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Christopher Whitmire (W7/3.4), son of George Frederick Whitmire
(W8/1.3) and Sarah Phoebe Hagood Whitmire (H8/1.1), was born in 1785 in
Newberry District. He was married
about 1808 to Sarah Shettleworth (S7/1.1), according to Opal Gelene Pennington
Blagg (P1/1.1). He died there January
26, 1820, according to Nancy Jane Hinkle Flesch (H3/7.7). The grave of "Sarah Whitmire, died
December 19, 1855, age 66 years, 8 months" was located in the Whitmire
Cemetery in Newberry County. It is
probable that Christopher Whitmire (W7/4.4) was buried there also, but no
headstone was listed for him. [A grave
located at Lower Duncan's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, probably not that of
Christopher Whitmire (W7/4.4), was recorded in "Newberry County
Cemeteries". The tombstone read, "Christopher
Whitmire, died June 13, 1817, age 65."
This is possibly the grave of Christopher Whitmire (W8/1.4), uncle of
Christopher Whitmire (W7/3.4).
Children born to Christopher Whitmire (W7/3.4) and Sarah
Shettleworth Whitmire (S7/1.1) are unknown.
Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5), son of George Frederick Whitmire
(W8/1.3) and Sarah Phoebe Hagood Whitmire (H8/1.1), was born about 1782. He was married about 1805 to Elizabeth Hill
(H7/1.3), daughter of Henry Hill (H8/1.1) and Alice Ridgely Hill (R8/1.1). She was a sister to Ruth Hill (H7/1.1) who
married Henry Whitmire (W7/3.2). In
1820 they joined his brothers in moving to Franklin County, Missouri.
Children born to Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5) and Elizabeth Hill
Whitmire (H7/1.3) include:
John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1) born
in 1807
Nathan
Whitmire (W6/5.2) born in 1810
William
Whitmire (W6/5.3) born about 1811
Phoebe
Whitmire (W6/5.4) born about 1814
Christopher
Frederick Whitmire (W6/5.5) born April
15, 1815
Margaret
"Peggy" Whitmire
(W6/5.6) born about 1818
Polly
Whitmire (W6/5.7) born about 1822
John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1), son of Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5) and
Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (H7/1.3), was born in 1807 in Newberry District. He was married December 25, 1829 to
Elizabeth Williams (W6/1.1), daughter of Rev. Lewis Williams (W7/1.1), according
to Franklin County marriage records.
They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Franklin County.
Children born to John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1) and Elizabeth
Williams Whitmire (W6/1.1) include:
Thomas L.
Whitmire (W5/1.1) born in 1832
William
Whitmire (W5/1.2) born December 25, 1833
Polly
Whitmire (W5/1.3) born in 1836
Thomas L. Whitmire (W5/1.1),
son of John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1) and Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W6/1.1),
was born in 1832 in Franklin County.
He was married November 12, 1862 to Martha J. McPeak (M5/1.1), according
to Franklin County marriage records.
Children born to Thomas L. Whitmire (W5/1.1) and Martha J. McPeak
Whitmire (M5/1.1) are unknown.
William Whitmire (W5/1.2), son of John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1)
and Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W6/1.1), was born December 15, 1833 in
Franklin County. During the Civil War
he served the Union as a corporal in Thirty-first Missouri Infantry Regiment,
Company E. He died unmarried December
9, 1923 and was buried in Whitmire Cemetery.
Polly Whitmire (W5/1.3), daughter of John Hill Whitmire (W6/5.1)
and Elizabeth Williams Whitmire (W6/1.1), was born in 1836 in Franklin County.
Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2), son of Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5) and
Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (W7/1.3), was born in 1810 in Newberry District. He was married about 1832 to Elizabeth
Margaret Clark (C6/1.1), daughter of Jacob Clark (C7/1.1), who was born in Abbeville,
South Carolina. He was remarried about
1851 to Mary Angeline Sullivan Williams (S6/1.1) who was born in 1825 in
Missouri. She died in 1881 and was
buried in Crow Cemetery, and he died in 1891 and was buried beside his second
wife.
Children born to Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2) and Elizabeth Margaret
Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1) include:
Mary Clark
Whitmire (W5/2.1) born in 1835
Thomas J.
