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HISTORY & GENEALOGY
of De Witt County

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Counties Bordering
De Witt:

McLean
Logan
Macon
Piatt



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Evergreen Cemetery, Waynesville

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Barnes Cemetery, Dewitt


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Towns & Cities in De Witt County:
Clinton, De Witt, Farmer City,
Kenney, Wapella, Waynesville, Weldon

County and Town Histories (1900)

Old Courthouse Picture - 1891 - with county residents Pickering, Marvel, Murphy, Savely, Davidson, Davis, Booth, Sumner and Moreland also identified in the picture

Pictures of DeWitt County (NEW)

Early Settlers Biographies

Old Union Church and the BOWLES Family

De Witt Convicts in the Joliet Prison

Obituaries (Updated!)

Cemeteries within De Witt County

Burials in Evergreen Cemetery
Burials in Hays (aka Coppenbarger) Cemetery
Burials in McGraw Cemetery

COPPENBARGER Family Bible Records

Newspaper Stories and Clippings for DeWitt
Rachel Hutchin Turner’s Memories of Abraham Lincoln (New!)

First (existing) Census of DeWitt County (1844)



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