Name: Robert Earl White
Death Date: 30 Jan 1958
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 42 years
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Birthplace: Shelby County Texas
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Film Number: 2115164
Digital Film Number: 4136225
Image Number: 01365
Reference Number: 3878
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Also living with his family in 1920 was his niece, 11 year old Bessie Wood.
Name: Robert Warren White
Death Date: 22 Aug 1962
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
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Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1882
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Film Number: 2117025
Digital Film Number: 4028544
Image Number: 3276
Reference Number: cn 51800
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn
Dixon-Crawford Ms. Elizabeth Dixon, Ms. Carla Crawford and Eddie Bonilla announce the engagement and wedding of their children, Shanna Dixon and Tommy Crawford. The wedding will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. "Bronk" Dixon at 2:00 p.m., December 31, 2003. Shanna is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bronk Dixon and great-granddaughter of Mattie Mixon, both from Broaddus. Tommy is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. WAYNE WHITE of Pineland. Invitations are extended through the press.
Obituary
Robert Wayne White, 61, of San Antonio, Texas passed away at his residence Thursday, April 20, 2017. Wayne was born November 22, 1955 in Hemphill, Texas to Mitchell Talmadge "Mutt" White, Sr. and Ruby Chance White.
Wayne was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and a graduate of West Sabine High School. He moved to San Antonio in the 1990's where he worked as a Rail car Inspector for Union Pacific Railroad for 21 years.
He was a Master Mason and member of Masonic Lodge #935 in Brookeland, Texas for 28 years and also a member of The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Lodge #6452.
Wayne is survived by his daughter, Katelyn White, of San Antonio, Texas; his brother, Kenneth "Plunket" White, of Pineland, Texas; his nephew, Mark White and wife, Angie, of Pineland; and great nephews, Mark White, Jr. and Corey White, both of Pineland.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Talmadge White.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday evening, April 24, 2017 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Masonic rites and graveside services to follow in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 26, 2017, Page 5
R. B. "Tidlow" White, 76, of Route 1, Pineland, died at 3:08 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 1998.
White was born Oct. 24, 1921 in Sabine County as a son of the late Robert W. and Florence White and had been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a veteran and retired member of the timber industry . White was a member of the Methodist faith.
Survivors: a daughter, Gayle JOHNSON of Longview; a son, Bob White of Pineland; and four grandchildren, Kellie Johnson, Kristy Johnson, Robert White, and Colton White.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. John C. Dowden, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill and Bro. T. A. Lane, pastor of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was at Pine Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.
Pallbearers: Kenneth E. White II, Kennth Joe White, Brandon White, Kurt White, Mark White, and Wayne White.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2011)
Roy Gene White, 67, of Hemphill died at 7:25 a.m. Friday, March 28, 2003 at his residence. He was born Jan. 25, 1936, in Pineland as a son of the late Cladie Bell (HARLEY) and David Alton WHITE and had been a lifelong resident of the Sabine County area. He was a logger and a member of the Church of God. Survivors: wife, Mildred DAVIS White of Hemphill, sons, Robert Gene WHITE of Minden, Louisiana, and Danny Alvin WHITE of Hemphill, daughters Jean Marie CAMMACK of Lufkin, Deborah Sue HADDOCK of Arlington, and Lisa Lynn GIPSON of Bronson; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Riley WHITE. Funeral services were held 4 p.m. Saturday at Strickland Crossing Church of God on FM 2024 with the pastor, Bro. Vance Purtell, and Bro. Floyd Wright, pastor of Rosevine Church of God, officiating. Interment followed at Lott Cemetery. Starr Funeral Home Inc., Hemphill, directors.
According to her obituary, Ruth White McLemore "slipped in her home in Hemphill, and fractured her left thigh on June 2nd. She was carried to . . . hospital in Jasper (and then) transferred here to the home of her son, Mr. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, where she passed away on June 11, 1939. She was born December 27, 1859 at Hemphill. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a faithful Christian worker all of her life. She married to J.F. McLemore on December 13, 1883 and was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Six children survive: namely V. E. McLemore, San Augustine; Earnest and Ira McLemore, Miss Mellie McLemore, and Mrs. Herman Commack of Gravel Hill, and Mrs. Mermon Speights of Hemphill. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to relatives, local people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Read, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, Mr and Mrs W.F. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burkhalter, Mrs. Rosalie Polly, W.L. Polly, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Horn, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mitchell, Mrs. E.M. Boyett, Theo Boyett and others."
Melinda McLemore Strong has a maroon and white quilt made by Ruth circa 1880. At Ruth's death, the quilt was passed on to her daughter Millie. Millie added a calico border to the quilt edges which had apparently frayed. At Millie's death, the quilt was passed to her older brother, Vessie McLemore. After Vessie and Nina died, Evon McLemore Tisdale used the quilt. She later gave it to her niece, Melinda McLemore Strong.
Graveside services for Dr. Sibyl W. Wyatt, 92, of Nacogdoches were conducted by the Reverend Justin Beadles of Grace Bible Church at Sunset Memorial Park on June 25, 2001 at 10 am. Dr. Wyatt entered her larger life on June 23, 2001, in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was born November 12, 1908, on the White Plantation in the Gravel Hill Community in Sabine County, the daughter of Henry Ernest White and Sarah Evelyn Boyd White.
She is survived by a son, Gayle D. Wyatt, of Nacogdoches and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
A native East Texan, Dr. Wyatt taught British Romance and Victorian literature at Stephen F. Austin State University for twenty-five years. Prior to joining the SFA faculty, she taught and served as a high school teacher and principal in public schools; and while on leave from SFA for doctoral work, she held a teaching fellowship at Rice University.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors in charge of services.
It is noted in the Bob Bowman's book, THE MYSTERY OF LADY BOUNTIFUL, that Sibyl White became principal of Hemphill High School in the 1940s and was perhaps the first woman in Sabine County to earn a Ph.D. (Bowman, p. 55).
