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David Fiske Dwight

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David Fiske Dwight

Birth
Death
5 Sep 1893 (aged 79)
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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David Fiske Dwight was a merchant at Jackson, Mich., for many years (1824-51, except 4 years of the time, 1840-44, spent at Boston, in the wholesale dry goods trade), and afterwards at Detroit, Mich. (1851-66). Beginning in 1866 he resided at Boston, Mass.

He was married 20 Oct. 1845 to Lucretia Smith Howe (b. Sept. 25, 1825, dau. of the Rev. James Blake Howe of Claremont, N. H., and Mary White, dau. of Ebenezer White of Boston and Polly Bell).

Known children:

Mary Isabel Dwight, b. Aug. 7, 1846, d. Sept. 17, 1840.

Theodore William Dwight, b. June 15, 1849, d. March 1, 1857.

Annie Elizabeth Dwight, b. July 19,1852, d. Aug. 15,1853.

Marion Lucretia Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1857.

Percy David Dwight, b. Oct. 20, 1862.

Laura Howe Dwight, b. Oct. 19, 1864.

Source: The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, MA, Vol. 2, by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, John F. Trow & Son, NY, 1874, p 616
David Fiske Dwight was a merchant at Jackson, Mich., for many years (1824-51, except 4 years of the time, 1840-44, spent at Boston, in the wholesale dry goods trade), and afterwards at Detroit, Mich. (1851-66). Beginning in 1866 he resided at Boston, Mass.

He was married 20 Oct. 1845 to Lucretia Smith Howe (b. Sept. 25, 1825, dau. of the Rev. James Blake Howe of Claremont, N. H., and Mary White, dau. of Ebenezer White of Boston and Polly Bell).

Known children:

Mary Isabel Dwight, b. Aug. 7, 1846, d. Sept. 17, 1840.

Theodore William Dwight, b. June 15, 1849, d. March 1, 1857.

Annie Elizabeth Dwight, b. July 19,1852, d. Aug. 15,1853.

Marion Lucretia Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1857.

Percy David Dwight, b. Oct. 20, 1862.

Laura Howe Dwight, b. Oct. 19, 1864.

Source: The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, MA, Vol. 2, by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, John F. Trow & Son, NY, 1874, p 616


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