Whitmire (W5/2.2) born in 1836
Moses H.
Whitmire (W5/2.3) born in 1838
(infant) (W5/2.4) born
about 1841
James Christopher
Whitmire (W5/2.5) born in 1845
Jeremiah E.
Whitmire (W5/2.6) born in 1847
Charles C.
Whitmire (W5/2.7) born in May 1848
Children born to Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2) and Mary Angeline
Sullivan Williams Whitmire (S6/1.1) include:
Claborne Franklin
Whitmire (W5/2.8) born in 1853
S. Frances
"Fannie" Whitmire (W5/2.9)
born in 1860
Mary Clark Whitmire (W5/2.1), daughter of Nathan Whitmire
(W6/5.2) and Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born in 1835 in
Missouri. She was married in 1853 to
Augustus Martin (M5/1.1), son of Bartlett Martin (M6/1.1) and Harriet Marquis
Martin (M6/1.1), who was born in 1824.
In 1893 they lived in Sullivan, Missouri where he was the mayor.
Children born to them include:
Carrick Randolph
Martin (M4/1.1) born about 1854
Francis Seiwyn
Martin (M4/1.2) born about 1856
Harriet Elizabeth
Martin (M4/1.3) born about 1859
Henry Milton
Martin (M4/1.4) born in 1861
Mary Louise
Martin (M4/1.5) born February 20, 1864
Thomas J. Whitmire (W5/2.2), son of Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2) and
Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born in 1836 in Missouri. He was married about 1857, wife's name
Massey. He died near the age of 100.
Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3), son of Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2) and
Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born March 1, 1838 in
Missouri. He was married December 24,
1860 to Mary A. Diffenback (B5/1.1) who was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania. She died January 14, 1872 and was buried in
Buffalo Cemetery. He was remarried
February 15, 1873 to Susan Emily Evans (E5/1.2) who was born in 1850 in
Missouri. They removed to Texas in
1883, probably influenced to move there by his brother Charles C. Whitmire
(W5/2.7), who came to Texas in 1869 and settled in Hill County.
He was enumerated at the head of a household in the 1900 census
of Hill County, Enumeration District 36, page 17, precinct 1:
"Whitmire,
Moses H. 62, born March 1838 in
Missouri
Susan
E. 50, born January 1850 in
Missouri, wife
Martin, Hattie
V. 14, born June 1885 in Texas, niece
Lela
C. 13, born August 1886 in Texas,
niece"
Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3) died in February 1902. His obituary appeared in the "Hillsboro
Mirror:"
"He was a quiet industrious honorable gentlemen, a good
farmer and a successful one. He had the confidence and esteem of everyone who
knew him and was one of the leading citizens of his community. There was little tinsel about him, and
everyone esteemed him as being what he represented himself to be. His death is a distinct loss to the
community as well as to his family and one feels in contemplating his life and
work that such men as he were too rarely met in this life."
"Mrs. M. H. Whitmire, born 1844 in Missouri, living
alone" was enumerated in the 1910 census of Hill County.
Children born to Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3) and Mary A.
Diffenback Whitmire (D5/1.1) include:
Elizabeth S.
Whitmire (W4/3.1) born in 1862
Anna Louise
Whitmire (W4/3.2) born November 20, 1866
Priscilla
Whitmire (W4/3.3) born in 1869
Daniel
Whitmire (W4/3.4) born December 3, 1871
Children born to Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3) and Susan Emily
Evans Whitmire (E5/1.1) include:
Benjamin F.
Whitmire (W4/3.5) born in 1879
Elizabeth S. Whitmire (W4/3.1), daughter of Moses H. Whitmire
(W5/2.3) and Mary A. Diffenback Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born in Franklin County
in 1862. She was married to E. S.
Crumley (C4/1.1) in 1886, according to Hill County marriage records. They removed to California. Children born to them include:
Emory M.
Crumley (C3/1.1) born about 1888
Bessie
Crumley (C3/1.2) born about 1890
Vera Crumley (C3/1.3) born about 1895
Anna Louise Whitmire (W4/3.2), daughter of Moses H. Whitmire
(W5/2.3) and Mary A. Diffenback Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born November 20, 1866
in Franklin County. She died September
14, 1899.
Priscilla Whitmire (W4/3.3), daughter of Moses H. Whitmire
(W5/2.3) and Mary A. Diffenback Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born in 1869 in
Franklin County. She was married about
1887 to W. D. Orr (O4/1.1).
Daniel Whitmire (W4/3.4), son of Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3) and
Mary A. Diffenback Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born December 3, 1871 in Franklin
County. He died September 3, 1872 and
was buried in Buffalo Cemetery in Sullivan.
Benjamin F. Whitmire (W4/3.5), son of Moses H. Whitmire (W5/2.3)
and Susan Emily Evans Whitmire (E5/1.1) was born in 1879. He was enumerated twice in the 1900 census
of Hill County. In the first
enumeration he was shown in the household of Thomas J. Miller, No. 509. In the second Benjamin F. Whitmire (W4/3.5)
was reported "born in Texas in 1879" and was living in the household
of Ellen Freer, No. 507.
James Christopher Whitmire (W5/2.5), son of Nathan Whitmire
(W6/5.2) and Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born in Franklin
County in 1845. He was married there
March 10, 1872 to Elizabeth J. Noel (N5/1.1), daughter of Newman B. Noel (N6/1.1)
and Charity Noel. During the 1870s he
was a schoolteacher in Franklin County and was elected sheriff there in
1878. In 1898 they removed to Sullivan,
Missouri. She died in 1911, and he died
in 1921. They were buried in Steelville
Cemetery, Steelville, Missouri.
Children born to James Christopher Whitmire (W5/2.5) and
Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1) are believed to include:
Cora E.
Whitmire (W4/5.1) born in 1873
Clarence
Whitmire (W4/5.2) born about 1874
Theresa H.
Whitmire (W4/5.3) born in 1875
Susan A.
Whitmire (W4/5.4) born in 1876
Walter W.
Whitmire (W4/5.5) born in 1877
Elmer
Whitmire (W4/5.6) born about 1878
James Christopher
Whitmire, Jr. (W4/5.7) born in
1880
Thomas Noel
Whitmire (W4/5.8) born about 1885
Cora E. Whitmire (W4/5.1), daughter of James Christopher
Whitmire (W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born in 1873 in
Franklin County. She was married
December 25, 1893 to William J. Underwood (U4/1.1).
Clarence Whitmire (W4/5.2), son of James Christopher Whitmire
(W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born about 1874 in
Franklin County. He enlisted in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
He was discharged and returned to Missouri in 1902.
Theresa H. Whitmire (W4/5.3), daughter of James Christopher
Whitmire (W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born in 1875 in
Franklin County. She was married April
9, 1900 to James M. Coppedge (C4/1.1), according to Franklin County marriage
records.
Susan A. Whitmire (W4/5.4), daughter of James Christopher
Whitmire (W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born in 1876 in
Franklin County. She was married
September 3, 1896 to Isaac H. Whitmire (W4/1.1) of Dent County, Missouri,
"believed to be the son of Henry Whitmire and Sarah H. Whitmire,"
according to Mrs. Jerry C. Whitmire.
Children born to Isaac H. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Susan A. Whitmire
Whitmire (W4/5.4) are unknown.
Walter W. Whitmire (W4/5.5), son of James Christopher Whitmire
(W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (Nu/1.1), was born in 1877 in Franklin
County. He was married November 10,
1898 to Mabel C. Haley (H4/1.1), according to Franklin County marriage records. He died in 1949, and she died in 1962. They were buried in Steelville Cemetery.
Children born to William W. Whitmire (W4/5.5) and Mabel C. Haley
Whitmire (H4/1.1) are believed to include:
Wilber H.
Whitmire (W3/5.1) born February 13, 1902
Wilber H. Whitmire (W3/5.1), believed to be a son of William W.
Whitmire (W4/5.5) and Mabel C. Haley Whitmire (H4/1.1), was born February 13,
1902. He died January 8, 1909 and was
buried in Steelville Cemetery.
Elmer Whitmire (W4/5.6), son of James Christopher Whitmire
(W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born about 1878 in
Franklin County. He died in infancy and
was buried in Steelville Cemetery.
James Christopher Whitmire, Jr. (W4/5.7), son of James
Christopher Whitmire (W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born
in 1880 in Franklin County. He died in
1934 and was buried in Steelville Cemetery.
