Legislator Details


Dewitt Vought
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 38

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 5/14/1858
City: Wolcott, NY
County: Wayne County, NY
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 5/2/1943
City: Portland, MI
County: Ionia County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Alma, MI
County: Gratiot County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Geneva Rosenbury about 1885; children: 2, Alma Lillian (Trierweiller) and Downey O.

Number of Children: 2

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: painting, teacher, decorator
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
district schools

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Isaac and Elizabeth Jane (DeWitt). He family came to Michigan when he was 7 and settled in Riley Township, Clinton Co. He taught winters and painted summers. He moved to Gratiot county in 1877. After 1885, he devoted his time to house painting, decorating, oil, water colors and scene painting. He served as a school inspector .

Notable Facts:
Find-a-Grave gives birth year as 1857 and death year as 1914; 1897 Manual says birth was 1858; death place also differs: Find-a-Grave says Alma, Death Certificate says Portland. Wife's name is given as mother on death certificate.

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Ninth Legislature, 1897-1898
Chamber: House
Party: Fusion
Committees Served On: Education , Mines and Minerals , Michigan Asylum for Insane
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Alma
County of Residence Gratiot
District: Gratiot
District Description: Gratiot County

Date Elected: 11/3/1896
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1897
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: A Fusionist, backed by the Democratic and Greenback parties.

Bibliography:

Manual 1897 p.669; Find-a-Grave.com; Michiganology; USCen 1860,1880, 1900, 1930
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