Marlboro, Middlesex, MA.
More About SARAH WITT:
Date born 2: Abt. 1689, Lynn, Essex, Mass.
More About EPHRAIM POTTER and SARAH WITT:
Marriage: Abt. 1712, Of Marlborough, Middx., Mass.
Children of SARAH WITT and EPHRAIM POTTER are:
i. SARAH5 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. MARY POTTER, b. 11 Sep 1709, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 26 Feb 1785, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
iii. MARTHA POTTER, b. 01 Sep 1711, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 20 Dec 1791, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
7. iv. JOSEPH POTTER, b. 13 Feb 1712/13, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 1; d. 01 Apr 1791, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.
v. PERSIS POTTER, b. 29 Aug 1715, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 10 Sep 1783, Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
vi. EPHRAIM POTTER, b. 05 Mar 1717/18, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 09 Jun 1792.
vii. THEOPHILUS POTTER, b. 26 Jan 1723/24, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 13 Sep 1814, Prob. Brookfield, Worcester, MA.
viii. ELIZABETH POTTER, b. 25 Jan 1727/28, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. Unknown.
5. THOMAS4 WITT (JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 18 Feb 1696/97 in Lynn, Essex, Mass., and died 1739. He married (1) MARY IVORY 21 Nov 1719 in Intentions. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARTHA WOOD 1722 in Lynn, Essex, MA. She was born 04 Jul 1696 in Middlesex, MA, and died Unknown.
More About THOMAS WITT:
Burial: 1739
More About THOMAS WITT and MARY IVORY:
Marriage: 21 Nov 1719, Intentions
More About THOMAS WITT and MARTHA WOOD:
Marriage: 1722, Lynn, Essex, MA
Children of THOMAS WITT and MARTHA WOOD are:
i. MARTHA5 WITT, d. Unknown.
More About MARTHA WITT:
Baptism: 11 Aug 1723, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
ii. ELIZABETH WITT, d. Unknown.
More About ELIZABETH WITT:
Baptism: 09 Sep 1725, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
iii. HANNAH WITT, d. Unknown.
More About HANNAH WITT:
Baptism: 11 Aug 1728, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
iv. MARY WITT, d. Unknown.
v. THOMAS WITT, d. Unknown.
More About THOMAS WITT:
Baptism: 24 May 1730, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
8. vi. ISAIAH WITT, b. 1726; d. Unknown.
6. PERSIS4 WITT (JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 02 May 1698 in Lynn, Essex, Mass., and died Unknown. She married DANIEL STEWART 21 Jan 1718/19 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. He was born 06 Feb 1690/91 in Marlboro, Worcester, Mass, and died Unknown.
More About DANIEL STEWART and PERSIS WITT:
Marriage: 21 Jan 1718/19, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Children of PERSIS WITT and DANIEL STEWART are:
i. JOHN5 STEWART, b. 04 May 1721, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 20 Aug 1740.
ii. DANIEL STEWART, b. 14 Oct 1722, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. Unknown.
iii. MARY STEWART, b. 16 Oct 1724, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. Unknown.
9. iv. DEBORAH STEWART, b. 18 Feb 1726/27, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 2; d. Unknown.
v. PERSIS STEWART, b. 23 Mar 1728/29, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 25 Aug 1736, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA.
vi. ANTIPAS STEWART, b. 28 Dec 1733, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 1814.
vii. REDIAT STEWART, b. 12 Apr 1736, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. Unknown.
viii. EBENEZER STEWART, b. 22 Aug 1738, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. 01 Aug 1740, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA.
ix. PERSIS STEWART, b. 19 Jun 1743, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 5
7. JOSEPH5 POTTER (SARAH4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 13 Feb 1712/13 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 11, and died 01 Apr 1791 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. He married ? WARREN 1735. She was born Abt. 1716, and died Unknown.
More About JOSEPH POTTER:
Occupation: farmer
More About JOSEPH POTTER and ? WARREN:
Marriage: 1735
Child of JOSEPH POTTER and ? WARREN is:
10. i. ROBERT6 POTTER, b. 07 Nov 1745, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 3; d. 22 Apr 1813, Wendell, Franklin, MA; 1.
8. ISAIAH5 WITT (THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1726, and died Unknown. He married DEBORAH STEWART 24 Feb 1746/47 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, daughter of DANIEL STEWART and PERSIS WITT. She was born 18 Feb 1726/27 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 22, and died Unknown.
More About ISAIAH WITT:
Baptism: 20 Nov 1726, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; Quality: 22
More About ISAIAH WITT and DEBORAH STEWART:
Marriage: 24 Feb 1746/47, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Children of ISAIAH WITT and DEBORAH STEWART are:
i. ASA6 WITT, d. Unknown.
More About ASA WITT:
Baptism: 29 Oct 1752, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
ii. MARTHA WITT, b. 06 Aug 1748, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 13 Aug 1750, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.
iii. ARTEMUS WITT, b. 13 Aug 1750, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d. 26 Apr 1823.
11. iv. BENJAMIN DEWITT, b. 06 Jun 1754, Fitchburg, MA; d. Abt. 1802, Fairfield, Herkimer, NY.
v. PERSIS WITT, b. 1755, Fitchburg, Worcestor, MA; d. Unknown.
vi. MOSES WITT, b. 31 Jul 1759, Fitchburg, Worcestor, MA; d. 15 Dec 1850, Lowville, Lewis, NY.
vii. LEVI WITT, b. 1769, Fitchburg, Worcestor, MA; d. Unknown.
9. DEBORAH5 STEWART (PERSIS4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 18 Feb 1726/27 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 22, and died Unknown. She married ISAIAH WITT 24 Feb 1746/47 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, son of THOMAS WITT and MARTHA WOOD. He was born 1726, and died Unknown.
More About ISAIAH WITT:
Baptism: 20 Nov 1726, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; Quality: 22
More About ISAIAH WITT and DEBORAH STEWART:
Marriage: 24 Feb 1746/47, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Children are listed above under (8) Isaiah Witt.
Generation No. 6
10. ROBERT6 POTTER (JOSEPH5, SARAH4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 07 Nov 1745 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; 33, and died 22 Apr 1813 in Wendell, Franklin, MA; 13. He married PATIENCE BOYNTON 24 Nov 1773 in Franklin Co., Massachusetts. She was born 04 Apr 1751 in of Sudbury, MA, and died 18 Jan 1849 in Wendell, Franklin, MA.
More About ROBERT POTTER:
Baptism: 27 Apr 1746, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Occupation: Farmer
More About ROBERT POTTER and PATIENCE BOYNTON:
Marriage: 24 Nov 1773, Franklin Co., Massachusetts
Children of ROBERT POTTER and PATIENCE BOYNTON are:
i. PATIENCE JANE7 POTTER, b. 20 Jun 1778, Wendell, Franklin, MA; d. 18 Feb 1782, Sherman, NY.
ii. ROBERT POTTER, b. 04 May 1780, Wendell, Franklin, MA; d. Unknown.
iii. POLLY POTTER, b. 22 May 1782, Wendell, Franklin, MA; d. Unknown.
12. iv. REUBEN POTTER, b. 08 Mar 1785, Wendell, Hampshire, MA; 3; d. 17 Nov 1833, Antwerp, Van Buren, MI.
v. ANNA (ANNIE) POTTER, b. 03 Oct 1789, Wendell, Franklin, MA; d. Unknown.
11. BENJAMIN6 DEWITT (ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 06 Jun 1754 in Fitchburg, MA, and died Abt. 1802 in Fairfield, Herkimer, NY. He married MOLLY LARKIN 18 Aug 1780 in Walpole, Cheshire County, NH, daughter of PETER LARKIN and AZUBAH WHEELER. She was born 25 Sep 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettes, and died Unknown.
Notes for BENJAMIN DEWITT:
"Benjamin DeWitt, served in the Revolutionary War as a private, Capt Elias Hasbrouck's Company, 3rd New York Regiment, C. L., commanded by Col. James Clinton. The company muster roll covering the period from June 28 to September 28, 1775, dated at Camp Ticonderoga, September 28, 1775, shows that he enlisted August 1, and was sick at Albany. He later enlisted May 5, 1778, for a term of 9 months, as a subsitute for George Sampson, and was discharged February 16, 1779 as a private in the Cols. Company, 2nd New York Regiment, C. L., cmmanded by Col. Philip Cortlandt."
After the War he married Molly Larkin and had his children he died in Fairfield, Herkimer, NY in 1802.
More About BENJAMIN DEWITT and MOLLY LARKIN:
Marriage: 18 Aug 1780, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH
Children of BENJAMIN DEWITT and MOLLY LARKIN are:
i. ARATHUSA7 DEWITT, b. Abt. 1784; d. 1860, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY; m. JOSEPH SANDERSON; d. Unknown.
More About ARATHUSA DEWITT:
Name may be: Methuslah
13. ii. LUSEBA DEWITT, b. Jul 1786, Walpole, New Hampshire; 2; d. 1866, Fowler, St. Lawrence, NY.
iii. ALLURA DEWITT, b. Abt. 1788; d. Unknown; m. SILAS ROCKWOOD; d. Unknown.
iv. LOREN DEWITT, b. Abt. 1790; d. Unknown.
14. v. LARKIN DEWITT, b. 05 Sep 1794, Near Salisbury,Herkimer Co.,New York; d. 03 Sep 1873, Cooper County, Missouri.
vi. DELUCIOUS DEWITT, b. 30 Jan 1796, Herkimer Co., NY; d. 02 Dec 1871, Salisbury, NY.
Generation No. 7
12. REUBEN7 POTTER (ROBERT6, JOSEPH5, SARAH4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 08 Mar 1785 in Wendell, Hampshire, MA; 34, and died 17 Nov 1833 in Antwerp, Van Buren, MI. He married SARAH CONGDON 17 Nov 1813 in Massachusetts5. She was born 29 May 1789 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA, and died 23 Aug 1856 in Porter, Van Buren, Michigan.
More About REUBEN POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Hartwick Cemetery, Mattawan, MI
Occupation: Farmer
More About SARAH CONGDON:
Burial: Unknown, Hartwick Cemetery, Mattawan
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Marriage: 17 Nov 1813, Massachusetts5
Children of REUBEN POTTER and SARAH CONGDON are:
i. SILAS8 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. SARAH POTTER, d. Unknown.
15. iii. ROBERT FRANKLIN POTTER, b. Abt. 1815, Hadley, Hampshire , MA; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Berlamont, Van Buren, MI.
iv. SOPHIA POTTER, b. Abt. 1820, Hadley, Hampshire , MA; d. Unknown.
v. ADELINE POTTER, b. 01 Apr 1822, Hadley, Hampshire , MA5; d. 23 Dec 1894, Porter, Van Buren, Michigan.
13. LUSEBA7 DEWITT (BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Jul 1786 in Walpole, New Hampshire; 26, and died 1866 in Fowler, St. Lawrence, NY. She married JONATHAN FARMER Abt. 1804 in Herkimer, Herkimer, NY. He was born 21 Mar 1779 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; 26, and died 1866 in Fowler, St. Lawrence, NY.
More About LUSEBA DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Hailesboro, NY
More About JONATHAN FARMER:
Burial: Unknown, Hailesboro, NY
Occupation: Farmer
More About JONATHAN FARMER and LUSEBA DEWITT:
Marriage: Abt. 1804, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY
Children of LUSEBA DEWITT and JONATHAN FARMER are:
i. PHILO8 FARMER, d. Unknown.
ii. ORA FARMER, d. Unknown.
iii. HENRY FARMER, d. Unknown.
iv. TRUMAN FARMER, d. Unknown.
v. HARRIET FARMER, d. Unknown.
vi. AMANDA FARMER, d. Unknown.
16. vii. LOUISA FARMER, b. Abt. 1805, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY; d. 09 Aug 1879, Decatur Twp, Van Buren Co., MI.
viii. EMILY FARMER, b. 1815; d. Unknown.
ix. ALONZO FARMER, b. 1817; d. Unknown.
x. SEYMOUR FARMER, b. 1820, Hailesboro, NY; d. Unknown.
xi. LEVINA FARMER, b. 1826; d. Unknown.
xii. GILES (JACK) FARMER, b. 1828; d. Unknown.