Thomas Noel Whitmire (W4/5.8), believed to be a son of James
Christopher Whitmire (W5/2.5) and Elizabeth J. Noel Whitmire (N5/1.1), was born
about 1885 in Franklin County. He was
married there June 15, 1913 to Sarah Frances Lintz (L4/1.1). He served in the U.S. Army during World War
I. Children born to Thomas Noel
Whitmire (W4/5.8) and Sarah Frances Lintz Whitmire (L4/1.1) are unknown.
Jeremiah E. Whitmire (W5/2.6), son of Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2)
and Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born in 1847 in Franklin
County.
Charles C. Whitmire (W5/2.7), son of Nathan Whitmire (W6/5.2)
and Elizabeth Margaret Clark Whitmire (C6/1.1), was born in Franklin County in
May 1848. He went to Texas at age 20,
settling in Hill County. He was married
there about 1876, wife's name Mary J.
He became a cattle drover and participated in drives to the
north. In 1870 he made a drive of 750
cattle to Denver, Colorado with the help of six cowboys and a cook. En route they encountered a blizzard, and
the herd was scattered. After a delay
in collecting the cattle the drive was continued and successfully
completed. Until the Texas buffalo
herds disappeared about 1880 Charles C. Whitmire (W5/3.7) supported his family
as a buffalo hunter going into the empty expanse of the Texas plains with his
buffalo wagon.
He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census
of Hill County, Enumeration District 70, page 41, precinct 1:
"Whitmire,
Charles 31, born in Missouri
Mary
J. 29, born in Missouri
Lettie 3, born in
Texas"
Mary J. Whitmire died after 1880, and Charles C. Whitmire
(W5/2.7) was remarried, second wife's name Mary L.
They were enumerated
in the 1900 census of Hill County, Enumeration District 36, page 17, precinct
1:
"Whitmire,
Charles 52, born May 1848 in
Missouri
Mary
L. 36, born June 1864 in Tennessee
Lettie
M. 23, born March 1877 in Texas
Charles T. 2, born July 1897
in Texas"
"Charles Whitmire" died October 29, 1932 in Hill
County, according to Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics File 42925.
Children born to Charles C. Whitmire (W5/2.7) and Mary J.
Whitmire include:
Lettie M.
Whitmire (W4/7.1) born March 1877
Children born to Charles C. Whitmire (W5/2.7) and Mary L.
Whitmire include:
Charles T.
Whitmire (W4/7.2) born July
1897
Lettie M. Whitmire (W4/7.1), daughter of Charles C. Whitmire
(W5/2.7) and Mary J. Whitmire, was born in March 1877 in Hill County. She was enumerated as a three-year-old in
the 1880 census and at age 23 in the 1900 census of her father's household.
Charles T. Whitmire (W4/7.2), son of Charles C. Whitmire
(W5/2.7) and Mary L. Whitmire, was born in July 1897 in Hill County. He appeared as a two-year in the 1900 census
of his father's household.
Claborne Franklin Whitmire (W5/2.8), son of Nathan Whitmire
(W6/5.2) and Mary Angeline Sullivan Williams Whitmire (S6/1.1), was born in
1853 in Franklin County. He was married there October 25, 1881 to Elizabeth
Turner (T5/1.1) who was born August 31, 1860.
She died July 20, 1884 and was buried in Crow Cemetery. He was remarried September 3, 1891 to Annie
Morrow (M5/1.1). Claborne Franklin
Whitmire (W5/3.8) died December 29, 1910, and Annie Morrow Whitmire (M5/1.1)
died January 16, 1941. They were also
buried in Crow Cemetery.
Children born to Claborne Franklin Whitmire (W5/2.8) and
Elizabeth Turner Whitmire (T5/1.1) include:
Elmer Ernest
Whitmire (W4/8.1) born July 14, 1882
Children born to
Claborne Franklin Whitmire (W5/2.8) and Annie Morrow Whitmire (M5/1.1) include:
John Nathan
Whitmire (W4/8.2) born June 8, 1892
Mary
Whitmire (W4/8.3) born about 1894
Frances Hope
Whitmire (W4/8.4) born July 22, 1895
Elmer Ernest Whitmire (W4/8.1), son of Claborne Franklin
Whitmire (W5/2.8) and Elizabeth Turner Whitmire (T5/1.1), was born July 14,
1882 in Franklin County. He was married
November 30, 1905 in St. Louis to Rosetta Irene Toelle (T4/1.1) who was born
June 30, 1887. He died March 14, 1957,
and she died December 24, 1971. They
were buried in Crow Cemetery.