Sophronia was born during an auspicious month. On November 13, 1833, between midnight and dawn, thousands of meteors showered the sky over North America. To the native peoples of the land, it appeared that the stars were falling out of the heavens. Some thought it was the judgment day. Others called it "The Night the Stars Fell".
A young girl who was a slave at the time of the event said "Somebody in the quarters started yellin' in the middle of the night to come out and to look up at the sky. We went outside and there they was a fallin' everywhere! Big stars coming down real close to the groun' and just before they hit the ground they would burn up! We was all scared. Some O'the folks was screamin' and some was prayin' we all made so much noise, the white folk came out to see what was happenin'. They looked up and then they got scared too."
The celestial phenomenon called "the most impressive and awesome display ever recorded" was, in fact, the Leonids meteor shower seen in one of its most impressive years. Viewers witnessed 50,000 to 150,000 meteors per hour, only equaled by the November 17, 1966 display, when the Leonid shower brought 150,000 meteors per hour. Debris from the comet Temple-Tuttle that orbits the sun every 33 years causes the shower.
She was born and raised in Amite County, Mississippi, and can be found on the 1850 census with her parents. Sometime after that, the family moved to Sabine County, Texas.
After her husband's death, she lived with her oldest son, William Hardy Travis. She can be found living with he and his wife, Grace Ener, at the time of the 1900 and 1910 Sabine County census.
Terry Dwain White, 58, of Lumberton, formerly of Sabine County, died Saturday, June 8, 2002, at his residence.
White was a native of Pineland and had lived in Nome several years before moving to Lumberton three years ago. He had worked for the Exxon Mobil Chemical Company as a pipefitter for 33 years.
Survivors: wife, Mary Nancy Courts White of Lumberton; a son, Darin Christiff White of Lumberton; a daughter Mallory Suzanne White of Lumberton; mother-in-law, Louise Courts of Beaumont; a sister-in-law, Theresa White of Killeen; a niece, Kim Mischek of Irving, and a nephew, Patrick White of Irving.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arvil and Lula White, and a borhter, Klaus Wayne White.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 11, at the Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home chapel in Beaumont. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Beaumont.
1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 3
Enumerated 1 August 1870
Page 5, Stamped 21
533-533
Morris, Jacob 25 M W Farmer Ky
Morris, Doshia 20 F W Keeping House La
Morris, Mary J 4 F W Tx
Morris, Cordelia 2 F W Tx
1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jacob MORRIS Self M Male W 35 KY Farmer KY KY
Theodosia MORRIS Wife M Female W 31 LA MS GA
Cordilia MORRIS Dau S Female W 11 TX KY LA
Charls Th. MORRIS Son S Male W 9 TX KY LA
George MORRIS Son S Male W 6 TX KY LA
Martha E. MORRIS Dau S Female W 4 TX KY LA
Wm. A. MORRIS Son S Male W 3 TX KY LA
Aron B. MORRIS Son S Male W 1 TX KY LA
Felix REAGAN Other S Male W 21 LA Wks On Farm GA MS
Source Information:
Census Place Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325 NA Film Number T9-1325 Page Number 218A
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct No. 8
Enumerated 5 June 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 5A Stamped 145
62-62
Morris, Theodocia Hd W F Apr 1849 51 Wd 11/9 La Miss NC Farmer
Morris, William A Son W M Jun 1876 23 S Tx Ky La Farm Laborer
Morris, Aaron B. Son W M May 1879 21 S Tx Ky La Farm Laborer
Morris, Fountain L Son W M Apr 1885 15 S Tx Ky La Farm Laborer
Morris, Van J. Son W M Feb 1887 12 S Tx Ky La Farm Laborer
Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote that although Albert White "had little formal education, as was common with men of his generation, he was extremely shrewd, a good conversationalist, witty, and very much at home in all types of society. He farmed some, but for hte most part, he raised and traded in livestock. I doubt if there was a man in Sabine County who loved outdoors activities more than Albert."
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 6, Bronson
Enumerated 15 Apr 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 7B
153-157
White, Albert Hd M W 38 M 18 Tx Tx Ark Farmer
White, Ollie Wf F W 37 M 17 Tx Miss Miss
White, Arlene Dtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Evalee Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Loy Dtr M (sic) W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Tomie S Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Thomas Albert "Tommy" White Jr., 77, of Gravelhill community died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 at Hemphill Care Center in Hemphill. Born July 1, 1927, as a son of the late Ollie Lee (CONN) and Thomas Albert White Sr., he was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and was a rancher. White was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran and a member of Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge. Survivors; wife, Kathleen White of Gravelhill; sons, Mike White of Kileen, Drew White and wife Vickie of Gravelhill, and Kevin White of Gravehill; and grandchildren, Marty White, Amanda SMITH and husband Sgt. John SMITH, Matthew White, Dustin White, J.T. White, Christine White and Alexx White. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Gravelhill, with Bro. I.W. Ferguson and Bro. Randy Mills officiating. Interment followed at Gravelhill Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.
1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn
1920 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, JP 8, ED 135
Enumerated 10-12 Jan 1920 by John Weatherly
SD 326 ED 135 Sheet 5A
89-91
White, T.J. Hd M 46 M Tx Miss Al
White, Nettie Wife F 48 M Miss Miss Miss
White, Velma Dtr F 17 S Tx Tx Miss
White, Foster Son M 12 S Tx Tx Miss
Case, Herman Nephew M 12 S Tx Tx Tx
1930 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, JP 8
Enumerated 11 Apr 1930
ED 174-21 SD 12 Sheet 9B
Abbly and Maytown Road
182-188
White, Tom J Head M W 56 m 29 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
White, Nettie Wf F W 57 M 30 Miss Miss Ala
White, Velma Dtr F W 26 S Tx Tx Miss Stenographer Bank
---/189
White, Foster Head M W 21 M 20 Tx Tx Miss Telegraph Operator Railroad Office
White, Estill Wf F W 18 M 17 Tx La Tx
Tina Marie Ebarb, 42, died Friday morning in the San Augustine Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness.
She was born in Jasper to Benny and Marie Scarborough White and has lived in Hemphill all her life. Tina was the business manager for West Sabine I.S.D. in Pineland.
Tina is survived by her husband Johnny Ebarb of Hemphill; her son Jordan Ebarb of Hemphill; two daughters Harlee and Abbee Ebarb both of Hemphill; her granddaughter Kelbie Ebarb of Hemphill; her brother Mike White of Hemphill; and her mother Marie White of Hemphill.
Tina was preceded in death by her father Benny White.
Funeral serivces were held Tuesday, May 10 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Pinehill Cemetery near Hemphill.
Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.
Shown in Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1775-1984, Succession File No. 2322-2380, 1914-1915, for Mary C. White, as one of eight surviving children of his parents, viz "Walton M. White, resident of Monroe, Ouichita Parish, Louisiana"
When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was a resident of Westlake, LA, a Timber Keeper for Ploney? Parish, in Locn? Cook, La, married and supporting a wife and two children, with blue eys and ligth bronw hair, and of medium heighth and build.
Shown on Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.as William Edward White, age 43, resident of Houston, Texas, employee of White Construction Co, with blue eyes and blond hair, 5 feet 8 inches, 183 pounds, and with next of kin as his wife, Mrs. W. E. White.
The September 20, 2006 "Sabine County Reporter" had a picture of the Milam, Texas, First Grade through High School--Spring 1927. A William White was pictured. It is not known what grade he was in, or if indeed it was the same William White. The photo was submitted to the "Sabine County Reporter" by Robert E. "Ted" Finley of Van Nuys, California.
As of the 1930 census, William was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Beulah and Roy Buckley, in Port Arthur, Texas. Both William and Roy were worker as laborers in the refining business.
In Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1775-1984, Succession File No. 2322-2380, 1914-1915, for Mary C. White, their was a listing for "Charley T. White, minor, resident of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA, sole and only heir of WIlliam E. White, deceased son of appearer and Mrs. Mary Cornelia White, deceased,"
Social Security Account issued by the Railroad Board. His daughter Martha does not believe he ever worked for the railroads, unless it was when he was very young. However, both his father and brother Keith were railroad employees.
The SSDI showed his last residence as Austin, Williamson County, Texas. The Texas Death Index shows he died in Travis County.
Obituary
William J. White, Jr. 71, died Saturday Oc-t. 22, 1988 at St. David's Hospital in Austin, Texas.
Known as Bill, he was born in Coffeyville, Kan., May 10, 1917, the son of Will and Mae Richards White. They moved to Osawatomie when he was a small boy. He attended the Osawatomie schools and graduated from the Osawatomie High School in the Class of 1935.
He served in the United States Army during World War II, seeing action in North Africa and Italy. At the time of his discharge he was a first lieutenant.
He was married to Anne Boyette of Austin, Texas, in 1946, and had lived in the Austin area since that time.
Preceding him in death were his parents and two brothers, Lawrence White and Keith White.
Surviving are his daughter, Martha White of Austin, Texas; a nephew, Larry White of Osawatomie; and two nieces, Carol Ayres and Peggy Mathis, both of Paola.
Cremation. Memorial graveside services at the Elmdale Cemetery at Osawatomie are pending.
According to Robert Cecil McDaniel's book "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas, he was a member of Captain Cotton's Company, Sabine County Volunteers, during the Civil War. No record of him in Sabine County after the war. Did he die? Settle elsewhere?
1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Pages 35 and 36
247-247
R. A. C. Campbell 28 f $2000 350 La
P. L. Campbell 11 F La
Joseph M. Campbell 8 M La
Wallie L. Campbell 6 M La
William Campbell 4 M La
W. T. White 22 M Teacher Common School La
J. Saller 17 M ---
1870 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Twp 4 Range 7, P.O. Summit
Enumerated 16 Jun 1870
Stamped 80
224-225
White, Wm. J. 32 M W Merchant $400 $4000 Miss
White, Mary C. 24 F W House Keeper Miss
White, Charles F 2 M W Miss
White, Wm. E 2/12 M W Miss
Weatherby, Seaborn C 21 M W Druggist Miss
1880 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, P.O. Summit
Page 436A
W.T. White Self M M W 31 (sic) Ms Farmer Va Ga
M.C. White Wf M F W 33Miss Sc Miss
Charly White Son S M W 12 Miss Miss Miss
Willie White Son S M W 10 Miss Miss Miss
J.L. White Son S M W 8 Miss Miss Miss
Henry White Son S M W 5 Miss Miss Miss
Cade White Son S M W 1 Miss Miss Miss
1900 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Beat 4 (part) McComb City Town
SD 7 ED 112 Sheet 7A Stamped page 167
Enumerated 6 Jun 1900
105-120
White, William F. (sic) W M July 1838 61 M 32 Miss Miss Miss Merchant
White, Mary Wf W F Nov 1845 54 M 32 11/9 Miss Miss
White, Bessie Dtr W F Jan 1877(*) 23 S Miss Miss Miss
White, Nelia Dtr W F Sept 1881 18 S Miss Miss Miss At School
White, Emma Dtr W F Aug 1884 15 S Miss Miss Miss At School
White, Walter Son W M Nov 1886 13 S Miss Miss At School
White, Leon Son M W May 1888 12 S Miss Miss Miss At School
Marclious, Louis Boarder W M May 1876 24 S Miss Miss Miss Book Helper
(Could their boarder, Louis Marclious actualy be the same person, as Marcelles L. VESEY, father to their daughter in law, May D. Vesey White, in HH 107-122)
106-121
Martin, Albert Head W M Nov 1875 24 M 1 Miss Miss Miss Machinist
Martin, Ary Wf W F Jan 1877 (*) Wife 23 M1 1/1 Miss Miss Miss
Martin, Ida/ICA? Dtr W F Nov 1899 7/12 S Miss Miss Miss
107-122
White, Louie Hed W M Apr 1872 28 M 3 Miss Miss Miss Merchant
White, Mady Wf W F Jan 1877 23 M 3 2/2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
White, Willie Son M W feb 1898 2 S Miss Miss Tenn
White, Louis Son W M Apr 1900 2/12 S Miss Miss Tenn
*Bessie and Ary are twins sisters, both the daughter of William T White and Mary Cornelia Felder
1910 Census
Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles City, Ward 4
SD 3 ED 38 Ward 4 Sheet 1A
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
Miller Avenue
422 5-5
White William T Head M W 73 M1 43 Miss Unk Unk English Manufacture Mattress
White, Mary C Wf F W 64 M1 43 11/9 Miss Miss Miss
Ann and Eldon McLemore show her as a daughter of John Whitehead and Dorucs McLemore. However, they also show her as Alice Highlander. It is not known why they use the name Highlander.
