He married Laura Thomas in 1881 in Brown County and then Sarah J. (Unknown)
Sources
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G3-XHC : accessed 4 January 2016), Benjamin Z Dewitt in entry for George W Dewitt, 21 Feb 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,786,726.
"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.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George: