Elisha "Lish" DeWitt

     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 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