Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Simeon DeWitt
SIMEON DEWITT
Simeon DeWitt, a farmer, near Magnetic Springs, is a son of Amos and
Rachel (Harris) Dewitt, natives of Virginia, of English descent, who
emigrated to Ohio at an early day, and settled in Knox County. Where
our subject was born in June 1825, and where he remained until he
reached his majority. On October 28, 1845, he married Elizabeth Ann,
daughter of William and Jane Carns, and a native of Knox County, where
she was born July 3, 1825. By this union eight children were born, of
whom five survive, viz.: Douglas W., born October 14, 1848, married
Cornelis daughter of John and Nancy Jenkins, and has four
children-Simon, George, Levi and Burton; Bryant, born May 6, 1850,
married Elizabeth Widener-children, Myrta, Arvella, Resells and Blanch
E.; Louisa, born February 16, 1853, wife of William Pierce, by whom she
has three children; Charles B., born April 6, 1856, and Martha B., born
February 16, 1860. Mr. Dewitt is a farmer by occupation, and owns fifty
acres of land near Magnetic Springs. He is a Republican and a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.