14. LARKIN7 DEWITT (BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 05 Sep 1794 in Near Salisbury,Herkimer Co.,New York, and died 03 Sep 1873 in Cooper County, Missouri. He married (1) HANNAH POTTER 20 Jul 1820 in Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri, daughter of GEORGE POTTER and HANNAH FITZHUGH. She was born 20 May 1801 in Kentucky, and died 20 Jun 1837 in Cooper County, Missouri. He married (2) PRISCILLA CASTILE 12 Jul 1840 in Cooper County, Missouri. She was born 16 Feb 1819 in Tennessee, and died 19 May 1887 in Cooper County, Missouri.
Notes for LARKIN DEWITT:
Larkin DeWitt served in the war of 1812 and was released from the army in St. Louis, MO. (Gary Farley)
War of 1812 Pensions
(from National Archives files in Washington DC)
Pensions for War of 1812 established in 1836
DeWitt, Larkin - Capt. Ramsey's Co. Regt. from 18 Sep 1812 to 17 Sep 1817 - 1871 - in Cooper Co. Missouri md. Priscilla Casteel 12 Jul 1840 - Cooper Co. Missouri (she died 19 May 1887) Larkin died 3 Sep 1873 - Pettis Co. Missouri
Larkin DeWitt, son of Benjamin DeWitt, the immigrant, was botn in the colony of New York, September 5, 1794, and was left an orphan at 8 years of age. During the War of 1812 he enlisted at Sacckett's Harbor, New York, September 18, 1812, for a term of 5 years and served as a private, U.S. Rifles, Captain William Smith's Company and was discharged September 17 or 18, 1817, at Bell Fontaine, Missouri, by reason of expiration of Service. (National Archives, Washington, D.C.) Larkin DeWitt served under Colonel Forsyth at the battle of the Thames in which battle the Indian Chief Tecumseh, who was fighting fro the British slipped up and killed Colonel Forsyth by lying in wait and catching him between Canada and the Tavern. In the Battle of the Thames, Chief Tecumseh was mortally wounded. Larkin DeWitt was the first man to the Chief and was preparing to scalp him when Tecumseh said, "Young man, please don't scalp me". Larkin DeWitt then took Tecumseh's sword, pistol, and watch to Tecumseh's widow and gave the sword and pistol to his commanding officer.
Once while on guard duty during the War of 1812, Larkin DeWitt was looking toward a wheat field and noticed a sprout growing in the wheat. He turned his head and when looked again the sprout had moved. Knowing Indian customs, this attracted his attention and he watched the sprout and an Indian jumped out and fell dead. The sprout was a signal to the rest of the Indians who were approaching.
After the expiration of his term of service and discharge at belle Fontaine, Missouri, Larkin DeWitt made his way up the Missour River to Boonville and took charge of a farm in Cooper County as an overseer in 1820. After working there for awhile he married Hannah Potter (Ewing) a widow on July 20, 1820.
Larkin DeWitt went to Green County, Missouri, and settled on the Little Sac about 1832. John Ross, William Ross and R. Ross went with him and werer early settlers in Campbell Township, which comprised teh greater portion of Green County. He later returned to Cooper County where he lived the remainder of his life and died there September 3, 1873 and is buried in the Potter Cemetery in Cooper County not far from Clifton City, Missouri.
One time when Larkin DeWitt was walking along the main street in Boonville, Missouri he saw a man approaching who was his sworn enemy. he saw that this man was armed and as he was unarmed himself and knowing that the man would attempt to kill him, he stepped into a store and borrowed a horse pistol and went out to meethim. When they were within firing range the other man attempted to draw and Larkin DeWitt being the faster drew and fired, shooting the pistol out of the other man's hand and breaking his hip. This ended the feud.
The first settlers of Franklin Townshipo like those of other parts of Green County had to go to St. Louis and Boonville for their supplies. Sometimes the journey was made with Ox teams andd the trip occupied a month. Sometime in 1831, James K Alsop, Samuel Scroggis, and Daniel Johnson settled on the Little Sac, and were followed in 1832 by John Headlee and two brothers-in law, Benjamin Johnson and James Dryden.
In the same year came Thomas P. Whitlock, the father of W.P. Whitlock. he arrived in June, from Harkeman County, Tennessee, and settline in what is now Franklin Township, in the north part of the county. He brought with him a wife and son. Zachariah Simms, Benjamin Johnson, Henry Morrison, David and John Roper, Drury Upshaw, and Larkin DeWitt, all settled about the same time in that part of the country.
Larkin DeWitt, John Ross, William Ross, and R. Ross were early settlers of the section of the country now comprising the great portion of Green County-then called Campbell Township.
All of the above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and related families" by Paul Bennett.
According to records on Pettis County, Missouri Larkin was only a second generation in United States and was of Dutch descent, however, family has been traced back to early 1600's in United States originating in France and that Larkin's father Benjamin changed name from Witt to DeWitt. Per our family Nancy DeWitt granddaughter of Larkin was Indian. Her children were born on the reservation and went to Indian schools. Per the National Archives in Washington (as stated in the Bennett-DeWitt Family book by Paul Bennett) it stated in the Civil War Military records for Larkin's sons Ezra and Martin that they had Black eyes and Black hair and dark complexion. Martin was 5'6" and Ezra was 5'5". Most of Larkin's children married into Anglo families. I feel that the Jennings family and the Copeland family were indian. This caused the families to move into Oklahoma onto the reservations.
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Cemetery:
Dewitt: Larkin. d. Sept. 3, 1873, aged 74 yrs, 11 ms, 28 ds. Husband of Priscilla (Casteel) DeWitt; Soldier of "War of 1812."
More About LARKIN DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter DeWitt Cemetary
More About HANNAH POTTER:
Date born 2: 20 May 1801, Logan Co., KY7
Died 2: 20 Jun 1837, Cooper Co., MO7
Burial 1: Unknown, Potter DeWitt Cemetary
Burial 2: Potter Dewitt Cemetery
More About LARKIN DEWITT and HANNAH POTTER:
Marriage: 20 Jul 1820, Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage license: Record #A-5
More About PRISCILLA CASTILE:
Burial: Unknown, Potter DeWitt Cemetary
More About LARKIN DEWITT and PRISCILLA CASTILE:
Marriage: 12 Jul 1840, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage license: Record #B-114
Children of LARKIN DEWITT and HANNAH POTTER are:
i. MARTHA8 DEWITT, d. Unknown, as infant.
17. ii. MARY ELLEN DEWITT, b. 17 Oct 1821, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 19 Jan 1891, Cooper County, Missouri.
18. iii. THOMAS P. DEWITT, b. 27 Feb 1823, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 24 Aug 1898, Cooper County, Missouri.
19. iv. ISAIAH DEWITT, b. 05 Aug 1825; d. 15 Apr 1891.
20. v. HANNAH DEWITT, b. 27 Feb 1827, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 21 Nov 1907.
21. vi. JANE DEWITT, b. 09 Mar 1829; d. 07 Oct 1877.
22. vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. 02 Oct 1830, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 31 Jul 1917.
23. viii. JOHN PINDAR DEWITT, b. 12 Jan 1833, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 08 Apr 1917, Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
24. ix. GEORGE LAFAYETTE DEWITT, b. 22 Jan 1835; d. Unknown.
Children of LARKIN DEWITT and PRISCILLA CASTILE are:
25. x. MARTIN VAN BUREN8 DEWITT, b. 1841, Missouri; d. Unknown.
xi. ELIZABETH DEWITT, b. 1843, on Farm in Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. FRANK M LICKLIDER; d. Unknown.
xii. EZRA L. DEWITT, b. 1846; d. 03 Mar 1865, Marine General Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
Notes for EZRA L. DEWITT:
Ezra L. DeWitt, son of Larkin DeWitt and Priscilla Castile was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri in the year of 1846. He was enrolled at Otterville, Missouri, August 15, 1864and was mustered into service August 15, 1864, by Lt. Campion as Private, Company H, 45th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers, USA. He died of chronic diarrhea in Marine General Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, march 3, 1865, a private. He had Black eyes, black hair, dark complexion and was 5 feet 5 inches tall and by occupation a farmer (National Archives, Washington D.C.). the following is a copy of the consent to military service of a minor taken fromt eh National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Consent In Case of Minor
I, Larkin DeWitt do certify, that I am the father of Ezra L. DeWitt, that the said Ezra L. DeWitt is 18 years of age; and I do hereby freely give my consent ot his volunteering as a SOLDIER in teh ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES for a period of one year.
Given at Otterville, Mo
the 15th day of August 1864
L. DeWitt
witness
Henry H. Smith.
Information above from book "Bennett-DeWitt and Related Families" by Paul Bennett
More About EZRA L. DEWITT:
Military service: Served in U.S. Army in Civil War
xiii. PERMELIA DEWITT, b. 1849; d. Unknown.
26. xiv. EMELINE DEWITT, b. on Farm in Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
xv. LOREN DEWITT, b. on Farm in Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. SARAH BLACK; d. Unknown.
More About LOREN DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
27. xvi. JASPER DEWITT, b. 24 Oct 1854; d. 27 Apr 1935, Farm of Benjamin Franklin DeWitt in Cooper County, Missouri.
xvii. JAMES NEWTON DEWITT, b. 24 Oct 1854; d. Unknown.
28. xviii. DELUCIOUS DEWITT, b. 29 May 1858, Sadalia, Mcdonal co. Mo; d. 17 Nov 1942, SLC Utah.
xix. ELLEN DEWITT, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 8
15. ROBERT FRANKLIN8 POTTER (REUBEN7, ROBERT6, JOSEPH5, SARAH4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Abt. 1815 in Hadley, Hampshire , MA, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Berlamont, Van Buren, MI. He married EUNICE SUSANNAH BUCKLEY 04 Apr 1847 in Antwerp, Van Buren, MI8. She was born Abt. 1827 in Perrinton, Monroe, NY, and died Unknown.
More About ROBERT FRANKLIN POTTER:
Occupation: Farmer
More About ROBERT POTTER and EUNICE BUCKLEY:
Marriage: 04 Apr 1847, Antwerp, Van Buren, MI8
Children of ROBERT POTTER and EUNICE BUCKLEY are:
i. EUNICE LOUISA9 POTTER, b. 06 Apr 1848, Trowbridge, Allegan, MI; d. Unknown.
29. ii. ROBERT WILLIAM POTTER, b. 05 Aug 1850, Trowbridge, Allegan, MI; d. 16 Oct 1924, Berlamont, Van Buren, MI.
iii. GEORGE POTTER, b. Abt. 1852, Noble Co., Indiana9; d. Unknown.
iv. CHAUNCEY E. POTTER, b. Abt. 1856, Noble Co., Indiana9; d. Unknown.
v. SIMEON POTTER, b. Abt. 1858, Noble Co., Indiana9; d. Unknown.
vi. WARREN A. POTTER, b. Abt. 1863, Berlamont, Van Buren, MI9; d. Unknown.
More About WARREN A. POTTER:
Occupation: Well Digger
16. LOUISA8 FARMER (LUSEBA7 DEWITT, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born Abt. 1805 in Herkimer, Herkimer, NY, and died 09 Aug 1879 in Decatur Twp, Van Buren Co., MI10. She married JAMES CALDWELL. He was born 10 Feb 1805 in NY; 311, and died 27 Mar 1872 in Decatur Twp, Van Buren Co., MI; 312.
More About LOUISA FARMER:
Burial: 13 Aug 1879, S. Cooper Cem., Cooper, Kalamazoo, MI
More About JAMES CALDWELL:
Burial: 28 Mar 1872, Cooper Cem., Cooper , Kalamazoo, MI
Occupation: Farmer
Children of LOUISA FARMER and JAMES CALDWELL are:
i. SARAH9 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1830, Wilna, Jefferson, NY; 113; d. Unknown.
ii. OSCAR CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1832, Wilna, Jefferson, NY; 113; d. Unknown.
30. iii. HENRY W. CALDWELL, b. 30 Aug 1834, Wilna, Jefferson, NY; d. 23 Dec 1908, Pine Grove, Van Buren, MI.
iv. JAMES E. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1838, Wilna, Jefferson, NY; 313; d. Unknown.
v. ORA J. (JAY) CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1844, Fowler, St. Lawrence, NY; 313; d. Unknown.
vi. ANN E. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1849, Fowler, St. Lawrence, NY; 313; d. Unknown.
17. MARY ELLEN8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 17 Oct 1821 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 19 Jan 1891 in Cooper County, Missouri. She married (1) REV. ELIJAH NEWTON FARLEY14,15,16 13 Oct 1842. He was born 03 Oct 1818 in Sevier Co., MO, and died Oct 1863 in MO. She married (2) WILLIAM KABLER 31 Mar 1881 in Pettis Co, MO. He died Unknown.
