Another child of Wiley Lewallen's found (Anita "Nettie" Witt)
Billie Harris - Aug 26, 2009
For the longest time many of us have wondered who the Anita "Nettie" Lewallen was who married Robert Wesley Witt December 27, 1843 in Alabama.
In checking the census records today, it was obvious who she was. They lived two households away from Wiley and Mary Lewallen and James Calvin Lewallen lived right next door to Wiley and Mary and now recalling the connection of the Lewallens with the Randolphs and Witts, some of the given names may have come from those families. I'll do more research.
The information for her shows her birthyear as 1820 which means she was born before Calvin, however, census records show her born 1825 so which is correct, I don't know just yet, but will find out after reviewing other census records.
There may yet be another child for Wiley and Mary based on birth years. If Nettie was born 1820, James Calvin born 1822 (shown on his grave marker in Texas) and Henry 1828, then the six years between 1822 and 1828, another child could have been born.
Robert Wesley Witt was the son of the Rev. Silas and Susannah (Randolph) Witt. Susannah was the daughter of James Randolph and Sarah Gentry and James Randolph was the son of Henry Randolph who immigrated as an indentured servant from England into Maryland 1728. Henry and his family settled in Albemarle county, Virginia, and his wife (Mary) and some of their children started the first Baptist Church in that area.
Here's the information for Nettie and Robert Wesley contained in Annette Swenson's book:
ROBERT WESLEY WITT
Born April 10, 1822, East Tennessee. Died May 1, 1898, Moody, McLennan County, Texas. Buried in Moffat Cemetery near Temple, Bell County, Texas. Married (1) ANITA (NETTIE) LEWALLEN on December 27, 1843. She was born May 14, 1820, and died March 9, 1890, in Texas. Married (2) Mary E. Taylor, born Sept. 16, 1873, and died Dec. 18, 1905. Buried in the Moody Cemetery. Robert brought his family to Texas from Alabama in the caravan with his father and mother, Silas and Susanna Randolph Witt, and other brothers and sisters and families. They settled near the town of Moody in Texas where they lived until they died. Their son, Christopher Columbus (Lum) Witt moved with most of his family to West Texas where he lived until he died. Many of his family still live in West Texas. After Anita died, Robert married Mary E. Taylor. She was a sister of Sarah Taylor, wife of Isaac Martin Witt, brother of Wesley. Children of Robert Wesley and Anita are listed as follows. There were no children by Mary. Note: Some of the following dates are questionable. The tombstone marker for Lucy Jane Witt shows she was born in 1848, however, the 1850 census does not show her in the family, and shows Christopher as one year old. The 1860 census shows Lucy as 8 years old. The 1860 census has many errors in the ages of the family.
Children:
a. WILLIAM F. WITT
Born 1845
b. SILAS TAYLOR WITT
Born March 24, 1847. Died Oct. 7, 1895. Married (1) Elizabeth Richardson born May 3, 1850, and died April 20, 1892. (2) Kizzie Ford born 1849 and died Feb. 28, 1942. Silas and Elizabeth are buried in the Moffat Cemetery. Children:
1. JABUS (JAY) ALFRED WITT
Born October 18, 1879. Died Feb. 26, 1943. Married Eva Richardson, born July 1, 1880 and died July 12 (or 14) 1968. Children:
(1) JABUS HENRY WITT
Born Aug. 10, 1903. Died
Feb. 12, 1904
(2) ANNA CHARLOTTE WITT
Born July 1, 1905
(3) TOMMIE MAE WITT
Born July 15, 1908
(4) JABUS ALFRED WITT JR
Born June 30, 1912. Died
March 1, 1961. Married
Vera Ussery Aug. 8, 1931
One daughter
(5) MARJORIE VIRGINIA WITT ST. JOHN
Born Aug. 9, 1919. Married
William H. St. St. John
Jan. 27, 1940. He was
Born Aug. 13, 1916. One
Daughter
2. WILLIAM (Will) WITT
3. MILES WITT
4. MARK WITT
5. EARL WITT
Born Feb. 14, 1884. Died Oct.
26, 1916. Buried Moody Cem.
6. DAN WITT
7. EMMA ALLEN WITT BAKER
HAILES
Died April 1937. Married (1)
Oroville Baker, born Oct. 26,
1872 and died Nov. 4, 1904. (2)
J. J. Hailes. Children by first
marriage:
(1) WILLIE MAE BAKER BURT
Born July 19, 1898, Moody
Texas. Died July 6, 1962
Married Claude Farris Burt
Born Jan. 14, 1894, Moody
and died Feb. 3, 1974,
Waco. Daughter:
A. DOROTHY FARRIS
BURT HORN
(2) VELMA BEAULA BAKER
BRAGG
Born Sept. 22, 1895. Died
July 15, 1963 of a hemmo-
rrhage. Married Oliver
Bragg born 1898. She is
buried in the Moody Cem.