Children born to Elmer Ernest Whitmire (W4/8.1) and Rosetta
Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1) include:
Agnes Aurilla
Whitmire (W3/1.1) born about 1907
Lewis C.
Whitmire (W3/1.2) born March 29, 1909
Helen Elizabeth
Whitmire (W3/1.3) born about 1911
Nathaniel Elmer
Whitmire (W3/1.4) born about 1913
Franklin Wayne
Whitmire (W3/1.5) born about 1916
Winifred Frances
Whitmire (W3/1.6) born about 1919
Agnes Aurilla Whitmire (W3/1.1), daughter of Elmer Ernest
Whitmire (W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born about
1907. She was married about 1930 to Charles
R. Armistead (A3/1.1). Following
retirement from the U.S. Army they returned to Missouri. Two sons were born to them.
Lewis C. Whitmire (W3/1.2), son of Elmer Ernest Whitmire
(W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born March 29,
1909. He died December 2, 1909 and was
buried in Crow Cemetery.
Helen Elizabeth Whitmire (W3/1.3), daughter of Elmer Ernest
Whitmire (W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born about
1911 in Franklin County. She was
married about 1939, husband's name Williams.
Nathaniel Elmer Whitmire (W3/1.4), son of Elmer Ernest Whitmire
(W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born about 1913 in
Franklin County. He was married about
1936 to Hattie Henderson (H3/1.1). In
1980 they were living in Lancaster, California. Children born to Nathaniel Elmer Whitmire (W3/1.4) and Hattie
Henderson Whitmire (H3/1.1) are unknown.
Franklin Wayne Whitmire (W3/1.5), son of Elmer Ernest Whitmire
(W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born in Franklin
County about 1916. In 1980 he lived in
Lancaster, California unmarried.
Winifred Frances Whitmire (W3/1.6), daughter of Elmer Ernest
Whitmire (W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born about
1919s Whitmire (W3/1.6), daughter of Elmer Ernest Whitmire (W4/8.1) and
Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire (T4/1.1), was born about 1919s Whitmire (W3/1.6),
daughter of Elmer Ernest Whitmire (W4/8.1) and Rosetta Irene Toelle Whitmire
(T4/1.1), was born about 1919my during World War I. Following Armistice he farmed with his father in Franklin
County. Upon retirement he lived in St.
James, Missouri.
Mary Whitmire (W4/8.3), daughter of Claborne Franklin Whitmire
(W5/2.8) and Annie Morrow Whitmire (M5/1.1), was born about 1894 in Franklin
county. She was married about 1914,
husband's name John Jones (J4/1.1). She
died shortly after marriage.
Frances Hope Whitmire (W4/8.4), daughter of Claborne Franklin
Whitmire (W5/2.8) and Annie Morrow Whitmire (M5/1.1), was born July 22, 1895 in
Franklin County. She was married July
18, 1932 to John Emmel Wright (W4/1.1) who was born July 16, 1895. He died May 27, 1964.
Children born to them include:
Frances Ann
Wright (W3/1.1) born May 2, 1934
John Claborne Wright (W3/1.2) born August 23, 1935
James Patrick
Wright (W3/1.3) born December 29, 1937
Rosemary
Wright (W3/1.4) born July 5, 1940
S. Frances "Fannie" Whitmire (W5/2.9), daughter of Nathan
Whitmire (W6/5.2) and Mary Angeline Sullivan Williams Whitmire (S6/1.1), was
born in 1860 in Franklin County. She was married November 17, 1884 to James M.
Shaffer (S5/1.1), son of William Shaffer (S6/1.1) and Sarah Shaffer. Five sons were born to them.
William Whitmire (W6/5.3), son of Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5) and
Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (W7/1.3), was born about 1811 in Newberry
District. He was brought to Franklin
County by his parents in 1820. He was
married about 1840, wife's name Wheeler.
