Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Gale Dewitt and Rachel Bloom


Husband George Gale Dewitt 1 

           Born: 4 Jul 1831 - Brooklyn Twp, Susquehanna Co, PA
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         Father: Aaron Dewitt (1794-1864) 2
         Mother: Hannah Ammerman (      -Bef 1864) 2


       Marriage: 18 Feb 1854 3

Wife Rachel Bloom 4 

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         Father: William Bloom (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Hannah [Unk] (      -      ) 3


Children
1 F Hannah M. Dewitt 5 

           Born: 8 Mar 1856 - Chest Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
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         Spouse: Robert Absalom Shoff (1847-      ) 6

2 M William B. Dewitt 3 

           Born: 28 Mar 1858 3
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         Spouse: Mary Lawhead (      -      ) 3

3 M Amos T. Dewitt 3 

           Born: 4 Apr 1860 3
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           Died: 28 Apr 1878 - Glen Hope, Clearfield Co, PA 3
 Cause of Death: Drowning
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4  F  Nannie F. Dewitt 3





           Born: 20 Mar 1862 3
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           Died: Aft 1898
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         Spouse: Jacob Baker (      -Bef 1898) 3






5  M  George D. Dewitt 3





           Born: 1 Dec 1864 3
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         Spouse: Lina McAlister (      -      ) 3



         Spouse: Mamie Rowles (      -      ) 3






6  M  Lewis Z. Dewitt 3





           Born: 5 Nov 1866 3
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7  M  W. A. Dewitt 3





           Born: 11 Sep 1869 3
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         Spouse: Ella Holton (      -      ) 3






8  F  Mary May Dewitt 3





           Born: 24 May 1871 3
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         Spouse: [Unk] Hardin (      -      ) 3






9  M  Edmund Dewitt 3





           Born: 2 Apr 1874 3
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10  F  Katie Dewitt 3





           Born: 16 Nov 1875 3
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           Died: 3 Jan 1876 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry






11  F  Samantha Dewitt 3





           Born: 26 Mar 1879 3
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry









General Notes: Husband - George Gale Dewitt



Irvona, Clearfield Co, PA

He passed his youth on the homestead farm aiding in the work of the fields during the summer months, and attending the public schools of the neighborhood during the winter season. At the age of fourteen he went to the lumber woods of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where he remained one winter, and then re­turned home to aid in harvest field during the summer. For some time he continued lum­bering and rafting down Pine creek and the Sus­quehanna to Port Deposit, and also rafted some on the Delaware river. In 1850 he came to Clearfield County, making shingles for Alexander Irwin, on Laurel run, and later worked for Isaac Schofield, in the Green woods. Subsequently he was employed by the Laybords in Union and Brady townships, Clearfield County, and then re­turned to Pine Creek, where he worked in a mill for one year. He married and they began their domestic life in Jordan township, where he en­gaged in the manufacture of shingles until 1856, when he removed to Chest township, and fol­lowed the same occupation there for one year. Coming to Becaria township, in 1857, he here rented land for six years, and then purchased a tract of timber land of T. W. Johnson at $3.50 per acre (the timber being reserved, but he after­ward bought the timber), and at once began to clear and improve the place. In 1863 he erected a commodious frame residence, built a large barn in 1887, and his farm became one of the most highly cultivated and improved in Be­caria township. During the winter months he continued to follow lumbering and logging with good success. He was one of the oldest and best pilots on the Susquehanna and its tributaries; he ran a raft through the mountains in the night, and he ran a raft out of Moshannon creek by moon­light, two of the greatest feats ever performed in that country. Since 1850 he took over one hundred rafts from Clearfield to Lock Haven, Marietta and Columbia, Pennsylvania. [CBRCP, 655]



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Sources






1
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 654, 694.

2
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 654.

3
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 655.

4
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 694.

5
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 694, 777.

6
—, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 733.







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