Individual Details
Hurley DeWitt
(11 Oct 1889 - Oct 1959)
Events
| Birth | 11 Oct 1889 | McKee Township, Adams, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1912 | Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States - Ada Mae Stevenson |  | | |
| Military | 5 Jun 1917 | Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1920 | Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois, United States - Ada Mae Stevenson | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Lee, Brown, Illinois, United States - Ada Mae Stevenson | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Lee, Brown, Illinois, United States - Ada Mae Stevenson | | ||
| Military | 1942 | Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Death | Oct 1959 | Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | Perry Cemetery, Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Ada Mae Stevenson (1888 - 1972) |
| Father | Douglas [George] DeWitt (1858 - 1944) |
| Mother | Mary Ellen Johnson (1859 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Lettie Edith DeWitt (1887 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Russell E DeWitt (1893 - 1973) |
Notes
Marriage
witnesses: Gay Brown and Ava SevensonMilitary
tall, stout with brown eyes, and black hairmarried with dependant wife and child
farmer Mt. Sterling, Ill
Census (family)
Hurley Dewitt Head Male 29 IllinoisAda M Dewitt Wife Female 30 Illinois
Winifred Dewitt Daughter Female 3 Illinois
Zelma Dewitt Daughter Female 0 Illinois
Census (family)
Hurley Dewitt Head Male 40 IllinoisAda Dewitt Wife Female 41 Illinois
Winnifred Dewitt Daughter Female 12 Illinois
Jelma Dewitt Daughter Female 10 Illinois
Guy Dewitt Son Male 7 Illinois
Census (family)
Harley Dewitt 50 HeadAda Dewitt 51 Wife
Winnifred Dewitt 22 Daughter
Guy Dewitt 16 Son
Death
Deaths-FuneralsHURLEY DE WITT
Perry, Ill., Oct 20. -- Hurley DeWitt, 70, retired farmer who resided in Perry for the last 20 years, died in his home at 1:30 this morning.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Thursday in the Rounds funeral chapel at Mt. Sterling. Burial will be in the Perry cemetery.
Mr. De Witt was born in Adams county Oct. 11, 1889, a son of Stephen A Douglas and Mary Ellen Johnson De Witt. He was married to Ada Mae Stevenson Dec. 19, 1912 at Mt. Sterling.
Surviving besides the widow are two daughters, Mrs. Winifred Louise Lackscheide, and Mrs. Velma Mae Sackscheide, both of Perry; a son, Guy, of Perry; a grandchild, Shirley Lackscheide; a sister, Mrs. Lettie Robison of Mt. Sterling, and a brother, Russell, of Springfield.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934,," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 11 November 2019), Mr Hurley Dewitt and Miss Ada Stevenson, 19 Dec 1912; citing Brown, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,021,283..
3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 11 November 2019), Hurley Dewitt, 1917-1918..
4. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 11 November 2019), Hurley Dewitt, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..