Kelly, A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography (1912): Elisha DeButts born Dublin 1773, father John De Butts English army officer; died Baltimore 3 Apr 1831 of pneumonia. MDGenWeb / WikiTree: father of Sophia DeButts who married Charles Stewart 1850.
Also styled Dr. Elisha De Butts; Professor Elisha DeButts. Physician; M.D. University of Pennsylvania 1805; professor of chemistry, College of Medicine of Maryland / University of Maryland 1809-1831; same chair at St. Mary's College, Baltimore; American Philosophical Society 1821. Mother unnamed in the 1912 cyclopedia and Wikipedia. Marriage to Sophia Gough Rogers 8 Jun 1820 is a WikiTree / FamilySearch citation (Maryland Marriages 1666-1970, F4N5-V92); record page not retrieved this pass. Cyclopedia 1912 does not name the wife. Compiled children (WikiTree / MDGenWeb) include John Hesselius (d.1825), Rebecca Rogers DeButts (m. Robert F. Pinkney 1843), Henrietta, Sophia (Debutts) Stewart, Caroline Donaldson (Debutts) Gray, Ann O'Rourke (Debutts) Shaw. Uncle Dr. Samuel De Butts lived near Alexandria and trained Elisha (same cyclopedia) — a sibling of John, not a parent. Portrait by Rembrandt Peale, c.1805, saved under images/elisha-debutts-1773/.
Facts
- Name
- Elisha DeButts
- Born
- 1773
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 3 April 1831
- Place of death
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Generation
- 6
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Male
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Spouses
Children
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- Kelly 1912: Elisha's father John De Butts was an officer in the English army.
Elisha DeButts, physiologist and a founder of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was born in Dublin, of a family among the "Landed Gentry," in the year 1773. His father, John De Butts, was an officer in the English army. In his youth his family emigrated to America and settled at Sharpsburg in Western Maryland. ... He died April 3, 1831, of pneumonia ... Dr. De Butts had a son, John De Butts, who became a physician of Queen Anne County, Maryland, and died in 1894.
- Wikipedia Elisha De Butts incorporates the Kelly cyclopedia (public domain).
DeButts ... was born in Dublin ... in 1773. His father, John De Butts, was an officer in the English army. ... He attended school near Alexandria, where lived his uncle, Dr. Samuel De Butts, under whom he studied medicine. Later he entered Pennsylvania University and took his M. D. in 1805 ... He died April 3, 1831, of pneumonia.
- MDGenWeb: Rebecca Woodward, wife of Philip Rogers, mother of Sophia Gough Rogers.
118. Sophia Gough ROGERS (9) was born in 1791 in Baltimore Co., MD. She died in 1845. She was married to Dr. Elisha DEBUTTS. ... +253 iv. Sophia DEBUTTS.
- MDGenWeb: Rebecca Woodward, wife of Philip Rogers, mother of Sophia Gough Rogers.
118. Sophia Gough ROGERS was born in 1791 in Baltimore Co., MD. She died in 1845. She was married to Dr. Elisha DEBUTTS. … Sophia Gough ROGERS and Dr. Elisha DEBUTTS had the following children: … child+253 iv. Sophia DEBUTTS. … 253. Sophia DEBUTTS was born in 1828. She died in 1864. She was married to Charles STEWART in 1850. Charles STEWART was born in 1828 in Baltimore Co., MD. He died in 1900 in Baltimore Co., MD.