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Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt 1835 – 1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Jan 1835

Birth Location: Cooper, Missouri, United States

Death Date: 11 Apr 1909

Death Location: Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: Larkin DeWitt

Mother: Hanna Potter

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Black

Children(s): Sarah Dewitt, Franklin DeWitt, Gilbert DeWitt, Larkin DeWitt, Anna DeWitt, Mary DeWitt, Rosetta Witt, Lucy Dewitt, Isaiah Dewitt, Hannah Dewitt, Arthur Witt

In 1835, Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt entered the world in Cooper, Missouri, United States, born to Larkin William DeWitt and Hanna Ewing Potter. In 1850, Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided in District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt married Elizabeth W Black, and had children including Sarah Missouri Ann Dewitt, Franklin Bryant DeWitt, Gilbert Edward DeWitt, Larkin Thomas DeWitt, Anna Elizabeth "Amma" DeWitt, Mary Ellenor "Nellie" DeWitt, Rosetta De Witt, Lucy Dewitt, Isaiah Dewitt, Hannah Dewitt, Arthur De Witt. Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt passed away in 1909 in Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1835, Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt entered the world in Cooper, Missouri, United States, born to Larkin William DeWitt and Hanna Ewing Potter.
  • In 1850, Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided in District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA.
  • Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt married Elizabeth W Black, and had children including Sarah Missouri Ann Dewitt, Franklin Bryant DeWitt, Gilbert Edward DeWitt, Larkin Thomas DeWitt, Anna Elizabeth "Amma" DeWitt, Mary Ellenor "Nellie" DeWitt, Rosetta De Witt, Lucy Dewitt, Isaiah Dewitt, Hannah Dewitt, Arthur De Witt.
  • Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt passed away in 1909 in Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Larkin DeWitt
1794 – 1873
Birth Location: New York
LD
Hanna Potter
1801 – 1837
Birth Location: Logan, Kentucky, United States
HP

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Black
1848 – 1926
Birth Location: Reynolds, Reynolds, Missouri, United States
EB

Children(s)

Sarah Dewitt
1859 – 1930
Birth Location: Pettis County, Missouri, USA
SD
Franklin DeWitt
1862 – 1938
Birth Location: Missouri
FD
Gilbert DeWitt
1866 – 1905
Birth Location: Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
GD
Larkin DeWitt
1867 – 1940
Birth Location: Missouri
LD
Anna DeWitt
1869 – 1901
Birth Location: Otterville, Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America
AD
Mary DeWitt
1872 – 1880
Birth Location: Missouri
MD
Rosetta Witt
1877 – 1900
Birth Location: Missouri
RW
Lucy Dewitt
1886 – 1886
Birth Location: Otterville, Cooper County, Missouri, United States of America
LD
Isaiah Dewitt
1856 – 1910
Birth Location: Missouri
ID
Hannah Dewitt
1859 – 1870
Birth Location: Missouri
HD
Arthur Witt
1859 – 1859
Birth Location: Iowa
AW

Gilbert DeWitt's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert DeWitt
1835 – 1909
Birth Place: Cooper, Missouri, United States
Parents
Larkin William DeWitt
1794 – 1873
New York
Hanna (Ewing) Potter
1801 – 1837
Logan, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin (Franklin (Witt) -) DeWitt
1754 – 1802
Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Molly Larkin
1756 – 1798
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
George (Bher) POTTER
1755 – 1826
Derbyshire, England
Hannah FITZHUGH
1758 – 1831
Bedford, Rockingham, VA
Great-Grandparents
Isaiah DeWitt
1726 – 1771
Deborah Stewart
1727 – 1810
Peter Larkin
1727 – 1815
Azubah Wheeler-Larkin
1731 – 1790
Robert Fitzhugh
1740 – 1800
Margaret Bell
1740 – 1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Witt
1695 – 1739
Martha *
1696 – 1730
Daniel Stewart
1691 – 1786
Persis Witte\Witt**
1698 – 1786
Philip Larkin
1700 – 1770
Mary Harris
1698 – 1759
John Wheeler
1695 – 1747
Mary Hapgood
1694 – 1759
Col Fitzhugh
1725 – 1791
Ursula Beverley**
1725 – 1767
James BELL
1710 – 1751
Rachel McCUNE
1712 – 1751

