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William Henry DeWitt

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Born: October 24, 1827

Birthplace: Smith County, Tennessee

Father: Rev. Samuel DeWitt 1792 – 1853
(Buried: Gamaliel Cemetery, Gamaliel, Kentucky)​

Mother: Mary Allen McWhorter 1792 –

1st​ Wife: Emilia Price 1827 – 1863
(Buried: Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee)​

2nd​ Wife: Elizabeth Wilson 1842 – 1905
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​

Children:

Marcus Alonza DeWitt 1848 – 1863​
(Buried: Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee)​
Sallie DeWitt Fisher 1852 – 1934​
(Buried: Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee)​
Willie DeWitt Unknown – 1863​
(Buried: Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee)​
Eugene DeWitt 1868 – 1891​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​
William Houghlette DeWitt 1869 – 1955​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Know – Nothing Party, Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1847 – 1848: School Teacher at Montpelier Academy, Greenville, Tennessee​
1848 – 1850: School Teacher in Jackson County, Tennessee​
1850: School Teacher in Lafayette, Tennessee​
1850 – 1856: Attorney in Lafayette, Tennessee​
1855 – 1857: Tennessee State Representative​
1856 – 1858: Attorney in Lebanon, Tennessee​
1858 – 1896: Attorney in Carthage, Tennessee​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Tennessee Delegate, Confederate Provisional Congress​
Participated in formulating a workable law sequestering enemy property.​
He consented to give the President wide latitude in raising troops in border states.​
He opposed the produce loan​
1862: Choose not to run for Confederate regular Congress​
1862 – 1865: Special Chancellor for Fifth Chancery Division, Tennessee
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Occupation after War:

Tennessee State Court Judge​
1876: Chairman Resolutions Tennessee State Democratic Convention​
1878: Member of Tennessee State Judicial Convention​

Died: April 11, 1896

Place of Death: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 68 years old

Burial Place: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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