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Parents

William Radcliffe DeWitt + Mary Elizabeth Wallace

William Horatio Thornton + Mary B. Shorter

Parents

Brig. Gen. Calvin DeWitt	26 MAY 1840 -- 2 SEP 1908
Josephine Lesesne	6 MAY 1856 -- 26 JUL 1952

George Henson Estes	15 SEP 1848 -- 23 OCT 1918
Anna Georgia Thornton	28 JAN 1853 -- 26 DEC 1929

Spouses

Marriage

3 JUN 1903

Names

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Gen. John L. DeWitt

Gen. John Lesesne DeWitt

Birth	9 JAN 1880		NE, Cheyenne Co, Fort Sidney Add more on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Nebraska TTTP
Military			USA Army / Second Lieutenant / Spanish American War
Military			USA Army / Second Lieutenant / Philippine American War
Awards			Philippine Campaign Medal
Military	1900-1906		USA Army / First Lieutenant
Military	1906-1917		USA Army / Captain
Military			USA Army / Colonel / World War I
Military	1921-1930		USA Army / Colonel
Military	1930-1934		USA Army / Major General
Org.	1930-1934		Quartermaster General of the US Army, USA 🏤 All Related 🏤 Organization Index
Military	1934-1936		USA Army / Brigadier General
Military	1936-1939		USA Army / Major General
Military	1939-1947		USA Army / Lieutenant General
Military			USA Army / Lieutenant General / World War II
Awards			Army Distinguished Service Legion of Honour (French) National Defense Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service
Org.	1943-1946		National War College, Commander
Military	1954		USA Army / General
Death	20 JUN 1962		DC, Washington ⚑ More on this location Links DC GenWeb / TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave			VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 82.4 years

Martha Estes

Birth	18 JAN 1883		GA, Muscogee Co ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Georgia TTTP
Death	18 SEP 1968		FL, Pinellas Co ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Florida TTTP
Grave			VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 85.7 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt	Birth Place		Spouses
1+	John Lesense	29 APR 1904	24 OCT 1982		Philippines, Manila	Annie Sue Waldrop, Margaret Loretta Dorsett

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