Submitter: | Michael Edd Bonner | |||
Husband: | Pleasant Clarke "P. C." WHITAKER | |||
Born: | about 1818 | Place: | SC | |
Married: | November 9, 1841 | Place: | Robertson Co., TX | |
Died: | December 29, 1859 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Johnson Cemetery | Place: | Reagan, Falls Co., TX | |
Father: | Isaac WHITAKER | |||
Mother: | Charity HARDIN | |||
Other Spouses: | none | |||
Wife: | Rebecca Jane "Becky" HINTON | |||
Born: | February 13, 1819 | Place: | SC | |
Died: | December 9, 1871 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Stewards Mill Cemetery | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Father: | ||||
Mother: | ||||
Other Spouses: | William B. CAPPS and George Washington STEWARD | |||
Children: | ||||
1 Name: | M | James Lewis WHITAKER | ||
Born: | September 24, 1842 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | May 15, 1862 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Johnson Cemetery | Place: | Reagan, Falls Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | none | |||
2 Name: | F | Eliza Jane WHITAKER | ||
Born: | September 13, 1844 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | April 20, 1901 | Place: | Dallas, Dallas Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Stewards Mill Cemetery | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Jeremiah Terry STEWARD | |||
Married: | December 20, 1860 | Place: | TX | |
3 Name: | F | Mary Worth "Mollie" WHITAKER | ||
Born: | December 11, 1846 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | April 9, 1920 | Place: | Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Place: | Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX | ||
Spouse 1: | John LAMB | |||
Married: | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | ||
Spouse 2: | Silas Jasper LAKE | |||
Married: | January 15, 1875 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
4 Name: | F | Martha Elizabeth "Mat" WHITAKER | ||
Born: | February 9, 1849 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | December 13, 1929 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Stewards Mill Cemetery | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Alexander Tazewell WATSON | |||
Married: | February 27, 1867 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
5 Name: | M | Thomas Clarke WHITAKER | ||
Born: | April 4, 1851 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | June 1, 1855 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Johnson Cemetery | Place: | Reagan, Falls Co., TX | |
6 Name: | F | Olive WHITAKER | ||
Born: | August 16, 1853 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | May 29, 1855 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Johnson Cemetery | Place: | Reagan, Falls Co., TX | |
7 Name: | F | Annie WHITAKER | ||
Born: | December 9, 1856 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | January 21, 1942 | Place: | Dallas, Dallas Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | William Marcus SEELY | |||
Married: | February 15, 1877 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
8 Name: | M | Henry McKenzie WHITAKER | ||
Born: | December 17, 1858 | Place: | Falls Co., TX | |
Died: | January 29, 1895 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Cemetery: | Stewards Mill Cemetery | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Spouse 1: | Charity SELLERS | |||
Married: | March 3, 1881 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
Spouse 2: | Anna | |||
Married: | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | ||
NOTES: P. C. Whitaker's commission as a Major in the Army of the Republic of Texas is dated May 18, 1843 and signed by Sam Houston. He was an elected official in Falls Co. when he was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, Bill Hinton. He owned a plantation there with a two story house and several slaves. Becky Hinton married William B. Capps in MS and came to TX; Capps was killed by Indians; after P. C. Whitaker's death, she married Washington Steward, her daughter Jane's father-in-law, and moved her family to Stewards Mill. |
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SOURCES: The History of Freestone County, TX, Vol I Personal research and documents |