THE FAMILY WEBSITE NEWSLETTER

Hello To All,

This is the third Whis.. Family newsletter and a lot has changed since the last one as I am sure a lot of us have been changed by the events of Sept 11 2001.

The end of August my father, Barney Whisenhunt, under went a valve replacement and triple by pass. For a long while we were unsure of things with him. Thanks to all your support and prayers he is doing very well now. He was really uplifted by all of the messages left for him on the website.

A few short days later, on Sept 8th, our youngest son, Jeff was married to long time sweetheart, Janet Roth.

Al and Karen Austin's daughter, Jennifer was married in June of 2001 and they are expecting a new grandchild about June 18th of this year, Congratulations to Al and Karen. Al and Karen also told me about a large family reunion being planned for the descendants of: Mary Elizabeth Ramsey Young. Her daughter, Almedia married Plesant Whisenhunt.

Jonne Rosenau reports that since she has joined the family website she has met several new cousins. She has made contact with her second cousin, Barbara Conner and Helene Beardon.
Last May, Jonne, Evelyn Long and I met while at Third Sunday in Montgomery Co. Arkansas. I also met Lois Evans while visiting there. Jonne also has had a wonderful experience hosting a German exchange student this past year.

Success Stories:
Jonne Rosenau was able to make a connection to Sondra Rader. Both share the same gggrandparenets, Owen and Margaret Wrigth Dillard.

It looks like Lavern Nordine made a connection with Regina Pfaff when Regina posted a pic of Frank Grover Whisenhunt who was a brother to her grandfather, William Henry Whisenhunt.

This was sent in by Susan Conley
Hello everybody,
I am so excited as several years by my mother and sister of researching and finding nothing but dead ends, I managed to truely stumble across, an article (which only had the last name) of my mother's grandmother's side. It lead me to look in a whole new town, bordering the state they "lived" in. Well I found them and all of the siblings of GG grandmother. She had abandoned her family when they disapproved of her marriage, so she rarely mentioned anyone, it has made it a difficult track without names. I am researching my side of the family as we are having our first ever reuion next summer. When that is over I can concentrate on my husband's side again.(This site). But I wanted to let everyone know what a great job you are doing on this site and how well it is keep up. You are always sharing such good information and links. I wish I was contributing a bit more. Keep up the good work.
Susan Conley

Just before Christmas Linda Jantz made contact with a new cousin Francee Taylor. Francee is great granddaughter of Etter Rose Richey.
Regina Pfaff was able to make contact with Denise Whisenhunt. They are both from the line of Frank Gover and Polly Woodrum Whisenhunt.

Below is a letter from Ben and Viki Williams:

My husband contacted your site some time ago. We were looking for our connection at that time. We had the names Boggus Whisenhunt, Florrie, and Annie Grooms to work with. Thanks to a wonderful lady named Evelyn Moyers we have finally made our connection. My husband's great- great-grandfather was Jiles Boggas Whisenhunt, his great-great-grandmother was Julia Howell ( Jiles' first wife). His Great- Grandmother was Flora A.M.Whisenhunt. She married a man named Benjamin Grooms. He died, and then she married a man named John Ashford ( Evelyn's ancestor). Flora and Benjamin Grooms had two daughters, Annie and Rosie. Annie was my husband's grandmother. She died as a result of childbirth in 1916. Sam Williams remarried and from there Annie and her family just fadded away until we couldn't seem to find her family at all. Evelyn had all this documented in the family Bible, and in marriage documents and a census. Anyway, we can now say we have found our connection.

Thanks for all your help,

Ben and Vicki Williams

Patsy Gray and Bobbie Flowers may have made a connection also. It appears that Barbary Nancy Elizabeth Duggan, mother of Ira Stroud Whisenhunt was Bobbies great Aunt. Al Austin mentioned to me a while back he had some more info on Duggans. Maybe he has the key.