Notes for MARY ELLEN DEWITT:
After Mary moved to Pettis Co. in 1870 she remarried William Kabler and had a marriage contract before they married. "Marriage Records Book "D" 1877-1881"; March 23, 1881 "Marriage contract. Mary Farley of Pettis Co., MO and William Kabler of same. Mary Farley is possessed of following premises in Pettis Co." S 1/4 of NE 1/4 and E 1/2 and NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except 15 acres in Sec 22 TWP 47 range 20, also a tract comprising 80 acres cornering on the above on the south east corner, the latter having been purchased by her from one Abner Clopton and in addition to the above names parties contemplate entering into the bonds of matrimony and whereas both of said parties are desirous of preserving and containing their property rights and relations as they are now and as the rights and relations of single persons exist under the law. Therefore in consideration of their mutual promised to marry and of the grants and concessions herinafter set forth. Said Mary Farley shall acquire no right, title or interest in or to the property real, personal now owned by said William Kabler. She is to have no claim for expenses incurred for her children and his children not to be held accountable for repairs material or improvements. Witt. W. A Fast. D/185-6-7."
March 31, 1881: "William Kabler to Mistress Mary Farley at her residence, By Joseph Settles, J.P, D/167. Wit: E.M. Scott"
(Source: Paul Peoples
More About MARY ELLEN DEWITT:
Name 2: Mary Ellen Potter Ewing DeWitt17,18
Date born 2: 17 Oct 1821, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri19,20
Died 2: 19 Jan 1891, Cooper, MO, USA21,22
Died 3: 19 Jan 1891, Pettis county, Missouri22
AKA (Facts Pg): Polly
Burial 1: Unknown, Potter DeWitt Cemetary in Cooper County, Missouri
Burial 2: Potter DeWitt Cemetery in Cooper County, Missouri23,24
Occupation: 1870, Farmer25,26
Residence 1: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo27,28
Residence 2: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo29,30
Residence 3: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO31,32
Residence 4: 1880, District 120 Heath's Creek, Pettis, Mo33,34
Notes for REV. ELIJAH NEWTON FARLEY:
Elijah Newton Farley was a farmer and a pioneer Baptist Minister. He is listed in the census of Johnson Co., MO of 1850 as a farmer and in the 1860 census for the same county as minister. He served briefly in the Union Army in the War between the States. He was in Co "B", 27th MO infantry Union Army. He was in the battle of Lexington in LaFayette Co. in the late summer--early fall of 1861. He and his company including his oldest son, John Thomas Farley, were captured. Elijah contracted pneumonia and never fully healed and died at his home in October 1863 when he was 45 years old. Elijah was buried near the house. Mary, his wife,
was pregnant with their daughter, Susan. Elijah never saw his only daughter. The old homestead, located 5 mi. south of Knob Nobster State Park, eventually was sold to a Mr. Ellis and became a cemetery and a pasture field for cattle. During the following years of the Civil War whenever the rebel soldiers came by the house Mary would take the children and go down in the holler that wasn't far from the house and hide until the soldiers left. For the next 18 years Mary became a woman of substance. She raised the children and worked the farm. After 1870 she moved to Pettis County where she opened a general store and farmed.
(Source: Paul Peoples)
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A great many thanks to Gary Farley for sharing the following lineage notes on the Pettis county, Missouri web site. <www.rootsweb.com/~mopettis/lineages/>
He was born in Tennessee in 1818. He moved with his family to Missouri in 1833. He married in 1842, Mary (Polly) DeWitt, a neighbor, three years his junior. Her father was Larkin DeWitt. He was a native of New York State, of Dutch descent.
He fought in the War of 1812 and was released from the army in St. Louis. In BENNETT-DEWETT AND RELATED FAMILIES it is reported that he fought the Shawnee Indian chief, Tecumseh, in Canada and was present when he died. Larkin married Hannah Potter DeWitt Ewing, a widow with one child. Their vows were heard by Rev. Finis Ewing, probably some kin to her first husband. The Potters and Ewings were early settlers in Cooper County. Finis Ewing was one of the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. He took some land in the area and formed a "preacher" school to train ministers in the village of New Lebanon. Later Finis moved on to Lexington, Mo., where he managed the land office for the U.S. government and pastored the First Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. (A fine old Presbyterian church house still stands in New Lebanon. After bearing 7 additional children for Larkin DeWitt she died in 1837 at age 39. He remarried to a Casteel (Castile) woman, probably a Farley cousin, and she bore an additional 9 children. They lived for a while in the Springfield, Mo., area as one of the earlier settlers. Later he moved back to Cooper County. Among the children of Larkin and Hannah was Mary. (Among her kin were several Potters and DeWitts who participated in the 1849 Gold Rush.)
The 1850 census finds Elijah and Polly on a small farm in Johnson County, about 5 miles south of the village of Montserrat. It was near the Clear Fork of the Blackwater River. A trail from Boonville to Fort Scott, Kans., passed through the community. It was later to be known as the Sedalia Trail and was to become in the years after the Civil War one of the early cattle trails. (Recall the Rawhide TV show in the early 1960s with Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates.)
In the 1860 census Elijah is listed as a farmer and minister. The form says Methodist, but this must be wrong. He is listed in the 1860 minutes of the Blue River Baptist Association as a licensed minister (not ordained) along with John
DeWitt, who is probably his brother-in-law. They were members of the Clear Fork Baptist Church. Like many other congregations on the Western frontier it did not survive the Civil War. And its records seem to have been lost. (Well after the war the area became active as a coal mining region and two new Baptist congregations are to be found. In the 1920s they merge to become Pleasant Bethel. Francis Marion Farley, a son, was an important lay leader there.) I have found several marriage licenses in county records where Elijah was the one who signed the bonds as minister. I do not know if he pastored a church, but at the very least, he performed pastoral duties. Many Baptist churches of that era had multiple "elders." The biographical information on Mary DeWitt Farley's brother, John, does not mention his having been a minister. He was among the early settlers in Oklahoma territory. His trade is listed as being a blacksmith.
Elijah and Polly had 10 children, 9 boys and one daughter. By all accounts the war in Western Missouri was terrible for non-combatants. Bushwhacking was widespread. No one was safe. Elijah and his two oldest sons served. (Why would a 43-year-old minister with 9 children be among the first volunteers to join the Union home guard?) Son Will contacted Rubeola at the Jefferson barracks at St. Louis and died. Son John T. served with the Company B of the Missouri 27 Mtd. (This is the same unit in which Elijah served.) Elijah was involved in the Battle of Lexington, an early scrap (September 20, 1861). He was taken prisoner. While in the custody of the Confederates, or while making his way back home, he became ill with consumption. Later he escaped or was paroled. At home he was able to father his 10th child, but died in 1863 a few months before she was born. He was buried on his home place. The graveyard has since become known as the Ellis cemetery and can be reached off of country route Y. I did not find his stone there, but his name is listed in an census of the cemetery in the Johnson County historical library. The library is next to the old Johnson County Courthouse, a building that dates from the days of E. N. Farley. (There is a request for a Civil War widow's pension which reports most of the above.) A family story tells of General Sterling Price's army marching along the Sedalia Trail. When they ask about the whereabouts of Elijah, and old Black man, Sam, tells a lie and saves Elijah's life.
Following the war Polly apparently moved most of her children to a village of Lookout, along the Pettis/Cooper county line. This is an area where her DeWitt and Potter kinspeople are heavily present. She ran a store at Lookout. (That settlement is now gone. The store location is a hole in the field. The village also boasted a post office. Nearby are the ruins of the school house. Granddaughter, Myrtle, once taught there.) I wonder what Mary's life was like. Left a widow and pregnant. In a dangerous time and place. How did the family make it through? I have heard that she was red-headed and strong willed.
I came across an interesting document in the Pettis County marriage book from the early 1880s. Polly DeWitt Farley contracted to marry William Kabler. In essence the document allows each to pass the property they will bring to the marriage on to their children. I found the marriage license. And I have seen the documents where she is referred to as Mrs. Kabler. But her gravestone in the Potter-DeWitt cemetery does not mention Kabler. Had she already had the stone made? Did her heirs not recognize the marriage? Did it not last? She died in 1891. Another interesting note is that in the 1880 census record she has some of her grandchildren living with her. I believe that a little later this was also the case for the first three children of Daniel Lee Farley. A further story concerning her is that she provided a 40-acre farm for each of her children. I have some verification for this in a deed from her to Daniel Lee for just such a place
near Lookout, signed Mrs. Mary Kabler.
Let me list the children John (Barnhart and McMullin), Francis Marion (Roark), Jasper Newton (White and Black), Larkin Dewitt (Berry), Daniel (Aikens, Lee, and Ross), George Washington (Bowles), James Henry (Davidson and Frost), Andrew Jackson
(Lee and Wasson/Henderson), Susan Hannah (Farris). The descendants of the children of Elijah are many. We have many of them listed. They were born in the last quarter of the 19th and the first of the 20th centuries. Most lived in and around Sedalia, Missouri. This was the age of the railroad, and Sedalia was a rail center with shops for the MKT and the MoPac. Many of the descendants of Elijah Newton and Polly Dewitt Farley moved from subsistance farming to modern agriculture or to working for the railroad.
Ken Farley, 8464 W. 66th Circle, Arvada, Co. 80004, has developed the list of descendants with the addresses and some information about many of them.
More About REV. ELIJAH NEWTON FARLEY:
Date born 2: 13 Aug 1818, Sevier county, Tennessee35,36
Died 2: 03 Oct 1863, Ellis cemetery (near Knob Noster), Johnson county, Missouri37,38
Burial: Unknown, Ellis Cemetery, Johnson county, Missouri39,40
Cause of Death: Consumption40
Military service: Served in Civil War with the Missouri 27th Mtd., B Co.41,42
Occupation 1: Baptist Minister43,44
Occupation 2: 1860, Methodist Clergyman45,46
Residence 1: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson, Missouri47,48
Residence 2: Moved to Missouri in 183349,50
Residence 3: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson, Missouri51,52
More About ELIJAH FARLEY and MARY DEWITT:
Marriage 1: 13 Oct 1842
Marriage 2: 16 Oct 1842, Cooper County, Missouri53,54
More About WILLIAM KABLER and MARY DEWITT:
Marriage: 31 Mar 1881, Pettis Co, MO
Children of MARY DEWITT and ELIJAH FARLEY are:
31. i. REVEREND JOHN THOMAS9 FARLEY, b. 24 Feb 1844, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 20 Aug 1906, Old Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery county, Kansas.
ii. FRANCIS MARION FARLEY55,56, b. 08 Apr 1848, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo (probably)57,58; d. 1918, Warrensburg, Missouri; m. BARBARA FRANCES BARNHART59,60,61, Bef. 1877, Unknown62; b. 1846, MO, USA63,64; d. Unknown, unknown64.
More About FRANCIS MARION FARLEY:
Died 2: Bet. 22 Sep - 12 Oct 1918, Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri65,66
Occupation: 1870, Farmer67,68
Residence 1: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo69,70
Residence 2: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)71,72
Residence 3: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (22 with mother)73,74
More About BARBARA FRANCES BARNHART:
Date born 2: Abt. 1846, Missouri, USA74
Residence: Cole county, Missouri75,76
More About FRANCIS FARLEY and BARBARA BARNHART:
Marriage 1: Bef. 1877, Unknown76
Marriage 2: Jul 1874, Unknown77,78
iii. WILLIAM FRANKLIN FARLEY79,80, b. 24 Feb 1846, unknown81,82; d. 04 Jan 1864, (Knobnoster)Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, Missouri83,84.
Notes for WILLIAM FRANKLIN FARLEY:
Union Soldier in Civil War
More About WILLIAM FRANKLIN FARLEY:
Name 2: William Farley
Residence 1: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson county, Missouri, USA85,86
Residence 2: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, Missouri, USA (with parents)87,88
iv. JASPER NEWTON FARLEY89,90, b. 28 Feb 1850, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo91,92; d. 30 Jul 1931, Basin, , Wyomin, USA93,94; m. (1) JEMINIA WHITE95,96, 01 Mar 1874, Unknown97,98; b. Unknown, unknown98; d. Unknown; m. (2) ANDRUM BLACK99,100, 1877, Unknown101,102; b. 1863, Corsicana, co., MO103,104; d. 1915, unknown105,106.
