Mathew Pleasant Dewitt

1857 - 1926  (69 years)

• Name	Mathew Pleasant Dewitt
  Birth	16 May 1857	Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jun 1926	Medicine Lodge, Barber, Kansas
  Person ID	I39698	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John B. Dewitt,   b. 4 Aug 1830, Green County, Kentucky d. 31 Dec 1902, Sharon, Barber, Kansas (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Nancy Hedgespeth,   b. 5 Jul 1835, Green County, Kentucky d. 4 Dec 1893, Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	22 Jul 1856	Taylor County, Kentucky
  	MARRIAGE: Quote from Marriage Records, Taylor County, Kentucky: "John B. DeWitt,Jr. married Nancy Hedgspeth 22 July, 1856, Taylor Cocunty,Kentucky."Bondsman - John Carlile. Bond dated 19 July, 1856. "This isto certifythat on the 22nd of July, 1856 the Rites of Marriage werelegallysolemnized between John B. DeWitt, Jr. and Nancy Hedgspeth atBen S.Gaddie's in the County of Taylor in the presence of JosiahMorris andJerrymiah Hedgspeth. Mathew Hedgepeth was listed as guardianfor Nancy onthe marriage documents. /Signed/ Soloman Skaggs Quote from Marriage Records, Taylor County, Kentucky: "John B.DeWitt,Jr. married Nancy Hedgspeth 22 July, 1856, Taylor Cocunty,Kentucky."Bondsman - John Carlile. Bond dated 19 July, 1856. "This isto certifythat on the 22nd of July, 1856 the Rites of Marriage werelegallysolemnized between John B. DeWitt, Jr. and Nancy Hedgspeth atBen S.Gaddie's in the County of Taylor in the presence of JosiahMorris andJerrymiah Hedgspeth. Mathew Hedgepeth was listed as guardianfor Nancy onthe marriage documents. /Signed/ Soloman Skaggs
  Family ID	F15743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ellen Davis
  Children	1. Alfred Dewitt,   b. 7 Dec 1882, Nodaway County, Missouri d. 1 Sep 1926 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F16146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Atwood Whitehead
  Marriage	19 Jan 1887	Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri
  Family ID	F16147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  1857 - Quote from Vital Statistics, Taylor County, Kentucky: "Pleasant M.DeWitt, born 16 May, Taylor Co., Ky., to John B. DeWitt, Jr. andwife,nee Hedgepeth." He left his parent's home near Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri in thesummerof 1882 for "greener pastures" and to find government land tohomestead.He first went to Kentucky, then to Crawford County,Illinois, stopping inVincennes, Indiana to work for John Duncan,cradling wheat for $1.00, andthen to his Uncle James DeWitt's farmnear Palestine, Crawford, Illinoisarriving there on 4 July, 1882. Heworked for $1.00 a day for five weeksbreaking 120 acres of ground forwheat which at that time was selling for$1.00 a bushel.. He remainedthere and worked for $16.00 per month untilthe middle of Septemberwhen he left to go to Kansas. At that time therailroad stopped atHarper, Kansas 28 miles from his destination ,Sharon, Kansas. 1857 - Quote from Vital Statistics, Taylor County, Kentucky: "PleasantM.DeWitt, born 16 May, Taylor Co., Ky., to John B. DeWitt, Jr. andwife,nee Hedgepeth." He left his parent's home near Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri in thesummerof 1882 for "greener pastures" and to find government land tohomestead.He first went to Kentucky, then to Crawford County,Illinois, stopping inVincennes, Indiana to work for John Duncan,cradling wheat for $1.00, andthen to his Uncle James DeWitt's farmnear Palestine, Crawford, Illinoisarriving there on 4 July, 1882. Heworked for $1.00 a day for five weeksbreaking 120 acres of ground forwheat which at that time was selling for$1.00 a bushel.. He remainedthere and worked for $16.00 per month untilthe middle of Septemberwhen he left to go to Kansas. At that time therailroad stopped atHarper, Kansas 28 miles from his destination ,Sharon, Kansas.