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."
XI. Josiah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not known; married, 30 Oct. 1729, at Norwalk, Eunice Hanford, dau. of "Mr. Eleazer Hanford," and Hannah, his wife, and g. dau. of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Miles) Hanford, of Norwalk. They settled in Norwalk, where he died as early as 1750. He was of legal age to sell land as early as 25 Jan. 1721-22, and was named in the deed after his brothers--an indication that he was younger than they. No record of her birth or death has been found. She had L82 16s. 7d. from her father's estate, about 1737. In that year, 19 May, John Reed, "for and in behalf of his wife Hannah, and as guardian to his son-in-law, Eleazor Hanford, and his daughter-in-law, Mary Hanford, minors," quit claim to Josiah Whitney, of Norwalk, and his wife Eunice, their shares in 58 acres of land "belonging to the estate of Mr. Eleazer Hanford, late of sd Norwalk, deceased, situate nar Pimpewauge, above the Split Rock farm that was Mr. Joseph St. John's, late of Norwalk, deceased." Probably John Reed married Hannahy, widow of Eleazer Hanford and mother of Josiah Whitney's wife. The final distribution of the dower of Eleazer Hanford's widow, 1 May 1759, shows that Eunice Whitney had already deceased.
188 VIII. Josiah Anson Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Jan. 1762;1 a millwright; served in the Revolutionary War, and though he was only thirteen years old when it began, tradition says that he served six years, and "held a Captain's commission under Gen. George Washington." He married, about 1786 or the beginning of 1787, at Danbury, Conn., Rebecca Olmstead. Perhaps Danbury was their dwelling place for the first ten years; but in the early part of 1797, they were living in Paris, N.Y., and, about 1800, they moved to Westmoreland, N.Y., where she died, and was buried. He married (2d), 20 Sept. 1802, Sally Leet, who was born in Guilford, Conn., where also the marriage took place.
IX. Nathan Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; a farmer; married about 1715, Sarah -----, whose history is unknown. They settled in Ridgefield, Conn., on a piece of land conveyed to him, 5 Feb. 1718-19, by Joseph Keeler, Henry Whitney, and Matthew St. John, "for, and in consideration of that brotherly Love and fraternall affection we have and do bare Towards our well beloved brother, Nathan Whitney, of ye otwn of Ridgfield, aforesd." At a town meeting, 20 Dec. 1720, "by a Major vote Nathan Whitne was Cleared of all his rates, for ye ensueing year." He took the freeman's oath, 9 Dec. 1728, at Ridgefield, where they were living as late as 1739. The dates of their death are not known.
X. Nathan Whitney, b. at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, Conn., 2 June 1765; a shoemaker; married, 16 Dec. 1787, at Danbury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church of Ridgebury, to Hannah Taylor, dau. of John and Abigail (Mygatt) Taylor, of Danbury, where she was born, 7 Nov. 1765. They dwelt in Ridgebury till 1797; then settled in Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and, about 1814, moved to Richfield, N.Y., and thence, in Nov. 1823, to Cohocton, N.Y.; and from there to Bath, N.Y., where they died, at the house of their daughter, Mrs. Maria (Whitney) Cook; she, 7 Feb. 1860, in her 95th year; he, 7 June 1860, aged 95 years and 5 days. He bore the military title of Captain.