Timothy V. McLemore, a yDNA match to my McLemore line, instead shows her as Allice J. Foster, with a DOB of 1 June 1852.
Her Texas Birth Certificate lists her parents as George Burtis Whitehead and Una Belle Mannings, her father born in Sabine Co, Texas and her mother in Henderson Co, Texas. Both were residents of Pineland, Texas at the time of her birth. She was the fifth child born alive to her mother, and also the fifth child still living.
Obituary
Alice Virginia White, 89, of Hemphill, Texas passed in the arms of Jesus Thursday, May 27, 2021 in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Virginia, or as she was fondly called, Deet by her family and friends, was born on May 16, 1932 in Pineland, Texas to George Burtis Whitehead and Eunie Bell Manning Whitehead. She was born into a large family of hardworking parents near the end of the great depression. She and her brothers and sisters attended Bethel Baptist Missionary Church while growing up.
Virginia was a 1950 graduate of Pineland High School. Shortly after graduation, she met and married Cecil Forest White (Dink). They were married for 25 years before his death in 1974. After his death, she stopped being a housewife and began her career. She worked as a secretary for Starr Funeral Home for 40 years before retiring in 2020. In her many years of work, she cared deeply for the members of her community and would try to help them in way she could.
Virginia is survived by her three daughters and their families who adored her; Charlotte White of Orange, Sharon White of Center, and Sandy Perkins and husband, Jay, of Hemphill; her grandchildren who lovingly called her Nanny, Shannon Lane of Lake Jackson, Nick Lane and wife, Theresa, of Orange, Sharisse McAdams and husband, Josh, of Center, Jake Perkins and wife, Grace, of Hemphill, Jeremy Daniels of Beaumont, and Ashton Childress and husband, Cody, of Hemphill; great grandchildren, Shalynn & Kolby, Ty'Teirra, Alyx, Embry, Aryn, Sullivan, Layla and Haze; and great great grandson, Elijah; sisters, Ollie Bell Jordan of Pineland and Gloria (Buckie) Whitehead of Carthage; and numerous much loved nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Eunie Whitehead; husband, C. F. (Dink) White; brothers, Sid Dickerson, Burtis Whitehead, Clifton (Giddern) Whitehead, Charles (Beedlow)Whitehead, Larry Whitehead and Harold Whitehead and sisters, Gladys Whitehead and Nelda Lou Whitehead.
Her family will welcome friends and family for visitation from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright and Bro. Curtis White officiating.
Burial will follow services in Pine Hill Cemetery with her grandsons, Jake Perkins, Jeremy Daniels, Josh McAdams, Cody Childress, Alyx Perkins and Embry Perkins; and son-in-law, Jay Perkins serving as pallbearers and Nick Lane as honorary pallbearer.
You are invited to leave condolences and sign guest book online at starrfuneralhome.com.
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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 2, 2021, page 4
Name: Bobbie Lucille Whitehead Date of Birth: 24 Jun 1932 Gender: Female Birth County: Sabine Father's Name: Dallas Langston Whitehead Mother's Name: Velma Lee Clark Roll Number: 1932_0008
His Texas Death Certificate shows he was born in Pineland to George Whitehead and Eunice Manning. Informant was Mrs. Martha Whitehead, presumably his wife as he was also shown as married. His occupation was Heavy Equip. Operator, Pipeline, and he died instantly in a two car collision of a crushed head and internal injuries in Batson, Hardin County, Texas. His usual residence was Liberty County, Texas.
Obituary, copied from his Find A Grave Memorial Page
Charles Douglas Whitehead, age 85 passed away in Nacogdoches Medical Center in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Charles was born in Pineland, Texas to George and Eunnie Manning.
Charles has been part of the Sabine County Community all of his life. He worked as a produce manager for Dues Minimax. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas. He will be missed dearly by his family and friends. He is a loving husband, brother, grandfather, great grandfather and god father.
He is survived by his wife Betty Whitehead of Center, his sisters: Ollie Bell Jordan, Virginia White and Gloria Whitehead, his grandchildren: Shawanna Burns, Kali Whitehead, Chad Whitehead and Shannon Whitehead, his numerous great grandchildren and his god daughter Lana Bueche.
He is preceded in death by his son Doug Whitehead and his daughter Kathy Whitehead.
Visitation will be from 5~9pm, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral service will be at 10am Thursday, November 12, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County..
The Sabine County Reporter
February 21, 2018, Page 7
Track Stars at Pineland High School in 1917
Charlie O. Osborn (1899-1973) and George Burtis Whitehead (1900-1956) the son of William Martin Whitehead and Melissa Alice Forse. George married Eunie Bell Whitehead and is the father of Virginia "Deet" Whitehead White. George died in Arizona from meningitis while working on a pipeline job. The 100-year-old silver trophy cups are still on display at West Sabine High School, and were won at Sabine County Field Days in 1916 and 1917. (includes photo of the two athletes and the trophies).
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 2
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 4 A Stamped 49
63-72
Whitehead, Georg B Head M W 29 M 21 Tx Tx TSx Farm General Farm
Whitehead, Eunie B Wf F W 27 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Bertie Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Ollie A Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Clifton Son M W 3 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Whitehead, Douglas Son M W 6/12 Tx Tx Tx
Dickerson, Sid StepSon M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
George Whitehead was the son of Martin Whitehead and Jane Martin. Jane was the dtr of Wm. Martin who, with his son, T.J. fought in the Texas Revolution. (White and Toole, p 54 - 55).
