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Peter DeWitt

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Peter DeWitt

Birth
Death
2 Feb 1915 (aged 75)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Name Peter Dewitt
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Feb 1915
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Address Hotel Seymour for over six years
Gender Male
Age 75
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation Retired Merchant
Birth Date 16 Mar 1839
Birthplace Liberty Township, Sullivan County, New York
Burial Date 04 Feb 1915
Burial Place Greenwood
Father's Name George Gosman Dewitt
Father's Birthplace N.Y.City
Mother's Name Julia Foster
Mother's Birthplace Lansingburg. N.Y.from the Sullivan County Democrat DOWN THE DECADES in an issue printed Tuesday February 17 2015 page 8A:
"1915 Peter DeWitt, who died February 2 at his home in NYC, was the eldest son of George G DeWitt of Youngsville, a resident there from 1833 to 1875."

nyshistoricnewspapers.org SULLIVAN COUNTY RECORD Feb 11 1915 page 5 Receivved schooling at home, and at the Cochecton and Monticello academies. 1862 married Miss Emma Delamarter of West Camden, Oneida Co., formerly of Jeffersonville who died shortly after their marriage. He never remarried.
Left Sullivan County in 1864 and later was engaged in business at Waverly, NU and afterward at Chicago. 1870 returned to NYS and engaged in the coal trade business under the firm name of Peter DeWitt and company.
Leaves sister Mrs Walter S Brown of Averill Park and his younger brothers, William G DeWitt and Theodore DeWitt of NYC.
Name Peter Dewitt
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Feb 1915
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Address Hotel Seymour for over six years
Gender Male
Age 75
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation Retired Merchant
Birth Date 16 Mar 1839
Birthplace Liberty Township, Sullivan County, New York
Burial Date 04 Feb 1915
Burial Place Greenwood
Father's Name George Gosman Dewitt
Father's Birthplace N.Y.City
Mother's Name Julia Foster
Mother's Birthplace Lansingburg. N.Y.from the Sullivan County Democrat DOWN THE DECADES in an issue printed Tuesday February 17 2015 page 8A:
"1915 Peter DeWitt, who died February 2 at his home in NYC, was the eldest son of George G DeWitt of Youngsville, a resident there from 1833 to 1875."

nyshistoricnewspapers.org SULLIVAN COUNTY RECORD Feb 11 1915 page 5 Receivved schooling at home, and at the Cochecton and Monticello academies. 1862 married Miss Emma Delamarter of West Camden, Oneida Co., formerly of Jeffersonville who died shortly after their marriage. He never remarried.
Left Sullivan County in 1864 and later was engaged in business at Waverly, NU and afterward at Chicago. 1870 returned to NYS and engaged in the coal trade business under the firm name of Peter DeWitt and company.
Leaves sister Mrs Walter S Brown of Averill Park and his younger brothers, William G DeWitt and Theodore DeWitt of NYC.


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  • Created by: BKGeni
  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167286185/peter-dewitt: accessed ), memorial page for Peter DeWitt (16 Mar 1839–2 Feb 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167286185, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by BKGeni (contributor 46895980).