V. Richard Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., 18 Ap. 1687; a millwright; married, 7 Ap. 1709, at Fairfield, Conn., Hannah Darling, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Beers) Darling, of Fairfield, where she was born about 1689. Their marriage is recorded also at Norwalk. His father gave him thirteen acres of land at Horse Pound Hill, and twenty-six acres at Drum Hill, with three acres of swamp east of Horse Pound Hill, seven acres of land to take up in the unsequestered land, and "one pair of stears past three years old," 18 Oct. 1709; and, at the same date, sold him three acres of land, with a house-frame thereon, at Belden's Hill. They dwelt at Norwalk for several years; then settled in that part of Stratfield Society, which lay in the town of Fairfield.. He proposed to build a grist-mill on Sasco River, "where the sawmill stood," and asked the town to give him a small piece of land on which to set a house. His request was granted by town-meeting, 27 Ap. 1713, and a committee appointed to lay out the land and stipulate the conditions of the grant. Another town-meeting, 6 Aug 1716, granted him liberty to flow so much of the town-commons as should be needed for the mill. His mill appears to have been built before 24 Aug. 1716, when the committee laid out, and 12 Sept. 1716, formally conveyed to him, land on the east side of Sasco River, near to his mill, on his engagement "to keep a good and sufficient grist mill on said river, att or near the place where his now grismill now standeth, when it can be done with labour; and to grind all sorts of grain for two quarts a bushell into good & sufficient meal, if the grain be good; and also to keep a sufficient house over said mill to secure all such grain as shall be brought to said mill, with a good lock and key continually to said house; and to grind all such grists of all sorts of grain as shall be brought by any Inhabitant of said town to said mill seasonably and before hee or they shal grind for a stranger." He was living at Stratfield as early as 18 Oct. 1714, when he sold land in Norwalk, to "William Jarvis of Huntington, on ye Island of Nassau," and again, 21 Jan. 1725-6, when he sold to his brother, Joseph Whitney, a "Fifty pounds Right of commonage" in the undivided lands of Norwalk. He was a juror at Fairfield, 24 Dec. 1734. The date of his death has not been found. She died at Fairfield, 20 Oct. 1774.
VII. Richard Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 29 March 1722; a farmer; married, 18 Dec. 1745, at Ridgefield, Esther Clark. They settled at Ridgebury, Conn., where he died, 18 Nov 1772, "aged about 50 years," according to the church record, while the town record says, 18 Nov 1773. She was married (2d), 1 Jan. 1777, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Daniel Whitlock, of Wilton, in Norwalk, Conn. She died -- Ap. 1810, in Westmoreland, New York.
VII. Richard Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 6 Dec. 1759; a farmer; bore the title of Captain, and was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; married, 8 Ap. 1784, at Lenox, Mass., Ruth Wilson, born at Ridgefield, 16 March 1765, dau. of David and Sarah Wilson of Lenox. They settled in that part of Ballston, N.Y., which was set off, 17 March 1792, as Chariton, and about 1793 moved to Brothertown, afterward Paris, now Kirkland, N.Y.; and thence, after a few years, to Westmoreland, and from there, in 1821, to Magnolia, in Chautauqua, N.Y., where they dwelt the rest of their lives. He died, 10 May 1844, in his 85th year; she, 28 Oct 1851, aet. 87. They were buried at Magnolia.
X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 Jun 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ----- (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec. 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec. 1723, and 13 Dec. 1725; collector of the minster's 76 rates, 19 Dec 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octbr. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth -----, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, 25 Jasn. 1764, and was buried there. After the settlement of Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Smauel Smith"--each from his former place of residence.
183 III. William Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 31 Dec. 1750; a farmer; settled in his native place, in Ridgebury Society, on a part of the homestead which was conveyed to him, 8 Ap. 1772, by his father, Richard Whitney, "for ye sum of ten pounds & for ye love and good will that I have unto my son William Whitney of said Ridgefield." He had an ear-mark for his animals recorded in Ridgefield, 17 Ap. 1772, and 18 Dec. 1773. He married in Ridgefield, 11 Aug. 1773, Sarah Bundy, who was born in Ridgefield, 13 Aug. 1754, "only dau." of John and Sarah (Nichols) Bundy.1 He sold his Ridgebury lands, 7 Feb. 1778, and 9 Ap. 1778, to his brother Henry Whitney, of Ridgefield; and removed to Lee, Mass., and settled about a mile south-west of the village of North Lee. They worshipped in the Congregational Church, at North Lee, of which, after 6 June 1792, Rev. Alvan Hyde, D.D., was pastor. In 1797, they moved to Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., whence they removed to Ellisburgh, N.Y.; arriving there 16 Feb. 1805, and settled about a mile above, or north-east of, the present village of Ellisburgh, where they died; he, 2 June 1820; she, 28 Dec. 1828. They were buried in the Ellisburgh Cemetery, and their graves are unmarked.
At the time of the 1910 Federal census, a woman named Annie Chance was living in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Township 4 N R 10 W, Ward 2, on Taylor Street. She was listed as Female, White, Age 55, Widowed, and the mother of four children in total, all living. Her place of birth was listed as Texas, with her fathers location of birth listed as Missouri and her mothers location in Mississippi. Her occupation was listed as Honer? Might this be the same woman?