Gravely wounded in the Civil War. He moved with his widowed mother and siblings to Sabine County in 1869, where they first settled on Jacks Creek, but later moved to Hemphill. He was Sabine County Sheriff for many years. (White and Toole, p 79).
1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Pages 5A and 6B SD 1 ED 84
45-49
Whitehead, John W M 24 Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Mathilder W F 25 Wf Keeping House La Miss Tx
Whitehead, Ella W F 6 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Wm W M 5 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Ann W F 4 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Norry W M 2 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Lula W F 1/12 Apr Dau Tx Tx La
46-50
Whitehead, Martin W M 49 Farmer La --- ---
Whitehead, Jane W F 47 Wf Keeping House Miss --- Ga
Whitehead, Wm. W M 19 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Cornelius W M 14 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Eveline W F 13 D Tx La Miss
At the time of the 1850 Federal census, 26 year old Martin Whitehead, and 20 year old John Whitehead, were both listed as Farmers, and living in the household of William and Nancy ESTUS of Sabine County, Texas.
1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Bare Creek Beat No. 6
Enumerated 10 July 1860
Page 33
245-245
Thomas and Rebecca Martin and family
246-246
Martin Whitehead 26 M Farmer $--- $ 435 La
Mary J Whitehead 27 F Miss
George W Whitehead 7 M Tx
John F Whitehead 5 M Tx
1870 Census
not located
1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
Pages 5A and 6B SD 1 ED 84
45-49
Whitehead, John W M 24 Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Mathilder W F 25 Wf Keeping House La Miss Tx
Whitehead, Ella W F 6 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Wm W M 5 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Ann W F 4 Dau Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Norry W M 2 Son Tx Tx La
Whitehead, Lula W F 1/12 Apr Dau Tx Tx La
46-50
Whitehead, Martin W M 49 Farmer La --- ---
Whitehead, Jane W F 47 Wf Keeping House Miss --- Ga
Whitehead, Wm. W M 19 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Cornelius W M 14 Son Farmer Tx La Miss
Whitehead, Eveline W F 13 D Tx La Miss
At the time of the 1940 census, Norrie was listed in the second precinct of Sabine County, living in a household consisting of his wife, Nora May, his sister, Annie Whitehead, and 35 year old John Martin, a hired hand.
Name: Royce Joe Whitehead Date of Birth: 22 Jan 1935 Gender: Male Birth County: Sabine Father's Name: Dallas Whitehead Mother's Name: Velma Clark Roll Number: 1935_0008
Her Texas Death Certificate showed her as a daughter of George Whitehead and Martha Jacks. Informant was Mrs. Charles Force. In 1940, she was the head of a household consisting of herself, and sons Duard and Harold. They lived in Sabine County on Center View Road, in the same house they had lived in five years previously. Evelyn was shown as age 62 and widowed. Both Duard and Harold were listed as single.
Elizabeth Beres shows him as married to Melissa Alice Forse, the daughter of William Henry Fose. Betty Bragg Wagstaff, in her annotated transcription of the Pleasant Grove (Whitehead) Cemetery, shows that Melissa Forse was actually married to William Martin Whitehead, a son of Martin Whitehead and Mary Jane Martin, and not to William Wallac Whitehead, the son of Owen and Mary.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. Albert S. Whitlock, age 40, born in Vermont, parents born in Vermont; occupation: farmer. Head of a household that includes wife Eva and children John, Carrie, George, Alda and Bessie.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. Alda L. Whitlock, daughter of Albert S. Whitlock, age 2, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Ohio.
She graduated from Pomona College, Claremont, California in 1906 with the degree of Bachelor of Literature, and taught at Hemet, California.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. Bessie E. Whitlock, daughter of Albert S. Whitlock, age 9 months, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Ohio.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. Carrie M. Whitlock, daughter of Albert S. Whitlock, age 6, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Ohio.
If the dates of her children's births are correct as given in the Sanford genealogy, Carrie had her first child at age 13.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. George A. Whitlock, son of Albert S. Whitlock, age 4, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Ohio.
Census:
1880, Taylor, Benton County, Iowa, p. 308B. John H. Whitlock, son of Albert S. Whitlock, age 8, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Ohio.
John W. Clark shows her as a daughter of Clara JONES and Cleo WHITMIRE.
Mable Lee Clark, 77, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in Sabine County Hospital.
Mable was born on August 11, 1943 in Hemphill to Cleo Whitmire and Clara Estine Jones Whitmire. She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County and had worked many years as a bookkeeper in the lumber industry. She was a graduate of Bronson High School and a member of Broaddus United Pentecostal Church. She loved spending with her family.
Mable was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Charles Clark, Sr.; and sisters, Margaret Jacks and Bertha Morrison.
She is survived by her son, Charles Clark, Jr. of Hemphill; daughters, Charlene Clark of Katy and Sheri Jones and husband, Bruce, of Pineland; brother, David Whitmire and wife, Rhonda, of Hemphill; sisters, Janice McDaniel and husband, Jimmy, and Gladys Tatom and husband, Eugene, all of Hemphill; grandchildren, Jessica, Barry, Christopher, Brandon, Channing, Nicole and Chris; and 20 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2021 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill, Texas.
Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2021 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Mark Green officiating.
Burial will follow services in Pine Hill Cemetery with Jay Chance, Justin Whitmire, Jerry Foley, Cadin Clark, Jamie Williams, Peyton Williams, Woodie Foster, and Lee Scott serving as pallbearers.
Condolences can be made and guest book may be signed online at starrfuneralhome.com.
Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 20, 2021, page 4
Tucker Whitmire was married in 1936 to Bettie McClelland, according to Galveston County Marriage Book 40, page 116. He was remarried in 1943 to Novie Gooch, according to Galveston County Marriage Book 45, page 493. Children born to Tucker Whitmire, Bettie McClelland Whitmire, and Novie Gooch Whitmire are unknown.
