Warren Myron Webster1,2

b. Jul 11, 1883, d. Dec 10, 1963
     Warren Myron Webster was born on Jul 11, 1883 in KS.3,4,5,6,7 Warren Myron Webster also went by the name of Bud.2
     Warren Myron Webster married Bertha DeWitt, daughter of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida May Shellhorn, circa 1905.3,8,9,4,2,5,6
     Warren was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Empire Township, Ellsworth Co, KS. Warren was employed on a farm; the couple was renting. A Burt Wyman, 2?, was living with the couple; his relationship is illegible..6
     Warren was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Empire Township, Ellsworth Co, KS. Warren owned a farm. Orin and Gordon were in school..5
     
Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt taken on their 45th wedding anniversary at their home on 4th St., Salina, KS.

Information provided by Myra DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt Small, and Jane DeWitt Smith, daughters of Lyle B and Hazel Smith DeWitt.

Back row: Lloyd DeWitt, oldest child of Ira and Katie; Merle DeWitt, Florence DeWitt Stites, Clyde DeWitt, Bertha DeWitt Webster, Bertha’s husband “Bud” Warren Myron Webster; Katie Grubb (Mrs. Ira) DeWitt; Ira DeWitt.

Middle Row: Oren Webster, oldest child of Bertha and “Bud” DeWitt; Russell DeWitt, 2nd child of Ira and Katie; “Babe” Fayette Weaver holding one of their twins, either Keith or Kenneth, and Mary Elizabeth “ Marie” Weaver holding the other twin. Keith and Kenneth’s date of birth is 10 July1925. Blanche Beatrice Parks DeWitt (Mrs. Clyde) holding son Dale. Lyle DeWitt (Just above his mother’s left shoulder); Lyle’s wife Hazel Smith DeWitt holding their 4th child, Jane, whose birthday is Nov 14, 1926. On Hazel’s left is Evangeline DeWitt (3rd child of Ira and Katie DeWitt).

Front Row: Gordon Webster, 2nd child of Bertha and “Bud” Webster; Lola Lee Stites, only child of Florence DeWitt Stites; Mary Ellen DeWitt (4th child of Ira and Katie);Gwen Weaver, oldest child of “Babe” and “Marie” Weaver ; Samuel J DeWitt, Ida DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt (3rd child of Lyle and Hazel DeWitt); Myra DeWitt (2nd child of Lyle and Hazel) and Marian DeWitt, oldest daughter of Lyle and Hazel. At the end of the row, Ida Fay Webster, 3rd child of Bertha and “Bud”.

Photo courtesy Barbara Hettinger

     Warren was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in Empire Township, Ellsworth Co, KS. Warren and Orin were farmers; the family owned their farm. They had a radio set. Gordon and Ida Faye were in school.4
     
From left: Lyle and Hazel DeWitt, Bud and Bertha Webster, Marie and Babe Weaver
Taken on front porch at Ralph and Ida Fay Farrington's, 904 N Paul, Ellsworth, KS on July 6, 1958
Photo courtesy of Warren Farrington

     Warren Myron Webster died on Dec 10, 1963 at age 80.7 He was buried at Carneiro Cemetery, in Carneiro, Ellsworth Co, in KS.7
Warren Webster, Carneiro Cemetery, Kansas
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger, October 2005

Family

Bertha DeWitt b. October 6, 1887, d. April 2, 1961
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. [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt)," e-mail to Julia Langel, September 9, 2004, Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt).
  3. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html, could April 18, 1906, listed as Warren's birthdate, really be the marriage date?
  4. [S1233] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Empire Township, ED 9, sheet 1B, line 75, dwelling 16, family 16, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
  5. [S1343] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Empire Township, ED 32, sheet 4B, line 66, dwelling 75, family 78, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
  6. [S19] 1910 U. S. Census, Ellsworth County, Empire Township, ED 28, sheet 4B/2347 line 75, family 14.
  7. [S1619] Warren Myron Webster Cemetery Marker, Carneiro Cemetery, Carneiro, Ellsworth Co, KS.
  8. [S590] Obituary, DeWitt, Samuel J., May 28, 1942, page 3, column 5.
  9. [S765] The Salina Journal, June 15, 1944, page 12, column 4.
  10. [S1890] Warren Farrington, "warren Farrington," e-mail to Julia Langel, March 5, 2011, warren Farrington.
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