Individual Details
Charles Dewitt
(6 Dec 1878 - 9 Jun 1956)
from “Emmons County history: compiled for the bicentennial, 1976”
CHARLES DeWITT (1878-1955)
His excellent sense of humor brought Charlie DeWitt an unusually wide range of friends and acquaintances throughout the Temvik and Linton area.
He was born Dec. 6, 1878 in Jefferson, Iowa. At an early age he moved to Dell Rapids, S.D. with his parents. There he attended school and later married Marie Paulson on May 22, 1901.
The couple came to Emmons County in 1903 and homesteaded northeast of Linton. They lived there until 1912 when they moved to Temvik where their four children were born. While at Temvik, Mr. DeWitt served as a rural mail carrier for 32 years until his retirement in 1943. The couple observed their 50th wedding anniversary May 27, 1951.
Their children are William, Bernice (Logue), Lola (Swanson), and Gertrude (Hedstrom).
CHARLES DeWITT (1878-1955)
His excellent sense of humor brought Charlie DeWitt an unusually wide range of friends and acquaintances throughout the Temvik and Linton area.
He was born Dec. 6, 1878 in Jefferson, Iowa. At an early age he moved to Dell Rapids, S.D. with his parents. There he attended school and later married Marie Paulson on May 22, 1901.
The couple came to Emmons County in 1903 and homesteaded northeast of Linton. They lived there until 1912 when they moved to Temvik where their four children were born. While at Temvik, Mr. DeWitt served as a rural mail carrier for 32 years until his retirement in 1943. The couple observed their 50th wedding anniversary May 27, 1951.
Their children are William, Bernice (Logue), Lola (Swanson), and Gertrude (Hedstrom).
Events
| Birth | 6 Dec 1878 | Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States | |||
| Death | 9 Jun 1956 | Adams, North Dakota, United States |
Families
| Father | Clinton Dewitt (1838 - 1913) |
| Mother | Sarah Anna Crow (1839 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Melissa Frances Dewitt (1862 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Sherman Randolph Dewitt (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | Gertrude Dewitt (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | Cora Alice Dewitt (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel Dewitt (1876 - ) |