James Witter

Brief Life History of James

When James Witter was born on 26 November 1869, in Miami, Kansas, United States, his father, John Witter Sr, was 41 and his mother, Martha Patsy Thompson, was 35. He married Ida Ellison on 15 June 1902, in Drexel, Mineral, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Bates, Missouri, United States in 1920 and West Boone Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 12 October 1941, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rockville Cemetery, Drexel Corner, Miami, Kansas, United States.

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James Witter
1869–1941
Ida Ellison
1877–1961
Marriage: 15 June 1902
Hellen D Witter
1915–

Sources (11)

  • James Witter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James Witter, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • James Witter, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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