Notes for JASPER NEWTON FARLEY:
Went to Wyoming
More About JASPER NEWTON FARLEY:
Name 2: Jasper Farley
Occupation: 1870, Farmer107,108
Residence 1: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo109,110
Residence 2: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)111,112
Residence 3: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)113,114
More About JASPER FARLEY and JEMINIA WHITE:
Marriage: 01 Mar 1874, Unknown115,116
More About JASPER FARLEY and ANDRUM BLACK:
Marriage: 1877, Unknown117,118
v. LARKIN DEWITT FARLEY119,120, b. 20 Dec 1852, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo (probably)121,122; d. Bet. 24 - 25 Sep 1888, Adams Cemetery (near Knobnoster), Johnson co, Missouri USA123,124; m. ANGELINE BERRY125,126, 27 Oct 1878, Unknown127,128; b. 16 Feb 1856, Johnson Co, Missouri, USA129,130; d. 22 Sep 1892, unknown131,132.
More About LARKIN DEWITT FARLEY:
Cemetery: GPS coordinates 384515N 0933752W Warrensburg East (nothwest of Knobnoster State Park)132
Residence 1: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)133,134
Residence 2: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)135,136
More About LARKIN FARLEY and ANGELINE BERRY:
Marriage: 27 Oct 1878, Unknown137,138
32. vi. DANIEL LEE FARLEY, b. 21 Jun 1855, Warrensburg, Johnson county, Mo; d. 17 Nov 1930, Near Otterville, Cooper county, MO.
vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON FARLEY139,140, b. 05 May 1857, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo (probably)141,142; d. 03 Feb 1933, Old City Cemetery, Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, USA143,144; m. (1) ELNORA R145,146; b. 1857, unknown146; d. 1935, Old City Cemetery, Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, USA146; m. (2) SARAH EMALINE JOSEPHINE BOWLES147,148, Unknown, Unknown148; b. Unknown, unknown148; d. Unknown, unknown148.
Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON FARLEY:
Went to Ray County, Missouri
More About GEORGE WASHINGTON FARLEY:
Name 2: George W. Farley
Residence 1: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)149,150
Residence 2: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)151,152
Residence 3: 1880, District 120 Heath's Creek, Pettis, Mo153,154
More About GEORGE FARLEY and SARAH BOWLES:
Marriage: Unknown, Unknown154
viii. JAMES HENRY FARLEY155,156, b. 22 May 1859, Jefferson, Johnson county, Mo (probably)157,158; d. 14 Aug 1948, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA159,160; m. (1) NANCY E DAVIDSON161,162, Abt. 1884, Unknown163,164; b. Abt. 1884, unknown165,166; d. Abt. 1907, unknown167,168; m. (2) ELLA FROST169,170, Bet. 1908 - 1910, Unknown171,172; b. Unknown, unknown172; d. Unknown, unknown172.
Notes for JAMES HENRY FARLEY:
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Thanks to Iris Lee Holt <irislee@ipns.com> and Ken Farley for the following
James H and Nancy E (Davidson) Farley had no children of their own but they cared for Larkin and Angie (Berry) Farley (James' brother and sister-in-law's) children after Larkin and Angie died and before Nancy died.
More About JAMES HENRY FARLEY:
Residence 1: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)173,174
Residence 2: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)175,176
Residence 3: 1880, District 120 Heath's Creek, Pettis, Mo177,178
More About JAMES FARLEY and NANCY DAVIDSON:
Marriage: Abt. 1884, Unknown179,180
More About JAMES FARLEY and ELLA FROST:
Marriage: Bet. 1908 - 1910, Unknown181,182
ix. ANDREW JACKSON FARLEY183,184, b. 01 Feb 1862; d. 03 Oct 1925, unknown185,186; m. (1) NANCY ELIZABETH LEE187,188, 18 Oct 1883; b. Bet. 15 - 18 Apr 1861, Beaman, co, Missouri, USA189,190; d. 12 Oct 1919, unknown191,192; m. (2) ROSE (WASSON) HENDERSON193,194, Unknown, Unknown194; b. 15 Jan 1867, West Viriginia, USA195,196; d. Unknown, unknown196.
More About ANDREW JACKSON FARLEY:
Date born 2: 01 Feb 1862, Knobnoster, Johnson co, Missouri USA197,198,199
Fact: 1870 Census taker recorded His name As Anderson (instead of Andrew)200,201
Residence 1: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)202,203
Residence 2: 1880, District 120 Heath's Creek, Pettis, Mo204,205
Residence 3: 1910, PRAIRIE TWP, PETTIS, Missouri206,207
More About NANCY ELIZABETH LEE:
Name 2: Nancy E. Lee
More About ANDREW FARLEY and NANCY LEE:
Marriage 1: 18 Oct 1883
Marriage 2: 18 Oct 1883, Pettis County, Missouri208,209
More About ANDREW FARLEY and ROSE HENDERSON:
Marriage: Unknown, Unknown209
x. SUSAN HANNAH FARLEY210,211, b. Abt. 1855; d. 16 Mar 1902, Lamonte, Missouri; m. MELGAR B FARRIS212,213, Unknown, Unknown213; b. Unknown, unknown213; d. Unknown, unknown213.
More About SUSAN HANNAH FARLEY:
Name 2: Susan H. Farley
Date born 2: 07 Apr 1864, Missouri, USA214,215
Died 2: 16 Mar 1904, Lamonte, Missouri216,217
Residence 1: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)218,219
Residence 2: 1880, District 120 Heath's Creek, Pettis, Mo220,221
More About MELGAR B FARRIS:
Name 2: M. B. Farris
More About MELGAR FARRIS and SUSAN FARLEY:
Marriage: Unknown, Unknown221
18. THOMAS P.8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 27 Feb 1823 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 24 Aug 1898 in Cooper County, Missouri. He married RHODA JENNINGS, daughter of ? JENNINGS and MARY ??. She was born 11 May 1833 in Missouri, and died Unknown.
Notes for THOMAS P. DEWITT:
Thomas P DeWitt b 2-27-1823 d 8-24-1898 m. Rhoda Jennings
on page 210 it gives more detail:
Thomas P DeWitt son of Larkin DeWitt and Hannah (Potter-Ewing) DeWitt, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, February 27, 1923. he went to California in the gold rush of 1849 with his brother John P DeWitt taking the Santa Fe Trail. His brother bejamin Franklin DeWitt, Abraham Potter and Thomas Pinder Potter accompanied them from Cooper county to Independence, Missouri where his brother Benjamin Franklin DeWitt nd the two Potter boys left them and took the overland trail up the Platte River and on through Fort Laramie. After his retun from Califonia he married Rhoda Jennings and to their marriage was born:
Sarah DeWitt
He died at Cooper County, Missouri, August 24, 1898 and is bured in the Irvin Cemetery in Pettis County, Missouri.
IRWIN CEMETERY, BOWLING GREEN TOWNSHIP, PETTIS COUNTY MISSOURI
COMPILED IN EARLY 1960'S BY MRS J R CARTER
TRANSCRIBED BY LAURA PAXTON
DEWITT, THOMAS P. B FEB 27 1823 D AUG 24 1898
DEWITT, RHODA A WIFE OF THOMAS B MAY 11 1833
More About THOMAS P. DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Irvin Cemetery in Pettis Co, MO
Notes for RHODA JENNINGS:
Thomas Pindar Dewitt 1823-1898 & Rhoda A. Jennings b 1833
through their child: Nancy Diana Dewitt 1854-1933 (m. Isaac S. Ellis III) Thomas Dewitt and Rhoda had two living children. My ancestor was not listed in the Bennet book but all census records support it.
What I really am having a hard time is on the Jennings family. Do you have any idea who Rhoda Jennings parents are? Rhoda is a sister to your Lucinda Jennings.
Great web site! Sandra Gregg Ihrig, The Dalles, OR.
More About RHODA JENNINGS:
Burial: Unknown, Irvin Cemetery, Pettis County, Missouri
Children of THOMAS DEWITT and RHODA JENNINGS are:
i. NANCY DIANA9 DEWITT, b. 1852; d. 1933; m. ISAAC S. ELLIS III; d. Unknown.
ii. SARAH DEWITT, b. 1867; d. Unknown.
19. ISAIAH8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 05 Aug 1825, and died 15 Apr 1891. He married (1) NANCY JANE BRYANT. She was born 1830, and died Unknown. He married (2) SARAH DOUGHTON 16 Oct 1882 in Mrs. Doughtons residence, McDonald County, Missouri. She died Unknown.
Notes for ISAIAH DEWITT:
"Isaiah DeWitt 1825-1891. Isaiah DeWitt, son of Larkin DeWitt and Hannah (Potter-Ewing), DeWitt, his wife, was born in Cooper County, Missour, August 5, 1825.
He was enrolled at Springfield, Missouri, December 14, 1863, as private, company I, 2nd regiment, Missouri Ligt Artillery, U.S.A., and as mustered out with the battery and honorably discharged at Benton Barracks, Missouri, August 23, 1865, a private.
On Ocober 16, 1882 he married Sarah Doughtons at Mrs. Doughtons' residence in McDonald County, Missouri, Ceremony by A. N. Jones, J.P.
He died at Powell in McDonald County, Missour, April 15, 1891 and is buried in that vicinity."
More About ISAIAH DEWITT and NANCY BRYANT:
Marriage settlement: Performed by J. P. Jones
Notes for SARAH DOUGHTON:
From: Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington DC
Dated: September 5, 1899
To: The Chief of the S. E. Division
Sir:
Herewith plase find the papers in th claim of Sarah, pensioned as the widow of Isaiah DeWitt, a late private, Co. I, 2" MO. L. Art., Ctf #447,395, and voucher representing the first payment covering the period from July 11, 1891, to May 4, 1897, and paid and ceancelled check issued thereon for th esum of $548.13.
The widow is pensioned under the act of June 27, 1890. She is now prosecuting the invalid claim under the general law, which was pending at the time of the death of her deceased husband, the soldier.
In a letter of Aug. 7, 1899 one Wiley Doughton states that he is the son of the pensioner and that she is not entitled to a pension by reason of the fact that she is not dependent, as required by the provisions of the act of June 27, 1890. That his mother is engaged in the illicit sale of liquor from which she derives a considerable income. That she is also possessed of considerable property -- 80 acres of land, and mules and horses, and other personal property.
In addition to that portion of his letter referring to his mother's non-dependence, the writer states that one J.A. Foster, who was instrumental in the prosecution of the widow's claim under the June act and who is also intrumental in the prosecution of the pending invalid claim, widow completing, has an agreement with the pensioner that he is to receive one half of whatever amount is allowed under the old law. It is also intimated that he may have received a considerable portion of the sum allowed under the June act.
The claim under the old law is about ready for final action, and the Southern Division has recommended that it be approved.
All parties live in or newar Cyclone, McDonald Co., Mo., and it is requested that the papers be forwarded to an examiner whose territory embraces that locality, with instruction ta make a full investigation o fthe charges relative to the property owend by the pensioner. If it be found that she is possessed of property to such an extent as would prevent her being entitled to a pension under the provisions of the act of June 27, 1890, the special examiner shoudl secure a description of said property, which shoudl appear as an exhibit in the his report, together with a full statement as teo when and how she became possessed of such property. If any of the pendion money received by the pensioner has been by her invested in this property, then that fact should appear.
In addition to his investigation touching the pensioner's dependence, the examiner should carefully inquire into any fee that the said J. A. Foster may have received from the pension granted under the act of June 27, 1890, and any agreement he may have had as to the fee he is to receive from any pension that may be granted under the general law. If an illegal fee has beenn received by the said J. A. Foster, evidence bearing thereon should be secured sufficient to sustain successful criminal proceedings, provided such proceedings should be instituted.
This letter should appear as an exhibit in the special examiner's report.
Very respectfully,
Chief Law Division
More About ISAIAH DEWITT and SARAH DOUGHTON:
Marriage: 16 Oct 1882, Mrs. Doughtons residence, McDonald County, Missouri
Children of ISAIAH DEWITT and NANCY BRYANT are:
i. MARTHA9 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
Notes for MARTHA DEWITT:
Died at age 19
33. ii. THOMAS L DEWITT, b. 1851; d. Unknown.
iii. NANCY E DEWITT, b. 1852; d. Unknown.
iv. MARY ELLEN DEWITT, b. 1854; d. Unknown.
