Brief Life History of Henry C.
When Henry C. Witter was born in June 1838, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, his father, Septimeus Witter Jr., was 41 and his mother, Melona Brooks, was 40. He married Helen Mary Kirby on 20 October 1857, in Summit, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hyde Park Township, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 31 March 1903, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Henry Witter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Witter - Published information: birth-name: Henry Witter
- Henry C. Witter, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.
1860 · Perry Monument on Public Square
The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.
Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.
North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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