Ottman, Dewitt Gilbert

1842 - 1930  (87 years)

• Name	Ottman, Dewitt Gilbert   [1]
  Birth	19 Jan 1842	Clay, Onondaga, New York
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1876	New Haven, Olmsted, Minnesota
  	Built a frame house.
  Death	14 Jan 1930	Olmsted County, Minnesota   [2]
  Burial	Center Grove Cemetery, Douglas, Olmsted, Minnesota
  Person ID	I164	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Ottman, William,   b. 26 May 1806, Mohawk River Valley, New York d. 1889 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Hiller, Maria,   b. 1805, New York d. 1888, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phelps, Elma Julina,   b. 24 May 1846, Oswego County, New York d. 7 Oct 1923, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1872	Pine Island, Minnesota   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Ottman, Nellie Marion,   b. 11 Nov 1873, New Haven, Olmsted, Minnesota d. 4 Apr 1959, Montevideo, Chippewa, Minnesota, USA (Age 85 years) + 2. Ottman, Nettie,   b. 5 Nov 1877, Olmsted County, Minnesota d. 5 Dec 1959, Fortuna, Humboldt, California, USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Jan 1842 - Clay, Onondaga, New York Residence - Built a frame house. - 1876 - New Haven, Olmsted, Minnesota Death - 14 Jan 1930 - Olmsted County, Minnesota Burial - - Center Grove Cemetery, Douglas, Olmsted, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Dewitt G. Ottman
  		Ottman, Dewitt G. Nellie Ottman Wilson wrote on the back: "Dewitt Gilbert Ottman".

  
  

  Documents

  Detail from 1896 plat map of New Haven Township, Olmsted, Minnesota This map shows the lands of Clark Phelps, Charles Phelps, Dewitt Ottman (m. Elma J. Phelps), J. Sidney Ottman (Dewitt's brother), and George Fryer (m. Ellen Phelps) around the village of Genoa. The Center Grove Cemetery is just west of Douglas.

  
  

  Headstones		Phelps and Ottman Gravestones L to R: John M. Ottman and Elvira Phelps Ottman pillar, Dewitt G. Ottman and Elma J. Phelps Ottman stone, and Clark Phelps and Laura J. Keeler Phelps pillar.
  		Ottman, Dewitt G. and Elma J Phelps Gravestone

  
  

• Notes

  Dewitt and Kate lived two years at Winfield Scott Basset House west of Douglas. Built a log cabin on 31 acres of land across road from Clark and Laura Jane Phelps. Eventually their land holdings increased to 195 acres. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Dewitt and Elma Ottman Family, (Privately Published, 1988, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), pp. 13-15. [S11] Minnesota Hist. Soc. Death Certificate Index, certid# 1930-MN-009716.