Gladys Diffee was able to help Doug Whisenhunt with some census material for Gilmer Co. Ga. providing him with a parent and some siblings for his Joseph H. Whisenant. Gladys has provided a lot of info for the website lately. Thank you Gladys

Richard Hankins who is connected to descendants of Henry Amos and Elizabeth Hankins Whisenhunt, my 3rd great grandparents, recently sent me info that Opal, Richards wife may be connected to my line thru Opal's Tackett line. I haven't had time to look in to it as of yet. Am sure there are many more connections being made but this is all I knew about. If you make any new connections and want them posted, please send them to me.

Members request for Genealogy Help

As you are looking around please keep an eye out for information.

Doug Anderson, Jack Green and Wilma Brushwood- are looking for the parents of James Wilie Whisenhunt, born in Ark in 1858. Spouse Louanney Gibbs.

Mary Beardolt- Looking for parents of Robert James (aka James Robert) Whisnant. He was born April, 1860 in Montgomery County, Arkansas. His mother was Margeret Mahalia (---?---) who was born in SC in about 1822. Her maiden name may have been Brown or Hammock (or Hannock). She would have married Whisnant before 1860. She may also been married to a Thomas Hammock before Whisnant). There is a listing in Montgomery County (Book A, page 151) of a marriage between a Robert Whistenant, age 46 and Mahala Hannock, age 39. Mahalia was later (1868) married to a Zacheriah M. Pettit. They had one child together, Chlora Clara Christin Pettit, b.1868 in Montgomery County, AK.

Deanene Hoffman- is looking for any info on James Manuel Whisenant/Whisenhunt.

Rhonda Bess Barnes- is looking for info on Parnetha Whisenhunt born in Tenn, married Richard Barnes in Missouri in 1884.

Doug Whisenhunt- is looking for the parents or siblings of Joseph H. Whisenhunt. Born 2-1-1857 in flat Branch Ga., died 8-24-1940 Beaver Co. Ok. Married Violet S. Frisby 10-19-1876. Children: Thomas. S. Henry, Annie J. and Esther. Voilet and Esther died in Kentucky in 1896. Joseph moved to Missouri and married Annie B. Stephens 6-28-1900 and had children, Glen, Mary, Sam, Lora and Roy. In 1904 they moved to a homestead south of Gate, Beaver Co. Ok.

Carolyn Cox and Milly May- are looking for info on Noah and Lucinda Roberts Whisenhunt, Matilda Whisenhunt Brewer, Nellie Amedia Whisenhunt Britt.

Dianna Utter, Jeni Wilson, Rhonda McKinley and James Whisenant- are looking for info on Joseph Lum Whisenhunt married Nancy Childers, had three children. Dora married Levi Jester, Frances and James M. Whisenant married Bruenetta Montgomery. They were from Montgomery Co. Ark area.

Ron Whisenhunt- is looking for any information on Lewis Martin Whisenhunt born in Texas, to Pleas Adam Whisenhunt's second marriage to Mary J.?. In some places James Lewis Whisenhunt is referred to oldest son of Mary J.'s oldest son and on the 1880 census he is referred to as Lewis Martin. Lewis Martin married Laura Mullenox and had Rufus Martin Whisenhunt born in Ark in 1883.

Lavern and Don Hayes- are looking for info on the first wife of Henry Whisenhunt, son of George Michael Whisenhunt. Possibility her last name was Jenkins. She was the mother of David Whisenhunt who married Rachel Brills.

Charles Seward- is looking for info on Blackwoods. Mary Elizabeth Whisenhunt, daughter of Pleas Adam and Nancy Ann Bell, married William Boone Blackwood. Nellie Vandemark- is also looking for info on Wayne Blackwood and Bertha Lou Chandler.

Martha Whisenant Friend- is looking for info on John Scott Whisenant and Mary Breckenridge of Garland Co. Ar. late 1800's early 1900's.

Mike Whisenhunt's- great grandpa was John Lewis and his wife's name was Sarah Jane Grey Meredith. He had 6 brothers. I am looking for any of there relatives. Also I have a brother Mckay III and son Michael last seen in Oregon. in 1995. Here is a list of the brothers names:
Gipson Dale Whisenhunt aka(Gip)
Wycliff G Whisenhunt
James Edward Whisenhunt
McKay Whisenhunt Sr(my grandfather)
Freddie Mansfield Whisenhunt
Stanley B. Whisenhunt aka (Starly)
Louie Hobson Whisenhunt

I am sure there are many more who could use some help. If enough of you will send in your request, I will send out a newsletter with all requests. Also let us know if you have discovered any new information on your families.