At the time of the 1920 federal census, a Harriet Cramer, age 56 and widowed, was living in Los Angeles, California in the Krotoria (?) Institute. She was shown as born in Michigan, with her parents born in NY and Michigan. She was listed as lodger, and her occupation was listed as NONE.
184 IV. Abigail Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 March 1753; married Ephraim Clark, of North Salem, N.Y. They afterward lived in some part of Conn., one tradition says in Stratford.
V. Betty Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 7 Nov. 1718; married, 25 Jan. 1741/2, at Ridgefield, Daniel Smith1, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Collins) Smith, of Ridgefield, where he was born 6 Oct 1719. They settled in Ridgefield, and there died; she, 13 Oct. 1798, "aged 79 years, 11 months, and 6 days"; he, 22 Aug. 1799, "aged 80 years." In the record of her death, he was called "Daniel Smith, 2d," and in that of his death, "Mr. Daniel Smith."
186 VI. Betty Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 16 July 1757; married, 11 Dec. 1783, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Jacob Lobdell,1 "of Courtlandt's Manor, N.Y.," son of Ebenezer and Deborah Lobdell, of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born about 1756 or 1757. They settled on a farm, about a mile north of the Episcopal Church in North Salem. The farm was, in 1874, owned by two of his grandsons, and the old thatched barn was still standing, more than a hundred years old. She died in North Salem, 8 May 1795, in the 37th year of her age, and was buried in the North Salem Cemetery, near the Episcopal Church, where her gravestone is still standing. He died in North Salem, 27 Feb. 1834, aet. 77, and was buried about ten rods from his wife, in the same cemetery. He had a second wife, Mary Morehouse,2 who died in North Salem, date unknown, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and when Long Island was evacuated by the American army, he crossed at sunrise in the last boat.
V. Daniel Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 Ap. 1720, though the record says 1719; a farmer; married, 8 Aug. 1741, in Ridgefield, Thankful Burt, who was born in Ridgefield, 1 Sept. 1721, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Belden) Burt.2 They settled in Ridgefield; their residence there can be traced by the births of their children to the latter part of the year 1752, and by deeds, almost continuously from 1744 to 1760. He joined with his four brothers in dividing their father's estate, 28 March 1744; divided the homestead with his brother John, 4 Ap. 1745, he taking the north half; deeded his land to his four brothers, and took deeds from them, 18 Ap. 1750; had land laid out to him by the proprietors, 23 Feb. 1750-51; bought and sold land, 30 March 1752; sold his house and land to Vivus Dauchy, 14 March 1753; had land laid out, 26 June 1753; sold all of his common and undivided land to Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, 24 Feb. 1757; bought seven acres of land at Blacksmith Ridge, 5 March 1757; joined, 24 May, 1759, with his wife, Thankful Whitney, and her brothers and sisters, Christopher Burt, Daniel Burt, Seaborn Burt, and Sarah Cornwell, of Ridgefield, and Benjamin Burt, of Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y., in dividing the estate "which our Honrd. father Benjamin Burt Decd, Died Seized of." He sold his land at "Blacksmith Ridge Bridge," 11 Jan. 1760, and soon moved to Warwick, Orange County, N.Y. Eager's History of Orange County, pp. 422-425, gives an account of Daniel Burt, and (after showing that he settled in Warwick in 1746, sold out and went back to Conn., and then returned to Warwick in 1760) says: "When Daniel Burt returned to the county in 1760, Daniel Whitney came with him, married his sister, and located." We have seen that the marriage was nearly nineteen years earlier.Daniel Whitney finally, at what time is not known, moved to Romulus, Seneca Co., N.Y., and there died in 1808, 1809, or 1810 (as variously reported), "aged over 80 years." He was really about 90 years old. His home was in the south-east corner of the town of Romulus, near Whitney's Landing, probably with his grandson, John Whitney.
VIII. Eleanor Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 27 Jan. 1693, O.S.; 6 Feb. 1694, N.S.; married, 13 June, 1717, Jonathan Fairchild, a fuller and cloth-dresser, of Norwalk, who was born 10 Oct 1692. He owned a L50 right in the commonage of Norwalk, 4 Dec. 1721; and they were members of the First Congregational Church, in Norwalk, in 1725. His will, dated 2 June 1769, and proved 2 Dec. 1772, disposed of his home-lot, buildings, and fulling-mill, at the upper end of Norwalk, on Mill Brook, which, in the inventory of 12 Dec. 1772, were prized at L100; with fifteen acres of land at Toilsome, prized at L40; and four accres at New Dam Bogs. He died at Norwalk, 28 Nov. 1772. She died at Norwalk, 25 Jan 1777, aged 81 years, 11 months, and 19 days; from which facts, the date of her birth has been computed. They were buried in one of the old cemeteries at Norwalk.
IV. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn.,about 1684; married Joseph Keeler, a carpenter, son of Samuel and Sarah (St. John) Keeler; g. son of Ralph Keeler and of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John; and g. g. son of Matthias St. John and Timothy Stanley.1 He was born at Norwalk about 1683. They settled at Ridgefield, where we find early mention of him. At a Town Meeting held in Ridgefield Decembr 27th Anno Dom. 1715 . . . . it was voted by ye Mjority yt Joseph Keeler shall have two shilling as money pr day for making and mending Conveniences for ye setting of Minister and people at ye house of meeting and yt he shall be allowed for Nails and what board will not do for after service. He was elected lister, 19 Dec 1716; scaler of weights and measures, 8 Dec. 1718, 21 Dec. 1721, 13 Dec. 1725, and 27 Dec. 1727; townsman, 21 Dec. 1719, and 20 Dec. 1722; surveyor, 21 Dec. 1721; toler, 13 Dec. 1725; a member of the "committee to run and finish ye Dividend Line between Norwalk and Ridgefield, according to agreement with Norwalk." 27 Dec 1725; and, 5 Sept. 1726, one of "a Committee for the Town for the takeing care of, and carrying on the work of the meeting house by any necessary bargains, or laying out of the severall Sums and Taxes which form time to time shall be raised therefor, and that as their prudence and best discretion shall direct them and that till the meeting house be well compleated and finished." The building of this house was ordered 19 Dec. 1723. He made an agreement with the town as to which days he should grind for them, 7 Dec. 1733; was the town miller 16 Dec. 1636 [sic]; a Justice of the Peace as early as 1735, and for several years after that date. He took the freeman's oath 9 Dec. 1728.
