Filena (Dewitt) Harscher (1843 - 1899)

Born 15 Jun 1843 in Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Harscher — married 9 Jan 1871 in Cass County, Illinois USA

Died 28 Oct 1899 at age 56 in Labelle, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Child of Benjamin Dewitt and Elizabeth Taylor, she was when single the first teacher at the DeWitt school and later married Henry Harscher. The family bible says she died across the river in Labelle, Missouri, but she is buried in Cooperstown.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4B-K3M : accessed 4 January 2016), J F De Witte in entry for B F De Witte, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M648-DX2 : accessed 4 January 2016), Lean Dewitt in household of Benjaman Dewitt, Illinois, United States; citing p. 31, family 229, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,688.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 11205091
• "Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2T6-JRVJ : 16 March 2018), Filena Dewitt Harscher in entry for Mrs Louise Krems, 1967, Jacksonville, ,; citing private collection of Mildred Hooper, Nauvoo; FHL microfilm 1,638,383.