Texas, Shelby County, Pr. 1, PO Center
Enumerated 26 Sept 1870
253-253
Whitton, Enoch 47 M W Farmer -- 200 Ga
Whitton, Martha Ann 36 F W Keeps House Alal
Whitton, John Wm 17 M W At School Tx
Whitton, Enoch H 15 M W At School Tx
Whitton, George R 12 M W At School Tx
Whitton, Marth Ann 11 F W At School Tx
Whitton, Ignash N 8 M S At School Tx
Whitton Verilla A 6 F W At Scool Tx
Whitton, Iredell D 4 M W Tx
Whitton, Sarah Jane 2 F W Tx
256-256
Wm. and Larien EAVES
From FindAGrave for Enoch H. Whitten, Sr.
Private, Company E, 19th Regiment, Texas Infantry, CSA
Pension Application # 04926
The 1870 census, Shelby Co., lists Enoch Whitton, 47, b. GA; Martha Ann Whitton, 36, b. AL; 8 children, all b. in TX: John William, 17; Enoch H., 15; George R., 13; Martha Ann, 11; Jonah N., 8; Verilla A., 6; Iradell D., 4, and Sarah Jane, 2.
In 1880 the Whitten household is listed in Shelby Co. as follows: E. H. Whitten, 56 (b. GA, father and mother b. England); M. A., 46; Napoleon, 17; Jane, 13; I. D., 14; Larissa, 11; Izora, 8; Mechezidec, 6; E. H. Jr., 27, and wife M. A., 33. Also nieces Mattie Thompson, 13, Panola Thompson, 7, and W. H. Thompson, 4; and married daughter M. A. Alexander, 21, and granddaughter Antoinette, 5 months.
Burial:
Biggar Cemetery
Shelby County
Texas, USA
Created by: Sheron Smith-Savage
Record added: Jun 26, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38758148
289-279 BenjaminWhiting 42 M Farmer $10,000 $700England Mary "44 F " Eliza "19 F " William "17 M " Robert "12 MIllinois Elizabeth "14 F " George "10 M " Sylvester " 2 M " James Kuykendall27 M Farmer $300 " Jemimah "22 F England Francis Whiting36 M Farmer$ 25England Mary "37 F " William "11 M " George "10 M " Elizabeth " 2 F " Eliza "?/12 FIllinois
Source: History of White County, IL, Phillips Township (ca 1882-1884) P 936 William Whitting, farmer and stock-raiser; post office, Phillipstown; son of Benjamin and Mary (Spring) Whitting, natives of England. They came to the United States in 1844, being sixty-three days on the voyage, and located in Indiana; from thence to Illinois, where Mr. Whitting died. Mrs. Whitting married John Jones and moved to Iowa, where she died. They are both buried on the farm of William, in Illinois. William was born in England, Sept. 18, 1841; he was educated in Illinois, and has followed farming. He now owns 149 acres of fine land on section 31, under fine improvement; he has the best frame house in the county, and it is a good one. His specialty in farming is stock-raising, buying and selling, and making money. In 1865 he married Margaret, daughter of John and Jane (Nelson) Butler, natives of Illinois and Indiana respectively; they died in Illinois. Margaret was born April 15, 1846. By this union there is one child ? Cora Belle, born Aug. 4, 1866. Mr. Whitting has held several of the township offices and has faithfully performed his duties. he votes the Democratic ticket. Mr. Whitting enlisted in the army Aug. 15, 1862, in the Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Company K, and served about three years. He was discharged July 23, 1865; being sick soon after enlistment, he was retained at home, in the North, doing provost duty. Mr. Whitting now lives on the old family homestead, where he has been thirty-two years. He has bought out all the other heirs and has one of the finest farms in the country. His crops all command the highest market prices and frequently more. He has one of the finest orchards in the county ? his fruit is premium fruit.
William Thomas, "Bill", Whittington II, 77, of Hemphill, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on February 14, 2021.
Bill was born on November 28, 1943 in Henderson, Texas to William Thomas Whittington and Carrie Keidel Whittington. He lived in San Augustine until he was two, and then, being the son of a military father, lived in numerous states and even abroad.
Bill graduated from San Augustine High School in 1962, and attended Stephen F. Austin State University. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill.
