Sherman Spencer Prewitt

1867 - 1940  (72 years)

• Name	Sherman Spencer Prewitt
  Birth	5 May 1867	Union Co., GA
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Mar 1940	Clarksville, Red River Co., TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, RR Co.,TX
  Person ID	I4503	forneyclark
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Spencer Howard (M.D.?) Prewitt,   b. 3 Jul 1835, Rutherford Co., (now Cleveland Co.), NC d. 4 Mar 1905, Arkinda, Little River Co., AR; burial: Pauley Cem., CG, Little River Co., AR (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Hannah M. Chastain,   b. 16 Mar 1837, Ivy Log, Union Co., GA d. AFT. 1891 (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1854	Union Co., GA
  Family ID	F0676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carrie Jarves Hughes,   b. 9 Dec 1869, Upshur Co., TX d. 14 Feb 1941, Mineola, TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, Red River Co.,TX (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1888	Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX
  Children	1. Lloyd Torrance Prewitt,   b. 2 Jul 1893, Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX d. 18 Mar 1965, Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, Red River Co., TX (Age 71 years)   2. Leonard Bascom Prewitt,   b. 26 Dec 1895, Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX d. 1 Sep 1963, Clarksville Red River Co., TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, RR Co., TX (Age 67 years)   3. Nellie Prewitt,   b. Aug 1898   4. William H. Prewitt,   b. 24 May 1901, Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX d. 19 May 1947, Clarksville Red River Co., TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, RR Co.,TX (Age 45 years)   5. Anna Mars Prewitt,   b. 17 Nov 1903, Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX d. 11 Dec 1991, Clarksville Red River Co., TX; burial: New Haven Cem., Clarksville, RR Co.,TX (Age 88 years)   6. Otto Cecil Prewitt,   b. 6 Jul 1908   d. 21 Nov 1983 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Source: SEE DAVID PREWITT'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=:2518519&id=I530129217 Lloyd Torrance Prewitt: David Prewitt: Names, dates, & places Source: SEE LISA JACKSON-JIMENEZ'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2718937&id=I31913 Jackson, Fox, Nash, Prewitt, etc.: Lisa Jackson-Jimenez: Gives TN as place of birth Note by Virginia Burlingame: Both Ruby Prewitt (b. 30 Dec 1912) & Lawton Prewitt (b. 09 Apr. 1914) are listed as the children of Rev. John Andrew Smith Prewitt at the above source site. In actuality, they are the children of James Berton Prewitt who is the eldest son of Rev. John Andrew Smith Prewitt. Ruby Prewitt & Lawton Prewitt are the grandchildren of Rev. John Andrew Smith Prewitt. Source: Barbie Spell Pruitt: Sherman Spencer Prewitt & Carrie Hughes had 2 other children: daughter Nellie Prewitt born August 1898; son Otto Cecil Prewitt born July 1908. Otto Cecil Prewitt was the youngest child of Sherman Spencer Prewitt & Carrie Hughes. Otto was born on July 6, 1908 and died on November 21, 1983. He married Edna Clay Smith (b. 9/28/11, d. 11/27/97) on Dec. 25, 1928. Otto and Edna had 2 children, Dorothy Helen Prewitt Hall b. May 29, 1930 d. Mar 27, 2004 and Barbara Jean Prewitt Spell b. Jan. 7 1932.