Let me encourage all of you to post your queries, pictures, and any info you might find. This only helps all of us further our research. This website does not belong to any one person or group, it is here for all of us to share and enjoy. Feel free to invite other Whis.. family members you might encounter. To help keep all of the members connected, if you do invite new members please send one of your administrators a quick note letting us know how they connect or any other info you may have.

To show how far this family has spread out I have recently received e-mails from Whis.. in New Zealand, London and Spain. I am sure there are many more all over the world.

Donnie Whisenant recently moved from Florida to Alabama.

Deaths:

Betty Fay Wheaton Finch passed away 3-10-2002, sister of Jeff Wheaton.

Jonas Wiley Plyler, grandson of Martha Ellen Whisenhunt and great uncle of Jack Green died Sep 18. He was buried Sep 20th in the New Ozan cemetery halfway between Murfreesboro and Nashville off hwy 27. He was 86 years old and had been in poor health for a while.

Meg Whisenhunt lost a dear friend this past year.

Illness:

Donna Stotts son was in the hospital for some tests. I believe the test went well and things are improving.

Jeff Wheaton, Wes Pullen and Bobbie Flowers have all had to deal with cancers recently. I believe all are doing well at this time. Below is a post from Jeff after surgery.

Hi all you beautiful People. I'm home and doing fine the surgery went well. The staples were removed from my neck yesterday and I got to eat my first real meal. It went pretty well. I will still have to undergo some radiation treatments. I don't know how many or just when they will start. I should know that in a day or two. I'll keep it posted as it happens. Thanks to all for all your prayers and well wishes.

Love to all Jeff

Jeff, I will have my surgery Thursday, May 24th. I am sorry about yours but we are survivors, I also know the Healer,in his hands all things are possible. You will be back home before me. I will keep you in my prayers. Bobbie Flowers.

Births:

Shirley McNeely had a new grandson, James Alexander 'Zander' Pasley, born Oct 26, 2001 born in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. His parents James and Dawn Pasley of Butler, AL.

On Sept,15, 2001 Bobbie Flowers first great-grandaughter was born. She had water on the brain a tumor in the back of her head and was not responding at birth. She was put on lots of machines, they did surgery on the 19th, put a stint in to drain the water off and also drained the tumor. With Gods help and good DR's today all machines and tubes are all gone and her mom got to feed her for the first time. She is doing so well Dr. said in a few days she will get to come home. Her name is (MacKynze Gracie Dyane Dollarhide).

