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John P. WHITEHAIR

John P. WHITEHAIR

Male 1819 - Bef 1910  (~ 90 years)


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  • Name John P. WHITEHAIR
    Birth Aug 1819  [1] 
    • Age in the 1870 Census would put his birth in about 1815. But age 32 in the 1850 Census puts it in about 1818, and the 1900 Census shows it as Aug 1919.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Pruntytown, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 9 Sep 1864 to 10 Jun 1865  [2, 3] 
    Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5] 
    Death Bef May 1910  [6] 
    Person ID I55565  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2023

    Family 1 Elizabeth ___,   b. CA 1818   d. Bef Oct 1894 (Age ~ 76 years)  [7, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Louisa Jane WHITEHAIR,   b. Jul 1842, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Mary M. WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1842, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)
    +3. Emory D. C. WHITEHAIR,   b. 1845, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1879 (Age 34 years)
     4. Elizabeth WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1846
    +5. John C. WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1850, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Dolphus Andrew WHITEHAIR,   b. 7 Mar 1851, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1901 (Age 50 years)
    >7. Daniel F. WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1854
    +8. David E. WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1855, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Joseph Sylvester WHITEHAIR,   b. 31 May 1856, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1935, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     10. Eva Rosana WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1859
    >11. Margaret L. Verna WHITEHAIR,   b. 24 Aug 1861   d. 25 Aug 1940, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     12. George Calvin WHITEHAIR,   b. CA 1864
    Family ID F14041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary D. SHEPHERD,   b. 12 Apr 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1929, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [8, 9]
    Marriage 12 Oct 1894  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 5/6, 1900:
      John P. Whitehair, 80, b. Aug 1819, farmer, married 18 yrs; wife Mary D. Whitehair, 38, b. Apr 1862, cannot read/write, married 18 yrs (corrected from 15), mother of 6 children (all still living); stepson Franklin Boner, 11, b. Aug 1888; stepdau Emma V. Boner, 10, b. Jan 1890; dau Sarah A. Whitehair, 4, b. Jul 1895; dau Victora Whitehair, 2, b. May 1898. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Ann WHITEHAIR,   b. Jul 1895, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Oct 1964 (Age ~ 69 years)
    >2. Eva Victoria WHITEHAIR,   b. 10 May 1898, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1933, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    +3. Fannie O. WHITEHAIR,   b. 25 Jun 1902, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1979 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F23013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    2. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    3. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    5. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S2197] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    10. [S1630] 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.