Individual Details

Gabriel Peter Dewitt

(27 Mar 1811 - 27 Oct 1885)

The Combined history of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois mentions some of the early settlers in the southern part of the county now comprising Woodstock and Bainbridge. "Rev. Joseph Bell, a Baptist minister, Isaac Brigg, George Butler, Jacob White, Peter Dewitt, Sanford Close, Elisha Hudson, Jerre Jackson, Allen Persinger, Jonathan Reddick, Harvey Phinney, Lawkers, Howells and others were early settlers in Bainbridge (65).

Events

Birth27 Mar 1811Kentucky, United States
MarriageBef 1838Sarah
Census (family)27 Aug 1850Twp 1 S Range 2 W, Brown, Illinois, United States - Sarah
MarriageBef 1854Mary Bell
Census (family)30 Jun 1860Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States - Mary Bell
Census (family)1870Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States - Mary Bell
Death27 Oct 1885Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States
BurialDewitt Cemetery, Brown, Illinois, United States

Families

SpouseMary Bell (1817 - 1895)
ChildSusan Elizabeth Dewitt (1854 - 1920)
SpouseSarah (1818 - 1860)
ChildWilliam Dewitt (1838 - )
ChildNancy Dewitt (1840 - )
ChildMary M Dewitt (1842 - )
ChildJames C Dewitt (1843 - )
ChildGeorge Washington Dewitt (1845 - 1909)
ChildAmanda "Manda" Dewitt (1847 - )
ChildRebecca Jane Dewitt (1849 - )
ChildAmerica Dewitt (1852 - )
FatherMartin Dewitt (1777 - 1839)
MotherSarah "Sally" Stivers? Bolton? (1783 - 1851)
SiblingPleasant Dewitt (1802 - 1883)
SiblingAmerica Dewitt (1806 - )
SiblingBenjamin Franklin Dewitt (1810 - 1872)
SiblingEliza Jane Dewitt (1813 - 1882)
SiblingEmma C. Dewitt (1815 - 1882)
SiblingHenry Clinton Dewitt (1819 - 1847)
SiblingSarah Ann Dewitt (1822 - 1850)
SiblingSusan Dewitt (1815 - )

Notes

Census (family)

19 376 378 Dwitt Gabriel 39 m KY Surname sp. DeWitt
20 Sarah 32 f KY
21 William 12 m KY
22 Nancy 10 f KY
23 Mary 8 f KY
24 James 7 m KY
25 George 5 m KY
26 Amada 3 f KY
27 Rebeca 1 f KY

Census (family)

585, 567, G P. De Witte, 49 M, Farming, 400, 700, KY
Mrs. M " , 42 F, KY
Nancy " , 19 F, IL
M. M. " , 18 F, IL
J. C, " , 16 M, IL
Geo W " , 14 M, IL
Manda " , 13 F, IL
Jane " , 11 F, IL
Mirica " , 8 F, IL
Susan " , 5 F, IL

Census (family)

Gabriel Dewitt M 59y Kentucky
Mary Dewitt F 55y Kentucky
Nancy Dewitt F 30y Illinois
Jane Dewitt F 21y Illinois
America Dewitt F 19y Illinois
Susan Dewitt F 16y Illinois

Endnotes

1. Luella Lowther, DeWitt (http://www.lib.byu.edu : Visalia, Calif. : L. Lowther & Brigham Young University , 1989).

2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > ILLINOIS > BROWN > TWP 1 S RANGE 2 W Series: M432 Roll: 98 Page: 121.

3. Luella Lowther, DeWitt (http://www.lib.byu.edu : Visalia, Calif. : L. Lowther & Brigham Young University , 1989).

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > ILLINOIS > BROWN > COOPERTOWN Series: M653 Roll: 157 Page: 749.

5. Luella Lowther, DeWitt (http://www.lib.byu.edu : Visalia, Calif. : L. Lowther & Brigham Young University , 1989).