Phoebe Whitmire (W6/5.4), daughter of Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5)
and Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (H7/1.1), was born about 1819 in Newberry
District. She was married to her cousin
Moses Whitmire (W6/2.5) as his second wife in 1849. She died in the same year in childbirth.
Christopher Frederick Whitmire (W6/5.5), son of Thomas Whitmire
(W7/3.5) and Elizabeth Thomas Whitmire (H7/1.3), was born April 15, 1815 in
Newberry District. He was married
about 1841 to Catherine French (F6/1.1) who was born December 16, 1826. She
died March 22, 1873 in Washington County, Missouri, and he died January 15,
1889 in Wright County, Missouri, according to Betty Lou Russell of Ironton,
Missouri. Two daughters, names unknown,
were born to Christopher Frederick Whitmire (W6/5.5) and Catherine French
Whitmire (F6/1.1).
Margaret "Peggy" Whitmire (W6/5.6), daughter of Thomas
Whitmire (W7/3.5) and Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (H7/1.3), was born about 1818 in
Newberry District, South Carolina. She
was married in Franklin County April 7, 1841 to William V. R. Thurmond
(T6/1.1). Five children were born to
them.
Polly Whitmire (W6/5.7), daughter of Thomas Whitmire (W7/3.5)
and Elizabeth Hill Whitmire (H7/1.3), was born about 1822. She was married about 1840 to John Auer
(A6/1.1). She died December 13, 1895.
Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6), son of George Frederick Whitmire
(W8/1.3) and Sarah Phoebe Hagood Whitmire (H8/1.1), was born August 25, 1789 in
Newberry District. He was married
about 1808 to Elizabeth Evans (E7/1.1) who was born August 11, 1790. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was
thereafter called "Colonel," according to "Jacob Clark of
Abbeville, South Carolina."
John Jacob Cofer (C5/1.1) wrote, "I have often seen the
sword my grandfather, Col. Moses Whitmire carried in the War of 1812. It went into the possession of my mother's
sister, Mary Whitmire, who married her cousin, Henry Whitmire. Their son Isaac Whitmire [(W5/9.1)] took it
with him when he removed from Franklin County to Dent County, Missouri."
In 1818 Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) joined his brothers in moving to
Franklin County and assumed the leadership of the party. Route of the wagontrain led through
Cumberland Gap, across Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and crossing the
Mississippi River into Missouri. They
were influenced to a site on the Merrimac River by Daniel Boone whom they met
at Potosi, Missouri, according to "Sons of Frontiersmen." Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) appeared on the
1819 tax list in Missouri. He appeared
as a resident of Union, Missouri in 1827.
He died there December 25, 1836, and she died there August 3, 1864.
Children born to Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and Elizabeth Evans
Whitmire (E7/1.1) include:
Phoebe Unity
Whitmire (W6/6.1) born August 11, 1813
John Hill
Whitmire (W6/6.2) born June 18, 1815
Isaac E.
Whitmire (W6/6.3) born September 14, 1816
Charity Ann
Whitmire (W6/6.4) born May 17, 1819
Martha Carolina
Whitmire (W6/6.5) born March 28, 1821
Sarah
Whitmire (W6/6.6) born July 23, 1824
Ruth
Whitmire (W6/6.7) born May 17, 1826
Mary
Whitmire (W6/6.8) born September 28, 1830
Walter Henry
Whitmire (W6/6.9) born April 28, 1833
Phoebe Unity Whitmire (W6/6.1), daughter of Moses Whitmire
(W7/3.6) and Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born August 11, 1813 in
Newberry District. She was brought to
Franklin County in 1820. She died in
1873 unmarried.
John Hill Whitmire (W6/6.2), son of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and
Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born June 18, 1815 in Newberry
District. He was brought to Franklin
County in 1818. He was married December
25, 1829 to Elisa Williams (W6/1.1), according to Franklin County marriage
records. He was named executor in the
will of his father probated in 1837. In
1849 he joined the gold rush to California.
He died in Portland, Oregon Territory September 10, 1850. Children born to John Hill Whitmire (W6/6.2)
and Elisa Williams Whitmire (W6/1.1) are unknown.