Gilbert DeWitt's Descendants

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Gilbert (Lafayette) DeWitt (22 Jan 1835 – 11 Apr 1909) m. Elizabeth (W) Black (Jan 1848 – 29 November 1926)
  1. 1. Sarah (Missouri Ann) Dewitt (13 Aug 1859 – 18 May 1930)
  2. 2. Franklin (Bryant) DeWitt (abt 1862 – 29 Dec 1938)
  3. 3. Gilbert (Edward) DeWitt (16 June 1866 – 29 September 1905) m. Elida (Bell) Tabor (8 Apr 1870 – 31 March 1941)
    1. 1. Bessie (Maude) DeWitt (April 1891 – December 1967)
    2. 2. Ada (B) Gilbert (13 Feb 1900 – 20 Nov 1900)
  4. 4. Larkin (Thomas) DeWitt (Abt 1867 – Oct 1940)
  5. 5. Anna (Elizabeth "Amma") DeWitt (11 September 1869 – Bet 1901 and 1964) m. Samuel (Henry) Boatman (3 Oct 1865 – 10 Feb 1951)
    1. 1. Thomas (Lafayette) Boatman (18 October 1889 – 25 February 1928) m. Elsie (May) Like (1894 – )
    2. 2. Cammie (Rebecca) Boatman (2 May 1891 – 4 Nov 1974) m. Letcher (Kinkead) Marks (2 Apr 1890 – 29 Mar 1969)
      1. 1. Thelma (Iantha) Wells (31 Jul 1913 – 28 Oct 1984) m. Roy Wells (abt 1916 – )
      2. 2. Mary (Elizabrth) Marks (19 FEB 1915 – 20 FEB 1915)
      3. 3. Norma Marks (abt 1919 – 29 APR 1920)
    3. 3. Samuel (Arthur "Artie") Boatman (26 Jan 1893 – 15 May 1956) m. Cecil (Beatrice ( Bea)) Turner (3 Jan 1897 – 29 Dec 1984)
      1. 1. Harold (Bernard "Barney") Boatman (2 May 1916 – 24 Feb 1992) m. Florence (Gertrude) Brown (10 Nov 1911 – 11 Jul 1999) m. Linda (Jo) Adamson (1915 – )
        1. 1. Harold (Bernard) Boatman (abt 1943 – )
      2. 2. Samuel (Arthur) Boatman (13 April 1917 – 18 November 1954) m. Nellie (Virginia) Miller (17 Nov 1920 – 2 Oct 2000)
        1. 1. Frances (Carolyn) Boatman (15 Nov 1939 – 12 Dec 2014) m. James (Roger) Barber (19 Feb 1936 – 16 Aug 2005)
        2. 2. Mary (Beatrice) Boatman (1 Sep 1942 – 26 Jun 2018) m. Arnold (Erik) Johnson (14 Apr 1940 – )
      3. 3. Gerald (Clifford) Boatman (5 December 1919 – 12 May 1994) m. Anna (Lee) Robertson (19 Jun 1923 – 22 Sep 2008)
        1. 1. Gerald (C.) Boatman (30 May 1944 – ) m. Barbara (G) Boatman
        2. 2. Dale (E.) Boatman (2 Oct 1947 – ) m. Patricia (J) Farrington (abt 1950 – )
        3. 3. Arthur (L.) Boatman (29 Dec 1948 – )
      4. 4. Col. (Beryl Leon) Boatman** (abt 1922 – 06 Oct 1983) m. Margaret (Louise) Miller (25 Dec 1922 – 2 Oct 2008)
        1. 1. Ronald (Leon) Boatman (1 Jun 1943 – 17 Jun 2003) m. Anna (Mae) Boatman (21 January 1938 – 28 December 2019)
        2. 2. Sam Boatman (19 Jul 1956 – )
        3. 3. Michelle Boatman m. Branch
      5. 5. Margaret (Elizabeth) Boatman (11 Jan 1924 – 9 Jan 1993) m. Robert Holbrook
        1. 1. Robert (M.) Holbrook m. Cynthia L.
        2. 2. Patricia Monetet
      6. 6. Karl (Kenneth) Boatman (19 Mar 1925 – 4 Apr 2025) m. Bettie (Maurine) Flangan (17 Oct 1927 – 29 May 2001)
        1. 1. Karl (Kenneth) Boatman (21 Nov 1950 – ) m. Kristen (Lynn) Johnson
        2. 2. David (Michael) Boatman (1 Oct 1952 – 22 Jan 2010) m. Marcee Parks m. Evelyn (Doris) Dunn
        3. 3. Marsha (Maurine) Boatman (20 Mar 1954 – ) m. Havard (abt 1953 – )
        4. 4. Scott (Lee) Boatman (20 Dec 1962 – )
        5. 5. Molly Boatman (21 Sep 1964 – ) m. Herbst
        6. 6. Cynthia (Louise) Boatman m. Leo (Donald) Tullier
    4. 4. Lura (E.) Boatman (23 MAR 1895 – 5 NOV 1895)
    5. 5. May Boatman (17 MAR 1897 – 19 MAR 1997)
    6. 6. Ruth Boatman (02 Mar 1898 – 29 JAN 1901)
    7. 7. Nellie (Grace) Boatman (18 JUL 1900 – 31 JAN 1901)
    8. 8. Milton (Bernard) Boatman (14 NOV 1901 – 19 JAN 1906)
    9. 9. Infant Boatman (4 JAN 1904 – 4 JAN 1904)
    10. 10. Clyde Boatman (23 FEB 1905 – 23 FEB 1905)
    11. 11. Claude (Ernest) Boatman (23 February 1905 – September 1976) m. Helen (Inez) Thomas (1905 – 1996)
      1. 1. Marilyn (Gene) Boatman (abt 1930 – ) m. George (Stillman) Cates (abt 1928 – ) m. Guy (O) Duggin
        1. 1. Karl Duggin
      2. 2. Thomas (Ernest) Boatman (18 Apr 1931 – 31 Jan 2003) m. Bonnie (Lou) Tessmer (15 May 1936 – 16 Apr 1999) m. Donna Emhich m. Sharon (Dorrine) Dupler
        1. 1. Bonita (Lynn) Boatman (26 Dec 1966 – ) m. Andrew (C) Commons
      3. 3. James (Claude) Boatman (29 Jul 1935 – 22 Jun 1973) m. Carolyn Dubberley (29 December 1936 – 19 May 2003)
        1. 1. Samuel
        2. 2. Deborah
        3. 3. Marsha
      4. 4. Charles (Eldon) Boatman (9 Aug 1936 – ) m. Janis (AL) Hayden
    12. 12. DeWitt Boatman (18 JAN 1909 – 18 JAN 1909)
  6. 6. Mary (Ellenor "Nellie") DeWitt (Abt 1872 – after 1880)
    1. 1. Anna King (abt 1892 – )
  7. 7. Rosetta (De) Witt (Abt 1877 – before 1900)
  8. 8. Lucy Dewitt (15 September 1886 – 23 September 1886)
  9. 9. Isaiah Dewitt (abt 1856 – 1910)
  10. 10. Hannah Dewitt (abt 1859 – before 1870)
  11. 11. Arthur (De) Witt (abt 1859 – 1859)