34. v. LARKIN WASHINGTON DEWITT, b. 1859; d. Unknown.
35. vi. JEFFERSON ISAIAH DEWITT, b. 1861; d. Unknown.
36. vii. WILLIAM FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. 1863; d. Unknown.
viii. SARAH DEWITT, b. 1865; d. Unknown.
37. ix. JAMES H DEWITT, b. 1866; d. Unknown.
x. JOHN DEWITT, b. 1868; d. Unknown.
20. HANNAH8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 27 Feb 1827 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 21 Nov 1907. She married WILLIAM POTTER 14 May 1843 in Cooper County, Missouri, son of JOHN POTTER and MARTHA EDGAR. He was born 28 Dec 1819 in KY, and died 07 May 1870 in Cooper County, Missouri.
Notes for WILLIAM POTTER:
William Potter son of John Potter and Martha Patsey was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri December 28, 1819 and died in Cooper County, Missouri, May 7, 1870. On May 14, 1843 he married Hannah DeWitt daughter of Larkin Dewitt and Hannah Potter. William and his wife Hannah are both buried in the Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri.
All of the above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and related families" by Paul Bennett
More About WILLIAM POTTER and HANNAH DEWITT:
Marriage: 14 May 1843, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage contract: B-157
Children of HANNAH DEWITT and WILLIAM POTTER are:
38. i. GEORGE W9 POTTER, b. 01 Jul 1844; d. 01 Aug 1928.
39. ii. ALEXANDER C POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. MARY ANN POTTER, b. 01 Feb 1847; d. 01 Jul 1931; m. WILLIS NORMAN PHILLIPS, 28 Apr 1868, Cooper County, Missouri; b. 11 Jan 1846; d. 01 Feb 1913.
More About WILLIS PHILLIPS and MARY POTTER:
Marriage: 28 Apr 1868, Cooper County, Missouri
40. iv. JOHN POTTER, d. Unknown.
41. v. WILLIAM POTTER, d. Unknown.
42. vi. MARTHA E POTTER, b. 08 Oct 1855; d. 18 Jun 1891.
43. vii. JOSEPH A POTTER, d. Unknown.
44. viii. DR. NELSON POTTER, d. Unknown.
ix. LEVI POTTER, b. 21 Feb 1861; d. 01 Aug 1872.
More About LEVI POTTER:
Died 2: Accidentally shot and killed by brother.
45. x. REVERAND THOMAS POTTER, d. Unknown.
xi. DR. JAMES POTTER, d. Unknown; m. (1) SULA SEAL; d. Unknown; m. (2) MAE ??; d. Unknown.
Notes for DR. JAMES POTTER:
Practiced medicine and surgery in St. Louis, Missouri
21. JANE8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 09 Mar 1829, and died 07 Oct 1877. She married THOMAS LICKLIDER. He was born 14 Feb 1810, and died 04 Feb 1882.
Child of JANE DEWITT and THOMAS LICKLIDER is:
i. DANIEL PARRON9 LICKLIDER, b. 05 Sep 1842; d. 1873.
Notes for DANIEL PARRON LICKLIDER:
Name: Daniel Parron Licklider
Birth Date: 05 Sep 1842
Death Date: 1873
son of Thomas L. & Jane (-) Licklider; hus. of - DeWitt (dau. of Larkin DeWitt)
Cemetery: Pilot Grove Cemetery
Description: location: At front (south) center; east of main drive (right side); extending to fence on east boundary & north to 1st W - E driveway
Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri, Volume X
More About DANIEL PARRON LICKLIDER:
Burial: Unknown, Pilot Grove Cemetery
22. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 02 Oct 1830 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 31 Jul 1917. He married PERMELIA ANN POTTER 13 Mar 1856 in Cooper County, Missouri, daughter of JOHN POTTER and MARTHA EDGAR. She was born 06 Aug 1830 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 20 Dec 1915.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT:
Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri, October 2, 1830. In 1849 whenhe was 19 years of age, he and his two brothers, Thomas P. DeWitt and John P. DeWitt (my ancestor) together with Abraham Potter and Thomas Pindar Potter left Cooper county on foot headed fo California and the gold fields. He had only $2.50 in money, his rifle, and some ammunition when he left home. They left in the spring of 1849 and walked barefoot, carrying their boots so that they would have them to wear in the mountains. The first day they walked to William Potter's place near Warrensburg where they spent the night and the next morning left for Independence, Missouri, where their trail crosed the Santa Fe Trail. Here they separated and Thomas P DeWitt and John P DeWitt took the Santa Fe Trail. Benjamin with Abraham and Thomas Pindar Potter took the overland or Oregon Trail and tramped up the trail to Tecumseh Nebraska and followed the North Platte River to Fort Laramie, Nebraska which is now in Wyoming. On the way, Thomas pindar Potter took sick with the cholera. They had to camp a few days' however, they could not wait long and they decidedone night that if he wasn't better by morning they would leave him some water and provisions and go on. By morning he was much better and accompanied them on to California and returned home with them. On their way they saw grizzly bears in the mountains but as they were inexperieced and knew that they were very hard to kill, they did not shoot at them. At Fort Laramie, Wyoming, which was then Nebraska they spent the winter of 1849-1850. In the spring they resumed their journey by way of the Overland Trail. Once while riding a mule through the mountains at night, he heard an Indian warwhoop up a canon which was answered by an Indian from down in the canyon. Fearing the mule might bray and give awy his location, he got off the mule and knocked him in the head and proceeded on foot. At Fort Laramie he hired to the Government and drove 6 oxen and hauled a wagon loaded with barrels of whiskey to San Francisco. He crossed the great salt desert on foot and paid $0.50 a pint for water to drink from a man who was taking water out on the desert and selling it to those who were crossing. On the trip to California after they had joined the wagon train at Fort Laramie, one fellow boasted that he was going to kill the first Indian that he saw. They tried to persuade him not to start any trouble unless they were attacked, but he would not listen to them. The first Indian that he saw was a squaw and in spite of their warnings, the man killed the squaw. That evening the Indians surrounded their camp and demanded they turn over to them the man who had killed th esquaw and they would not harm the rest of them. In order to prevent a fight, they trned the man over to the Indians who took him a short distance aside and in full view of those in camp they skinned him alive with their skinning knives and the man soon died. After many hardships Benjamin Franklin DeWitt and the Potter boys reached California and set up their mining camp at Rough and Ready where they mined gold until they left for home in 1855. while at their mining camp toward the end of their stay a couple of strangers set up camp near by and pretended to be prospecting for gold. However, these stranger seemed more interested in watching what he an dthe Potter boys were doing than in their own mingin operations. The strangers kept coming over to see what he and the Potter boys were doing, so one day after they had prepared buckskin bags for their gold and after sacking and hiding their gold and getting everything in readiness for their departure they went to town pretending to be restocking for another 6 week stay. The strangers followed them to town and came into the store where he and the potter boys were trading. In their presence he and the Potter boys purchased another 6 week supply of provisions and said "when we eat these up we are going where the women do the cooking as we are tired of batching". They returned to their camp and store their provisions in their shack as though they were going to stay a while longer and that night they loaded their gold and slipped away and headed for San Francisco. They carried the buckskin bags of gold under their arms suspended by straps over their shoulders with a loose out coat or duster concealing the bags. The next day about the middle of the afternoon the strangers overtook them on their way to San Francisco and attempted to rob them of their gold, but he and the Potter boys got throught to San Francisco with all of their gold and took a ship down to Panama where they purchased mules and rode across the Isthmus of Panama on mules and took a ship and sailed for New york. From there they went to Philadelphia where they had their gold minted. They returned to Cooper Coutny, Missouri.
After returning home he and the Potter boys built the Lamine Baptist Church, furnished it and secured a preacher and were regular attndants at services there. Uncle Frank and Aunt Ann as he and his wife were affectionately called, usually rode horseback to church, she riding her side saddle. They were often a little late, but th congregation would wait for them. When they saw them coming would say, "We can now have services--here comes Uncle Frank and Aunt Ann."
After returning home Benjamin Franklin DeWitt rode horseback to McDonald County, Missouri, and visited relatives. He retuned home and on March 13, 1856 married Permelia Ann Potter, sister of the Potter boys who had made the trip to the gold fields of California in 1849, at Thomas Potter's residence in the presence of a large number of young people.
AFter his marriage he began to purchase land and accumulated 17 forties. He built a large frame home which is still standing and is now owned and occupied by his grandson Elmer DeWitt and family.
While in California, flour cost $1.00 per pound and an axe cost $5.00 without the handle.
Benjamin Franklin DeWitt died testate at his home on the farm in Pettis County, Missouri, on July 3, 1917. His son Joseph A DeWitt was named executor in his Last Will and Testament and administered upon his estate. See Probate Records of Pettis County, MO 5017-178-3. Those named as surviving heirs:
Permelisa Ann DeWitt - Widow
Joseph A DeWitt
Calvin I DeWitt
Benjamin F DeWitt
Larkin T DeWitt
Cevia McMullin
Above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and realted families" by Paul Bennett.
Notes for PERMELIA ANN POTTER:
Permelia Ann Potter, daughter of John Potter and Martha Edgar, was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri, August 6, 1830, and died in Pettis County, Missouri, December 20, 1915. On March 13, 1856 she married Benjamin Franklin DeWitt son of Larkin DeWitt and Hannah Potter.
Permelia Ann and her husband Benjamin Franklin DeWitt are buried in the Potter Cemetery in Cooper County, Missouri.
All of the above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and related families" by Paul Bennett
More About BENJAMIN DEWITT and PERMELIA POTTER:
Marriage: 13 Mar 1856, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage contract: C-132
Children of BENJAMIN DEWITT and PERMELIA POTTER are:
46. i. LARKIN THOMAS9 DEWITT, b. 13 Dec 1856; d. 1940.
ii. MARTHA DEWITT, b. 31 Dec 1857; d. 17 Sep 1859.
iii. JOHN POTTER DEWITT, b. 30 Mar 1859; d. 14 Jan 1860.
More About JOHN POTTER DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
iv. UNNAMED SON DEWITT, b. 14 May 1861; d. 22 Jul 1861.
v. UNNAMED SON DEWITT, b. 10 Sep 1862; d. 10 Sep 1862.
vi. UNNAMED DAUGHTER DEWITT, b. 10 Sep 1862; d. 18 Sep 1862.
47. vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. 04 Oct 1863; d. 09 Nov 1949.
48. viii. CALVIN ISAIAH DEWITT, b. 22 Jul 1866; d. 08 Sep 1940.
49. ix. JOSEPH ANDERSON DEWITT, b. 15 Jun 1869, Heath Creek Township, Pettis County, Missouri; d. 15 Mar 1945.
50. x. CEVIA ANN DEWITT, b. 28 Aug 1873, Heath Creek Township, Pettis County, Missouri; d. 09 Aug 1950.
23. JOHN PINDAR8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 12 Jan 1833 in Cooper County, Missouri, and died 08 Apr 1917 in Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma222. He married LUCINDA JANE JENNINGS 30 May 1852 in Cooper County, Missouri, daughter of ? JENNINGS and MARY ??. She was born 1837, and died 13 Oct 1919 in Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
Notes for JOHN PINDAR DEWITT:
Middle name is possily Potter per John Hall's daughter Cherry.
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Was a blacksmith at one time. According to Grandson Hiram Vincent (who lived with him as a child) he was also a Baptist Minister and a Doctor and was called away from the pulpit many times to deliver babies.
John P DeWitt, son of Larkin DeWitt and Hannah Potter, his wife, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, January 12, 1833. He went to California in the Gold Rush of 1849 with his brother Thomas P. DeWitt traveling the Sante Fe Trail from Independence, Missouri. On May 30, 1852 he married Lucinda Jane Jennings, of Cooper County, MO, ceremony by W.M. Fargus, a Baptist Minister, (Marriage Records of Cooper County, MO, c-58). Their license was issued at Boonville, Missouri, and they were married about 12 miles frm Boonville.
John P. DeWitt enlisted at Otterville, Missour, August 15, 1864, private, Company B, 48th Regiment, Missouri, Infantry, and was honorably discharged June 29, 1865, (National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
He was a blacksmith by trade and died at Noble, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, April 8, 1917, aged 84 yrs., 2 mo., and 25days. he is buried there in Dripping Spring Cemetery. his wife died October 31, 1919 and is buried 6 miles east of Noble, Cleaveland County, Oklahoma.
