According to some writings, his real name was David Milton Combs. He was a private in Company E of the First Regiment of Infantry during the U.S.-Mexican War. He enlisted on May 25, 1846 at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, but was not assigned to any regiment until he reached Vera Cruz, Mexico. He was discharged August 12, 1848 at Washington, D.C. It is also thought he served in the Civil War. He is buried in Fairview (Fox) Cemetary in Sherman Township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. The elders of the family would not discuss the "scandal" that caused him to change his name, though some say he might have been a deserter. No details have yet become available. He was described as "senile" in his later years and would wander away from the farm.
From The Onaga Herald, February 3, 1916
"Dinwiddle.
David Morton Dinwiddie passed away at 3:30 a. m. on January 23d, 1916, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. L. Simon, near Westmoreland, with whom he had lived most of the time for the past thirty years. Death resulted after a short illness, although he had been rapidly failing in health for the past year. The deceased was born at Millsville, Ohio, on March 3, 1825, thus at the time of his death he was 90 years, 10 months and 20 days of age. At the breaking out of the Mexican war he enlisted in Scott's army and served three years. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Odam, of Indiana, where they resided until her death fifteen years later. To this union were born three children-Evermont, born in 1861 and dying at the age of 18 months; Jennie Kandas, born 1865, and an infant daughter dying at the same time the wife died. He lived in Missouri short time and came to Kansas in 1869, taking a homestead near Blaine, this county. He lived in Onaga several years. Besides the daughter, he leaves to morn his death eight grand children and three great grand children."
From The Onaga Herald, February 3, 1916
"Dinwiddle.
David Morton Dinwiddie passed away at 3:30 a. m. on January 23d, 1916, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. L. Simon, near Westmoreland, with whom he had lived most of the time for the past thirty years. Death resulted after a short illness, although he had been rapidly failing in health for the past year. The deceased was born at Millsville, Ohio, on March 3, 1825, thus at the time of his death he was 90 years, 10 months and 20 days of age. At the breaking out of the Mexican war he enlisted in Scott's army and served three years. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Odam, of Indiana, where they resided until her death fifteen years later. To this union were born three children-Evermont, born in 1861 and dying at the age of 18 months; Jennie Kandas, born 1865, and an infant daughter dying at the same time the wife died. He lived in Missouri short time and came to Kansas in 1869, taking a homestead near Blaine, this county. He lived in Onaga several years. Besides the daughter, he leaves to morn his death eight grand children and three great grand children."
According to some writings, his real name was David Milton Combs. He was a private in Company E of the First Regiment of Infantry during the U.S.-Mexican War. He enlisted on May 25, 1846 at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, but was not assigned to any regiment until he reached Vera Cruz, Mexico. He was discharged August 12, 1848 at Washington, D.C. It is also thought he served in the Civil War. He is buried in Fairview (Fox) Cemetary in Sherman Township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. The elders of the family would not discuss the "scandal" that caused him to change his name, though some say he might have been a deserter. No details have yet become available. He was described as "senile" in his later years and would wander away from the farm.
From The Onaga Herald, February 3, 1916
"Dinwiddle.
David Morton Dinwiddie passed away at 3:30 a. m. on January 23d, 1916, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. L. Simon, near Westmoreland, with whom he had lived most of the time for the past thirty years. Death resulted after a short illness, although he had been rapidly failing in health for the past year. The deceased was born at Millsville, Ohio, on March 3, 1825, thus at the time of his death he was 90 years, 10 months and 20 days of age. At the breaking out of the Mexican war he enlisted in Scott's army and served three years. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Odam, of Indiana, where they resided until her death fifteen years later. To this union were born three children-Evermont, born in 1861 and dying at the age of 18 months; Jennie Kandas, born 1865, and an infant daughter dying at the same time the wife died. He lived in Missouri short time and came to Kansas in 1869, taking a homestead near Blaine, this county. He lived in Onaga several years. Besides the daughter, he leaves to morn his death eight grand children and three great grand children."
From The Onaga Herald, February 3, 1916
"Dinwiddle.
David Morton Dinwiddie passed away at 3:30 a. m. on January 23d, 1916, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. L. Simon, near Westmoreland, with whom he had lived most of the time for the past thirty years. Death resulted after a short illness, although he had been rapidly failing in health for the past year. The deceased was born at Millsville, Ohio, on March 3, 1825, thus at the time of his death he was 90 years, 10 months and 20 days of age. At the breaking out of the Mexican war he enlisted in Scott's army and served three years. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Odam, of Indiana, where they resided until her death fifteen years later. To this union were born three children-Evermont, born in 1861 and dying at the age of 18 months; Jennie Kandas, born 1865, and an infant daughter dying at the same time the wife died. He lived in Missouri short time and came to Kansas in 1869, taking a homestead near Blaine, this county. He lived in Onaga several years. Besides the daughter, he leaves to morn his death eight grand children and three great grand children."
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