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Catherine I. (Witt) DeLong (abt. 1828 - 1917)

Catherine I. DeLong formerly Witt aka Edwards
Born about in Tennessee, USAmap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 89 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, USAmap
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Biography

Catherine I. Witt was born in 1818 in Tennessee.

In 1860, Catherine was living in Colin County, Texas, with her brother Eli[1]. Also, in the household is William D. Edwards, farmer. This is presumably the William A. Edwards that Catherine married on 1 July 1860.

Catherine and William A. Edwards were married 1 July 1860 in Collin County, Texas.[2][3]. They had one child together: Samuel Edwards (abt.1861-)[4].

In 1880, Catherine has remarried George M. DeLong and is living in Greene County, Illinois, with him and her son, Samuel Edwards.[5]

In 1900, Catherine was born June 1828 in Tennessee, is widowed and is living with her son, Samuel Edwards, in Linder Township, Greene County, Illinois.[6]

In 1910, Catherine is still widowed and a boarder in the home of Thomas and Minnie Summers in Linder, Greene County, Illinois. [7]

The Illinois death index states Catherine DeLong died 3 Sep 1917 in Morgan County, Illinois[8]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFX-QXG : Tue Jul 18 02:54:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Eli W W Wilt and Catherine Wilt, 1860.
  2. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-H3N : 23 February 2021), Wm A Edwards and Catharine T Witt, 01 Jul 1860; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.
  3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-76S3 : 10 March 2021), Wm A Edwards and Catharine I Witt, 29 Jun 1860; citing Collin, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.
  4. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQYC-DRM : 25 April 2022), Katherine Witt in entry for S. W. Edwards, 1938.
  5. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJK-N4S : 13 January 2022), Cathrine I. De Long in household of George M. De Long, Greene, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  6. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSW3-WLC : 25 January 2022), Catherine Delong in entry for Samuel W Edwards, 1900.
  7. "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD7-7MS : Tue Jul 18 15:31:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Summers and Minnie Summers, 1910.
  8. “Catherine Delong in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947.” https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=1074420&dbid=2542. Accessed 7 Apr. 2019.




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