Both died at Ridgefield; he, 29 Nov. 1757, according to the town record, (while his gravestone says 30 Nov. 1757), aged 74; she, 17 March 1763, aged 79 years. They were buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, where their gravestones were visited in 1875; but his, having been used in trapping woodchucks, was broken in pieces.
189 IX. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 24 March 1769; married Timothy Hunt, a mason and farmer, son of Gilbert and Hannah (Gorham) Hunt,2 of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born, 5 Nov. 1771. In 1799 they settled in Ridgefield, where he died, 13 Jan. 1835, in his 64th year. She died in Danbury, Conn., 12 Dec., 1867, aged 98 years, 8 months and 18 days. They were buried in the North Salem Cemetery. An obituary, signed J. H. F., says: "She retained her faculties to the last, and in her last hour bore testimony to the value of our comforting form of faith. She had been a Universalist more than fifty years, and was a member of the lamented Hillyer's parish during his entire pastorate in North Salem, N.Y. She trusted in her Redeemer with childlike simplicity, and in her life bore testimony to the salutary influence of our religion. The funeral was attended in the Universalist church in North Salem, where the tearful eyes and mournful faces of the people revealed the affectionate regard in which the aged saint was held."
182 II. Esther Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 20 Oct. 1748; married, 29 Jan. 1771, at Ridgefield, Jeremiah Chase. They were early settlers in Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., living near Sauquoit. The time of their settlement is not known, but in 1797, they had been there for several years. He died in Paris, and was buried there. She moved, perhaps before 1810, to Champion, Jefferson Co., N.Y., and there died, at the house of her son, Lewis Chase.
III. Henry Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 21 Feb. 1680 [1680-81]; a weaver; married, 14 June 1710, at Norwalk, Elizabeth Olmstead,2 dau. of "the late Lieut. John" and Mary (Benedict) Olmstead, of Norwalk, and g. dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict. His father had already given to him, 18 Oct 1709, "my now Dwelling House, Barn and Home Lott, containing found acres of land." He returned to his father, 19 Oct. 1709, a life-lease of the same, as follows: For and in Consideration of Love, good will and Affection, which I have and do bear towards my Honoured and Well Respected Father, Mr. John Whitney, of the aforesaid Town and County, Do give and grant, and by these presents do fully & absolutely give and grant unto him, my said Father, John Whitney, the free use and Improvement of one half of ye now Dwelling House, Barn & Home Lott that he now dwells in & Improves, During ye Term of his Natural Life, as also, ye Improvement of Half of said House, & what convenience my be needful in ye Barn unto my Honoured Moather, if she survive my said father, During her continuance of Widowhood. He sold this property, 8 July 1712, to his brother, John Whitney, subject to the foregoing lease; and removed, among the early settlers, to Ridgefield, Conn., where we find his ear-mark recorded 1 Dec. 1712. Here he was chosen townsman, 17 Dec. 1717; fence-viewer, 5 Dec. 1720, 19 Dec. 1723, 14 Dec. 1724, and 22 Dec 1726.
The Townsmen Do Order that ye White Oak Tree standing near Henry Whitne's be recorded their Sign Post.
Recorded Janry 7th 1727-7, Per me
THOMAS HAWLEY, Registr. He died at Ridgefield, 26 April 1728, and was, doubtless, buried in the old graveyard, south of the village, where only two gravestones yet stand, neither of which is his. In exchanging land with Joseph Northrup, Sen., of Ridgefield, 26 Ap. 1727, he styled himself "Henry Whitne, Senr., of Ridgfield, in ye County of Fairfield, in ye Colony of Connecticutt, in New England, Weaver." Four days before his death, 22 Ap. 1728, he conveyed land to Rev. Thomas Hawley, and, probably on account of weakness, signed the deed by his mark. Many grants of land were made by the town, on his right, to his heirs, from 16 May 1729 to 1742, and, perhaps, even later. It is said that his widow lived to a great age, and died at Ridgefield, but no record of her death has been found.
III. Henry Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 29 July 1715; a farmer; married, 5 Dec. 1755, at Ridgefield, Elizabeth Lobdell1, dau. of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Benedict) Lobdell, of Ridgefield, where she was born 21 Sept. 1733. They settled in Ridgefield, and there died; he, 9 or 10 July 1794, of cholera morbus; she, 15 Aug. 1816, at the house of her dau. Rebecca (Whitney) Olmstead. They were buried in Titicus Cemetery. In 1873, one of his descendants said: "My great-grandfather, Henry Whitney, while cutting wood in the morning before sunrise, heard music, and, looking up, saw some witches in a hog's trough, go sailing along over-head, singing: 'Hoity cock, hoity cock, day breaks on;'" and genealogists are compelled to read and consider many traditions and legends which are not better than this. Another tradition says that when he was eighteen years old, he was at Ebenezer Lobdell's house, saw a babe in the cradle, and said, "I will wait till this little girl is a woman and take her for my wife," a pledge which he redeemed when he was forty years old.
181 I. Henry Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Feb. 1746-7; a tanner and currier; married, 17 Jan. 1770, at Ridgefield, Ruth Scribner, born 1 Jan. 1752, new style, dau. of Uriah Scribner. They settled in Ridgebury Society, about a mile south of the church, on the same place on which their grandson, George Van Rensselaer Hunt, was living in 1874. He died in Ridgebury, "of the prevailing fever," 14 Feb. 1813, aged 66 years. At his marriage, he was called Henry Whitney 2d; and at his death, Captain Henry Whitney. She joined the Congregational Church, in Ridgebury, 6 May 1792, and died there, 12 Aug. 1835, aged 83 years, 7 months and 11 days. They were buried in Ridgebury Cemetery.
II. Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Dec. 1714, according to the town-record, but the true date was, probably, 1713; married, 29 Ap. 1736, at Ridgefield, Daniel Sherwood, a miller, who was born in Ridgefield, 21 Nov. 1714, son of Daniel and Ruth Sherwood, of Ridgefield. She and her husband received her part of her father's estate, L47 11s. 1d., old tenor, 5 Feb. 1744-5. He bought land in Ridgefield, of his brother, Nathan Sherwood, 18 March, 1747. His farm lay in Ridgebury Society, next to the Colony line, and was bounded "east by the brook running through Mopoo's Bog." He sold portions of this land to hsi sons, Henry, Ebenezer, and Daniel, 17 Jan. 1763; ten acres, for L7 each. He died before 10 Ap. 1770.
Jerusha Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 25 or 28 June 1755; married, 22 Dec. 1774, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to David Gates, of the same place, a farmer, born in June 1753, possibly the youngest child of Samuel and Rachel (Hayes) Gates. They moved, about 1789, to Hinesburgh, Vt, where he died of consumption, 19 June 1793, and was buried in the Hinesburgh Cemetery. In 1797 she removed, with some of her children, to Paris, N.Y., but returned to Hinesburgh in the winter of I 797-8, and in 1802 married Lawrence Delong, a farmer, of a town adjoining Hinesburgh. She died at St. Albans, Vt., 29 or 31 July 1840, in her 86th year, and was buried at St. Albans Bay, Vt. In her last years she dwelt with her daughter, Mrs. Betsey (Gates) Brooks, at St. Albans, Vt.
'John WHITNEY was probably born before his father went to Southold, as the fact that he was of full age before 20 Jan 1665/66, is indicated by the following vote: 'At the towne meeting held the 20th of Jan. 1665, grante unto John WHITNE the sonne of Henry WHITNEY oinse unto his father's home lott extending from the Brow of the hill lying by the hiweigh leading to the Rodds cartpath by the sayd Falls.' He settled, with his father, in Norwalk, followed his business, of millwright, and miller; succeeded him in the possession of the mill and homestead; and married 17 Mar 1674/75, Elizabeth SMITH, dau. of Richard Smith. [Phoenix p11]
'Whitney, John, Norwalk, only son of Henry, married 17 Mar 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard SMITH, probably of L.I . Had John, born 12 Mar 1677; Joseph, 1 Mar 1679, Henry, 21 February 1681; and Richard, 18 Apr 1687; but no more known of him except that he was a miller, had good property and his children perpetuated the name in that region.' [Savage p530]
Savage was INCORRECT in listing a child of John and Elizabeth (SMITH) WHITNEY. John and Elizabeth did NOT have a child named Samuel. This error was repeated in various publications, including several Connecticut town histories and the books by S. Whitney Phoenix. 'Saml. WHITNEY of Stratford' (who married Anne LABOREE) was the son of Nathaniel WHITNEY and Sarah HAGAR - and thus a descendant of John and Elinor WHITNEY of Watertown. Proof lies in the probate records of Samuel's father, Nathaniel WHITNEY, Middlesex County, MA, File No. 24731.
I. John Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 12 March 1676-7; a miller; married, 4 March 1709-10, Elizabeth Finch, dau. of Joseph Finch, of Greenwich, Conn. They settled in Norwalk, where he died 3 Feb 1712-13. He reconveyed the mills, 31 Jan. 1712-13, during his last illness, to his father, who gave the fulling-mill to the widow, 28 Feb. 1712-13. No record of her death has been found.
IV. John Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 28 Jan. 1717; married, 15 June 1746, at Ridgefield, by Rev. Jonathan Ingersol, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Hephzibah Olmstead, dau. of Richard and Mary (Betts) Olmstead; g. dau. of John Olmstead and of Samuel Betts, of Wilton, Conn. She died in Ridgefield, 20 May 1753, of consumption, having been able to walk about the house the day before her death. He married (2d) Thankful Benedict,1 who was born 23 June 1727, youngest child of Benjamin and Mary Benedict. By the settlement of his father's estate, 28 March 1744, and a division made by him and his brother Daniel Whitney, 4 Feb. 1745, he had the south half of his father's homestead in Ridgefield, which he sold, 14 Feb. 1753, with "dewlling house, barn, shop, fruit trees and fences," to Abraham Betts, of Norwalk, for L1200, old tenor. A deed of 20 March 1771, shows that he then lived in Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y. He signed a deed, 14 Feb. 1793, in which he called himself of "the County of Serry Togue and State of New York." He lived, in the latter part of his life, with his son Ezra, at, or near, Johnstown, New York. He is known to have visited his son Samuel, in Paris, now Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y., about 1797, when he was eighty yeears old, but neither the place nor the date of his death, or that of his second wife, have been reported; but she died first.
4 II. Joseph Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 1 March 1678 [1678-9]; a mill-wright; married in Norwalk, 6 July 1704, Hannah Hoyt, "the daughter of Mr. Zerubbabel Hoyt," of Norwalk.1 She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, in 1725. After the death of his brother, John Whitney, he came in possession of the grist-mill, by deed from his father, stipulating to pay all of his debts, and give him one half of all tolls which the mill should earn during his father's lifetime. His will was dated 21 March 1740-41; and he probably died in Norwalk, in 1741. His great-grandson, James Whitney, when eighty years old, wrote an interesting letter, in which he speaks of him as follows: "He was a very excentric man, and I heard many ancedotes of him. One was as follows; he was called upon to name a stree running from the foot of Pudding Lane to the bridge at the head of the harbor, by the mill; and this was his answer, --
From Hyatt's hill to Thacher's mill, Was once a lonesome valley; Since it's become a place of fame, We'll call it Petticoat Alley, and it went by that name when I was a boy, I believe over one hundred years later."