Gilbert DeWitt's Timeline

13 Records

1835
22 January 1835
Birth of Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt in Cooper Co., Missouri, USA
Cooper Co., Missouri, USA
1835
22 Jan 1835
Birth of Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt in Cooper, Missouri, United States
Cooper, Missouri, United States
1850
1850
Age 15
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA
District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA
1860
1860
Age 25
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Granby, Granby, Newton, Missouri, USA
Granby, Granby, Newton, Missouri, USA
1870
1870
Age 35
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Richland, Morgan, Missouri, USA
Richland, Morgan, Missouri, USA
1880
1880
Age 45
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri, USA
Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri, USA
1886
abt 1886
Age 51
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here
None
1889
6 Jun 1889
Age 54
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Clifton City, Cooper, Missouri
Clifton City, Cooper, Missouri
1890
Jun 1890
Age 55
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
1891
9 May 1891
Age 56
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here
None
1900
1900
Age 65
Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt resided here in Webb Ward 1, Jasper, Missouri, USA
Webb Ward 1, Jasper, Missouri, USA
1909
11 April 1909
Age 74
Death of Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt in Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Jasper County, Missouri, USA
1909
11 Apr 1909
Age 74
Death of Gilbert Lafayette DeWitt in Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America
Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 January 1835
    Event Place: Cooper Co., Missouri, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-2002, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]
    [2] U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census
    [4] 1870 United States Federal Census
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census
    [6] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Granby, Newton, Missouri; Roll: M653_636; Page: 925; Family History Library Film:
    [7] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 125b
    [8] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [9] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1835
    Event Place: Cooper, Missouri, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 23, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 397; Page: 125b

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Granby, Granby, Newton, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Granby, Newton, Missouri; Roll: M653_636; Page: 925; Family History Library Film:

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Richland, Morgan, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Pleasant Valley, Wright, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: abt 1886
    Record Source: Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-2002, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 6 Jun 1889
    Event Place: Clifton City, Cooper, Missouri
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 71
    [2] U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Jun 1890
    Event Place: Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Vet

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 9 May 1891
    Record Source: U.S., Mining Accidents, 1839-2006, Western History/Genealogy Central Library; Denver, Colorado

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Webb Ward 1, Jasper, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 April 1909
    Event Place: Jasper County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Jasper County, Missouri Deaths 1878-1905
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1909
    Event Place: Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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