Marian DeWitt1,2

b. circa 1917, d. Dec 31, 2006
FatherLyle Beech DeWitt1,3,4,2 b. Oct 7, 1894, d. Feb 11, 1961
MotherHazel Smith1,3,4,2
     Marian DeWitt was born circa 1917 in KS.3,4
     Marian DeWitt was listed as a daughter in Lyle Beech DeWitt's household on the 1920 Census in Carneiro, Ellsworth Co, KS.3
     
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

     Marian DeWitt was listed as a daughter in Lyle Beech DeWitt's household on the 1930 Census in Wisconsin Street, Wilson, Ellsworth Co, KS.4
     Marian DeWitt married Durward Presley Cunningham.1
     
Lyle DeWitt, Samuel DeWitt, Bruce Cunningham, Marian DeWitt Cunningham

Taken c 1938

Photo courtesy Barbara Hettinger

     Marian Cunningham was left a widow by Durward Presley Cunningham's death in 1973.5
     Marian Cunningham lived in Mar, 2001 in McPherson, McPherson Co, KS.1
     Marian Cunningham died on Dec 31, 2006 in Denton, TX.6 She was buried at Wilson Cemetery, Ellsworth Co, in KS.5
Marian DeWitt Cunningham
Wilson Cemetery, Ellsworth Co, KS
An obituary was published on Jan 3, 2007 in the Denton Record in Denton, TX.6

Family

Durward Presley Cunningham b. 1912, d. 1973
Child

Citations

  1. [S363] Obituary for Myra DeWitt, March 27, 2001, on-line.
  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. [S983] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Carneiro, ED 34, sheet 6A/174, line 36, dwelling 117, family 117, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
  4. [S1233] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Wilson, ED 23, sheet 3A, line 47, Wisconsin Street, dwelling 76, family 78, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
  5. [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "Cunningham-DeWitt memorial garden," e-mail to Julia Langel, May 21, 2007, Cunningham-DeWitt memorial garden.
  6. [S1654] Denton Record, January 3, 2007, http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/obituaries/…
  7. [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "Hello," e-mail to Julia Langel, May 18, 2005, Hello.
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