More About JOHN PINDAR DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Fairview/Maguire Cemetery, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Census 1: 1880, 7th Precinct Grayson County, Texas
Census 2: 1900, Washita, Custer County, Oklahoma
Census 3: 1910, MALPAIZ, UNION, NM
More About LUCINDA JANE JENNINGS:
Burial: Unknown, Fairview/Maguire Cemetary, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
More About JOHN DEWITT and LUCINDA JENNINGS:
Marriage: 30 May 1852, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage license: Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri
Note: Performed by: W.M. Fargus, a Baptist Minister
Children of JOHN DEWITT and LUCINDA JENNINGS are:
51. i. MARY HANNAH9 DEWITT, b. 23 Feb 1853, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 1882, Texas.
ii. MARTHA P. DEWITT, b. 01 Jan 1855, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. 22 Jan 1856, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
iv. RHODA J. DEWITT, b. 01 Oct 1857, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
More About RHODA J. DEWITT:
Name may be: Rhonda
52. v. LARKIN JOHN DEWITT, b. 16 Oct 1859, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 12 Sep 1928, Noble, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
53. vi. LUCINDA ANN ELIZABETH DEWITT, b. 18 Jan 1861, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 11 Dec 1953, Sayre, Oklahoma.
54. vii. NANCY ANGELINE DEWITT, b. 01 Mar 1863, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 01 Jan 1940, Portalas, Roosevelt County, New Mexico.
viii. LAURA R. DEWITT, b. 27 Sep 1865, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
55. ix. SARAH ISABELLA DEWITT, b. 22 Apr 1867, Cooper County, Missouri; d. 27 Feb 1927.
x. RHODA ISABELLA DEWITT, b. 17 Nov 1870, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
56. xi. THOMAS E. DEWITT, b. 28 Nov 1873, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
57. xii. WILLIAM L. DEWITT, b. 01 Apr 1875, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
24. GEORGE LAFAYETTE8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 22 Jan 1835, and died Unknown. He married LOUISA D BLACK. She was born 1839, and died Unknown.
Notes for GEORGE LAFAYETTE DEWITT:
He was a Medium or Spiritualis and often held meeting and demonstrated his ability as such (Paul Bennett in Bennett-DeWitt book). He enlisted in Newton County, Arkansas September 15, 1862, private, Company G, 3rd Regiment of Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A, known as Shelby's Brigade. He also served in Smith's Regiment Missouri Cavalry; Thompson's Regiment Missouri Cavalry; and Hooper's Regiment Missouri Cavalry, but designated by the Confederat War as the 6th Regiment Missouri Cavalry.
Affectionately called "Uncle Lafe" by his nephews who enjoyed attending his spiritualist meetings.
Children of GEORGE DEWITT and LOUISA BLACK are:
i. ISAIAH9 DEWITT, b. 1856; d. Unknown.
58. ii. SARAH MISSOURI ANN DEWITT, b. 1858; d. Unknown.
iii. HANNAH DEWITT, b. 1860; d. Unknown.
25. MARTIN VAN BUREN8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1841 in Missouri, and died Unknown. He married IRENA J. RADFORD. She was born Abt. 1848 in Kentucky, and died Unknown.
Notes for MARTIN VAN BUREN DEWITT:
H/H, page 315B
H/H, 1A
H/H, page 2B
Martin V DeWitt, son of Larkin DeWitt and Priscilla Castile DeWitt, was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri in the year of 1841. he enlisted at Camp Cedar, Arkansas, as a Private in Company C, Hunter's Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Confederat States of America. Hunter's Battalion consisted of 7 companies which previously served as cavalry and was organized August 31, 1862. The battalion was increased by the addition of other companies and organized as the 2nd otherwise known as Hunter's Regiment, Missouri Infantry, September 15, 1862. It's designation was chnged to 8th regiment, Missouri Infantry and finally to 11th Regiment Missouri Infanty. He was wounded and captured at Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and was paroled on Polk's Plantation six miles from Helena on July 7, 1863. He was surrendered May11, 1865 as private, Company A, Freeman's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A., and was paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865. He enlisted this time at Strawberry, Arkansa. he 24 years of age, had dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, and 5 feet 6 inches in height. (National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
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From: "Bill & Cheryl Hodges" <cbhodges@surfbest.net>
To: markkell95@sbcglobal.net
CC: cbhodges@surfbest.net
Subject: Larkin DeWitt's son Martin Van Buren DeWitt
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:33:45 -0600
Kellie:
Just found your website today, and thought you might appreciate the following information on another son of Larkin and Priscilla DeWitt.
I am a descendant of Martin V. DeWitt, eldest son of Larkin and Priscilla Casteel. Martin was born in 1842 in Cooper County, MO. He died 1931 in Izard County Arkansas, and is buried at Trimble Campground Cemetery, near Pineville, AR. Martin was married to Erena Radford, with the following children: Sarah, born 1868, Larkin M., born 1869, James M., born 1876, Henry A, born 1883, Matilda, born 1886 and William Loren, born Dec 29, 1888.
My grandfather is William Loren DeWitt, died November 7, 1976 (buried Flora Cemetery, Fulton County, AR). He married Celia M. Owen on December 1, 1920 at Rodney, AR. Celia, born November 29, 1895, (also buried at Flora), is the youngest daughter of John Lewis Owen and Mary M. (Thrasher) Owen.
William Loren DeWitt's father Martin V DeWitt served in the CSA, Freeman's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, Co. A, and also the 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Co. C.
The following is per my grandfather who grew up on the farm in Izard County,"The Larkin DeWitt family was living near Pineville, McDonald County, MO at the start of the Civil War. Martin joined the CSA, to the dislike of his father Larkin. After the war, Martin returned to his father's place and was met by Larkin, gun in hand, and told he was not welcome as he was a Rebel". Martin at that point migrated to Izard County, AR. My grandfather William Loren DeWitt said that to his knowledge, his father never saw his parents Larkin, Priscilla or family again.
William Loren and Celia DeWitt's children are: Hazle G, born March 31, 1922, Beatrice Ellen, William Radford, J.V. (Jack), Troy E. and Dorothy Lela.
My mother is Hazle G. (DeWitt) Hodges who married William E. Hodges, born October 28, 1922. My dad is the son of James Horace Hodges and Nora Lucy (Stephens) Hodges, both of the Elizabeth, AR area. Mom was born on the Martin DeWitt farm (near Pineville, Dolph and Rodney, AR). Her father, William Loren DeWitt bought a farm near the Viola area (Flora) in the early 1930's and raised his family.
William E. Hodges, Jr.
More About MARTIN VAN BUREN DEWITT:
Census 1: 1880, Union Twp., Izard, AR
Census 2: 01 Jun 1900, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Census 3: 18 Apr 1910, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Military service: Confederate Army in Civil War
Occupation: Justice of the Peace
More About IRENA J. RADFORD:
Census 1: 1850, District 1, Calloway, KY
Census 2: 24 Jul 1860, Union Twp., Izard, AR
Census 3: 1880, Union Twp., Izard, AR
Census 4: 18 Apr 1910, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Record Change: 30 May 2003
Children of MARTIN DEWITT and IRENA RADFORD are:
59. i. SARAH B.9 DEWITT, b. Aug 1868, AR; d. Unknown.
60. ii. LARKIN JOHN DEWITT, b. 08 Mar 1871, AR; d. 03 Jan 1951, General Hospital of Riverside, Arlington, Riverside, CA.
61. iii. JAMES M. DEWITT, b. Jan 1876, AR; d. Unknown.
62. iv. FRANKLIN LEANDER DEWITT, b. 12 Jan 1878, AR; d. 15 Aug 1966, Black Oak, Craighead, AR.
v. HENRY ALFORD DEWITT, b. 13 Jun 1883, AR; d. Dec 1976, Bexar, Fulton, AR; m. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1920; d. Unknown.
Notes for HENRY ALFORD DEWITT:
[dewitt.FTW]
with Martin DeWitt
H/H, page 9A
H/H, page 3A
More About HENRY ALFORD DEWITT:
Census 1: 01 Jun 1900, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Census 2: 18 Apr 1910, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Census 3: 30 Apr 1910, Northfork Twp., Baxter, AR
Census 4: 05 Apr 1930, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Record Change: 31 May 2003
More About UNKNOWN:
Record Change: 27 May 2003
More About HENRY DEWITT and UNKNOWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1920
vi. MATILDA E. DEWITT, b. Jun 1886, AR; d. Unknown.
More About MATILDA E. DEWITT:
Census: 01 Jun 1900, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Record Change: 30 May 2003
vii. LOREN WILLIAM DEWITT, b. 29 Dec 1888, AR; d. Nov 1976, Salem, Fulton, AR; m. CELIA M.; b. 29 Nov 1895, AR; d. Jan 1986, West Plains, Howell, MO.
Notes for LOREN WILLIAM DEWITT:
[dewitt.FTW]
with Martin DeWitt
H/H, page 6A
More About LOREN WILLIAM DEWITT:
Census 1: 01 Jun 1900, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Census 2: 18 Apr 1910, Bryan Twp., Izard, AR
Census 3: 12 Apr 1930, Norfork Twp., Baxter, AR
Record Change: 30 May 2003
More About CELIA M.:
Census: 12 Apr 1930, Norfork Twp., Baxter, AR
Record Change: 29 May 2003
26. EMELINE8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born in on Farm in Cooper County, Missouri, and died Unknown. She married DANIEL LICKLIDER. He died Unknown.
Child of EMELINE DEWITT and DANIEL LICKLIDER is:
i. JOE9 LICKLIDER, d. Unknown.
27. JASPER8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 24 Oct 1854, and died 27 Apr 1935 in Farm of Benjamin Franklin DeWitt in Cooper County, Missouri. He married MARGARET W. MCBRIDE 30 Sep 1880. She was born 15 Jun 1861, and died 20 Jun 1891.
Notes for JASPER DEWITT:
Jasper DeWitt, son of Larkin DeWitt and Priscilla Castile, was born on a Farm in Cooper County, Missouri. He was a twin brother of Newton DeWitt. Jasper DeWitt married Margaret W. McBride, sister of James G. McBride, husband of Marhta Potter, who was the daughter of William Potter and Hannah DeWitt.
Jasper DeWitt was a fine singer and always led the singing at Lamine Baptist Church in Cooper County, Missouri. He died on the farm of his half-brother Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, in Pettis County and is buried in the Potter Cemetery, in Cooper County, Missouri.
Information above from book "Bennett-DeWitt and Related Families" by Paul Bennett
More About JASPER DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About MARGARET W. MCBRIDE:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About JASPER DEWITT and MARGARET MCBRIDE:
Marriage: 30 Sep 1880
Children of JASPER DEWITT and MARGARET MCBRIDE are:
i. JAMES CARLE9 DEWITT, b. 12 Aug 1881; d. 13 Apr 1882.
More About JAMES CARLE DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
ii. BERTIE DEWITT, d. Unknown.
28. DELUCIOUS8 DEWITT (LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 29 May 1858 in Sadalia, Mcdonal co. Mo, and died 17 Nov 1942 in SLC Utah. He married MARY ELIZABETH WARRILOW 23 Mar 1903. She died Unknown.
More About DELUCIOUS DEWITT and MARY WARRILOW:
Marriage: 23 Mar 1903
Child of DELUCIOUS DEWITT and MARY WARRILOW is:
i. JOSEPH ORSON DELUCIUS9 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 9
29. ROBERT WILLIAM9 POTTER (ROBERT FRANKLIN8, REUBEN7, ROBERT6, JOSEPH5, SARAH4 WITT, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 05 Aug 1850 in Trowbridge, Allegan, MI223, and died 16 Oct 1924 in Berlamont, Van Buren, MI223. He married JENNY AUGUSTA CALDWELL, daughter of HENRY CALDWELL and LOUISA DICKERSON. She was born 09 Aug 1859 in Liberty, Outagamie, WI; 3224, and died 21 Apr 1920 in Berlamont, Van Buren, MI.
More About ROBERT WILLIAM POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Berlamont Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer
More About JENNY AUGUSTA CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Berlamont Cemetery
Children of ROBERT POTTER and JENNY CALDWELL are:
i. CHAUNCY ROBERT (BERT)10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. GUY E. POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. EDITH POTTER, d. Unknown.
