Elisha "Lish" DeWitt

b. Jul 6, 1848, d. Dec 17, 1916
FatherHenry J. DeWitt1,2,3,4 b. Feb 5, 1824, d. Aug 28, 1891
MotherEve Elizabeth Willmann1,2,3 b. Jun 17, 1828, d. Jan 8, 1884
     Elisha was born in Blackford Co, IN, on Jul 6, 1848.1,5,2,6,3,7,8,4,9,10,11,12
     Eve, Elisha and Lewis was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt on the 1850 Census in Washington Township, Blackford Co, IN.13
     Eve, Elisha, Lewis, Jacob, Christina, Anna, Barnet and Arcada was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt on the 1856 Census in Clear Creek, Jasper Co, IA.9
     They moved circa 1858 to Nemaha Co, NE.6,3
     Eve, Elisha, Jacob, Christina, Anna, Mary, Samuel and Lewis was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt in the 1860 Census in Richardson Co, NE; Henry was a farmer, with $450 in personal property.7
     Eve, Elisha, Lewis, Christina and Mary was listed as a household member living with Henry J. DeWitt on the 1870 Census in Pawnee Co, NE.14
     He married Flora Virginia Shellhorn in Nemaha Co, NE, on Apr 2, 1874.1,15,16,6,8,4,17,11
     He bought property from John Fries and his wife in Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 6, 1875. The property was described as 40 acres in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 31, Township 1, Range 12.18
     He bought property from Henry J. DeWitt and Eve Elizabeth DeWitt in Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 6, 1875. The property was described as 80 acres in the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 33, Township 1, Range 12. The purchase price was $600.19
     They sold property to John Fries in Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 9, 1875. The property was described as 120 acres on the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 31 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 1, Range 12. The first parcel is the land Elisha bought from John Fries and the second parcel is the land Elisha purchased from his father, Henry, on April 6, which looks like Elisha was the "straw man" in a transaction intended to transfer land from Henry to John.20
     Elisha was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Speiser Precinct, Richardson Co, NE. Elisha was a farmer.8
     Elisha was listed as the head of a family on the 1885 Census in South Fork Precinct, Pawnee Co, NE. Elisha and Henry were farming. Elisha and Flora had an unnamed son, probably Clarence..4
     He sold property to William Harvey Caswell in Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 5, 1897. The property was described as 10 acres in the S 1/2 of Lot 8 of Section 21, Township 1, Range 12.21
     Elisha was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census in South Fork Precinct, Pawnee Co, NE. Elisha was a carpet weaver and Clarence was a farmer. They were renting a farm.11
     
Elisha and Flora DeWitt

     Elisha was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Washington Township, Nemaha Co, KS. Elisha was a carpenter and Ralph was a farm laborer..17
     They moved Fall 1910 to Ellsworth Co, KS.15,16,22,6
     They moved in 1913 to Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.15,16,22,6
     Elisha died on Dec 17, 1916 in home, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, at age 68. Uremic poisoning.23,1,16,24,6,12 His funeral was held in home, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Dec 18, 1916. Rev. L. B. Dobbs officiated..16,6 An obituary was published on Dec 21, 1916 in the Chapman Advertiser in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.16 He was buried circa Dec 22, 1916 at Cincinnati Cemetery, in DuBois, Pawnee Co, in NE.5,6,12
Elisha and Flora DeWitt
Cincinnatti Cemetery, SE of DuBois, NE
Photos by Julia Langel, July 2011

Family

Flora Virginia Shellhorn b. December 3, 1858, d. June 11, 1944
Children

Citations

  1. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  2. [S386] Internet Posting, Blackford Co, IN Rootsweb.
  3. [S589] Mary Sejkora, "Email, Sejkora 10/27/1000," e-mail to Julia Langel, October 27, 2000.
  4. [S1975] 1885 Nebraska State Census, Pawnee County, , Nebraska, Pawnee County, South Fork Precinct, page 16, line 11, dwelling 139, family 140.
  5. [S378] Charlotte Shaffer, "Re: Pictures," e-mail to Julia Langel, February 10, 2000.
  6. [S454] Chapman Advertiser, December 21, 1916, page 1, column 1, page 1, column 1.
  7. [S932] 1860 U. S. Census, Nebraska, Richardson County, Spizer Precinct, page 65, line 18, dwelling 546, family 531, Nebraska, Richardson County.
  8. [S1291] 1880 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Richardson County, Speiser Precinct, ED 321, sheet 9A/533A, line 28, dwelling 79, family 83, Nebraska, Richardson County.
  9. [S1977] 1856 Iowa State Census, Iowa, Jasper County, Clear Creek, page 14, line 15, dwelling 75, family 80, Iowa, Jasper County.
  10. [S1979] 1910 Federal Census, Kansas, Nemaha County, Washington Township, ED 130, page 6A/365/936, line 46, dwelling 112, family 112, Nemaha County, Kansas, This source suggests 1858, which has to be wrong.
  11. [S1737] 1900 U. S. Census, Nebraska, Pawnee County, Sourth Fork, ED 133, page 5B, line 53, dwelling 82, family 84, Nebraska, Pawnee County.
  12. [S2087] Elisha DeWitt and Flora DeWitt Cemetery Marker, Cincinnatti Cemetery, DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE.
  13. [S293] 1850 Census IN, Blackford Co, Washington Twp , Roll 136, page 35, line 2, Henry Dewitt household.
  14. [S504] 1870 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Kansas City, MO, page 8, line 20, dwelling 60, family 63, page 8, township 1, range 12, line 20, dwelling 60, family 65, Henry Dewitt household.
  15. [S453] Obituary, Shellhorn, Flora.
  16. [S454] Chapman Advertiser, December 21, 1916, page 1, column 1.
  17. [S1979] 1910 Federal Census, Kansas, Nemaha County, Washington Township, ED 130, page 6A/365/936, line 46, dwelling 112, family 112, Nemaha County, Kansas.
  18. [S1997] General Index to Deeds, Book A: John Fries and wife to Elisha DeWitt (4-89).
  19. [S1997] General Index to Deeds, Book A: Henry DeWitt to Elisha DeWitt (4-90).
  20. [S1997] General Index to Deeds, Book A: Elisha DeWitt and wife to John Fries (4-93).
  21. [S1997] General Index to Deeds, Book C-Grantor: Elisha DeWitt and wife to W. H. Caswell (25-102).
  22. [S453] Obituary, Shellhorn, Flora , page 1, column 2.
  23. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  24. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5, page 1, column 5.
  25. [S451] Obituary, DeWitt, Clarence M.
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