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'''Born:''' Fenton Bell DeWees
'''Born:''' Fenton Bell DeWees


::October 29, 1827
::October 29, 1827

Revision as of 22:20, 25 June 2015


Born: ♂ Fenton Bell DeWees

October 29, 1827
North Carolina

Died: January 13, 1893

Shady Grove Community, MS

Spouses: Mary Ann Elizabeth Mars DeWees (m. January 13, 1848), Wilmoth Duren DeWees (m. March 27, 1864)

Children: Elizabeth Ann DeWees Pierce, Amandy Jane DeWees Pierce, Charles Alfred DeWees, Theophilus DeWees, Ellen Arminter DeWees Nicholson, Fenton Bell DeWees Jr., Albert DeWeese

Parents: Caleb DeWees and Jane Gorrell DeWees

Siblings: Mander Matilda DeWees, Martha Jane DeWees Mars, Alfred Gorrell DeWees, Nancy C. DeWees Lindley

Early Life

  • Named after a circuit-riding preacher
  • Moved with his family to Mississippi in 1845

Education

Career

  • Shoemaker

Accomplishments

  • Gave land for a school and a church
  • With several neighbors, raised money to build a Methodist Church

Health

  • Died of pneumonia

Faith