De Witt, William R, Dd

De Witt, William R., D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born at Rhinebeck, N.Y., February 2, 1792. He was converted in 1810, and educated at Schenectady, College and the Associate Reformed Seminary. In 1818 he accepted a call to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained till his death, December 23, 1867. Dr. De Witt was eminently a Christian preacher. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1868, page 196.