Darius Witter

ID # 9384, (1827-1857)
Pedigree
FatherWilliam Witter (1785-1870)
MotherLydia Wismer (1805-1887)
BirthDarius Witter was born on 3 January 1827. 
DeathHe died on 12 March 1857 at Wentworth County at age 30. 
BurialHe was buried at Quantztown Cemetery, Markham, York Co., Canada West. 
NoteYour researcher has to hand a transcription of Quantztown Cemetery, Markham. This has in the opening pages a photo of Darius Witter's gravestone, slightly submerged in turf, but, seemingly, in one piece. This transcription dates from 1993 and the photo may date from then as well.

In more recent years the stone must have broken for it is sitting upright on a concrete base, a repair evidently done of the cemetery at some point. His stone sits beside a very bady worn stone that is evidently that of his parents, William and Lydia.

The transcription for Darius' stone reads:

In Memory of
Darius Witter
who was killed
by the falling of the
Desjardine's Rail-Road Bridge
March 12, 1857
AE 30 y'rs, 1 mo. & 27 d.

Darius date of birth, 3 January, 1827, has been calculated from this.

Many persons were killed in this disaster. From such newspaper pages that may be found, Darius name is simply reproduced with the initial D. and his last name, Witter. For a little more information see Rev. Donald McKenzie's Volume 2, page 287. (This volume, as well as its series, is available from Global Genealogy in Ottawa.) Per Rev. McKenzie's quote, this volume gives Darius' full name, locates his residence as Markham Village and tells that he dealt in agricultural implements. It adds the interesting states that 'his friends reside in Pickering.' Friends? No doubt, but certainly his mother and father, at the time, resided in Pickering Township in what had become Ontario County.

Darius was buried in Quantztown Cemetery at Markham and while it certainly is home ground for his mother, a Wismer, it is probably the reason that Darius' parents, William and Lydia, were buried beside Darius, in Quantztown Cemetery. 
Last Edited6 Nov 2022