New Site Members - September 2001 thru March 2002

Betty Atkins is from the line of Henry N. J. and Amanda Collins Whisenhunt.
Jammie Bean and Ken Bacorn are from the line of Jessie Daniel Whisenhunt.
Karen Diane Carter is from the line of William Davis and Sarah Youngblood Whisenant.
Kasey Cash is from the line of Albert Hamilton and Mary E. Adams Whisenant.
Christine Cruess is from the line of John and Emma Mohler Whisenant.
Lavada Richardson is from the lines of Margaret Adeline Whisenhunt and George Reid And Mary Jane Reid and Theodore Tidwell.
Harold and Linda Roark are from the line of Marion d. Whisenant.
Brenda Gery Warburton is from the line of Newton J. Whisnant.
Lois White is from the line of John and Elizabeth Whisenhunt.
Meredith Francee Taylor is from the line of Etta Rose Richey.
Marti Friend is from the line of John Scott and Mary Breckenridge Whisenant.
Mike and Vona Whisenhunt are from the line of Pleas Adam and Nancy Bell Whisenhunt's grandson Samuel Lee Whisenhunt.
Catherine Sydall is from the line of Philip and Nancy McCurry.
Christy Smith, Margaret Hallmark, Randy Hallmark Amanda Reed, Donna Stotts, Doyle Marshall, Frieda Felton are from the line of Margaret Caroline Whisenhunt and Andrew Jackson Young.
Lavern Bunting Hayes is from the line of Henry Whisenhunt and unknown spouse. Henry was the oldest son of Adam. Sr. and Barbary Whisenhunt.
Pam Day is from the line of John Edward and Earcle Mae Whisenhunt.
Helen Sutton and Wayne Jackson are from the line of Frank Walter Whisenant's daughter Aileen.
Patsy Beck is the granddaughter of Claude and Annie Whisenhunt Young.
Johnny Brown's Wife is from the line of Alexander and Elizabeth Whisenant Youngblood.
Wilma Brushwood is from the line of James Wylie Whisenhunt.
Sally Whisenant's Husband Wendell is from the line of William Jenkins Whisenant.
Yvonne James is from the line of Barbary A. Whisenant and Joseph Minor James.
Joy Fields is from the line of Isaac Andrew Whisenhunt and Lillie Mae Royal.
Patsy Gray is from the line of Ira Stround Whisenhunt.
Ann Pallin is from the line of Dorthy Jean Whisenant, daughter of Ace Lee.
Regina Pfaff is from the line of Helen Evelene Whisenhunt and Wilmer Archer.
Nellie Vandermark and Rosie King are from the lines of Mary Elizabeth Whisenhunt Blackwood and Lucinda Catherine Whisenhunt and David Chandler.
James H. Whisenant, Sondra Rader and Rhonda McKinley are from the line of Marion C. Whisenant
Neal Johnson is from the line of Benjamin Michael and Caroline Burke's son Huey Whisenhunt.

A new Family Connection File has been posted in the File Cabinet section. A new Whis.. Family Tree has also been posted in the Family Tree section.

Please check to see if your information is correct. If you have other info you would like included please send it to my e-mail address [email protected]

For our new members, I will be posting a new Site instruction file in the filing cabinet section. Hopefully this will help you with posting things. If you need further help you can contact one of the site administrators.

Again, Donnie has amazed me with how he is keeping up the Archive site. Click Here
You can also access it by clicking on the link to the Archive Site on the opening page of the Whis.. Family site at the top of the page. If you have things you would like for Donnie to post on there send them to him at [email protected] Also if you have a personal website you would like linked to the Archive site let Donnie know.

The Pike Co., Ark. Archive and Historical Society has a new location in Murfreesboro, Ark. The locations is 112 N. Washington Ave, Suite B, Murfreesboro, Ark. They are open Tuesday thru Saturday You can email Jan McGalliard at [email protected] By Morris Meyers.

Morris also has a great website for Pike Co. Ark researchers TheMyers.org

The Montgomery Co. Ark Heritage House is now open. They are located at 819 Luzerne St. Just off Hwy 27 at the Mt. Ida city limits toward Norman. Open Fridays 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. or by appointment). Heritage House Museum
They are also taking submissions of family histories and photos.

Ancestry.com has come out with a new genealogy program you can download from their site. What I like about the program is you can import your family file into it and then go to a certain person in your file and click on the icon for the web and the program will search Ancestry.com for matches. The program will also merge that info in you file if you want. The only draw back I see at this time is that when you want to export your family file, the program will only export in a format that can be used by an Ancestry program.

While I was going thru the website looking for news for this newsletter, I noticed a lot of good genealogy research sites posted on the Whis.. Family website. I know there is a lot of information on the site but it might benefit us to go back and look at some of the sites.

This is a great site for searching message boards courtesy of Roberta Agor: Message Searcher

If you have not done so, please go into the address book section and update you e-mail addresses and info. It would be great if all of us could put our pictures in the address book. If you need help let one of us know.

Don't wait to send in your news. Send it in as you get it and I will keep it for the next time.

Until the next time.

We are always open to new suggestions on how to improve the site and meet out members needs,
Please let us know.

Thank you all for helping make this Family Website such a success and please send us your NEWS for our upcoming Newsletters.

Sheila Barnson