John Bartlett "Bart" DeWitt

b. Apr 24, 1891, d. Aug 4, 1959
FatherElisha "Lish" DeWitt1 b. Jul 6, 1848, d. Dec 17, 1916
MotherFlora Virginia Shellhorn1 b. Dec 3, 1858, d. Jun 11, 1944
     John was born in DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 24, 1891.2,3,4,5,6,1
     John Bartlett "Bart" DeWitt was listed as a son in Elisha "Lish" DeWitt's household on the 1900 Census in South Fork Precinct, Pawnee Co, NE.1
     He married Alice Viola Cook.7,8,6
     He resided in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, in Dec, 1916.9,5
     John reported for active duty circa 1918. He was a private in Company E, 380 Infantry.2,10
WWI Plaque in Pawnee County Courthouse

     John was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in 53 Jaymore St, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS. "Barton" was a laborer working for a hauling company; they were renting a house.6
     He resided in Westmoreland, Pottowattomie Co, KS, in Jun, 1944.11,4
     He resided in Westmoreland, Pottowattomie Co, KS, in Nov, 1945.12,13
     John died on Aug 4, 1959 in home, Wamego, Potawatomie Co, KS, at age 68. Heart attack.2,14,15,3 An obituary was published on Aug 6, 1959 in the Chapman Advertiser in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.15 His funeral was held in Stewart Memorial Chapel, Wamego, Potawatomie Co, KS, on Aug 7, 1959. Graveside services by the Harold Johnson post of the American Legion..3,15 He was buried circa Aug 7, 1959 at Indian Hill Cemetery, in Chapman, Dickinson Co, in KS.14,2,15
John DeWitt
Indian Hill Cemetery, Chapman KS
An obituary was published on Aug 13, 1959 in the Wamego Times in Wamego, Potawatomie Co, KS.14

Family

Alice Viola Cook b. May 16, 1896, d. April 29, 1986
Children

Citations

  1. [S1737] 1900 U. S. Census, Nebraska, Pawnee County, Sourth Fork, ED 133, page 5B, line 53, dwelling 82, family 84, Nebraska, Pawnee County.
  2. [S428] Tombstone, DeWitt, John B.
  3. [S446] The Wamego Times, v72, n 33, August 13, 1959, page 1, page 1, column 3.
  4. [S453] Obituary, Shellhorn, Flora , page 1, column 2.
  5. [S454] Chapman Advertiser, December 21, 1916, page 1, column 1, page 1, column 1.
  6. [S924] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Dickinson County, Chapman, ED 50, sheet 6B, line 97, house 53, dwelling 54, family 54, Kansas, Dickinson County.
  7. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  8. [S813] The Salina Journal, May 1, 1986, page 9, column 1.
  9. [S454] Chapman Advertiser, December 21, 1916, page 1, column 1.
  10. [S2161] DeWitt, John B., Brass plaque Pawnee County Courthouse.
  11. [S453] Obituary, Shellhorn, Flora.
  12. [S452] Obituary, Hunsinger, Daisy.
  13. [S452] Obituary, Hunsinger, Daisy , page 1, column 5.
  14. [S446] The Wamego Times, v72, n 33, August 13, 1959, page 1.
  15. [S449] Chapman Advertiser, v60, n32, August 6, 1959, page 1.
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