Ezra C. Witten1
b. 12 March 1824, d. 3 June 1876
Father | James Witten2 |
Mother | Rebecca (?)2 |
Birth | 12 Mar 1824 | Ezra C. Witten was born on 12 Mar 1824 in Virginia.3,4 |
Marriage | 10 Jul 1848 | He married Rosannah T. Buchanan, daughter of John Buchanan and Mary Ryburn, on 10 Jul 1848 in Smyth County, Virginia.5 |
Cens-Sum | | Rosannah and Ezra were married in Smyth County but seem to have quickly settled on a farm in Tazewell County. From 1850 to 1870 they were enumerated on federal census records with their growing family which included eight children by 1865.4,6,7 |
Death | 3 Jun 1876 | Ezra died on 3 Jun 1876 at age 52.3 |
Burial | | He was buried at Witten Cemetery in Tazewell County, Virginia.3 |
Family | Rosannah T. Buchanan b. 8 Jan 1822 or 8 Mar 1824, d. 20 Sep 1894 |
Children | - Mary E. Witten4 (circa 1849 - )
- James A. Witten4 (circa 1851 - )
- John B. Witten4 (circa 1854 - )
- Robert B. Witten6 (circa 1856 - )
- Rebecca Anne Witten4 (6 Dec 1857 - 22 Jun 1938)
- Sarah T. Witten4 (circa 1860 - )
- William Witten4 (circa 1864 - )
- Harvey P. Witten4 (circa 1864 - )
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Citations
- [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 209. Trimble cites records belonging to Miss Mary Sewell Helvey as his source for information on the family of John Buchanan and Mary Ryburn.
- [S932] Lester, "Descendants of John Alexander Buchanan."
- [S1639] Rose Brown Peery and Betty T Hollowell, Tazewell Co., Virginia - Some Old Cemeteries, p. 96. Single stone reported to read: Ezra C. Witten, b. Mar 12, 1824 - d. Jun. 3, 1876, age 52y 2m & 21d; also: Rosannah T. Witten, b. Jan. 8, 1822 - d. Sep. 20, 1894, age 72y 8m & 28d. The authors note that an older smaller stone was also in place for Ezra with the same dates and age.
- [S929] Ezra C. Witten household, 1870 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Maiden Spring township, page 262b (stamped), dwelling 51, family 51; National Archives micropublication M 593, roll 1680, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2004, image 8 of 93. Enumeration recorded: Ezra C. Witten, 46, farmer, owns real estate valued at $1,500, pers. prop at $500; Roseanna, 46; James, 18, farm laborer; Mary E. 21; John B., 16 (?); Rebecca A., 11; Sallie, 10; William, 6; Harry, 6; all b. VA; Preston Hayes, 22, b. TN, school teacher.
- [S45] John Vogt and William Kethley Jr., Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1832-50, p. 46. Abstract reads: Ezra Whitten & Rosanna T. Buchanan, 10 Jul 1848.
- [S930] Ezra Witten household, 1860 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Western District, page 821 (script), dwelling 909, family 894; National Archives micropublication M 653, roll 1381, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul. 2004, image 25 of 104. Enumeration recorded: Ezra Witten, 36, farmer, owns real estate valued at $360, personal property of $2,890; Rose A., 30; Mary E., 10; James, 8; John, 6; Robert, 4; Rebecca, 2; Sally, 3/12; Alexander Buchanan, 25, farm laborer, owns personal property of $102; all born VA.
- [S1013] Ezra Witten household, 1850 U.S. census, Tazewell County, Virginia, population schedule, Western District 62, page 73 (added script), dwelling 485, family 485; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 979, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2004, image 73 of 213. Enumeration includes: Ezra Witten, 26, farmer, b. VA; Rosanna, 2_, b. VA; Mary E. 1, b. VA.