Individual Details
Delancy M. DeWitt
(3 May 1837 - 9 Aug 1906)
Submitted by Marie Gunn, Camp Point, IL GRGS member.
.........Shelbyville, Duck River, Tenn.
July the 12, 63, Shelbyville My Dear brother and sister,
It affords me the opportunity this Sabbath day to write to you a few lines in answer to you. I am well at this time and in good health and I hope when these few lines comes to hand they may find you as they leave me. I would like to see you both, once more but I don't know when that will be on earth or not but I trust in God that we may meet again on earth but if we don't meet again on earth let us try and meet in heaven where we shall not part no more. While I am so far away from home and friends, I hope that you all will pray for me that God will spare my life, to come home and see you all again on earth may God bless you all and help you to pray for me. I think that I will come home this fall from the prospects now. The rebels are coming in all the time. Hundreds at a time. We have had some hard fighting to do. Since we have left Franklin to this place. The day that we took this town the rebels came like mad men and plunged right into the river and some got drownded, that way about one hundred got drownded in Duck River all of the Tennesse troup. They say they won't fight against us any longer for we are guarding their property and protecting their women and they won't fight any longer and they are comming in and taking the oath and they say this war will play out and they say it will be over in four months at most and I don't care how soon it will be.
Dear brother and sister I might close my letter hoping to hear from you soon. So no more at this time. Write soon as you get this so no more good bye for this time. I still remain your true friend
Delancy M. DeWitt to John Gunn and Lyda L. Gunn.......
..........Dear Mother it is with pleasure that I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and in good health and I hope when these few lines come to hand they may find you as they leave me. I would like to see you all but I can't now. But I hope the time will come when I can come home and see you all. I send my love to all the family one and all. Write soon and give me all the news so no more at this time. I still remain your son D. M. Dewitt. To Sarah DeWitt good bye for this time...
Events
Families
Spouse | Caroline L. "Lettie" Cadwell (1830 - 1913) |
Father | Price DeWitt (1798 - 1854) |
Mother | Sarah Albert (1802 - 1888) |
Sibling | Angeline DeWitt (1820 - 1850) |
Sibling | John Henry DeWitt (1822 - 1892) |
Sibling | Zachariah DeWitt (1825 - 1847) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Dewitt (1828 - 1901) |
Sibling | Eveline DeWitt (1830 - 1904) |
Sibling | Clinton P. DeWitt (1835 - 1861) |
Sibling | Peter Price DeWitt (1837 - 1840) |
Sibling | Aseneath "Senith" DeWitt (1840 - 1902) |
Sibling | Lydia Leticia "Lida" DeWitt (1845 - 1928) |
Sibling | William Price DeWitt (1847 - 1918) |
Notes
Birth
Twin of Peter PriceMarriage
DEWITT, DELANEY/DILANCY CADWELL, CAROLINE PIKE 07/27/1856 VOL/PAGE I/ 231Census
212, 212 D. DeWitt 23, Painter KYCaroline 20, Tenn
Military
78th Regiment, Illinois InfantryDelancy M. Dewitt
Regiment Name 78 Illinois Infantry
Side Union
Company G
Soldier's Rank In Private
Soldier's Rank Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M539 roll 23
Delaney M. DeWitt (Union)
Enlistment:
- Residing in Camp Point, IL at time of enlistment
- Enlisted on Aug 11 1862 as Private
Mustering information:
- Enlisted into G Company, 78th Infantry (Illinois) on Sep 1 1862
- Mustered out from 78th Infantry (Illinois) on Jun 7 1865 at Washington, DC
Sources for the above information:
- Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, (1900)
Census
153, 153 DeWitt, Delacy 33 MW Farmer 1000, 200 KYCarolina ? Keeping house Tenn
Census
D. M. DEWITT Self M Male W 45 KY Saloon Keeper KY NYLettie C. DEWITT Wife M Female W 46 KY Keeping House KY KY
Sarah E. MORRISON Niece S Female W 6 MO IL KY
Wm. H. ALBERT Cousin S Male W 43 KY Clerk In Saloon NY KY
Edgar ALBERT Cousin S Male W 24 IL Clerk In Saloon NY KY
The Albert cousins are children of Delancy's Uncle Daniel Albert.
Census
183, 183, DeWitt, Delancy M. Head, WM, May 1837, 63, Married 45 yrs, KY KY NY, Retired Farmer, Own Mortgaged HouseLettie C, Wife, WF, Mar 1830, 70, M-45, 0 child born & living, TN, /, KY,
Bartlett, Pernecia, Sister-in-law, WF, July 1820, 79, Wd, 7,4, KY / KY
Endnotes
1. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr
2. Gunn, Marie., Civil War letters from Delance M. DeWitt published in "The Yellow Jackets" Volume VIII, No. 1, June 1982 ., pg. 26 Great River Genealogical Society, Adams County, Illinois.
(reference found and shared by Pat Paschen
3. Illinois State Archives & the Illinois State Genealogical Society., Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900. (
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).
5. Gunn, Marie., Civil War letters from Delance M. DeWitt published in "The Yellow Jackets" Volume VIII, No. 1, June 1982 ., pg. 26 Great River Genealogical Society, Adams County, Illinois.
(reference found and shared by Pat Paschen
6. National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Web Page (http://165.83.221.5/cwss/ Aug 2002).
7. American Civil War Research Database, Alexander Street Press, LLC online [http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.browse.soldiers.aspx], accessed April 2008.
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002), Census Place Higher Moniteau, Randolph, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254712 NA Film Number T9-0712 Page Number 163A.
10. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > Illinois > BROWN > LEE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 238 Page: 47 .
11. Gunn, Marie., Civil War letters from Delance M. DeWitt published in "The Yellow Jackets" Volume VIII, No. 1, June 1982 ., pg. 26 Great River Genealogical Society, Adams County, Illinois.
(reference found and shared by Pat Paschen
12. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr