Henry Wittkowsky (1879-undetermined) was the youngest child of Camden merchant Adolph Wittkowsky (1832-1904) and Susan Hyams Wittkowsky (1840-1920). The 1900 Census and 1910 Census list Henry as a grocery merchant and a merchant of “toys and notions,” respectively.1 Living with his mother after his father’s death, Henry was declared “mentally and physically deficient” by 1918.2 In the care of his mother until her death in 1920, Henry was moved to the State Training School in Laurens, SC, an institution for the care of those living with mental disabilities. It remains undetermined whether Henry was ever discharged from the State Training School.
1 U.S. Census Bureau, “1900 United States Federal Census, Kershaw County, South Carolina, Camden, Enumeration District 0048” and U.S. Census Bureau, “1910 United States Federal Census, Kershaw County, South Carolina, Camden Ward 3, Enumeration District 0071.”
2 World War I Draft Registration Card for Henry Wittkowsky, September 12, 1918.