Bernard Witt (6/26/1888 to 9/14/1914 at age 26) and Annie Anderson Witt (6/21/1892-4/3/1988 at age 95)
Married January 24, 1911 in old St Marys when Bernhard was 22 and Anna was 17. They had three children:
Raymond Bernard Witt (October 10, 1911 - February 18, 2003) 92 years old - husband of Marie Roetto
Lawrence August Witt (March 17, 1913 - March 30, 1945) 32 years old - husband of Clara Golubski
Alma Witt Chapman (December 16, 1914 – May 29, 2005) 89 years old - wife of Harold Chapman
Bernard Witt was working on the family place when another man told Ben he was going to ask Annie to marry him. A little bit later Ben saw Annie walking home so he jumped a fence and asked her to marry him. He wanted to ask her before the other guy. They were married January 24, 1911. Her future sister-in-law (Annie Witt Friday) made her wedding dress out of muslin. Another future sister-in-law (Anna Hagedorn Witt) was her maid of honor. Her foster mother did not go to the wedding because she wanted her to marry another man. She had arranged for Annie to marry a different this man. Annie was only 17.
Annie was taken in as a young child in Pierce City by the Geisen family off of an "Orphan Train" out of New York. On her marriage certificate her name is Louise. These trains took orphans out to the country where the children were taken in by farm families. Annie was put on the Orphan Train when she was two years old. She had been put in a New York Fondling home when she was five days old. Her name and birthday was sewn into the hem of her dress. She thought her birthday was celebrated 6/1 instead of 6/21 because the 2 was worn off the label. The 21st was later discovered when the Fondling home was contacted.
Ben and his wife Annie lived with his parents on the home place (Raymond Witt farm). One day Ben went to town to buy a load of fertilizer and he was up at Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary Witt's. He was standing on the wagon and the horses spooked and he fell between the horses and wagon and the wagon load of fertilizer went over him. The left side of his chest was crushed. He was only 26 years old. When the horses returned to the family farm with no driver his wife knew there was trouble. Annie was pregnant with their third child, Alma Marie (Witt) Chapman.
Ben's son, Lawrence was killed after the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. His name is listed on a monument to all the soldiers of the Army division "The Big Red One". The monument is located near the south west side of the White House in Washington, DC. When the tornado, in May of 2003 destroyed the National Guard Amory in Pierce City a new armory was built on land donated by Lawrence's nephew and wife Robert E. and Dorothy Witt. The armory was named in memory of Lawrence and his service in World War II -- The Lawrence A. Witt National Guard Armory.
Married January 24, 1911 in old St Marys when Bernhard was 22 and Anna was 17. They had three children:
Raymond Bernard Witt (October 10, 1911 - February 18, 2003) 92 years old - husband of Marie Roetto
Lawrence August Witt (March 17, 1913 - March 30, 1945) 32 years old - husband of Clara Golubski
Alma Witt Chapman (December 16, 1914 – May 29, 2005) 89 years old - wife of Harold Chapman
Bernard Witt was working on the family place when another man told Ben he was going to ask Annie to marry him. A little bit later Ben saw Annie walking home so he jumped a fence and asked her to marry him. He wanted to ask her before the other guy. They were married January 24, 1911. Her future sister-in-law (Annie Witt Friday) made her wedding dress out of muslin. Another future sister-in-law (Anna Hagedorn Witt) was her maid of honor. Her foster mother did not go to the wedding because she wanted her to marry another man. She had arranged for Annie to marry a different this man. Annie was only 17.
Annie was taken in as a young child in Pierce City by the Geisen family off of an "Orphan Train" out of New York. On her marriage certificate her name is Louise. These trains took orphans out to the country where the children were taken in by farm families. Annie was put on the Orphan Train when she was two years old. She had been put in a New York Fondling home when she was five days old. Her name and birthday was sewn into the hem of her dress. She thought her birthday was celebrated 6/1 instead of 6/21 because the 2 was worn off the label. The 21st was later discovered when the Fondling home was contacted.
Ben and his wife Annie lived with his parents on the home place (Raymond Witt farm). One day Ben went to town to buy a load of fertilizer and he was up at Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary Witt's. He was standing on the wagon and the horses spooked and he fell between the horses and wagon and the wagon load of fertilizer went over him. The left side of his chest was crushed. He was only 26 years old. When the horses returned to the family farm with no driver his wife knew there was trouble. Annie was pregnant with their third child, Alma Marie (Witt) Chapman.
Ben's son, Lawrence was killed after the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. His name is listed on a monument to all the soldiers of the Army division "The Big Red One". The monument is located near the south west side of the White House in Washington, DC. When the tornado, in May of 2003 destroyed the National Guard Amory in Pierce City a new armory was built on land donated by Lawrence's nephew and wife Robert E. and Dorothy Witt. The armory was named in memory of Lawrence and his service in World War II -- The Lawrence A. Witt National Guard Armory.