Bill spent the majority of his career in the forestry industry. He moved to Sabine County from Louisiana in 1967 when he went to work for Temple Lumber Company. Bill remained at Temple for 38 years until his retirement in 2005. In those years, He was always active in Pineland Day activities, helping raise money for the community. He also volunteered with the Pineland Little League, Pineland Service Club, Operation Clean Sweep, and other community service efforts. In addition, he served on the Pineland City Council, and was a founding member of the Hemphill Education Foundation.
Bill was a staunch proponent of education and an avid reader. For many years, he and Jean Ann purchased books and donated them to the elementary and middle school students at Hemphill ISD. He wanted each child to have a book of their own in hopes they would understand the doors that reading and education could open.
After retirement, Bill enjoyed traveling with his beloved Jean Ann and could tell you the best restaurant in every town they went to. His all time favorite was Jenny's Fried Chicken in Kirbyville!
Bill was a colorful character who lived life to the fullest. He was proud to be from Texas and loved his country. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Bill is survived by his wife of 32 years, Jean Ann Whittington; sons, Tommy Whittington
and wife, Sunny, of Hemphill, Tim Whittington of Cassville, Missouri, and Greg Hawkins and
wife, Betsy, of Pollick Pines, California; daughter, Deborah Whittington of Cassville,
Missouri; grandchildren, Mallory Potts and husband Chace, Rory Whittington, Justin
Whittington, Montana Whittington, Christina Whittington, and Matthew Whittington, Addison Scott and wife, Savannah, and Nolan Scott and wife, Janine; 9 great-grandchildren; brothers, James Pearl and wife,Kay, of San Antonio, Texas; and Ben Whittington and wife, Cheryl, of Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Carrie Keidel Whittington; his father, Thomas Whittington; his step-mother, Maxine Whittington; and his grandson, Christopher
Whittington.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, with Alberto Williams and Karen Jones officiating.
Burial will be at Cedar Yard Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas.
Serving as pallbearers: Bob Neal, Roy Smith, Jerry McEachern, Dan Fussell, Jerry Scates, Ricky Todd, Joe Pridgen, Kyle Butler, and Randy Fuller.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the First United Methodist Church of Hemphill, or the Hemphill Education Foundation at HISD.
Downloaded from FindAGrave, also published in the Sabine County Reporter, February 24, 2021, page 4
Francis Lynn "Frank" Whittlesey, 63, of Hemphill, died Thursday, June 26, 2007 at Sabine County Hospital.
He was born Dec. 7, 1943 in Beaumont to Winfield Travis Whittlesey and Bernice Wheeler and had lived in Hemphill in 1981. He was a Merchant Seaman with Seafarer Union AFLCIO and a member of the Church of God. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors: son, Michael WHITTLESEY of Spring; daughter, Tracy MERRYMAN of Houston, sisters, Annette FREEMAN of Lumberton and Belinda LANDRY of Pt. Arthur, grandchildren, Ian WHITTLESEY, Amanda POGUE and Hannah MERRYMAN.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 29 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with Bro. Vance Purtell officiating. Interment followed in Hemphill Cemetery.
The Sabine County Reporter
January 8, 2003, Page 12
Henry Whittlesey, Sr.
Henry Whittlesey Sr. was born on Feb. 28, 1912, in Hemphill and entered into rest on December 31, 2002.
He is survived by his son, Henry Whittlesey, Jr. and wife Mary of San Augustine; one grandson, Joe Whittlesey and wife, Tammy of Center; two granddaughters, Leslie Nichols and husband Terry of Nacogdoches and Rachel Burnett and husband Scott of the Woodlands; three great-grandsons, Dylan Harris Whittlesey of Center, and Aaron Kyle Nichols and Andrew Joseph Nichols, both of Nacogdoches; one great-granddaughter, Isla Catherine Burnett of The Woodlands; two nephews of Hemphill, Jamie Paynee and wife Fran and Joe Lynn Whittlesey; and several other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill. Interment followed at the Hemphill City Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)
(Research):The Texas Birth Index also shows that he was the father of Joseph Hardy Whittlesey, born 26 Jan 1941 in Nacogdoches to Henry Adolphus and Maggie Lillian Cobb. Why not listed in his obituary? Was Maggie Cobb the daughter of Eugene C. Cobb and Rosa Dickerson, born ca 1919 in Sabine County?
