FRANCIS MARION WITTEN
1866-1938
    
DEATH CLAIMS DR. WITTEN
   
Well Known County Physician Died Monday
  
Dr. Francis Marion Witten, age 72, died Sunday at his home at Oil
Springs. He had been in poor health for the past several months.
  
Dr. Witten was born on Franks Creek near Flat Gap, April 18, 1866.
  
He was married to Katherine Ward of Oil Springs who preceded him in
death ten years ago. Nine children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Witten
all of whom are dead with the exception of three, who are:
  
Mrs. Clara Mahan, of Ashland, Bill Witten, of Staffordsville and Miss
Thelma Witten, at home.
  
After his graduation from medical school Dr. Witten located at Oil
Springs where he spent the greater part of his life. He became one of
the county’s leading physicians’ and his practice covered a major
portion of Johnson and Magoffin counties.
  
Funeral services were held in the home Tuesday morning in charge of
Rev. H.B. Conley of Paintsville and Rev. John Prater of Salyersville.
  
Rev. and Mrs. G.W. Townsend, Mrs. Claude Buckingham, and Frank Rice
composed a quartet at the funeral.
  
Burial in the Litteral cemetery at Oil Springs, Tuesday afternoon.
  
Dr. Witten was one of the county’s best loved men and his passing is
mourned by a large number of relatives and friends in Johnson and
Magoffin counties.
   
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 10, 1938

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