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WITT GENEOLOGY :~ 1St Generation: 1-Guillaume William Witt, Born 1675 at La Rhocelle, France, and Died 1754 at the Age of 79, at Albemarle County, Virginia

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WITT GENEOLOGY :~ 1St Generation: 1-Guillaume William Witt, Born 1675 at La Rhocelle, France, and Died 1754 at the Age of 79, at Albemarle County, Virginia WITT GENEOLOGY :~ 1st Generation: 1-Guillaume William Witt, born 1675 at La Rhocelle, France, and died 1754 at the age of 79, at Albemarle County, Virginia. He married Elimbeth Dam. 2nd Generation: 2-Charles Witt (son of Guillaume), he was bom 1716 at Halifax County, Virginia, and died 1781 at the age of 65. His wife was Lavenia Harbour, bom about 1720, in Virginia and died in 1782 at Halifax County, Virginia. 3rd Generation: 3-Rev Caleb Charles Witt (son of Charles). He was bom 2 Sept 1762 at Halifax Co., Virginia and died 20 Jan 1827 at the age of 65 at Hamlen Co., Tennessee. He married Miriam Homer who was bom 13 Nov 1768 at Randolph Co., N.C. and died 10 June 1845 at Hamblen Co. Tenn. 4th Generation: 4-William Merril Witt (son ofRev Caleb Charles). William was bom 26 July 1785 at Tenn and died 14 Nov 1855 at the age of 70, at Dublin, Wayne Co., Indiana. He married Jane Wyatt. She was bom 15 April 1790 at Green Co., Tenn and died 21 May 1851 in Dublin, Indiana. 5th Generation: 5-Dr. Rev Caswell Witt (son of William M.). He was bom 15 July 1810 at Wayne Co., Indiana and died 7 Nov 1870 at the age of 60, in Walla Walla. He married Frances Sweet. She was bom 31 July 1815 in Kentucky and died 9 Feb, 1892. Dr. Rev Caswell Witt received a certificate to practice medicine dated 27 April 1837. They lived up Russell Creek. They had 8 children. They are both buried in the Saling Cemetery, commonly called the Stubblefield Cemetary out the Russell Creek way out of Walla Walla. Their children were as follows: 1. William Austin, Dom 1834 and died 1835 2. Pleasant Caleb, Dom 1836 and died 1838 3. Sarah Jane, Dom 1838, married in 1858 to Yoliel Bonebrake. 4. Caswell Jones Witt, Dom 28 May 1840, married Nancy Elimbeth Barker. 5. Miles Otterben, Dom 1842, died 1875, married Caroline Messinger in 1869. 6. Philander Sweet, Dom 1845, married Mary Ellen Hall, they had the following children: Walter, Effie E., Corwin E. and William Wrtt. 7.James Asel, Born 1849 and died 1884. 8. Bennett (Burton or Barton) Witt, Dom 1853, married Mollie Frances Scott in 1875. He died in 1924 in Walla Walla. Their children were: Frances Nelllie Bly, she married Reser. Jesse, married Jes.,berger. Stephen Delbert married Anna Lukenbill. Their 4th child was Miles Wallace. 6th Generation: 6. Caswell Jones Witt (son of Rev Caswell), bom 28 May 1840 at Dublin, Ohio, died 21 July 1916 at Walla Walla. He married Nancy Elimbeth Barker who was bom 6 Aug 1848 in Lee County, Iowa and died 6 April 1934 in Walla Walla. They are both buried in the Waitsburg Cemetery. they were married 29 Sept 1864. They had 12 children. Caswell Jones was a school teacher. Nancy E., wife of Caswell Jones crossed the Plains in a covered wagon in 1853 with the Henkle Train. Her parents were Clement Barker and her mother was Christena (Henkle) Barker. These 3 plus her 2 brothers, Jacob and William (father of Burt B. Barker), and 2 sisters, Ellen and Sarah were all in the same wagon. Nancy E. Barker, at the age of 16, crawled out her bedroom window and eloped with Caswell Jones Witt on 29 Sept 1864. The 12 Children of Caswell Jones and Nancy E. Witt are as follows: 1. Jane St. Clair (Aunt Jen) born 1865, married Deveney and had 3 children-Claude, Earl and Maude, she married Jack Workman. 2.Lora Ada, born 1867, married Jay Anderson and had 3 children: Bessie, Pauline and Jay Jr. Bessie married Grover Winn. Jay died as a young boy. 3. Caswell Caleb (Uncle B111Z) born 1869. He never married. 4. Estella Frances (Aunt Fran), born 1871, married George Kellicutt, one son, Howard who married Bonnie Goodrich (sister of Wayne). Howard died in 1945. 5. King Rhodell, born 1874, married Esther Harsh. 6. Clement Barker, born 1876, married and had 4 sons: John, Paul, Rex and Auburn. 7. MarkHouston, born 1878, married Emma, had 1 daughter, Delphia, and she married Bob Roberts. 8. Elsie Ethel, born 1881, married J.A. Keener, he died, she married 2nd Lou Hansen. 9. Eugene, born 1884, lived 1 month, died 1884. 10. Bertram Boyd, born 1885, married Cora Whiting, had 4 children: Zelia Alward, Jay, Lewis and Maurice. 11. Elbert, born 1891, lived 2 months. 