"Records of the WHITTLESEY family have been traced to 664 A.D. in Whittlesey Mere, County of Cambridge, England. William Whittlesey (1300-1374) was the 57th Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (1368-1374). John Whittlesey came to America in 1623, and is a direct ancestor of Joseph Adolphus Whittesley b 1820. He was in Texas before 1840. In 1841, he was co-editor of the REDLANDER in San Augustine. He taught school, served in the Mexican War, was County Judge of Sabine County, and Postmaster of Sabinetown." (White and Toole, p 82).
The death certificate of his eldest son, Oscar, instead showed that Joseph was born in Virginia.
Loise Jerdean Hughes, 84, of Iowa Park, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Iowa Park. Louise Whittlesey, known as Jerri was born Oct. 20, 1922 in Hemphill where she grew up and attended school. She is the daughter of Jack and Bethel Whittlesey. On July 4, 1941, she married Harson Bryan "Bo" Hughes. Her husband was a career serviceman in the U.S. Air Force. They lived on various military bases in Tampa, Fla., Little Rock, Ark., Tokyo, Japan, Wichita, Kan., Minot, N.D., and Spokane, Wash. She was a loving homemaker and mother of one daughter, Dee, and three sons, Bryan, Lynn, and Dean. She was always involved with the Officer's Wives' Club at the various bases. They then returned to Hemphill when Bo retired from the Air Force where she was active in the Hemphill Garden Club, Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Colonel Hughes passed away on March 31, 1997, in Hemphill. Although she loved living in Hemphill, she moved to the Wichita Falls area to be closer to her daughter. She lived at Merrill Gardens for four and a half years.
Jerri was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister, Arlene COOK of DeRidder, La. and her brother, Truette WHITTLESEY of Houston. She is survived by her daughter, Dee E. and husband, Don DECKER of Iowa Park; three sons, Harson "Bryan" HUGHES II and wife Lizbeth of Fargo, N.D., Cary "Lynn" HUGHES and wife Joyceln of Chanhassen, Minn., and Joseph "Dean" HUGHES and wife Patricia of St. Cloud, Minn., her brother, Joe Lynn WHITTLESEY of Hemphill; and her sister, Olive DESADIER of Huntsville. She is also survived by eight loving grandchildren, five great-granchildren, and six nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, with her husband, Colonel H.B. Hughes. A private service will be held at the cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Hemphill Garden Club or the Nonprofit Management Center, Wichita Falls. Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home, Wichita Falls, is in charge of arrangements.
From OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY TEXAS "Mr and Mrs Luther Joseph Whittlesey will be honored on their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday 6, 1964....at their home in Hemphill. Hosting the event will be their children and their husbands and wives: Mr and Mrs G.D. Cook of De Ridder, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Desadier of Midland; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lynn Whittlesey and Mr and Mrs Truett Whittlesey, all of Houston; (and Lt. Col B.H. and) Jerdean Hughes of Toyko, Japan. The Whittleseys...have lived in Hemphill all their lives....they have eight grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren. Grandchildren are Mrs. Monette Cook Porter of DeRidder, Miss D'Esta Hughes who is a homemaking teacher in at Bethel, OK, Gayle and Chris Desadier of Midland, Sheila Cook of DeRidder, Milton and Jackie Whittlesey of Houston, and Bryan, Lynn and Dean Hughes of Toyko, Japan. Great Grandchildren are Kim and Phyllis of DeRidder.
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 1
Enumerated 30 April 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19?sup?th?/sup? Sheet 12B
201-207
Whittlesey, Luther J. Hd M W 42 M@27 Tx Tx Tx Farm
Whittlesey, Bethel Wf F W 35 M@20 Tx Tx Tx
Whittlesey, Truette Son m W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
Whittlesey, Arline Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Whittlesey, Jerdean Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Whittlesey, Joe L Son m W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm General Fa
rm
Looking for any further info on Mattie Luma Whittlesey who married Lewis Norman "Napolean" "Poly" Crawford on 4-3-1879 in Sabine County Texas. Mattie was born 2-28-1859 in Sabine County, and died on 3-17-1898. She was the daughter of Joseph Adolphus Whittlesey and Annie Newton Bullock. If you are related to this family or have anything at all, please contact me. Thanks.
Name: Oscar Adolpus Whittlesey
Death Date: 14 Jun 1938
Death Place: 2, Shelby, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 84 years 2 months 5 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Apr 1854
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph A. Whittlesey
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Annie N. Bullock
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farming
Place of Residence: Center, Shelby, Texas
Cemetery: Shart
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 15 Jun 1938
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117749
Digital Film Number: 4030417
Image Number: 1054
Reference Number: cn 29792
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Ovie Whittlesey Desadier, 89, of Huntsville, Texas (formerly of Hemphill) passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 in Conroe Regional Hospital.
