Virgil
S.
(Day)
Hewitt
Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Hewitt
and Eliza Ann (Chastain) Hewitt
Husband of
Mary Wintersmith (Wintersmith) Hewitt
— married
1871 [location unknown]
Husband of
Judith Coleman (Drane) Hewitt
— married
6 Jun 1895 in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Died
at age 57
in Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Feb 2016
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Biography
Virgil S. Hewitt b. 20 Jul 1840 Elizabethtown, Hardin CO, KY d. 04 Jul 1898 KY; m/1 bef. 1871 Mary Wintersmith and had issue; m/2 Judith Coleman Drane [1] and had no issue.[2] Virgil was a confederate soldier who fought in Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and Resaca and wounded twice; elected county clerk of Hardin Co, KY.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2737335/person/24014021698/facts : accessed 11 May 2019), profile for Virgil S Hewitt.
- ↑ Kentucky Brights and Their Kin, Including the Crabb, Drane, Ford, Hopkins, and King Families, data collected by Georgie Hopkins Ford, p. 93 : accessed 10 May 2019 on Ancestry.com at [1]
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2019), memorial page for Robert Hewitt (1 Jul 1803–13 Feb 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #90020655, citing Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by James Richards (contributor 47086063) .
- https://books.google.com/books?id=7vkxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=lafayette+hewitt+kentucky&source=bl&ots=Yu7caSK39_&sig=8PIGI7GXlHoGZGt3Hd7sfxI1Qsc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv2ujN_ffKAhWBPB4KHWXHB5cQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=lafayette%20hewitt%20kentucky&f=false
- Samuel Haycraft, "A History of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and Its Surroundings," written in 1869, (Woman's Club of Elizabethtown, KY, 1921), pp. 146-7 : accessed 11 May 2019 at [2]
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2019), memorial page for Virgil S. Hewitt (20 Jul 1840–4 Jul 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #9080523, citing Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Stonewall (contributor 46536634) .
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Hewitt-4297 and Hewitt-2013 appear to represent the same person because: Birthplace, father, mother and siblings are the same.
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