12. Myrtle Anna (Aunt Mernie) born 1892, married John Munroe, had 2 children, Jean, now deceased, and 1 son John, who is a Radio Announcer in Bellingham, WA. 7th Generation: 7. King Rhodell Witt (son of Caswell Jones) born 5 October 1874 in Walla Walla County up Russell Creek ,and died in Dayton 6 Oct 1946, at the age of 72. He married Esther Barsh in Waitsburg, WA., 2S Nov 1903. Esther was born 13 April 1874 in Kankakee, Illinois, and died 10 Dec 1936, at her home in Waitsburg, at the age of 62. (Nov 1995-Aunt Margaret Witt told Dell Groom that Esther R. Witt colapsed at home and they think was gone. Bot they brought her to Dayton and Dr. Day confired that she was dead.) They are both buried in Waitsburg. 8th Generation: 8. Thelma Bessie (Witt) Groom, (daughter of King) • She married Thomas Earl Groom on 22 April 1933 in Walla Walla. 9th Generation: 9. Douglas Rhodell Groom (son of Thelma Wdl and Earl Groom), Married Joan Kay Elder on 10 Jone 1962 in Dayton, WA. Children ofDell and Joan are as follows: Shane Rhodell, Marty Jay, Ty Randal and Jodi Kalee. KING R. AND ESTHER R. WITT King R. and Esther R. Witt had 3 children. They each grew up with a nickname that remained with them throughout their life. Metha Mae was "Tody", Thema was "Bing", and King Jr. was "Gump". 1-Metha Mae was born 25 March 1905 in Waitsburg and died in 1974 and is buried in Waitsburg Cemetery. Metha M and Robert Loundagin divorced. She later married Peter Hermanns, together they bad one son. Dean Hermanns. Peter is deceased and buried in Waitsburg. She and Robert (Ralph) Loundagin had 3 children as follows: A-Mary Loundagin (deceased) was married to Andrew Weir, they had one son, Peter Weir. B-Robert Leroy Loundagin, born 21 May 1928, died 20 July 2001. His wife was Joann Eleanor Loundagin (deceased), died in 1991. They bad one son, Douglas H. Loundagin. C-Patricia Ann "Pat" Loundagin, born 9 March 1932, died 21 Jan 1994, buried in the Waitsburg Cemetery. She married Ed Webb. They had 2 sons, Eddie and Tom. (Both are deceased). She later married Gail Piersol They had one son, Kelly Piersol Eddie and Tom both used Piersol for their last name. 2-Thelma Bessie born 14 June 1907 in Waitsburg at the home of her grandparents, Caswell J. and Nancy E. Witt. She married Thomas Earl Groom on 22 April 1933 on Easter Day in Walla Walla, WA. They had 10 children. See their family sheet 3-King Rhodell Witt Jr., born 9 Feb 1912 in Waitsburg. He married Margaret M. Devine on 9 Nov 1933 in Walla W Alla and buried in the Waitsburg Cemetary. Margaret survives him. They had 2 children as follows: A-Ann Wrtt, born in 1934, married Reg Barr. B-Neil Rhodell Witt, born 1938. (Douglas Rhodell "Dell" Groom says-"When we were kids we always told people we were halfGrooim and "HalfWitts". HISTORIC SKETCHES OF WALLA WALLA, WHITMAN, COLUMBIA, GARFIELD CO'S 1882 F.T. GILBERT ....·.~ ·-•. ......:"' ... ~: ~-:·.. ~-- .. ,_cf}A::,:1,~\.1,jt·:Nti . ' B ENNETT B. WITT was born in \ 'an Buren county, Io"a, April 5, 1Sj3. With his p :trents he c:ime to the Pacific Co:t5t in 1858, nnd with them mo,·e<l 10 the various sections of country as narrated in the biography of Philander S. Witt. In 1866, for the first time, he cnme to \\' all:t Walla valley, where his parents scttl<!d upon :i farm in the neighborhood of where the subject of this sketch now resides. l n 187j, September 2t, he was married to Miss '.ll:lry F. Scott, d:\Ughtcr of J ohn Scott, one of the subst:intinl farmers of \\':,.Ila \\':ilia. They have three children: M. \\·allace, born D ecember 16, 1876; Stephen D., J uly 2 0, 1879; :rnd J essie ,·., June 13, 1881. The farm on which they reside contains 16o acres of land, :ind was taken up by his brother as a homestead. l t is all under culti,·ation, except possibly ten acres, and is all fenced. The improve- ments are all new, nnd can be seen by reference to sketch uf the same, in this work. There are ten acres of timber land in the mountains, that are a part of the property. As to producti,·cness, it does not differ materially from any of the other numerous farms in the foothills. Its ele,·ations are better than the low land, because of ferns that choke out the grain in the latter. The view of the p!:ice is towards the north, looking out o,·er a grain-growing section of some t wel\'e miles in extent. The face of the country is une,·en and hillr, and the farm in question is situated six miles cast from \Valla \Valla, /J ~; t.!J 9- f/cJ HISTORIC SKETCHES WALLA WALLA, WHITMAN, COLUMBIA, GARFIELD CO'S 1882 F.T. GILBERT PHILANDER S . WITT is a nati,·c of Dublin, \\'o.yne County, I ndio.no., and was born February 21, 18-15.
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