Ovie was born in Hemphill, Texas on January 17, 1931 to Luther Jack Whittlesey and Eva Bethel Smith Whittlesey. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Hemphill High School graduating class of 1948 where she had been chosen most beautiful by her classmates. She had been very active in the church she attended and also helped with decorations at Camp Peniel Church Camp.
Ovie had many interests, including floral arranging, gardening, stained glass, decorating and oil painting, to name a few. She thoroughly enjoyed her hobbies and her church activities.
She will be missed.
Ovie is survived by her son, Chris Desadier and wife, Velda, of Conroe; daughter, Gale Sanchez of Hemphill; brother, Joe Lynn Whittlesey and wife, Bonnie, of Hemphill; and grandchildren, Shawna Sanchez of Dripping Springs and Spenser Desadier, Rebecca Desadier, Bucky Desidier, and Timothy Desadier, all of Conroe.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bluford Desadier; one brother, two sisters, and her parents.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Hemphill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. prior to service.
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, December 9, 2020
Winfield Travis "W.T." Whittlesey, 88, of Lumberton died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Beaumont. Whittlesey was a native of Hemphill and had lived in the Lumberton area for several years. He was a retired operator, having worked for Texas Gulf Sulphur and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: son, Francis Lynn Whittlesey of Hemphill; daughters, Annette FREEMAN of Lumberton and Belinda LANDRY of Pt. Acres; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild. Funeral services were held Jan. 23 at the chapel of R.S Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee. Interment was a Baker-Bell cemetery in Fred.
Mrs. Allene (Whitton) Hankla, 92, originally from San Augustine, and had prior lived in California, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Houston.
Mrs. Hankla was born to Nannie (Williard) Whitton and Columbus Lee Whitton on Nov. 10, 1919, in San Augustine County, TX. She and her late husband, Randolph Hankla, Sr., made their home in California for many years before retiring and coming back to her native state of Texas. She was employed as a college administrator, where she also was an educator, where she taught as a teacher, counselor, and served as a Night Dean for Santa Rosa Jr. College, and she was a member of the Eastern Star, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Daughters of the Republic (DAR), Daughters of the Nile, California Teachers Association, and the NEA, and a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Jean Ferraro officiating. Interment followed in the Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Those who are survived by her include: son, Randal (Randy) Hankla of Houston; grandson, Marcus Ramirez of Houston; Granddaughter, Ryanne Allen Hankla of San Antonio; sister, Rosa Lee Ambrose of San Augustine; along with numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Randolph Hankla, Sr.; and sisters, Mildred Smith and Harlowe Johnson.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials be made to the Randolph and Allene Hankla Scholarship Program at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches.
1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 7
Enumerated 30 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 175 Sheet 8B
144-150
Whitton, Columbus L Head M W 54 m Tx Ga SC Farmer
Whitton, Nannie Wf F W 36 M Ga Ga Ga
Whitton, Harlow Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Mildred E Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Aileen Dtr F W 3/12 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Jeff D Head m W 58 S Tx Ga SC
1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 13 Apr 1920
SD 19 ED 202-3 Sheet 4A
67-69
Whitton, C.L. Head M W 64 M 45 Tx Ga SC Farmer
Whitton, Nannie Wf F W 46 M 27 Ga Ga Ga
Whitton, Harlow-ab Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Mildred E Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Alene Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, Rosalee Dtr F W 2 10/12 S Tx Tx Ga
Whitton, J.D. Brother m W 58 S Tx Ga SC
SAN AUGUSTINE - Funeral services for Harlowe Whitton Johnson, 94, of San Augustine will 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jim White officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home. Mrs. Johnson died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at her residence. She was born Aug. 25, 1912, in San Augustine to Columbus Lee Whitton and Nannie Willard Whitton. Mrs. Johnson was an educator. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Survivors include her daughters, Evva Dene Dymke of San Augustine and Johnida Evans of Garden Ridge; sons, William "Bud" Johnson of San Augustine; sisters, Allene Hankla of Houston and Rosa Ambrose of San Augustine; one brother-in-law; one sister-in-law; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. At Mrs. Johnson's request anyone who wishes to purchase flowers is asked to simply buy one red rose and donate the rest as a memorial to The Harlowe Johnson Scholarship Fund, at Texas Bank & Trust, P.O.Drawer 639, San Augustine, Texas, 75972. Wyman Roberts Funeral Home
Published in The Marshall News Messenger on 6/19/2007.
Copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "EastTexan."
Rosa Lee Ambrose born May 9, 1927 to Columbus Lee Whitton and Nancy Mahalya (Willard) Whitton. Ms. Rosa has passed in peace and comfort in her home town of San Augustine. In the care of Twin Lakes Nursing Center, assisted by Affinity Hospice, with a dedicated staff and a force of volunteers Ms. Rosa called Twin Lakes home for 8 years.
A student at University Of Texas in the early 40's she moved to San Francisco with her sister Allene and brother-in-law Randolph Hankla. Working at Treasure Island as a teletype operator Rosa met her second husband, Kenneth S. Kutch. In her lifetime Rosa loved to cook, was a seamstress, rounded up Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts, as well as a few DAR Members. In addition to DAR, she involved herself in The Historical Society, The San Augustine Study Club, The Timber Growers Association, and was active as a Voting Judge into 2008. Living in Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Michigan, and passing through another dozen plus states an interest in her country was always present. A secret pleasure was her participation in the Veteran's Day Celebration with the DAR.
Rosa enjoyed being a mother and raised her three and two dozen more. Scouting was one of those joys she could share and really shine. Camping, fishing , boating she was always game and usually drove. Rosa met Ralph and married adding another four children to her influence.
Upon retiring Ralph and Rosa chose to move home to San Augustine and enjoy those things that meant the most. Joining into the community Rosa was a member of the First United Methodist Church singing in the choir and engaging in fellowship with friends , family, and congregation. We will certainly miss that sassy savoir faire.
Those who are left to cherish her memory include, Her sons, Keith Dwayne Kutch and his wife, Julia Fluker of Eugene, Oregon; Kevin Whitton Kutch and his wife, Mary Ellen Buxton/Kutch of New York, New York; Daughter, Kay Star Kutch of San Augustine; Step-children, Ralph Ambrose and his wife, Jacque of City by the City; Mailyn and her husband, Lenonard Silversmith; Pamela Ambrose and Jill and her husband, Larry, all of Chicago, along with numerous grandchildren, and nieces and nephews, Evva Dene Dymke; Johnida Evans; William "Bub" Lee Johnson and Randall Hankla. Her Grandchildren, David Rast; Randy Ambrose; Brian Ambrose; Jennifer; Marcus Rodriquez; Dr. David Rast III and Michael Rast; 15 Great-Grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, 2015, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Martin Doran officiating. Interment will be in the Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine. Visitation will be Tuesday evening, September 15, 2015, from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972
Pallbearers will include, David Lawshae; Keith Kutch; Kevin Kutch and Kevin Gratehouse and Ralph Ambrose. Honorary Pallbearers will include, Jack Dymke.
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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, September 12, 2015, page 12
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Name: James Daniel Wickerham
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1872
Birthplace: SENECA,OHIO
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Peter Wickerham
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sophia Cramer
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51411-6
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 388631
Reference ID:
Collection: James Daniel Wickerham, "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXCR-QLZ
Name: James Daniel Wickerham
Family Tree
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1872
Birthplace: SENECA,OHIO
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Peter Wickerham
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sophia Cramer
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51411-6
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 388631
Reference ID:
Collection: James Daniel Wickerham, "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"
The image of his Ohio Death Certificate shows that he died after accidentally being struck by a train on a public road.
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Name: Daniel J Wickerham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Aug 1931
Event Place: Big Spring Tp., Seneca, Ohio
Residence Place:
Address: 315 South Wood St.
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 58y 11m 28d
Marital Status: Married (Augusta C. Wickerham)
Race: White
Occupation: Machinist
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1872
Birthplace: Seneca Co., Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Burial Date: 07 Aug 1931
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Fountain Cem.
Father's Name: Peter Wickerham
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Sophia Cramer
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Penn.
Spouse's Name: Augusta C. Wickerham
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
File Number: fn 50857
GS Film number: 1992472
Digital Folder Number: 4000588
Image Number: 2503
Collection: Daniel J Wickerham, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"