Individual Details
Alvah IshmeI DeWitt
(Nov 1883 - 1957)
Alvah Ishmel was born as a twin, the other, Alvin D. died shortly after birth. Alvah married Alma May Harvey. Uncle Alvah was a cook, he and Aunt Mae ran a restaurant on Main Street in Galesburg for many years. I have a couple of his pie tins. After Aunt Mae died in 1946, he worked at a restaurant in Macomb, etc. Alvah died in 1957 and he and Mae are buried in Galesburg cemetery, Galesburg, Illinois.
Events
| Birth | Nov 1883 | Illinois, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1914 | Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States - Alma May Harvey | | ||
| Census (family) | 7 Jan 1920 | Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States - Alma May Harvey | | | |
| Death | 1957 | |
Families
| Spouse | Alma May Harvey (1892 - 1946) |
| Father | William Price DeWitt (1847 - 1918) |
| Mother | Nancy Jane Carr (1846 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Rosetta "Rose" DeWitt (1868 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Clinton DeWitt (1870 - 1931) |
| Sibling | John Louis "Giles" DeWitt (1871 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Elva Nora DeWitt (1873 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Orsa Clair DeWitt (1875 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Lafayette "Fayette" DeWitt (1877 - 1897) |
| Sibling | William Bates "Willie" DeWitt (1881 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Alvin D. DeWitt (1883 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Iva Mae DeWitt (1885 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Marvin Price DeWitt (1886 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Floyd Edward "Ed" DeWitt (1889 - 1972) |
Notes
Birth
Twin of Alvin.Census (family)
586, 167, 180, DeWitt, Alvah I, Head, Own Mortgage, MW 36, Married, IL IL IL, Proprietor CafeAlma M, Wife, FW 28, Married, IL IL IL, Cashier Cafe
Endnotes
1. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr
2. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr
3. , Brown City History (:,), p. 395.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > ILLINOIS > KNOX > 6-WD GALESBURG Series: T625 Roll: 380 Page: 200 .
5. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr