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Joseph Culbertson
DeWitt



Elizabeth E.
McCullough

version 17: 12512/13






(son of Joel DeWitt
b. 29 Jan 1816, Jackson Co, (W)VA      
d. 13 May 1890

and

Rachel Mairs
b. 7 May 1823 in Stuebenville, Jefferson Co., OH    
d. 26 Feb 1912




(daughter of  John McCullough
b.
22 June 1809 in OH or PA 
d.
7 Oct 1863

and

Elizabeth M. Bell
b.
19 Aug 1810 in PA 
d.
30 Apr 1886 in MO)


JOSEPH INFO

b. 10 Feb1845
     in (W)VA

d. 19 Mar
1922
      in
Antioch,
    Contra Costa Co.,
    CA (see OBIT)

    (FindAGrave)
pic
Photo provided by descendant
Ann Peterson 12/2012
He was living with parents family in 1850, 1860.

He served briefly in the Civil War in 1864: See Below.

He was living with his own family in Sullivan Co,
Mo in 1870 and  1880

In one of his Obituaries:  He
moved to Kansas in 1892
and then on to California within a few years.

Maybe ... but in 1900 he and Elizabeth were living in
Polk Twnshp, in Sullivan Co., MO
(They can be found be searching Joseph De Witt..
(note the space in the last name)

In 1905, they were living in Ness City, KS

* see notes

Living in Contra Costa Co., CA in 1910 census. 
(near Oakland, CA).

Living on 63rd Street Oakland, Almeda Co, CA in 1920 census.

(ref: ancestry.com listing of DeWitts in Civil War)


married
10 Feb 1867
as listed in
Marriage Records
of
Sullivan Co, MO
1859-1880
pg 23



Meet the
children.


Additional
Info

ELIZABETH E. INFO

b. ? Jun 1844 in Cora, Sullivan Co, MO
     per 1900 census and her
Obit
d.  10 Jan 1938 in Oakland, CA (per Obit)
     
(FindAGrave)

Living with son Ernest in 1930 at age 85.
Census says she was 20 when first married
which suggests she first married in 1864.

In both 1920 and 1930 she was living at
63rd St in Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

In 1910, Joseph and Elizabeth lived
in Antioch City,
Contra Costa, CA
with daughter Eunice and son Ernest. 
Middle initial taken from 1910 census.



family 1893
Back row standing:Laura Mae DeWitt and Martha Elizabeth DeWitt (or vice versa); Middle row kneeling: John Wallace DeWitt; Front row seated: Elizabeth McCullough DeWitt, Ernest McCulloughDeWitt, Eunice Virginia DeWitt, Joseph Culbertson DeWitt; Photo dated July 1893, Kirksville, Adair Co., MO; Photo provided by descendant Ann Peterson 12/2012

CoraThomas & family Cora B. (Thomas) Caldwell (second from left)
(dau. of Mary Magdalene DeWitt and Joel W. Thomas) and family

Left to right:
Justa Caldwell (daughter of Cora)
Cora B. Thomas Caldwell
Uncle Joe DeWitt
(Is he Joseph Culbertson DeWitt?)

John T(homas?) Caldwell?


(taken before 1938 (death of Justa) and
if DeWitt is Joseph Culbertson,
it was taken before his death in 1922)


from collection of Bruce & Susan Barlow on 9/9/2005

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Children of Joseph Culbertson DeWitt
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Joseph Culbertson DeWitt (b. 10 Feb 1845  d. 19 Mar 1922)
and Elizabeth E. McCullough (b. ? Jun 1844  d. 10 Jan 1938)
married 10 Feb 1867
Walter *
     

M 2 Dec
1867
MO 28 Aug
1868
tombstone
Son of J.C. & E.
(McCullough Cem)

(FindAGrave)

--
--
--
John Wallace

Is he Dr. J. Wallace DeWitt
who lived next door to
Joseph C in 1910 and also
the person who announced
Dr. Thomas Bryon's
death in 1904?

John & family lived
in Oakland, CA in 1920. 
He was a doctor.

Living in 1938
in Oakland, CA


(See photo above in
family portrait.)


M
26 Jun
1869

Ca Death
Index
MO 1 Dec
1947
Ca Death Index
Placer, CA
(FindAGrave)
Nettie M Chase
b.Oct 1868  CA 
d.1928

(FindAGrave)

dau of John and
Almira A Chase
1895 CA
Melba 
  
b. 5 Oct 1899
       in CA
  d. 3 Dec 1942

       in Almeda,
       CA
     m. Norris Walter Collins
          b 1879
          d 1945
          children
             Norine
              b 1929
              d
              m Don F Phillips


Donald Chase
 
b. 15 Aug 1897 in CA
 
d. 16 May 1948
      in
Contra Costa, CA
      (FindAGrave)

      m Helen Jansse
          children:
              Donald Chase, Jr
                b 1929 CA
                d 1991 WA

Emery T. *
M
20 Feb
1871
MO 27 Feb
1879
tombstone
Son of J.C. & E.
(McCullough Cem)

(FindAGrave)

-- -- --
Laura  Mae

(See photo above in
family portrait.)


Living with
W D? Hamilton
in Kirksville, Adair Co,
MO in 1900 with son and
sister Eunice DeWitt

Living as widow
Mae DeWitt Hamilton
in Kirksville, Mo
in 1920

Sailed on Leviathan
as Mae D Witt Hamilton
and arrived in NYC,
from Cherbourg
France on 5 Sep 1927

Living in Kirksville, MO
in 1930 as Mae D Hamilton.
She was widowed.

Living in 1938 in
Kirksville, MO
(Mother's obit)


F
12 Aug
1872
(from death
certificate
)


Reger, MO
(from death
certificate
)
6 Jun
1943
(from death
certificate
)

(FIndAGrave)
Kirksville,
Adair Co, MO

She lived on Pierce St
until her death.

Warren Burton
  Hamilton
b. 15 Jul 1869 in
    Fabius, Knox Co, MO
d. 2 Aug 1911 (Death Cert.)
   
(FIndAGrave)

I can not find them in
1910 census.

According to death certificate
he was a doctor and banker.

His father was
Henry S. Hamilton
(1835-Aft 1910)
and his mother's name
was Margaret Wiseman
(1837-Aft 1910)


They lived on Pierce St,
in Kirksville.


24 Oct 1893
Svondale Farm,
Adair Co, MO

Arthur D.
b. Aug 1896
d. Mar 1985 MO

m. Eva L. ?
     b. 1902 IA
     d. Aft 1930

 children:
    Elizabeth Mae
      b. 1926 MO
      d. Aft 1930

    Warren B.
      b. 1928 MO
      d. Aft 1930


Living in Kirksville,
Adair Co,
MO in 1930.
   

Martha Elizabeth

(See photo above in
family portrait.)


Living in 1938
in Ness City, KS
(Mother's obit)
F
13 Aug
1874

(per 1900
census)
(age 6
in
1880)

MO 24 Mar
1955
Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw, MI

burial in
La Crosse Cem,
in La Crosse,
Rush Co., KS
(FindAGrave)
Andrew William
Wilson
b. 21 Jun 1873 in IL
d. 19 Apr 1949 in OH

burial in
La Crosse Cem,
in La Crosse,
Rush Co., KS
(FindAGrave)

20 Nov
1907
Antioch,
CA
infant
  b 1909
   d 1909

William Joseph
   b 26 May 1910 KS
    d. 29 Feb 2000 MD

Mary Elizabeth
     b 7 Jan 1912 KS
     d 23 Sep 1999 IN
     m Arthur Leslie
         Drew

Margaret Virginia
     b 16 Jun 1914 KS
     d 19 Sep 1992 WA
     m. Alvin Carlson

Blanche C*
     

F 1876
(per 1880 census)
(age 4
in June
1880)

MO 5 Aug
1880
tombstone
Dau
of J.C. & E.
McCullough Cem,
Sullivan Co, MO


(McCullough Cem)

(FindAGrave)

-- -- --
Joel C.*
M 1 Oct
1878

(age 1
in Jun

1880)

MO 17 Aug 1887 tombstone
Son of J.C. & E.
McCullough Cem,
Sullivan Co, MO


(McCullough Cem)

(FindAGrave)

-- -- --
Nora M. *
F 29 Nov
1880
MO 2 Jan
1884

3 yr
2 mo old


Death Certificate

tombstone
Dau
of J.C. & E.
McCullough Cem,
Sullivan Co, MO


(McCullough Cem)
died from membranous coup and Joel DeWitt, MD signed death cert.

(FindAGrave)

-- -- --
Eunice Virginia

(See photo above in
family portrait.)

(from 1900 census)
Living with
Warren Hamilton
in Kirksville, Adair Co,
MO in 1900 with son and
sister Laura Mae DeWitt

Living in Ness City, Ness Co, KS on 1 mar 1905 with father and mother.

Living in Contra Costa, CA in 1910 at age 28.

Living in 1938 in Oakland, CA
(Mother's obit)


F 22 Nov
1882
MO 11 Jan
1967

Berkeley,
Alameda Co, CA
John W Grigsby
b. 1881 in CA
d. After 1930

(per Eunice's
mother's obit.)
Bef 1917
John Jack DeWitt
b 3 Jul 1917
    Los Angeles, CA
d 24 Aug 1981 
   San Diego, CA

Ernest McCullough

(See photo above in
family portrait.)

(from 1900 census)
(Birth Certificate)

Living with parents in Ness City, KS in 1905

(Living with
parents at age 23 in 1910 in Contra Costa, CA

and age 32 in
1920
and was working as a Fire 
Insurance broker.)

Living with wife and mother in Oakland, CA in 1930.
Working in insurance.

Living with wife in 1938 in Oakland, CA (Mother's obit)

Living in San Francisco in 1942 according to his WWII registration card.

M 4 Jun
1886

from WWII
Registration Card

Reger,
Sullivan Co, MO
1 Feb
1961

California Death Index, 1940-1997
San Francisco, CA
Julia ?
b. Abt 1892
in CA
d. Aft 1942

parents:
father born in England

mother born in Scotland

Abt 1929
?

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NOTES:

* Sullivan County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volumes 1 via Ancestry.com

** I am not sure all of these people are children of Joseph.... their parent's initials and dates are appropriate though.

In 1900 & 1910
census, Elizabeth said that she had given birth to 10 children of which only 5 were alive so all
of these young deaths seem accurate.



Was Joseph a Civil War veteran?
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I found a listing for a Joseph C. Dewitt

1. FIRST SERVICE
He enrolled in Milan Mo, on April 30, 1864.
He was ordered into active service on June 10, 1864 in Milan MO, by General Fisk.
He served for 30 days.
Remark: Enlisted in the U.S. Service 28 Aug 1864
He entered as a private and exited as a sergeant.

In the Missouri State Archives :: Soldiers Database
Joseph is show as belonging to the 66th Regiment
Here is his card:
JC Civil War Service Card
Click on image to visit source.

I can not find any info on the 66th regiment.
It is not listed with all the other Missouri Civil War groups at:
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

2. SECOND SERVICE

in the 44th Missouri Infantry at the National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
 http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
The 1166 members of this regiment may be found at the link above.
JC Civil War Service Card 44th
Click on image to visit source.
I have not been able to find any sites about the 44th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry
other than THIS.  It is one of many regiments without someone taking possession and
responsibilty to get the info on the internet...sigh.


and the 153rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry (1 yr 1865).????

Also serving in the same regiment were
Joseph's father, Joel DeWitt
(Major and Surgeon)
and Joel's uncle Thomas Buffington DeWitt (Private)

pic

OBITUARIES

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OBIT 1: (Joseph Culbertson  DeWitt)

Milan Republican Thurs 23 Mar 1922  

(Joseph Culbertson  DeWitt) 
J.C. DeWitt ... Sullivan Co... Died in CA

Mrs. Josie McCullough of this city is in receipt of a message announcing the death of their brother,
J.C. DeWitt, who died at his home in Oakland, CA Mar  19, 1922...
Mr. DeWitt sold his farm and moved to Kansas in 1892, where he resided for  two or three years,

moving from there to California.  He was a brother of  W.H.W. and J.P. DeWitt, both residing near Reger...
[but.... Living in Ness City, KS in 1905.]

OBIT 2: (Elizabeth McCullough DeWitt)
Milan Standard 1938

Mrs. Joseph Dewitt, Age 94, Dies in California

Mrs. Joseph C. DeWitt, member of a prominent Sullivan county family, died Monday night, January 10 at her home in Oakland, Calif. She was in her 94th year, death being due to infirmities of old age.
   
Mrs. Dewitt's maiden name was Elizabeth McCullough. She was born near Cora, MO, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough. She was married to Joseph C. DeWitt, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joel C. DeWitt and lived the greater part of her life near Reger, Mo, leaving there about 25 years ago for the west.
   
Though aged in years, she maintained her own home and was very active and alert, interested in and keeping in touch with affairs of the times. She was unfortunate in having lost her eyesight for a number of years.
   
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt were parents of ten children. The five surviving are Dr. Wallace DeWitt, Ernest DeWitt and Mrs. Eunice Grigsby of Oakland, CA. Mrs. Martha Wilson, Ness City, Kansas and Mrs. May DeWitt Hamilton, Kirksville, MO.
   
The family has many friends and relatives here who extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.

Text provided by Joy Ware, 6/2008

OBIT 3: (Thomas Byron DeWitt)

Milan Republican Thurs 25 Feb 1904
   (Thomas Bryon DeWitt)

Passes Away by far off Pacific

Dr. Bryon DeWitt, a former Sullivan County boy dies Saturday, Feb'y 20,  1904
Warren McCullough received a telegram from Dr. Wallace DeWitt Sunday  announcing
the sad news of the death of Dr. Thomas Bryon DeWitt in San Francisco, Cal., Saturday, Feb 20, 1904...

 
Dr. "By" DeWitt as he was known here, was the son of the late Dr. Joel  DeWitt and Mrs. Margaret A. DeWitt. 
He was born is Sullivan County Aug 25, 1848 on the old home place near Reger, MO, and
was reared to manhood in this county.

 
Milan Republican 31 Mar 1904   (Thomas Byron DeWitt again)
Dr. Byron DeWitt died of apoplexy
Dr. J. Wallace of Antioch...hurried to the bedside of his uncle...
 
When Dr. DeWitt came out from the East a number of years ago he first  located in Antioch practiced medicine
and was a half owner in the largest drug  store in town.  It was here that he became acquainted with and
married his  wife, who was then Miss Sapie Rapp...  One son, Hugh Bryon DeWitt, aged ten years, is the result of this union.

NOTE:  Antioch is the city that Dr. J. Wallace DeWitt lived in, in California, near Oakland, in1910, next door to Joseph C. Dewitt.  Dr. J. Wallace appears to be John W. DeWitt, son of Joseph C. DeWitt.  The last paragraph above seems to refer to J. Wallace DeWitt, because the 1910 census shows that his wife was born in CA, although Nettie has been married before.  It is not clear is Hugh Byron is the son of  Thomas Byron DeWitt, or J(ohn) W(allace) DeWitt.






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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1850 Census Records

Sullivan County, Mo: District 96 (10 Sep 1850)
1850
The search mechanisms at Ancestry.com can not find this, but you can find it if you know the District (96) and the location (161)
Joel Dewitt Age 34
   physician 
Rachelann Age 27
Mary M Age 6
Joseph C Age 4
Thos B Age 2
Margaret W? Age 1
? Myers Age 20  laborer



1864: Civil War Service: Private Joseph C. DeWitt

This record was obtained from the Missouri Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I

Joseph C. DeWitt served in the Union Army's Missouri Militia's 66th Regiment, Company E.
His rank was Private.
He served under Capt. Webb.
He enrolled and entereded into active service on 10 Jun 1864 in Milan, MO.
He served for 30 days.



