Benjamin Franklin DeWitt (1830 - 1917)

Born 2 Oct 1830 in Pettis, Missouri, United States

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Died 31 Jul 1917 at age 86 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1830.

He was the son of Larkin DeWitt and Hannah Potter.

From Bennett DeWitt and Related Families, pp 430-431

The subject of this sketch was born in Pettis County, October 2, 1830, and is the fifth child in a family of eight children. His advantages for an education were somewhat limited, there being but few schools i n Pettis County at that time. He remained at home with his father's family until his nineteenth year, when he went to California and was engaged in the mining business, which business he followed for more than five years, when he returned to his Missouri home, settling in Pettis County, where he has since resided. He was married March 13, 1856, to Miss Permelia A. Potter, a native of Cooper County, Mo., and a daughter of John Potter, of that County. From this marriage there were ten children, only five of whom are now l i v i n g , viz: Larkin T., Benjamin F., Calvin J., Joseph A., and Cevia A. Since Mr. DeWitt's return to Pettis he has been engaged in farming and raising stock. He owns a fine farm of 517 acres, extending to the fertile bottom lands of Muddy Creek." (History of Missouri-History of Pettis County (1882) pages 869-870,)

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• Bennett Dewitt and Related Families, p430-431

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