Husband: John P. Whitehair
Born: Aug- -1819 1
Died: bef May 1910 2
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Military: Sep- 9-1864 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 3,4,4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary D. Shepherd 5
Also known as: Mary D. Sheppard 5
Married: Oct-12-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 6
Born: Apr-12-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- 6-1929 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7,8
Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9
Census: 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Charles Elisha Shepherd (1840 - 1908)
Mother: Sarah Ann Jones (1841 - 1915)
Other spouse 1
F Child 1: Sarah Ann Whitehair Born: Jul- -1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,10 Died: bef Oct 1964 11 Resided: 1911 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Dennis Franklin McCloy b. Aug- -1890 d. Oct-26-1964 Married: Nov-11-1911 at Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 12
F Child 2: Eva Victoria Whitehair Census name: Victoria Whitehair Born: May- -1898 1 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 3: Fannie O. Whitehair Also known as: Faye Whitehair 5 Born: Jun-25-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,15 (see note 2) Died: Oct- -1979 14 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Resided: 1924 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Resided: 1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Hiram Stull b. Mar-24-1899 d. Feb- -1980 Census name: Harry Stull Married: Dec-26-1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Husband: James Leeson b. ca 1904 Married: May-31-1924 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Husband: Arza Willard Markle b. Feb- 3-1903 d. Oct- -1970 Married: Nov-20-1964 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (2) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (3) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (4) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John P. Whitehair, widowed, 73, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Mary D. Bonner, widowed, 33, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 12, 1894. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (11) Death record of husband. (12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Dennis F. McCloy, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Pennsboro, son of (blank); and Sarah Ann Whitehair, 16, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro, dau of (blank). Marrried Nov 11 1911 "at My residence (Lynn Camp)" by E. J. Taylor, a minister of the Church of Jesus Christ. MR p. 274. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543420&Type=Marriage. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543038&Type=Marriage. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Arza Willard Markle, b. Feb 3 1903 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of George William & Kathryn (Morris) Markle; and Fannie O. Leeson, divorced, b. Jun 25 1902 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of John P. & Mary D. (Sheppard) Whitehair. Married Nov 20 1964. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date in death record is given as Apr 12 1859. But date on headstone is 1860, age 33 given at time of Oct 1894 marriage would put birth in about 1861, and the 1900 Census gives her birth date as Apr 1862. Age 8 in the 1870 Census would also put it in about 1862. Note (2) Birthplace given in 1916 marriage record as Doddridge County, but in later two marriage records as Ritchie County. Age given in 1916 marriage record as 17, inconsistent with other records.