DR. PETER DE WITT, Montfort; born in New Jersey in 1805; he removed to the State of Ohio when about 14 years of age, with his parents, he came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1852, and settled in the town of Kendall, La Fayette Co.; he came to Montfort in November, 1856; he was engaged in the practice of medicine for twenty-five years. He was married in Ohio to Levina Bowles; they have five children - Elizabeth, Joseph M., Mary A., Thomas, born in Ohio in 1834; John, born in 1836; enlisted in the 6th Mo. V. C. in 1861, and served till the close of the war as First Lieutenant; he was assassinated at Matamoras, Mexico, in 1866; Isaac, born in 1843; enlisted in the 20th W. V. I. in 1862; he participated in a number of important campaigns and battles; was at the siege and surrender of Vicksburg; at Spanish Fort and Fort Morgan, etc.; he served till the close of the war. Dr. De Witt's present wife was Mrs. Sarah Morrill.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.