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 1879 - 1949 (69 years)
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| Name |
William Wesley WHITAKER |
| Birth |
19 Nov 1879 |
Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Aug 1949 |
Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Burial |
25 Aug 1949 |
Elkin, Surry, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I1038 |
Marshall and Allied Families |
| Last Modified |
22 Jan 2001 |
| Father |
Henry Green WHITAKER, b. 25 Jul 1847, Surry County, North Carolina d. 12 Oct 1911, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Adeline LEWIS, b. 14 Feb 1853, North Carolina d. 21 Nov 1916, North Carolina (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
26 May 1870 |
, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Family ID |
F7477 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie), b. 20 Jul 1880, White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina d. 26 Apr 1974, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Oct 1897 |
Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina |
| Children |
| + | 1. Nina Florence WHITAKER, b. 25 Jul 1900, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina d. 1 Apr 1966, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina (Age 65 years) |
| | 2. Frank WHITAKER, b. 16 Aug 1903, Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina d. 22 Jun 1931, Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 27 years) |
| + | 3. Mabel Pauline WHITAKER, b. 21 Nov 1905, Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina d. Feb 1987, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F278 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- !Marshall 0141, p. 14
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL:The Decendants of William Whitaker and his brother
Jonathan Whitaker I of Surry County, North Carolina; by Hester Bartlett Jackson;
NU-LINE PRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY; Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina;
1989; copy owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
!MARRIAGE:Whitker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville,
Alabama
!BURIAL:Buried in Hollywood Cemetary, Elkin, North Carolina
Born in Surry County near Pilot Mountain 19 November 1879 and died at Elkin in
Surry County on 22 August 1949 with burial in the Hollywood Cemetary in Elkin.
He was married at Pilot Mountain on 24 October 1897 to Charlotte "Lottie"
Harrell who was born 20 June 1880 and died 26 April 1974.
"Bill" Whitaker had several business interests in Elkin including Real Estate,
Insurance, an agency for the "Hupmobile", and owned a grocery store until he
died. He was the first Fire Chief for the Elkin Fire Department. Bill and
"Lottie" were prominent in Church and Civic affairs in Elkin where they lived.
The marriage of W. W. Whitaker of Pilot Mountain and Lottie Whitaker of Pilot
Mountain was performed by Noah Fulk on October 24, 1897 at 4 P. M. in Pilot
Mountain, North Carolina. Witnesses were Thanie James and Jennie Simmons.
Following are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick during
the summer of 1972.
October 24, 1897 -- Mim was 16 and Papa 17 -- were married and lived in Pilot
Mountain 4 years until Mother was 6 weeks. Moved to Elkin for 1 year, then to
Fries, Virginia for 1 year, then back to Elkin. Papa ran a store for his
father in Elkin and sold caskets, Singer sewing machines and furniture.
Their house on Church Street in Elkin was built in 1912 by the Penny family.
Papa bought it an moved in in 1917.
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