William Henry DeWitt
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
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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