City: Nashville
DEWITT, John H., attorney at law; born in Summer /sic/ Co., Tenn., September 21, 1872; son Rev. Marcus B. and Mary Hibbett DEWITT; Holland Dutch and Scotch-Irish descent; paternal grandfather, Dr. W. J. DEWITT; paternal grandmother, Mary (Beardin) DEWITT; maternal grandfather, John J. HIBBETT; maternal grandmother, Nancy (Parker) HIBBETT; educated Public Schools of Nashville, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville; Vanderbilt University, George Washington University Law School; graduated Vanderbilt 1894, A. B.; George Washington University 1897 LL.B.; school teacher 1894-97; married Rebecca WARD November 14, 1899; member K. of P., Masons, 3d degree; several insurance orders; ex-President of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity; City Council of the city of Nashville 1899-1901; Board of Education of Nashville 1906-09; member and Secretary of State Board of Reformatory Trustees; Elder Broadway Presbyterian Church; began the practice of law 1897 in offices of L. R. CAMPBELL and J. S. PILCHER; afterwards associated with Robert LUSK, T. J. BAILEY and Col. S. A. CHAMPION; he is now a partner of the Hon. I. L. PENDLETON.
