Mary Ann was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania Sept. 7, 1842, and while yet a young girl, came to Indiana with her parents. She grew to womanhood and gave her hand and heart to James Andrew Dewitt in marriage. The young Mr. Dewitt was working as a farm hand for her father David Bodenhorn, and seeing her desirable qualities, he sought her for a wife and their marriage proved to be a very happy union. Their habits of thrift and economy soon put them in position to buy a farm and pursue their chosen calling in life. Their home was gladdened with the coming of three sons and two daughters.... Of 'Aunt Mary' it may be truly said, 'she was kindness personified.' If a neighbor or a friend were sick, or in need, she was there to minister to their need. She was a devoted wife and mother, most of her life being spent caring for her home. She was a life long Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church which for many years was located at Fishersburg Indiana and then with the building of the new Methodist Church at Lapel Indiana, was transfered there. 'Aunt Mary' testified by word and deed to the fact that she was a follower of Jesus Christ. Our visits, over the fields, out throught the woods, out through the clearing where the old gray snag stood, over to our Aunt Mary's, yet remains in our memory as some of the sweetest scenes of childhood. She came to her end of days at a ripe old age, as a full shock of corn in its season. This life closed to earthly scenes on February 12, 1920." - Thomas Bodenhorn, E.E.D.
Mary Ann was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania Sept. 7, 1842, and while yet a young girl, came to Indiana with her parents. She grew to womanhood and gave her hand and heart to James Andrew Dewitt in marriage. The young Mr. Dewitt was working as a farm hand for her father David Bodenhorn, and seeing her desirable qualities, he sought her for a wife and their marriage proved to be a very happy union. Their habits of thrift and economy soon put them in position to buy a farm and pursue their chosen calling in life. Their home was gladdened with the coming of three sons and two daughters.... Of 'Aunt Mary' it may be truly said, 'she was kindness personified.' If a neighbor or a friend were sick, or in need, she was there to minister to their need. She was a devoted wife and mother, most of her life being spent caring for her home. She was a life long Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church which for many years was located at Fishersburg Indiana and then with the building of the new Methodist Church at Lapel Indiana, was transfered there. 'Aunt Mary' testified by word and deed to the fact that she was a follower of Jesus Christ. Our visits, over the fields, out throught the woods, out through the clearing where the old gray snag stood, over to our Aunt Mary's, yet remains in our memory as some of the sweetest scenes of childhood. She came to her end of days at a ripe old age, as a full shock of corn in its season. This life closed to earthly scenes on February 12, 1920." - Thomas Bodenhorn, E.E.D.
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