Orin Webster1,2

b. Sep 25, 1911, d. May 19, 2000
FatherWarren Myron Webster1,3,4 b. Jul 11, 1883, d. Dec 10, 1963
MotherBertha DeWitt1,3 b. Oct 6, 1887, d. Apr 2, 1961
     Orin Webster was born on Sep 25, 1911 in KS.1,4,2 Orin Webster was also known as Oren Webster.3
     Orin Webster was listed as a son in Warren Myron Webster's household on the 1920 Census in Empire Township, Ellsworth Co, KS.4
     
Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt taken on their 45th wedding anniversary at their home on 4th St., Salina, KS.

Information provided by Myra DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt Small, and Jane DeWitt Smith, daughters of Lyle B and Hazel Smith DeWitt.

Back row: Lloyd DeWitt, oldest child of Ira and Katie; Merle DeWitt, Florence DeWitt Stites, Clyde DeWitt, Bertha DeWitt Webster, Bertha’s husband “Bud” Warren Myron Webster; Katie Grubb (Mrs. Ira) DeWitt; Ira DeWitt.

Middle Row: Oren Webster, oldest child of Bertha and “Bud” DeWitt; Russell DeWitt, 2nd child of Ira and Katie; “Babe” Fayette Weaver holding one of their twins, either Keith or Kenneth, and Mary Elizabeth “ Marie” Weaver holding the other twin. Keith and Kenneth’s date of birth is 10 July1925. Blanche Beatrice Parks DeWitt (Mrs. Clyde) holding son Dale. Lyle DeWitt (Just above his mother’s left shoulder); Lyle’s wife Hazel Smith DeWitt holding their 4th child, Jane, whose birthday is Nov 14, 1926. On Hazel’s left is Evangeline DeWitt (3rd child of Ira and Katie DeWitt).

Front Row: Gordon Webster, 2nd child of Bertha and “Bud” Webster; Lola Lee Stites, only child of Florence DeWitt Stites; Mary Ellen DeWitt (4th child of Ira and Katie);Gwen Weaver, oldest child of “Babe” and “Marie” Weaver ; Samuel J DeWitt, Ida DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt (3rd child of Lyle and Hazel DeWitt); Myra DeWitt (2nd child of Lyle and Hazel) and Marian DeWitt, oldest daughter of Lyle and Hazel. At the end of the row, Ida Fay Webster, 3rd child of Bertha and “Bud”.

Photo courtesy Barbara Hettinger

     Orin Webster was listed as a son in Warren Myron Webster's household on the 1930 Census in Empire Township, Ellsworth Co, KS.1
     Orin Webster married Kate Bates.2
     Orin Webster died on May 19, 2000 at age 88.2 He was buried at Carneiro Cemetery, in Carneiro, Ellsworth Co, in KS.2
Kate and Orin Webster, Carneiro Cemetery, Kansas
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger, October 2005

Family

Kate Bates b. October 3, 1913, d. January 20, 2003

Citations

  1. [S1233] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Empire Township, ED 9, sheet 1B, line 75, dwelling 16, family 16, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
  2. [S1621] Orin Webster and Kate Webster Cemetery Marker, Carneiro Cemetery, Carneiro, Ellsworth Co, KS.
  3. [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt)," e-mail to Julia Langel, September 9, 2004, Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt).
  4. [S1343] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, Empire Township, ED 32, sheet 4B, line 66, dwelling 75, family 78, Kansas, Ellsworth County.
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