63. iv. EUNICE LOUISA POTTER, b. 09 Dec 1877, Berlamont, Van Buren, MI; 3; d. 12 Nov 1957, Caledonia, Kent, MI.
v. HENRY ROBERT POTTER, b. 1879, Columbia, Van Buren, MI225; d. 1880, Columbia, Van Buren, MI225.
vi. MURL A. POTTER, b. 1883, Columbia, Van Buren, MI225; d. 1883, Columbia, Van Buren, MI225.
30. HENRY W.9 CALDWELL (LOUISA8 FARMER, LUSEBA7 DEWITT, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 30 Aug 1834 in Wilna, Jefferson, NY226, and died 23 Dec 1908 in Pine Grove, Van Buren, MI. He married (1) LOUISA DICKERSON Abt. 1854 in Wisconsin. She was born Abt. 1836 in Edwards, St. Lawrence, NY; 3227, and died Sep 1870 in Alamo, Kalamazoo, MI. He married (2) SARAH J. ? 1872 in Michigan. She was born Feb 1836 in Ohio, and died Unknown.
More About HENRY W. CALDWELL:
Occupation: Farmer
More About LOUISA DICKERSON:
Burial: 15 Sep 1870, Cooper Cemetery, Cooper, Kalamazoo, MI
More About HENRY CALDWELL and LOUISA DICKERSON:
Marriage: Abt. 1854, Wisconsin
More About HENRY CALDWELL and SARAH ?:
Marriage: 1872, Michigan
Children of HENRY CALDWELL and LOUISA DICKERSON are:
i. JAMES10 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1858, Liberty, Outagamie, WI; 3227; d. Unknown.
Notes for JAMES CALDWELL:
[DeWitt.FTW]
From the genealogical research of Bill Semeyn
Shelbyville, Michigan
64. ii. JENNY AUGUSTA CALDWELL, b. 09 Aug 1859, Liberty, Outagamie, WI; 3; d. 21 Apr 1920, Berlamont, Van Buren, MI.
iii. CHILD CALDWELL, b. 13 Sep 1870, Bear Lake, Columbia, Van Buren, MI; d. 19 Oct 1870, Bear Lake, Columbia, Van Buren, MI.
More About CHILD CALDWELL:
Burial: 21 Oct 1870, Cooper Cem., Cooper, Kalamazoo, MI
31. REVEREND JOHN THOMAS9 FARLEY (MARY ELLEN8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1)228,229,230,231,232,233,234 was born 24 Feb 1844 in Cooper County, Missouri235,236,237,238, and died 20 Aug 1906 in Old Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery county, Kansas239,240. He married (1) MARY ANN BARNHART241,242,243,244 13 Sep 1866 in Cole county, Missouri245,246. She was born 07 Jun 1844 in Johnson county, MO247,248, and died Nov 1876 in Cooper County, Missouri, USA (possibly)249,250. He married (2) ALICE AUDSLEY251,252,253 23 Aug 1882 in Unknown254,255. She was born 23 May 1863 in Missouri, USA Father- England; Mother - Missouri256,257, and died 28 Oct 1940 in Riverside, California258,259.
Notes for REVEREND JOHN THOMAS FARLEY:
Baptist Minister in Kansas
More About REVEREND JOHN THOMAS FARLEY:
Name 2: John T. Farley
Burial: Unknown, Old Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas260,261
Military service: Served in Civil War with Father (Elijah) and brother - County B, Missouri 27 Mtd. They were at Lexington, Missouri at the Battle of Bales 20 Sept, 1861. 262,263
Occupation: Baptist Minister & Farmer263
Residence 1: 1870, Heaths Creek, Pettis, Missouri264,265
Residence 2: 1850, Jefferson, Johnson, Missouri (with parents)266,267
Residence 3: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)268,269
Residence 4: 1900, Kansas City Ward 3, Wyandotte, Kansas270,271
More About MARY ANN BARNHART:
Residence 1: 1850, Cole county, Missouri272,273
Residence 2: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (John in Johnson co., MO)274,275
More About JOHN FARLEY and MARY BARNHART:
Marriage: 13 Sep 1866, Cole county, Missouri276,277
More About ALICE AUDSLEY:
Children: 1900, She had had 5 children but only 3 were still living in 1900278,279
Residence 1: 1900, Kansas City Ward 3, Wyandotte, Kansas280,281
Residence 2: 1860, Miami, Saline county, Missouri (with parents)282,283
Residence 3: 1870, Jefferson, Saline county, Missouri (with parents)284,285
Residence 4: 1880, District 64; Saline county, Missouri (with parents)286,287
Residence 5: 1910, District 183, 5-wd independence, Montgomery co., Kansas listed as Mrs J T Farley288,289
Residence 6: 1920, Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, Oklahoma (living with daughter Alice Pearl & family)290,291
More About JOHN FARLEY and ALICE AUDSLEY:
Marriage: 23 Aug 1882, Unknown292,293
Child of JOHN FARLEY and MARY BARNHART is:
i. THOMAS N10 FARLEY, b. 11 Sep 1869; d. 20 Aug 1872.
More About THOMAS N FARLEY:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
32. DANIEL LEE9 FARLEY (MARY ELLEN8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1)294,295 was born 21 Jun 1855 in Warrensburg, Johnson county, Mo296,297, and died 17 Nov 1930 in Near Otterville, Cooper county, MO298,299. He married (1) ORIZONIA AKINS300,301 06 Aug 1876 in Missouri, USA302,303. She was born 01 Apr 1859, and died 26 Feb 1883. He married (2) MARY E LEE304,305 06 Aug 1886 in MO (possibly Beaman)306,307. She was born 26 Nov 1847, and died 01 Aug 1898. He married (3) MINERVA JANE ROSS308,309 23 Dec 1900. She was born 13 Jul 1873, and died 17 Jan 1948 in unknown310,311.
Notes for DANIEL LEE FARLEY:
[ElijahNewtonandMaryPolly(DeWitt)Farleyandchildren.FTW]
17 Nov 1930
Issue of the Sedalia Democrat
For Daniel L. Farley
Submitted by Bill Scroggin
From newspaper collection, Newspaper Library, State Historical Society of Missouri
D. L. Farley
D. L. Farley, aged 75 years , four months and 26 days, died at 8:45 o-clock this morning at the Bothwell Memorial Hospital while being operated on.
Mr. Farley was one of Pettis County’s best-known farmers, who resided one-half mile south of Green Ridge, where he made his home since 1905. Previous to that time he resided in the LaMonte vicinity. Mr Farley was a good man with a legion of friends and was a member of the the Baptist Church at Green Ridge.
He was born in Warrensburg, Johnson County, June 21, 1855 and spent his entire life in Missouri. August 6, 1876, he was married to Miss Arizona Akins, who preceded him in death on February 26, 1883. To that union three children survive, they being W B Farley, Sedalia, J. A. Farley of Parshall, Col. And Mrs. Q H Glenn of Peoria, Ill. In 1886 he was again married, his bride then being Mis Mary l. Lee of Beaman, Mo., who preceded him in death also. He was again married in December 1900 his third wife being Miss Minerva Ross and to them four children were born as follows, E. H. Farley, Bayfield, Col. D Farley, Slater, MO; Mrs. J C Wood, Eldon, MO and E M Farley of the home address and five grandchildren. Three brothers also survive they being J.N. Farley, Basin, Wyo.; G W Farley, Henrietta, MO ahd J H Farley, Sedalia, MO
Funeral services will be held at Green Ridge at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Michaelowsky, paster of the First Baptist Church, Warsaw officiating.
Burial will be in Potter’s cemetery north of Clinton City.
More About DANIEL LEE FARLEY:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
Residence 1: 1870, Heath's Creek, Pettis county, MO (listed with Mary Farley)312,313
Residence 2: 1860, Jefferson, Johnson county, MO (with parents)314,315
More About ORIZONIA AKINS:
Name 2: Orizona ?
Date born 2: 01 Apr 1859, unknown316,317
Died 2: 26 Feb 1883, Potter Cemetery, Cooper county, MO318,319
More About DANIEL FARLEY and ORIZONIA AKINS:
Marriage: 06 Aug 1876, Missouri, USA320,321
More About MARY E LEE:
Name 2: Mary L. ?
Date born 2: 26 Nov 1847, unknown322,323
Died 2: 01 Aug 1898, Potter Cemetery, Cooper county, Missouri, USA324,325
More About DANIEL FARLEY and MARY LEE:
Marriage: 06 Aug 1886, MO (possibly Beaman)326,327
Notes for MINERVA JANE ROSS:
[ElijahNewtonandMaryPolly(DeWitt)Farleyandchildren.FTW]
Copied from www.rootsweb.com/mocooper web site
18 Jan 1948
Issue of the Sedalia Democrat
For Minerva Jane Ross Farley
Submitted by Bill Scroggin
From the newspaper collection, Newspaper Library, State Historical Society of Missouri
Mrs. D. L. Farley (Minerva Jane Ross)
Mrs. D. L. Farley, of Green Ridge, died at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning, at the home of her son, E. M. Farley, in Kansas City.
Funeral services will be held at Green Ridge at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Surviving are three sons, Homer Farley, of St. Joseph; D. D. Farley and E. M. Farley, both of Kansas City and one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Wood, of Chesterton, Ind.
More About MINERVA JANE ROSS:
Date born 2: 10 May 1865, unknown328,329
More About DANIEL FARLEY and MINERVA ROSS:
Marriage 1: 23 Dec 1900
Marriage 2: 23 Dec 1900, Unknown330,331
Child of DANIEL FARLEY and MARY LEE is:
i. JOSEPH J. L.10 FARLEY, b. 02 Mar 1891; d. 22 Jun 1891.
More About JOSEPH J. L. FARLEY:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
33. THOMAS L9 DEWITT (ISAIAH8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1851, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET ??. She died Unknown.
Children of THOMAS DEWITT and MARGARET ?? are:
i. JAMES10 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
ii. WILL DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iii. LAURA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
34. LARKIN WASHINGTON9 DEWITT (ISAIAH8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1859, and died Unknown. He married ANNIE ??. She died Unknown.
More About LARKIN WASHINGTON DEWITT:
AKA (Facts Pg): Bud
Children of LARKIN DEWITT and ANNIE ?? are:
i. GEORGE10 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
ii. VIRGIL DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iii. BURT DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iv. FRANKLIN DEWITT, d. Unknown.
v. MARY DEWITT, d. Unknown.
vi. ELSA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
35. JEFFERSON ISAIAH9 DEWITT (ISAIAH8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1861, and died Unknown.
Children of JEFFERSON ISAIAH DEWITT are:
i. CLARENCE10 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
ii. ELMER DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iii. CLINT DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iv. ROSS DEWITT, d. Unknown.
v. ILUS DEWITT, d. Unknown.
vi. EVA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
vii. VIOLA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
viii. INEZ DEWITT, d. Unknown.
36. WILLIAM FRANKLIN9 DEWITT (ISAIAH8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1863, and died Unknown. He married (1) MOLLY STRAIT. She died Unknown. He married (2) ANNA MAY AMERICA COOPER. She died Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM FRANKLIN DEWITT:
Isaiah DeWitt's father was Larkin DeWitt and his mother Hannah Potter Ewing. Larkin's father was Benjamin DeWitt and his mother Molly Larkin. It is said that Benjamin changed the name from Witt to DeWitt. My aunt told me that it used to be spelled with a small deWitt. While there is much on the internet about Isaiah DeWitt, I have had no luck in tracing Nancy Jane Bryant. I will hire a researcher in McDonald County if I can find one to research Nancy Jane. My Aunt Anza DeWitt Morris gave me the names of the children of Isaiah and Nancy Jane as follows: Jeff DeWitt (children Clarence Alvy, Elmer, Clint, Ross, Ilus, Eva, Viola, Inez.
Bud (Larkin) DeWitt (wife Annie, children George, Virgil, Burt, Frank, Mary , Elsa Charlie; Tom DeWitt (wife Margaret, children Jim, Will, Laura. William Franklin "Frank" DeWitt (first wife Molly Strait, 2nd wife Anna May Cooper (children, Pruda, Dora (my mother) Anza, Lova, Everett; Jim DeWitt (wife Molly, children Faye, Leonard; John DeWitt (killed accidentally at age 21; Nancy DeWitt; Mary Ellen DeWitt; Martha DeWitt (died at age 19);Sarah DeWitt
My grandfather Frank DeWitt was engaged to Molly Strait when he went off to war. When he returned they were married and he discovered that she was pregnant by his brother Jim. He divorced her and she married Jim DeWitt. Frank then married Annie Cooper.
