Waco Daily Times-Herald January 24, 1920
ELI DITTO, AGED 91, RESIDENT OF COUNTY 70 YEARS, IS DEAD
Eli Ditto, aged 91, resident of China Spring since about 1850, died at his home this morning at 6 o'clock. He had been in ill health for some time, old age being one of the causes of death. The Ditto place in 17 miles northwest of Waco.
The funeral of Mr. Ditto will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment to be made at the Ditto burying grounds, three and a half miles west of China Spring, the body to be taken there in the motor hearse of Undertaker L. C. Puckett.
Mr. Ditto was born in Alabama, but came to McLennan county a decade before the Civil war, locating at China Spring. So long as he was able he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He was among the most highly esteemed residents of the county.
Mrs. Ditto died four years ago. One son, Frank Ditto, living at China Spring, survives.
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Memorial and Biographical History of Mc Lennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties Texas.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1893
Sept 1984
#449264
Eli Ditto came to Texas 1854 where he found employment as a farm hand. In 1861 he enlisted in the Civil War Company D Sixth Calvary. He served one year on the West side of the Mississippi , and then on the east side. He participated in over 100 battles and was first under General McCulloh, then James E. Johnston, and then under Hood. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Davis Mills, and was unfit for duty about 2 months. After the close of the war, he was paroled and returned home, where again engaged in farming. He owned 440 acres of good land, ninety acres of which was cultivated primaly in cotton and corn. He was affiliated with the Democratic party.
Listed in the 1910 CENSUS
Mc Lennan County, Texas
Part of Justice Precinct - 4
Supervisors District NO.11
Enumeration District NO. 101
Sheet NO 14B
Ditto Eli age 71
Ditto Margaret 61
ELI DITTO, AGED 91, RESIDENT OF COUNTY 70 YEARS, IS DEAD
Eli Ditto, aged 91, resident of China Spring since about 1850, died at his home this morning at 6 o'clock. He had been in ill health for some time, old age being one of the causes of death. The Ditto place in 17 miles northwest of Waco.
The funeral of Mr. Ditto will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment to be made at the Ditto burying grounds, three and a half miles west of China Spring, the body to be taken there in the motor hearse of Undertaker L. C. Puckett.
Mr. Ditto was born in Alabama, but came to McLennan county a decade before the Civil war, locating at China Spring. So long as he was able he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He was among the most highly esteemed residents of the county.
Mrs. Ditto died four years ago. One son, Frank Ditto, living at China Spring, survives.
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NOTES Transcribed From
Memorial and Biographical History of Mc Lennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties Texas.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1893
Sept 1984
#449264
Eli Ditto came to Texas 1854 where he found employment as a farm hand. In 1861 he enlisted in the Civil War Company D Sixth Calvary. He served one year on the West side of the Mississippi , and then on the east side. He participated in over 100 battles and was first under General McCulloh, then James E. Johnston, and then under Hood. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Davis Mills, and was unfit for duty about 2 months. After the close of the war, he was paroled and returned home, where again engaged in farming. He owned 440 acres of good land, ninety acres of which was cultivated primaly in cotton and corn. He was affiliated with the Democratic party.
Listed in the 1910 CENSUS
Mc Lennan County, Texas
Part of Justice Precinct - 4
Supervisors District NO.11
Enumeration District NO. 101
Sheet NO 14B
Ditto Eli age 71
Ditto Margaret 61
Waco Daily Times-Herald January 24, 1920
ELI DITTO, AGED 91, RESIDENT OF COUNTY 70 YEARS, IS DEAD
Eli Ditto, aged 91, resident of China Spring since about 1850, died at his home this morning at 6 o'clock. He had been in ill health for some time, old age being one of the causes of death. The Ditto place in 17 miles northwest of Waco.
The funeral of Mr. Ditto will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment to be made at the Ditto burying grounds, three and a half miles west of China Spring, the body to be taken there in the motor hearse of Undertaker L. C. Puckett.
Mr. Ditto was born in Alabama, but came to McLennan county a decade before the Civil war, locating at China Spring. So long as he was able he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He was among the most highly esteemed residents of the county.
Mrs. Ditto died four years ago. One son, Frank Ditto, living at China Spring, survives.
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NOTES Transcribed From
Memorial and Biographical History of Mc Lennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties Texas.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1893
Sept 1984
#449264
Eli Ditto came to Texas 1854 where he found employment as a farm hand. In 1861 he enlisted in the Civil War Company D Sixth Calvary. He served one year on the West side of the Mississippi , and then on the east side. He participated in over 100 battles and was first under General McCulloh, then James E. Johnston, and then under Hood. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Davis Mills, and was unfit for duty about 2 months. After the close of the war, he was paroled and returned home, where again engaged in farming. He owned 440 acres of good land, ninety acres of which was cultivated primaly in cotton and corn. He was affiliated with the Democratic party.
Listed in the 1910 CENSUS
Mc Lennan County, Texas
Part of Justice Precinct - 4
Supervisors District NO.11
Enumeration District NO. 101
Sheet NO 14B
Ditto Eli age 71
Ditto Margaret 61
ELI DITTO, AGED 91, RESIDENT OF COUNTY 70 YEARS, IS DEAD
Eli Ditto, aged 91, resident of China Spring since about 1850, died at his home this morning at 6 o'clock. He had been in ill health for some time, old age being one of the causes of death. The Ditto place in 17 miles northwest of Waco.
The funeral of Mr. Ditto will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, interment to be made at the Ditto burying grounds, three and a half miles west of China Spring, the body to be taken there in the motor hearse of Undertaker L. C. Puckett.
Mr. Ditto was born in Alabama, but came to McLennan county a decade before the Civil war, locating at China Spring. So long as he was able he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He was among the most highly esteemed residents of the county.
Mrs. Ditto died four years ago. One son, Frank Ditto, living at China Spring, survives.
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NOTES Transcribed From
Memorial and Biographical History of Mc Lennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties Texas.
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1893
Sept 1984
#449264
Eli Ditto came to Texas 1854 where he found employment as a farm hand. In 1861 he enlisted in the Civil War Company D Sixth Calvary. He served one year on the West side of the Mississippi , and then on the east side. He participated in over 100 battles and was first under General McCulloh, then James E. Johnston, and then under Hood. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Davis Mills, and was unfit for duty about 2 months. After the close of the war, he was paroled and returned home, where again engaged in farming. He owned 440 acres of good land, ninety acres of which was cultivated primaly in cotton and corn. He was affiliated with the Democratic party.
Listed in the 1910 CENSUS
Mc Lennan County, Texas
Part of Justice Precinct - 4
Supervisors District NO.11
Enumeration District NO. 101
Sheet NO 14B
Ditto Eli age 71
Ditto Margaret 61
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