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1860 Census Records

Milan: Sullivan Co, Mo: (31 Sep 1860)


1860census

Joel Dewitt Age 44
Rachel Age 37
Magdaline Age 17
Joseph Age 15
Thomas B Age 13
Phebe J Age 11
William H. W. Age 7
Mark P Age 2

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1870 Census Records

Milan City, Duncan Township, Sullivan Co, MO:  (29 Jul 1870)
Joseph C. DeWitt (age 25) and wife Elizabeth (age 25), with son John W (age 1)

1870

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1880 Census Records

Polk Township, Sullivan Co, MO:  (14 Jun 1880)

Joseph Culbertson DeWitt (age 35) and wife Elizabeth (age 35), with son John W (age 11), daughter S????a M (age 8), daughter  Martha (age 6), daughter Blanche (age 4), and son Joel C (age 1), and niece Ellen Dewitt (age 17). [I can not figure out whose daughter she is but she may be using a middle name which I have not seen anywhere.... She would have been born about 1863 and her father was born in Va while her mother was born in MO.]---- She COULD be Luella Eddyth "Ella" Dewitt (born 1864) who is the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt (born in VA) and Elizabeth McCullough (born in MO) who is Joseph Culbertson's father's (Joel DeWitt) brother.  so  Thomas would be Joseph's uncle.. so she would be a great niece.?? whew!
1880

[I can not figure out whose daughter Ellen  is but she may be using a middle name which
I have not seen anywhere.... She would have been born about 1863 and her father was born in
Va while her mother was born in MO.]---- She COULD be Luella Eddyth "Ella" Dewitt (born 1864) who is the daughter
of Thomas Buffington DeWitt (born in VA) and Elizabeth McCullough (born in MO) who is Joseph Culbertson's father's
(Joel DeWitt) brother.  so  Thomas would be Joseph's uncle.. so she would be a great niece.?? whew!]

[Regardin S????a M.... in 1910, a Eunice DeWitt was living with her sister Mae Hamilton (with husband W. D. Hamilton) in
Kirksville, Adair Co, MO.  That would suggest that Mae's maiden name was Dewitt.  When I followed Mae Hamilton in the
following years, she showed up as Mae Dewitt Hamilton in 1920 living  in Kirksville again, but widowed. 
Mae D Witt Hamilton also sailed to Europe on the Leviathan arriving in NYC, NY from Cherbourg, France on 5 Sep 1927!
She was living in Kirksville again in 1930.

So... perhaps S????a M is Laura Mae DeWitt who has born on Aug 12 1872 according to her listing on the Leviathan.

leviathan



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1900 Census Records

(under construction)



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1905 Kansas State Census Records: Ness City, Ness Co, KS:  (1 Mar 1905)
(Ness city is about 2/3 across Kansas heading west.
GoogleMaps: http://www.google.com/maps?q=Ness+City,+KS,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title)

J. C. DeWitt (age 60), his wife Elizabeth (age 60), Martha (age 30), Eunice (age 22) and Ernest (age 18)

1905

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1910 Census Records

Antioch City, 8th-Twp, Contra Costa, California:  (30 Apr 1910)
Joseph Culbertson DeWitt and wife Elizabeth, with daughter Eunice and son Ernest.
(It is not clear who the second DeWitt family is. Is it Dr. J. Wallace DeWitt? He was born in WV in 1871.
However, Dr. J. Wallace is mentioned in Thomas Bryon DeWitt's obituary and is listed as a nephew... see above)
Actually... J. Wallace Dewitt, may be John W. Dewitt, son of Joseph.  That would make sense.  He would also
be a nephew of Thomas Bryon DeWitt.

1910 Joseph C Dewitt

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1920 Census Records

Precinct 8, Oakland, Alameda Co., California:  (8 Jan 1920)
Joseph C DeWitt and wife Elizabeth, with son Ernest M.

jc

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1930 Census Records
On April 2nd, 1930, Elizabeth was living with her son Ernest and his wife Julia in Oakland, Alameda Co. on 63rd Street. Ernest was 42 and was married at age 41, so he married Julia about 1929.
 1930

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1942 World War II Draft Registration for Ernest DeWitt (27 Apr 1942)
ernest draft card
From Ancestry.com:
This database is an indexed collection of World War II U.S. draft cards from the Fourth Registration,
the only registration currently available to the public (the other registrations are not available due to
privacy laws). The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted
on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 -
men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military.


see Linn Co., MO MAP

see Sullivan Co., MO  MAP

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