I sent to the National Archives and got Isaiah's military service papers.. He enlisted Dec. 14,1863 at Springfield, Mo. He had blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion and he was 5ft 8" tall. He fought for the union. Internet shows that he was a sergeant but the papers I have indicate that he was a private. I also received all papers when Sarah Doughton applied to receive his Civil War Pension after his death. What a mess. Her son from a previous marriage wrote the Government that his Mother didn't deserve the pension because she was a bootlegger. Of course, he had been arrested for stealing her mule team and money from her. What was Isaiah thinking? Ha! Probably told you more than you wanted to know. Winn
Children of WILLIAM DEWITT and ANNA COOPER are:
i. PRUDA10 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
ii. DORA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iii. ANZA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
iv. LOVA DEWITT, d. Unknown.
v. EVERETT DEWITT, d. Unknown.
37. JAMES H9 DEWITT (ISAIAH8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 1866, and died Unknown. He married MOLLY STRAIT. She died Unknown.
Notes for JAMES H DEWITT:
killed accidentally at age 21
Children of JAMES DEWITT and MOLLY STRAIT are:
i. FAYE10 DEWITT, d. Unknown.
ii. LEONARD DEWITT, d. Unknown.
38. GEORGE W9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 01 Jul 1844, and died 01 Aug 1928. He married CANDICE LUCINDA PHILLIPS 07 Apr 1869 in Cooper County, Missouri, daughter of AUSTIN PHILLIPS and JANE MCALESTER. She was born 04 Jan 1848, and died 04 Nov 1940.
More About GEORGE W POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About CANDICE LUCINDA PHILLIPS:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About GEORGE POTTER and CANDICE PHILLIPS:
Marriage: 07 Apr 1869, Cooper County, Missouri
Children of GEORGE POTTER and CANDICE PHILLIPS are:
65. i. ULYSSES GRANT10 POTTER, b. 01 Feb 1870; d. 26 Aug 1962.
66. ii. JOHN J POTTER, b. 17 Dec 1884; d. 12 Dec 1950.
67. iii. SAMPSON POTTER, b. 06 Sep 1879; d. Unknown.
iv. MINNIE POTTER, b. 19 Apr 1886; d. Abt. 1892.
68. v. MARTHA ANN POTTER, d. Unknown.
vi. NETTIE MAY POTTER, b. 1884; d. 29 Sep 1957; m. SAMUEL DURLEY; b. 1871; d. 1941.
More About NETTIE MAY POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About SAMUEL DURLEY:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
69. vii. LILLIAN POTTER, d. Unknown.
viii. JESSIE F POTTER, d. Unknown; m. THOMAS W. FAIR; d. Unknown.
70. ix. RUTH POTTER, d. Unknown.
39. ALEXANDER C9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married JULIA FRANK, daughter of JOHN FRANK. She died Unknown.
Children of ALEXANDER POTTER and JULIA FRANK are:
i. ORPHA10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. ORSON POTTER, d. Unknown.
40. JOHN9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married MARY SHEFFER 28 Dec 1877. She died Unknown.
More About MARY SHEFFER:
AKA (Facts Pg): Mollie
More About JOHN POTTER and MARY SHEFFER:
Marriage: 28 Dec 1877
Children of JOHN POTTER and MARY SHEFFER are:
i. DUDLEY10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. DAISY POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. LOUIS J POTTER, d. Unknown; m. GERTRUDE GEHRINGER, 08 Apr 1909, Pettis County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
More About LOUIS J POTTER:
Name 2: Louis J. Potter
More About LOUIS POTTER and GERTRUDE GEHRINGER:
Marriage: 08 Apr 1909, Pettis County, Missouri
iv. BENJAMIN H POTTER, d. Unknown; m. ORA ELLIS, 12 Apr 1911, Pettis County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
More About BENJAMIN POTTER and ORA ELLIS:
Marriage: 12 Apr 1911, Pettis County, Missouri
v. ROY L POTTER, d. Unknown; m. RUTH M LEFTWICH, 18 Jun 1913; d. Unknown.
More About ROY POTTER and RUTH LEFTWICH:
Marriage: 18 Jun 1913
vi. GRACE POTTER, d. Unknown.
41. WILLIAM9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married MARGARET E. STEELMAN 07 Sep 1879 in Pettis County, Missouri. She died Unknown.
More About WILLIAM POTTER and MARGARET STEELMAN:
Marriage: 07 Sep 1879, Pettis County, Missouri
Children of WILLIAM POTTER and MARGARET STEELMAN are:
i. OLEVIA GRACE10 POTTER, d. Unknown; m. JESSE MAR RENFRO, 17 Feb 1904, Cooper County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
More About JESSE RENFRO and OLEVIA POTTER:
Marriage: 17 Feb 1904, Cooper County, Missouri
Marriage contract: 6-131
ii. CARRIE POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. ROBERT POTTER, d. Unknown.
iv. LAURA A POTTER, d. Unknown; m. FRANKLIN A. SPIELER; d. Unknown.
v. GERTIE POTTER, d. Unknown; m. MAHLON TAXENNER; d. Unknown.
vi. JEWEL POTTER, d. Unknown.
vii. TRUEX POTTER, d. Unknown.
42. MARTHA E9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 08 Oct 1855, and died 18 Jun 1891. She married JAMES G. MCBRIDE. He was born 1851, and died 1908.
More About MARTHA E POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
Children of MARTHA POTTER and JAMES MCBRIDE are:
i. CORA10 MCBRIDE, d. Unknown.
ii. MYRTLE MAY MCBRIDE, b. 14 Feb 1884; d. 29 Feb 1884.
More About MYRTLE MAY MCBRIDE:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
iii. EVA MCBRIDE, d. Unknown.
iv. ELSIE MCBRIDE, d. Unknown.
v. LULA MCBRIDE, d. Unknown.
vi. OLLIE MCBRIDE, d. Unknown.
43. JOSEPH A9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married SARAH DEWITT 14 Nov 1888 in Pettis County, Missouri. She died Unknown.
More About JOSEPH POTTER and SARAH DEWITT:
Marriage: 14 Nov 1888, Pettis County, Missouri
Children of JOSEPH POTTER and SARAH DEWITT are:
i. ALMA10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. DEWEY POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. STELLA POTTER, d. Unknown.
iv. MAUDE POTTER, d. Unknown.
v. SULA POTTER, d. Unknown.
vi. NORMAN POTTER, d. Unknown.
vii. SPERGEON POTTER, d. Unknown.
44. DR. NELSON9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married MARY SCHUPP 01 Apr 1891. She died Unknown.
Notes for DR. NELSON POTTER:
Practiced medicine and surgery in St. Louis, Missouri.
More About NELSON POTTER and MARY SCHUPP:
Marriage: 01 Apr 1891
Children of NELSON POTTER and MARY SCHUPP are:
i. BESSIE10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. HARRY POTTER, d. Unknown.
iii. ELLA POTTER, d. Unknown.
iv. MAE POTTER, d. Unknown.
45. REVERAND THOMAS9 POTTER (HANNAH8 DEWITT, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) died Unknown. He married LAURA MAY THOMAS 26 Jan 1890 in Pettis County, Missouri. She died Unknown.
Notes for REVERAND THOMAS POTTER:
Thomas Potter, son of William Potter and Hannah DeWitt, was born on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri. On January 26, 1890 he married Laura May Thomas, sister of Zeb Thomas, a Baptist Minister.
After farming a few years, Thomas Potter sold his farm and attended William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri, and became a Baptist Minister and preached for 35 years at 2 charges. he and his wife both died in the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri
All of the above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and related families" by Paul Bennett
More About THOMAS POTTER and LAURA THOMAS:
Marriage: 26 Jan 1890, Pettis County, Missouri
Children of THOMAS POTTER and LAURA THOMAS are:
71. i. LUTIE ETHEL10 POTTER, d. Unknown.
ii. DR. ALLEN BREWER POTTER, b. Curryville, Pike County, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. R.N. OMA KILBY; d. Unknown.
iii. MAUDE ESTELLE POTTER, d. Unknown.
46. LARKIN THOMAS9 DEWITT (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 13 Dec 1856, and died 1940. He married JIMANN LEE 14 Oct 1886 in Pettis County, MO. She was born 1861, and died 1940.
Notes for LARKIN THOMAS DEWITT:
Larkin Thomas DeWitt, son of Benjamin Franklin DeWitt and Permelia Ann Potter was born on a farm in Heath Creek Township in Pettis County, Missouri, December 13, 1856 and attended thi county district school. On October 14, 1886 he married Jmann Lee who was born in 1861
More About LARKIN THOMAS DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About JIMANN LEE:
Burial: Unknown, Potter-DeWitt Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About LARKIN DEWITT and JIMANN LEE:
Marriage: 14 Oct 1886, Pettis County, MO
Children of LARKIN DEWITT and JIMANN LEE are:
72. i. WILLIAM SHERIDAN10 DEWITT, b. 02 Jan 1888; d. 11 Dec 1970.
73. ii. JAMES LESLIE DEWITT, b. 17 Jul 1892; d. 26 Nov 1957, Marshall, Missouri.
47. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN9 DEWITT (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN8, LARKIN7, BENJAMIN6, ISAIAH5 WITT, THOMAS4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JACOB1) was born 04 Oct 1863, and died 09 Nov 1949. He married (1) ADELIA GAY ROSS 02 Aug 1899 in Pettis Co, MO, daughter of GEORGE ROSS and MARTHA STEELMAN. She was born 13 Jul 1874, and died 06 Apr 1912. He married (2) ELIA MAE ROSS 06 Nov 1917 in Pettis Co, MO, daughter of GEORGE ROSS and MARTHA STEELMAN. She was born 13 Jul 1874, and died 13 Feb 1966.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT:
Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, son of Benjamin Franklin DeWitt and Permelia Ann Potter, was born on a farm in Heath Creek Township, in Pettis County, Missour on October 4, 1863. He attended the county district shool at Lookout School and later the Academy at Pilot Grove, Missouri. On August 2, 1899 he married Adlia Gay Ross daughter of George Washington Ross and Martha Steelman. After the death of his first wife he married Elia May Ross twin sister of his first wife, from whom he obtained a decree of divorce 9/2/1924, the Circuit Court of Pettis County, Missouri. After which he returned to the country and lived with his two sons Milas Lee DeWitt and Newton Ulysses DeWitt, later moving to Sedalia, Missouri where he resided at 119 E. Walnut Stree until his death November 9, 1949. He is buried in Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri.
All of the above is from the book "Bennett-DeWitt and related families" by Paul Bennett.
More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About ADELIA GAY ROSS:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
More About BENJAMIN DEWITT and ADELIA ROSS:
Marriage: 02 Aug 1899, Pettis Co, MO
More About ELIA MAE ROSS:
Burial: 1966, Browning, Missouri
More About BENJAMIN DEWITT and ELIA ROSS:
Divorce: 02 Sep 1924, Pettis Co, MO
Marriage: 06 Nov 1917, Pettis Co, MO
Children of BENJAMIN DEWITT and ADELIA ROSS are:
i. MILAS MILLS LEE10 DEWITT, b. 26 Jul 1900; d. 20 Mar 1963.
More About MILAS MILLS LEE DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
ii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. Aug 1903; d. Feb 1904, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri.
iii. ADA FRANKLIN DEWITT, b. 29 Jun 1906; d. 24 Nov 1974; m. PAUL WARREN BENNETT, 25 Dec 1935, Center, Ralls County, Missouri; b. 17 Jul 1906, Kinderhook, Pike County, Illinois; d. Unknown.
More About ADA FRANKLIN DEWITT:
Burial: 1974, Vandalia, Missouri - Memorial Stone at DeWitt/Potter Cemetery in Cooper County, Missouri
More About PAUL BENNETT and ADA DEWITT:
Marriage: 25 Dec 1935, Center, Ralls County, Missouri
iv. JOHN ELMER DEWITT, b. 25 Dec 1910; d. 28 Dec 1910.
More About JOHN ELMER DEWITT:
Burial: Unknown, Potter Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri
v. NEWTON ULYSSES DEWITT, b. 23 Dec 1911; d. 04 May 1954; m. (1) NONA SHULL, Private; b. Private; m. (2) ADDIE GLENN, Private; b. Private; m. (3) ELSIE MARGARET PRICE, Private; b. Private.
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