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LIVE_LDS_BAPTISM: Raymond was baptized 3 July 1897 by W. J. F. McAllister and confirmed 4 July 1897 by E. D. Woolley. Source: Kanab LDS Ward 1870-1936, St. George Stake 1877. Researcher: Georgenia Stewart, 9 Sept 1998.
CHILDREN: As of Aug 1972, Raymond Stewart had 12 children, 21 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. SOURCE: History of William Thomas Stewart by Mary Stewart Lee and Marion Stewart Peterson.
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[288] HISTORY: Jan Fransse Van Husum was the first Van Hoesen that came to America. He was born about 1608/09 in the city of Husum in the province of Schleswig in northern Germany, now called Schleswig-Holstein. For many years this piece of land was fought over by Denmark and Germany. At times it belonged to Denmark and other times to Germany. Today it's located in northern Germany; SOURCE: Van Hooser Family in the United States, by Joyce Lindstrom, page 1; RESEARCH: Sherry Smith.
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MARRIAGE: Hamilton County, Illinois Marriages, 1821-1870, page 3. Robert L. Witt and Dorcas Willis married by Benjamin Hood on 28 Feb 1825.
BIOGRAPHY: Book Hamilton Co., Illinois, section entitled "Names of early settlers of Hamilton Co., Illinois. The first blacksmith in McLeansboro was either Solomon Collins or Robert Witt. From this bit of information, we learn that Robert was a blacksmith.
After their second child was born the next we hear of Robert Witt is in 1832, when he was mustered out of the army on 13 Aug 1832. He had served in the Black Hawk Campaign, from Hamilton County, Illinois, as a 2nd Sergeant. He was inducted on 12 May 1832. The Witts became identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after it was organized. Tradition says that Robert Witt was killed in 1834. His wife Dorcas remained a widow until she remarried in 1838. SOURCE: written by Charles R. Averett, Jr., g gs of Elisha Averett
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