DeWITT, Frank Festus 1874 - 1926

DEWITT, CRINSHOW, CRENSHAW, PETERS, WHITE, WATSON, ANKROM

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:52

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, January 25, 1926
Page Two, Column 1

Frank DeWITT's Rites At Stockport Today

FORT MADISON, Ia., July 25 -- Frank DeWITT, burned last Tuesday when he mistook a can of gasoline for a can of kerosene in starting a cook stove fire, died Saturday (sic - 11 p.m. Friday per death certificate) and the funeral is being held today (Monday) at Stockport.

The accident which cost DeWITT his life occurred while he was starting the morning fire in the stove. By mistake he poured gasoline into the stove instead of kerosene, and the resulting explosion burned off his clothing and gutted the house. He was found writhing in the yard outside the house screaming, "I got the wrong can."

Frank DeWITT had been a resident of Ft. Madison for six years. He was born in Stockport and was a member of the Church of Christ.

He is survived by his widow, Mary DeWITT, this city, and a former wife, Sarah DeWITT, Stockport; a sister, Mrs. Geneva CRINSHOW (sic - CRENSHAW) of Mt. Pleasant; and a brother, Hosea, of Fairfield. Another brother, Homer, preceeded (sic) him in death. The following children also survive: Mrs. M. PETERS of this city; Mrs. W. T. WHITE, Mrs. Ray WATSON and Oren, Harry, Edna, Edwin and Wallace, all of Stockport, Iowa.

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Note: Frank's first wife was Sarah Frances ANKROM, whom he married in 1899 in Jefferson Co., IA; they were divorced about 1919, as youngest son Wallace was noted as 11 years old in the 1930 census. Interment was in Wright Cemetery.