8. LUCY WITT FRISBY
Died 1895. She and her children
are buried in the Moody Cem.
Married W.E. Frisby. Children:
(1) CHARLEY E. FRISBY
Born Nov. 18, 1893. Died
June 6, 1895
(2) ARTHUR ROY FRISBY
Born July 23, 1895. Died
Dec. 1896
9. DELLA ANN WITT GOODE
Born July 3, 1883, Willow Grove,
Texas. Died Nov. 22, 1962.
Married Andrew Jackson Goode
In 1933, son of Isaac Goode. He
Was born May 25, 1879, and
Died May 26, 1967. Both are
Buried in Bellwood Cem, Temple,
Tex and had no children.
c. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WITT
Born 1849 Alabama and died 1920.
Married Catherine Richardson, born
1859 and died 1917. Both buried in
Mitchell Co., Tex. Children:
1. ELLA WITT WEST
Born Aug. 13, 1873 or 1874.
Died Nov. 14, 1903. Married
Eliza West. Both buried in the
Moffat Cemetery
2. MARTHA (Mattie) JANE WITT
SAFLEY
Born Aug. 13, 1874. Died Nov.
14, 1953. Married Charles
Jerome (Rome) Safley Dec. 10,
1890. He was born Jan. 9, 1871
McMinnville, Tenn. And died Oct
20, 1947. Both buried at Pend-
ton, Texas. Children:
(1) INFANT
Born and died Apr. 2, 1892
Moody, Texas
(2) ROBERT SAVILLA SAFLEY
Born May 18, 1893, Moody.
Died Mar. 16, 1958. Buried
Pendleton, Tex. Married
Edith Proctor Feb. 7, 1916
(3) JESSIE HERSCHEL
SAFLEY
Born June 15, 1894, Bell
Co., Tex. Died May 12,
1962. Married Pearl
Halliburton Dec. 1, 1921.
She was born May 24,
1900 and died June 3, 1968
Both buried Temple, Tex
(4) JEWELL CATHERINE
SAFLEY
Born Oct. 19, 1895. Died
June 6, 1914 Cedar Creek,
Tex.
(5) OTHA COLUMBUS (Jack)
SAFLEY
Born Feb. 14, 1897. Died
Dec. 15, 1963. Married
Christine Grant April 27,
1919
(6) MAYNE LAURA SAFLEY
KOPISCH
Born Feb. 14, 1900. Died
Apr. 9, 1996. Married
James Betheny Kopisch
Sept. 1, 1919. He was
born Feb. 5, 1893 and
died Apr. 29, 1997, and
buried Hillcrest Cem. In
Temple. Child:
A. KATHRYN VIRGINIA
KOPISCH DURHAM
Born Aug. 6, 1920.
Died June 17, 1964
Married Lucian A.
Durham
(7) IRA LUTHER SAFLEY
Born Apr. 19, 1902. Died
July 19, 1982. Married
Louis Crumley Feb. 14,
1923
(8) ROMA ETHELINE SAFLEY
HALLIBURTON
Born Dec. 12, 1905, Bell
Co., Tex. Died Mar. 13,
1958. Buried Ontario, CA
Married William Carl
Halliburton, Sr. Nov. 1923
3. LAURA WITT HARRISON
Born Sept. 3, 1876. Died Jan.12,
1914. Buried Mitchell Co., Tex.
Married Farrel Harrison
4. WILEY T. WITT
Born Jan. 27, 1879. Died Feb. 1,
1954, Moody, Tex. Married
Sarah Elizabeth Akin, born Dec
8, 1883 and died Jan.27, 1962
Children:
(1) VIRGIL WITT
Born Sept. 8, 1905. Died
Jan. 4, 1976 heart attack
Married Willie M.Summed
(2) CHARLIE WITT
Born Feb. 7 1908(?)
Married Vanita Rutherford
(3) JOHNNIE MAE WITT
ANDERSON
Born Oct. 6, 1910. Married
Burton A. Anderson
(4) BIRDIE LEE WITT
Born Sept. 8, 1915. Died
1916
5. WESLEY WITT
Born June 15, 1880. Died May 9,
1954
6. LUTHER A. WITT
Born Dec. 20, 1881. Died May 7,
1887. Buried Moffet Cem.