Lucille (Chestnut) Dewitt (abt. 1905 - 1938)

Born about 1905 in Horry, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Feb 1938 at about age 33 in Conway, Horry, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Lucille (Chestnut) Dewitt is a part of US Black heritage.

Lucille was born about 1905. She was the daughter of James Chestnut and Nettie Bellamy. She passed away in 1938 during childbirth due to acute nephritis. ^[1] She was the wife of Walcie Dewitt and was a housewife. She was buried at Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9L9-6X6 : 23 February 2021), Lucile Dewitte, 25 Feb 1938; citing , Dewitte, Lucile, 1938, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,943,853.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/155364068/lucille-dewitt : accessed 22 May 2021), memorial page for Lucille Chestnut Dewitt (1905–25 Feb 1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #155364068, citing Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Conway, Horry County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by stricka (contributor 47957581).

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Z9-3NV : 3 February 2021), Lucile Chestnut in entry for James Chestnut, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPCK-CJR : accessed 23 May 2021), Lucile Dewitt in household of Walsey Dewitt, Conway, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 9B, line 89, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2201; FHL microfilm 2,341,935.