Bernard Witt (6/26/1888 to 9/14/1914 at age 26) and Annie Anderson Witt (6/21/1892-4/3/1988 at age 95)
Married January 24, 1911 in old St Marys when Bernhard was 22 and Anna was 17. They had three children:
Raymond Bernard Witt (October 10, 1911 - February 18, 2003) 92 years old - husband of Marie Roetto
Lawrence August Witt (March 17, 1913 - March 30, 1945) 32 years old - husband of Clara Golubski
Alma Witt Chapman (December 16, 1914 – May 29, 2005) 89 years old - wife of Harold Chapman
Bernard Witt was working on the family place when another man told Ben he was going to ask Annie to marry him. A little bit later Ben saw Annie walking home so he jumped a fence and asked her to marry him. He wanted to ask her before the other guy. They were married January 24, 1911. Her future sister-in-law (Annie Witt Friday) made her wedding dress out of muslin. Another future sister-in-law (Anna Hagedorn Witt) was her maid of honor. Her foster mother did not go to the wedding because she wanted her to marry another man. She had arranged for Annie to marry a different this man. Annie was only 17.
Annie was taken in as a young child in Pierce City by the Geisen family off of an "Orphan Train" out of New York. On her marriage certificate her name is Louise. These trains took orphans out to the country where the children were taken in by farm families. Annie was put on the Orphan Train when she was two years old. She had been put in a New York Fondling home when she was five days old. Her name and birthday was sewn into the hem of her dress. She thought her birthday was celebrated 6/1 instead of 6/21 because the 2 was worn off the label. The 21st was later discovered when the Fondling home was contacted.
Ben and his wife Annie lived with his parents on the home place (Raymond Witt farm). One day Ben went to town to buy a load of fertilizer and he was up at Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary Witt's. He was standing on the wagon and the horses spooked and he fell between the horses and wagon and the wagon load of fertilizer went over him. The left side of his chest was crushed. He was only 26 years old. When the horses returned to the family farm with no driver his wife knew there was trouble. Annie was pregnant with their third child, Alma Marie (Witt) Chapman.
Ben's son, Lawrence was killed after the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. His name is listed on a monument to all the soldiers of the Army division "The Big Red One". The monument is located near the south west side of the White House in Washington, DC. When the tornado, in May of 2003 destroyed the National Guard Amory in Pierce City a new armory was built on land donated by Lawrence's nephew and wife Robert E. and Dorothy Witt. The armory was named in memory of Lawrence and his service in World War II -- The Lawrence A. Witt National Guard Armory.
Married January 24, 1911 in old St Marys when Bernhard was 22 and Anna was 17. They had three children:
Raymond Bernard Witt (October 10, 1911 - February 18, 2003) 92 years old - husband of Marie Roetto
Lawrence August Witt (March 17, 1913 - March 30, 1945) 32 years old - husband of Clara Golubski
Alma Witt Chapman (December 16, 1914 – May 29, 2005) 89 years old - wife of Harold Chapman
Bernard Witt was working on the family place when another man told Ben he was going to ask Annie to marry him. A little bit later Ben saw Annie walking home so he jumped a fence and asked her to marry him. He wanted to ask her before the other guy. They were married January 24, 1911. Her future sister-in-law (Annie Witt Friday) made her wedding dress out of muslin. Another future sister-in-law (Anna Hagedorn Witt) was her maid of honor. Her foster mother did not go to the wedding because she wanted her to marry another man. She had arranged for Annie to marry a different this man. Annie was only 17.
Annie was taken in as a young child in Pierce City by the Geisen family off of an "Orphan Train" out of New York. On her marriage certificate her name is Louise. These trains took orphans out to the country where the children were taken in by farm families. Annie was put on the Orphan Train when she was two years old. She had been put in a New York Fondling home when she was five days old. Her name and birthday was sewn into the hem of her dress. She thought her birthday was celebrated 6/1 instead of 6/21 because the 2 was worn off the label. The 21st was later discovered when the Fondling home was contacted.
Ben and his wife Annie lived with his parents on the home place (Raymond Witt farm). One day Ben went to town to buy a load of fertilizer and he was up at Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary Witt's. He was standing on the wagon and the horses spooked and he fell between the horses and wagon and the wagon load of fertilizer went over him. The left side of his chest was crushed. He was only 26 years old. When the horses returned to the family farm with no driver his wife knew there was trouble. Annie was pregnant with their third child, Alma Marie (Witt) Chapman.
Ben's son, Lawrence was killed after the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. His name is listed on a monument to all the soldiers of the Army division "The Big Red One". The monument is located near the south west side of the White House in Washington, DC. When the tornado, in May of 2003 destroyed the National Guard Amory in Pierce City a new armory was built on land donated by Lawrence's nephew and wife Robert E. and Dorothy Witt. The armory was named in memory of Lawrence and his service in World War II -- The Lawrence A. Witt National Guard Armory.
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