Family History - Rebecca A. _____

1. Rebecca A. _____,¹ born ca. 1837 in South Carolina (parents not determined).¹ Rebecca married _____ Witt (born ____, parents not determined).

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Charles A. Witt, born 1874 in Alabama; died 1 April 1918 in Harris County, Texas. Married Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Gazley (née Hammond) .

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Texas, Harris County, Houston Heights Town, Enumeration District 44, Sheet No. 22A, family of Rebecca A. Witt (73, So. Carolina, widow, 5 children, 3 living); son Charles A. Witt (36, Alabama, operator, telegraph); grand daughter Nellie Roland (19, Florida, stenographer).

2. Charles A. Witt² (Rebecca¹), born 1874 in Alabama;¹ died 1 April 1918 in Harris County, Texas.^{2, 3} Charles married, 14 January 1915 in Harris County, Texas, Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Gazley (née Hammond) ^{3, 9} (born 9 November 1875 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, the daughter of Zachariah H. Hammond and Mary Ann Killingsworth;^{4, 5, 6, 7} Lottie died 21 June 1953 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas^{4, 8}). Lottie is buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.⁴

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Texas, Harris County, Houston Heights Town, Enumeration District 44, Sheet No. 22A, family of Rebecca A. Witt (73, So. Carolina, widow, 5 children, 3 living); son Charles A. Witt (36, Alabama, operator, telegraph); grand daughter Nellie Roland (19, Florida, stenographer).
2. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, available at ancestry.com. Witt, C. A., died 1 April 1918, Harris County, Texas.
3. The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 223. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1920. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 277-280. Witt v. Witt (No. 7883) (Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Galveston. April 7, 1920. Rehearing Denied April 29, 1920.) The case settles a property dispute between Rebecca A. Witt, mother of Charles A. Witt, against Charles and his wife Lottie Witt. The case summary states the marriage of Charles and Lottie on 15 January 1915 and the death of Charles on 1 April 1918. Suit brought by Lottie Witt.
4. Arkansas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, State File No. 7500, Charlotte H. Witt, died: 21 June 1953 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; born: 9 November 1875 in Hempstead, Texas; father: Zac Hammond; mother: u k [unknown]; informant: Maurice C. Gazely [sic]; burial: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. Copy in possession of John Culver and image provided to Lee Gazlay.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Waller County, Hempstead, Enumeration District 158, Page No. 4, family of Z. H. Hammond (62, S.C., merchant); wife Mary Ann Hammond (47, S.C.); daughter Eva Hammond (18, Texas); son Peter Hammond (12, Texas, clerk); son Zach Hammond (10, Texas); daughter Lallie Hammond (8, Texas); daughter Kate Hammond (6, Texas); daughter Marie Hammond (4, Texas); baby Hammond (1, Texas). [Several ages are believed to be incorrect in this census record.]
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Texas, Harris County, Houston City, Enumeration District 100, Sheet No. 16B, family of Lottie Witt (45, Texas, widow); son Carlisle Gazley (26, Texas, bookkeeper, hide house); daughter-in-law Elizabeth Gazley (25, Texas); son [presumably of Carlisle and Elizabeth] Clifford Gazley (1 5/12, Texas); son Marise [i.e., Maurice] Gazley (24, Texas, saddler, saddle & harness).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock City, Enumeration District 60-62, Sheet No. 61A; mother Charlotte Witt [with surname Gazley lined out] (64, Texas, widow). [This may be a supplemental record; her address here is the same as her son Carlisle and his family, enumerated on a different page; the enumerator may have missed Charlotte on first visit.]
8. Arkansas Department of Health, Death Certificate Search and Order Service (website: www.ark.org/doh_dcs/). Charlotte Witt, died 21 June 1953 in Pulaski County; place of birth: Texas.
9. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973; marriage of Lottie Hammond Gazley and C. A. Witt, 14 Jan 1915 in Harris County, Texas.