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James "Columbus" Dewitt Veteran

Birth: 1843
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1 Jun 1865 (aged 21–22)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial: Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: Sect. 1, Site 2894
Memorial ID: 2587688 View Source

James "Columbus" DeWitt s/o John C & Mary Polly (Williams) DeWitt He married Martha Wright on 7 Jan 1861 in Larue Co. Ky. He enlisted as a Pvt. on 19 Dec 1864 as a substitute Co.D, 16th Inf. Reg.Ky. Served in the Union. His wife rec'd Civil War Pension. They had a son Benjamin F. DeWitt

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