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Dolphus Andrew WHITEHAIR

Dolphus Andrew WHITEHAIR

Male 1851 - 1901  (50 years)


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  • Name Dolphus Andrew WHITEHAIR
    Birth 7 Mar 1851  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Pruntytown, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Nov 1901  [1] 
    Burial Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I17077  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2017

    Father John P. WHITEHAIR,   b. Aug 1819   d. Bef May 1910 (Age ~ 90 years)
    Mother Elizabeth ___,   b. CA 1818   d. Bef Oct 1894 (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F14041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Catherine Jane LEGGETT,   b. 25 Nov 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1910 (Age 54 years)  [4, 5]
    Marriage 1 Jan 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      Adolpous Whitehair, 28, farm laborer, medical condition rheumatism; wife Catharine J, 22, medical condition heart (second word illegible); dau Annie M, 4; son Bertie Leo, 5 months, birth month December.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was the family of Adolphus' sister-in-law Caroline (Nutter) Whitehair, widow of his brother Emory:
      Caroline V. Whitehair, 39, widowed; son William L, 13; dau Mary Lee, 12; son Henry C, 10, medical condition scrofula; son Winfield F, 8; dau Annie S, 3; dau Ellen S, 3; son Emry A, 1, medical condition asthma.

      1900 Census, Ritche Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 6/7 1900:
      Dolph A. Whitehair, 48, b. Jul 1851, farmer, married 25 yrs; wife Katharine, 45, b. Nov 1854, married 25 yrs, mother of 9 children (7 still living); Bertie L, 20, b. Dec 1879, single, farm laborer; son Oakey C, 17, b. Aug 1882, farm laborer; dau Dollie A, 15, b. Feb 1885; dau Cora D, 10, b. Mar 1890; dau Monnie M, 7, b. Aug 1892; son Boyd G, 4, b. Jul 1895; son William F, 2, b. Feb 1898.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
      Catharine J. Whitehair, 55, widowed, farmer, mother of 9 children (6 still living); son Birt L, 30, single, oil field worker; dau Dennie, 20, single; dau Monnie, 18, single; son Guy, 15; son Frank, 12.
    Children 
     1. George WHITEHAIR   d. Bef Jun 1900
     2. Annie M. WHITEHAIR,   b. 24 Mar 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1900 (Age 24 years)
    >3. Bert Lee WHITEHAIR,   b. 30 Dec 1879   d. 25 Oct 1960, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    >4. Oka Clarence WHITEHAIR,   b. 28 Aug 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1953, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Dollie A. WHITEHAIR,   b. Feb 1885   d. Bef Jul 1910 (Age ~ 25 years)
    +6. Cora Dennie WHITEHAIR,   b. 4 Mar 1890, Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1991, Clare, Clare Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years)
    +7. Monnie May WHITEHAIR,   b. 18 Aug 1892   d. Oct 1989 (Age 97 years)
    +8. Boyd Guy WHITEHAIR,   b. 8 Jul 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1981, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     9. William Frankie WHITEHAIR,   b. 11 Feb 1898, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1973 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F6188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    5. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Adolphes A. Whitehair, 21, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Catharine J. Legett, 18, of Doddridge Co. Married Jan 1 1874.