Martin DeWitt[1]

Male 1826 - 1900  (73 years)


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  • Name Martin DeWitt  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 22 Sep 1826  Switzerland County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Departure 18 Jun 1847  Elkhorn River west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Travelling with wife Sarah and her parents to Utah. 1847 Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions wagon company. 
    Event 3 Jul 1847  Trail to Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    John Lyman Smith diary: "Camped on Platt[e]. Bro. Snedaker & Martin Dewitt in wrestling last evening Dewit got his arm broke." 
    Event 4 Jul 1847  Trail to Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patty Bartlett Diary Sunday 4 Jul 1847: "a man brake his arm last night in our co rasling his name is Martin De Witt." 
    Arrival 25 Sep 1847  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival with 1847 Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions wagon company. 
    Residence 1850  Fremont County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1850 Census: Cyrier Allen, 42, Eunice Ann Allen, 31, George Allen, 15, Clarinda Allen, 9, Aaron Allen, 6, Sophrona Allen, 4, Martin Dewitt, 23. 
    Residence 1870  Rockport, Summit County, Utah Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1870 Census: Martin Dewitt 44, Mary Dewitt 41, Martha Dewitt 15, Jane Dewitt 13, Lucy Dewitt 11, Alta Dewitt 9, Adaline Dewitt 8, Matilda Dewitt 6, Winthrop Dewitt 8m. 
    Died 27 Jul 1900  Mackay, Custer County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I_179089009  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father John DeWitt,   b. 1805, Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1844, Switzerland County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Jane Ann Potter,   b. 1804, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1838, Switzerland County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1824  Switzerland County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Louisa Ann Barton,   b. 13 Sep 1826, St Clair County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1902, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1845  Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced 1851 
    Children 
     1. Mary Dewitt,   b. 1847, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F2968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clarinda Green,   b. 2 Mar 1832, Gainesville, Allegany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1872, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married Abt 1852  Payson, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Reuben Dewitt,   b. 25 Dec 1852, Payson, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1919, Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Eliza Dewitt,   b. 1854, Payson, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F1473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Martha Isabelle Cherry Wilson,   b. 8 Mar 1828, Nashville, Bedford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1917, Wapello, Bingham County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 16 Mar 1854  Payson, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Martha Isabel Dewitt
     2. Melissa Jane DeWitt,   b. 1857, Provo, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1915, Boise, Ada County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. Laura Amanda DeWitt
     4. Orpha Ann DeWitt,   b. 1860, Provo, Utah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Amelia Eveline DeWitt
     6. Eliza or Louisa Mindwell DeWitt
     7. William Martin Wilson DeWitt,   b. 25 Sep 1869, Rockport, Summit County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1910, Salt Lake County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F1461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2129326839] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S_2129435938] Illinois Marriages to 1850, Dodd, Jordan, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Illinois.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the indivi).
      Marriage date: 22 Jun 1845
      Marriage place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamil&h=26751&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S_2131120260] Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, or available through Family Hist).
      Marriage date: 22 Jun 1845
      Marriage place: Hancock, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ilmarriages_ga&h=38726&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S_2129434856] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, ), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 22, Fremont, Iowa; Roll: M432_184; Page: 148; Image: 35.
      Birth date: abt 1827
      Birth place: Indiana
      Residence date: 1850
      Residence place: District 22, Fremont, Iowa
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=2551450&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S_2129433395] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes), Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockport, Summit, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 127; Image: 255.
      Birth date: abt 1826
      Birth place: Indiana
      Residence date: 1870
      Residence place: Rockport, Summit, Utah Territory
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=7913033&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt


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