31. Theophilus W. DeWeese (Mary Ann Elizabeth Mars, James Henry Mars, Sr.) was born on February 22, 1860 in Neshoba Co., MS. He died on February 20, 1933 in MS, and is buried in the Mars Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in Shady Grove, Neshoba Co., MS.

Theophilus married Margaret Ann "Maggie" Darnell, daughter of Samuel Polk Darnell and Mary Jane Lyle, about 1883. She was born on January 27, 1867 in Neshoba Co., MS. She died on December 19, 1930 in Shady Grove, Neshoba Co., MS, and is buried in the Mars Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in Shady Grove, Neshoba Co., MS.

They had the following children:

+	136	M	i	Elmer Otto Dewees was born November 18, 1885. He died November 21, 1941.
+	137	F	ii	Ivah Mae DeWeese was born November 29, 1887. She died September 09, 1938.
+	138	M	iii	Chester Arthur "Tish" Dewees was born November 15, 1890. He died July 20, 1966.
+	139	F	iv	Mary Abbie DeWeese was born April 06, 1893. She died July 23, 1964.
+	140	M	v	Clyde Clark Dewees was born June 07, 1896. He died July 04, 1935.
+	141	F	vi	Bonnie Jean DeWeese was born December 25, 1899. She died December 16, 1977.
	142	M	vii	Alfonso Dewees was born on June 20, 1901 in Kemper Co., MS. He died on December 21, 1910 in MS, and is buried in the West Kemper Baptist Church Cemetery in Moscow, Kemper Co., MS.
+	143	M	viii	Claude Edward DeWeese, Sr. was born April 02, 1904. He died November 02, 1961.
+	144	F	ix	Mildred DeWeese was born March 10, 1909. She died August 13, 2000.

Available Records:

Census: 1900 Kemper Co., MS, 1910 Kemper Co., MS, 1920 Kemper Co., MS, 1930 Neshoba Co., MS
Obituaries: Margaret Ann Darnell