Confederate veteran. Son of Rev. Samuel Dewitt and Mary McWhirter. School teacher in Macon and Jackson counties, Tennessee. Studied law and practiced in Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Elected to the Tennessee General Assembly: 1855-1857. Elected to Confederate Congress: 1861-1862. Married in 1847 to Emelia Price (November 18, 1827 - 1861). She and two of their children died in 1861. Re-married in 1867 to Elizabeth Wilson in Smith County. Moved to Chattanooga in 1875.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF WILLIAM DEWITT: DeWitt, W. P.: Judge W. P. DeWitt, of Chattanooga, died last Saturday. [Date: 4/15/1896, Vol. IX, No. 25, Page 3] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS∼28th Tn. Inf.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF WILLIAM DEWITT: DeWitt, W. P.: Judge W. P. DeWitt, of Chattanooga, died last Saturday. [Date: 4/15/1896, Vol. IX, No. 25, Page 3] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS∼28th Tn. Inf.
Confederate veteran. Son of Rev. Samuel Dewitt and Mary McWhirter. School teacher in Macon and Jackson counties, Tennessee. Studied law and practiced in Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Elected to the Tennessee General Assembly: 1855-1857. Elected to Confederate Congress: 1861-1862. Married in 1847 to Emelia Price (November 18, 1827 - 1861). She and two of their children died in 1861. Re-married in 1867 to Elizabeth Wilson in Smith County. Moved to Chattanooga in 1875.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF WILLIAM DEWITT: DeWitt, W. P.: Judge W. P. DeWitt, of Chattanooga, died last Saturday. [Date: 4/15/1896, Vol. IX, No. 25, Page 3] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS∼28th Tn. Inf.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF WILLIAM DEWITT: DeWitt, W. P.: Judge W. P. DeWitt, of Chattanooga, died last Saturday. [Date: 4/15/1896, Vol. IX, No. 25, Page 3] THE COOKEVILLE PRESS∼28th Tn. Inf.
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