Oscar J. DeWitt1,2,3

b. October 1873, d. 17 November 1948
Pedigree
FatherNewton DeWitt4,1,3
MotherMaryetta Born4,1,3

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     Oscar J. DeWitt was probably born in October 1873, in Auburn, DeKalb Co., Indiana.5,6,4,3,7 He married first Elmira Stedman, daughter of Edwin Stedman and Harriet Graham, on 9 September 1894 in Columbia, Van Buren Co., Michigan.4 They were divorced on 28 March 1906 in Ottawa Co., Michigan. The case was filed by Oscar on 8 December 1905, and was not contested.8 He married second Viola Rose Evans, daughter of Albert Elton Evans and Charity Mabel Burlingham, on 22 January 1908 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.1,9 He died on 17 November 1948 in Irving Twp., Barry Co., Michigan.3,10 He was buried on 20 November 1948 at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.11,10
     He and his first wife Elmira are listed in Perry Twp., Allen Co., Indiana, in the 1900 census with their children Floyd, Harry, and Harly.5
     He and his second wife Viola and their family are listed in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.2,12 They moved to Baltimore Twp., Barry Co., Michigan, sometime between 1920 and 193012,13, and are listed there in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. In addition to their younger children, their son Ralph and his wife Aline and their son Ralph Jr. were living with them in 1930. Their son Basil and his second wife Hilda were living with them in 1940.13,14,15
     He was working as a day laborer in 1900 and laborer in a paper mill in 1910, and later became a farmer.5,2,12,13

Citations

  1. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Oscar De Witt and Viola Evans, FHL Film 2342680, Image 247, Vol. 1, p. 13, Rec. No. 7744.
  2. [S4761] 1910 U.S. Census, Oscar J. Dewitt household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  3. [S4770] Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952. Record for Oscar J. De Witt, File No. 4949.
  4. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Oscar Dewitt and Almira Steadman, FHL Film 2342500, Image 446, Vol. 4, p. 11, Rec. No. 1859.
  5. [S4765] 1900 U.S. Census, Oscar Dewitt household, Allen Co., Indiana.
  6. [S4809] 1880 U.S. Census, Newton Dewitt household, Van Buren Co., Michigan.
  7. [S3346] His death record says October 1868, and his cemetery marker says 1868. However, his parents were married on 9 February 1873 [Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, ancestry.com. Record for William N. Dewitt and Marietta Boren.], and he's listed with them as the oldest child, at age 6, in the 1880 census enumerated on 18 June. The date October 1873 is also consistent with his age listed in the record of his first marriage, and (within a year) of his age in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. He also apparently lied about his age at the time of his second marriage, to Viola Evans in 1908, who was then 24. He's listed as 26 in his marriage record, when he would have actually been 34, and as 29 in the 1910 census, when he would have actually been 36.
  8. [S3741] Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952. Record for Oscar DeWitt and Elmira DeWitt, File No. 307. Gives their marriage date, apparently erroneously, as 15 October 1894.
  9. [S640] "Burlingham/Evans," E-mail from Kay (Evans) Smith to Charles Towne, March - April 2005.
  10. [S6345] Obituary, Oscar J. DeWitt, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 19 November 1948, p. 20, col. 2.
  11. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Oscar J. DeWitt (Mem. No. 131863156), Hillside Cemetery, Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan. Created by Dorothy, 25 June 2014.
  12. [S4762] 1920 U.S. Census, Oscar Dewitt household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  13. [S4763] 1930 U.S. Census, Oscar J. Dewitt household, Barry Co., Michigan.
  14. [S4764] 1940 U.S. Census, Oscar DeWitt household, Barry Co., Michigan.
  15. [S3346] It should be noted, however, that no marriage record has been found online for Basil and Hilda, and Basil and his first wife Marguerite weren't officially divorced until 8 July 1942.

Agnes Henrietta Friery1,2

b. 6 September 1888, d. 4 August 1965
Pedigree
FatherJames Friery1 b. Nov 1837
MotherMary Brady1 b. Jan 1841

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     Agnes Henrietta Friery was born on 6 September 1888 in Bismarck, St. Francois Co., Missouri.1 She was married by Joseph A. Collins, RCP, to Fay Victor Johnson, son of Stafford Hiram Johnson and Martha B. Burlingham, on 22 November 1907 in Farmington, St. Francois Co., Missouri.3 She died on 4 August 1965 at Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, at age 76 from colon cancer.1,4 She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.5
     After their marriage she and her husband Fay lived in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.6,7 They moved to Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, sometime before 19288 where they remained until at least 1947.9,10,11 They may have then moved back to Jonesboro and stayed until 195912,4,13, when they moved to Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, where they lived with their daughter Catherine.12,4

Citations

  1. [S4314] Agnes Henrietta Johnson, Death Certificate.
  2. [S4322] World War I Draft Registration, Fay Vick Johnson.
  3. [S4312] Brian Oster, Missouri Marriage Records, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/…, from "St. Francois County Marriage Records, 1901-1903," Vol. 10, p. 343.
  4. [S4317] Obituary, Agnes Johnson, Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, 4 August 1965, p. 10, col. 4.
  5. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Agnes H. Johnson (Mem. No. 93751533), Holy Cross Cemetery, Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas. Created by John Taylor, 17 July 2012.
  6. [S4308] 1910 U.S. Census, Fay V. Johnson household, Craighead Co., Arkansas.
  7. [S4309] 1920 U.S. Census, Fay V. Johnson household, Craighead Co., Arkansas.
  8. [S4325] City Directory(s) for Evansville, Indiana; 1928, p. 311.
  9. [S4310] 1930 U.S. Census, Fay V. Johnson household, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  10. [S4311] 1940 U.S. Census, Fay V. Johnson household, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  11. [S4325] City Directory(s) for Evansville, Indiana; 1947, p. 385.
  12. [S4316] Obituary, Fay Victor Johnson, Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, 12 February 1964, p. 14, col. 7.
  13. [S3346] Fay's obituary says he moved to Corpus Christi in 1959 after retiring from Pierce-Williams, for whom he had worked for 35 years. And Agnes's 1965 obituary says she moved to Corpus Christi 5 1/2 years previously (i.e., about 1959 or 1960), from Jonesboro, Arkansas.