Isaac E. Whitmire (W6/6.3), son of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and
Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born September 14, 1816 in Newberry
District. He was brought to Franklin
County in 1820. He became a soldier in
the Mexican War and was killed in Santa Fe, New Mexico December 8, 1846. His will was administered by his brother John
Hill Whitmire (W6/6.2) and his brother-in-law Thomas Lawson Cofer (C6/1.1).
Charity Ann Whitmire (W6/6.4), daughter of Moses Whitmire
(W7/3.6) and Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born May 17, 1819 in
Franklin County. She was married July
31, 1836 to Thomas Lawson Cofer (C6/1.1) in Franklin County. He was born January 18, 1815 in Abbeville,
South Carolina.
Children born to them include:
Sarah Elizabeth
Cofer (C5/1.1) born June 30, 1838
Martha P.
Cofer (C5/1.2) born March 11, 1840
Moses Augustus
Cofer (C5/1.3) born February 13, 1842
Nancy Jane
Cofer (C5/1.4) born July 7, 1844
Missouri Ann Hill
Cofer (C5/1.5) born February 24,
1847
Florence Adela
Cofer (C5/1.6) born April 11, 1849
John Jacob Cofer (C5/1.7) born October 22, 1851
Thomas James
Cofer (C5/1.8) born September 10, 1854
Mary Agnes
Cofer (C5/1.9) born September 15, 1858
Emily Duiguid
Cofer (C5/1.10) born October 16, 1862
Martha Carolina Whitmire (W6/6.5), daughter of Moses Whitmire
(W7/3.6) and Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born March 28, 3821 in
Franklin County. She was married about
1840 to Isaac Evans (E6/1.q), believed to be a son of Benjamin Evans (E7/1.1)
and Susannah Evans. She died August 11,
1852.
Children born to Isaac Evans (E6/1.1) and Martha Carolina
Whitmire Evans (W6/6.5) include:
Mary J. Evans
(twin) (E5/1.1) born in 1850
Susan Emily Evans
(twin) (E5/1.2) born in 1850
Sarah Whitmire (W6/6.6), daughter of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and
Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born July 23, 1824 in Franklin
County. She died October 9, 1833.
Ruth Whitmire (W6/6.7), daughter of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and
Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born May 17, 1826 in Franklin
County. She was married in 1846 to
Thomas J. Woodcock (W6/1.1) who was born in 1822 in Tennessee. She died June 3, 1850.
Children born to them include:
Isaac E.
Woodcock (W5/1.1) born in February 1847
Mary A.
"Polly" Woodcock (W5/1.2)
born in 1849
Isaac E. Woodcock (W5/1.1), son of Thomas J. Woodcock (W6/1.1)
and Ruth Whitmire Woodcock (W6/6.7), was born in February 1847. He was married about 1867 to his cousin Mary
A. Whitmire (W5/5.4), daughter of Moses Whitmire (W6/2.5) and Nancy Wheeler
Whitmire (W6/1.2). She died prior to
1870, and he was remarried to Jane Bennett (B5/1.2).
Mary A. "Polly" Woodcock (W5/1.2), daughter of Thomas
J. Woodcock (W6/1.1) and Ruth Whitmire Woodcock (W6/6.7), was born in
1849. She was married about 1867 to
Charles Stanaford (S5/1.1).
Mary Whitmire (W6/6.8), daughter of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and
Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1), was born September 28, 1830 in Franklin
County. She was married October 16,
1852 to her cousin, Henry Whitmire (W6/2.9), son of Henry Whitmire (W7/3.2) and
Ruth Hill Whitmire (H7/1.1). Two sons,
including Isaac Whitmire (W5/8.1), and a daughter were born to them before she
died December 24, 1868.
Walter Henry Whitmire
(W6/6.9), son of Moses Whitmire (W7/3.6) and Elizabeth Evans Whitmire (E7/1.1),
was born in Franklin County April 28, 1833.
He died August 7, 1834.
Charity Whitmire
(W7/3.7), daughter of George Frederick Whitmire (W8/1.3) and Sarah Phoebe
Hagood Whitmire (H8/1.1), was born about 1791.
She did not marry.
Rachel Whitmire (W7/3.8), daughter of George Frederick Whitmire
(W8/1.3) and Sarah Phoebe Hagood Whitmire (H8/1.1), was born about 1794 in
Newberry District.
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