ALEXANDER DeWITT

DeWitt, Alexander, banker ; born Pepperell, Mass., March 7, 1854; son of Horace Smith and Sarah Jane (Phelps) DeWitt; descendant of John Witt, who came from Holland to Lynn, Mass., about 1630 (the prefix "de" added by later generations, belonging properly to the original name) ; educated in schools of Sutton, Oxford and Leicester, Mass. ; married, Sept. 21, 1880, Caroline Murdock. Began as clerk in hardware store of Kinnicutt & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1871-1881; with J. & J. Murdock of Leicester, Mass., 1881-1883; in partnership with Lincoln N. Kinnicutt in banking business, 1884-1906; director Worcester Trust Co.; trustee Peoples Savings Bank; trustee and treas. Memorial Hospital. Address : Worcester.

Biographical sketches from the book, Men of 1914

Submitted by Deborah Crowell