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Elias W. Whitmire, son
of Jesse Whitmire and Nancy Durden Whitmire, was born in St.
Tammany Parish January 16, 1817, according to his tombstone. He was married October 11, 1837 to Letitia
"Lettie" Crockett by Justice of the Peace S. Miles,
according to Rankin County, Mississippi Marriage Book 1, page 47. Stephen Whitmire, his brother, was
his bondsman. She was born in Rankin
County May 6, 1822 to Elijah Crockett and Martha Durden Crockett
believed to be a sister to Nancy Durden Whitmire. If so, Elias W. Whitmire married
his first cousin. Elijah Crockett
had settled in Washington Parish, Louisiana in 1810, according to "Claims
West of Pearl River."
According to Raymond Elton
Bailey, a descendant, she was a first cousin once-removed to Davey
Crockett, immortalized at the Alamo.
He was born August 17, 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee to John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett. He died in San Antonio March 6, 1836 at the age of 49. His mother
was a sister to Sarah Hawkinswho was married to John Sevier,
hero of the Battle of King's Mountain who later became governor of Tennessee.
John Crockett was a
son of David Crockett of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In 1771 he lived in Lincoln County, North
Carolina. David Crockett was
the son of William Crockett of New Rochelle, New York, according to
"Davey Crockett and the Crockett Family" by Janie Preston Collup
French and Zella Armstrong.
William Crockett was
born in New Rochelle August 10, 1709 to Joseph Louis Crockett, an
Irish emigrant who was born January 9, 1667.
Joseph Louis Crockett was the son of Antoine de Saussure
Perronette de Crocketagne who was born July 10, 1643 in Montauban,
France. He was second in command in
King Louis' household guards in 1664 when he became a Huguenot. In 1672 he fled from France to England and
then to Ireland. Antoine de Saussure
Perronette de Crocketagne was a son of Gabriel Gustave de
Crocketagne of Mountauban.
Raymond Elton Bailey
related that when the railroad was being constructed into Buna two Mexican
workman came to the home of Letitia "Lettie" Crockett Whitmire for drinking water. She took
down her shotgun and ordered them off her property, saying "You're part
of the bunch that killed Davey."
Elias W. Whitmire
appeared as a resident of Rankin County August 24, 1838, according to Rankin
County Deed Book D, page 248 which recorded the sale of a farm:
"State of Mississippi, Rankin
County
This Indenture made and entered
into this 24th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty eight by and between Elias Whitmire of the one part and Freeman Lacy
of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of three
hundred dollars to him the said Elias Whitmire in hand paid the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained sold and conveyed and by these
presents do bargain sell and convey to the said Freeman Lacy a certain tract or
parcel of land situate lying and being in Rankin County and State of
Mississippi and known and designated as the South West Half of the North West
Quarter of Section No. 29, Township No. 3, Range N3E containing 39 14/100
acres. To have and to hold to the said
Freeman Lacy his heirs Executors administrators or assigns forever all and
singular the appurtenances belonging in any wise to the above described
premises, and the said Elias Whitmire doth covenant with the said Freeman Lacy
that he has full power to sell and convey the above described premises and he
covenants to warrant and defend the title to said land from all persons
claiming or to claim the same or any part in testimony whereof the said party
of the first part hath herewith set his hand and affixed his seal this day and
date above written.
his
Elias (X) Whitmire
mark"
He applied for a land grant in
Texas in January 1839, and a conditional certificate was issued to him August
2, 1841. He reappeared along with his
father and three brothers in the 1840 tax list of Jasper County, Texas. He received a land grant of 320 acres about
this time in Liberty County which was relocated in Jasper County July 7,
1842. In 1845 "Elias Whitmer"
paid a polltax in Polk County, according to "Republic of Texas Poll Lists
for 1846" by Marion Day Mullins.
He appeared on the 1846 polltax list of McMullin County, Texas along
with Elijah Whitmire and Stephen Whitmire, unidentified. In 1855 he received a grant of 320 acres
"15 miles from Livingston" in Polk County.
He was enumerated in the 1850
census of San Augustine County, Texas as the head of Household 207-207:
"Whitmire, Elias
31, born in Louisiana, farmer
Lettie
28, born in Mississippi
Martha 10, born in Texas
Andrew J.
8, born in Texas
Marshall 3/12, born in Texas"
They reappeared in the 1860
census of Jasper County:
"Whitmire, Elias 44, born in Louisiana, farmer, $160 real
estate
Letiticia 39, born in Louisiana
Andrew 18,
born in Texas
Marshall
10, born in Texas
Crockett
6, born in Texas
Sarah 2, born in Texas
Eli 2/12, born in Texas"
Elias W. Whitmire and Letitia "Lettie" Crockett Whitmire gave a deed to a two-acre
strip, 100 feet wide across their property to Beaumont Lumber Company July 5,
1894, according to Jasper County Deed Book S, page 227.
Letitia "Lettie"
Crockett Whitmire died September 3, 1896 and was buried in Antioch
Cemetery in Jasper County. Elias W.
Whitmire was enumerated in the 1900 census of Jasper County,
Enumeration District 30, page 2, precinct 4 as "84, born in Louisiana in
January 1816, living with son, William E. Dill." He died July 1, 1900, according to his tombstone in Morse
Cemetery, Buna.
Children born to Elias W.
Whitmire and Letitia "Lettie" Crockett Whitmire
include:
Martha Ann Mahalia
Whitmire born March 6, 1840
Andrew Jackson Whitmire born June 29, 1842
Elzie Whitmire born in 1844
Franklin Whitmire born in 1846
(son)
born in 1848
Marshall Whitmire born March 10, 1850
Crockett W. Whitmire
born March 2, 1853
William Henry Whitmire born
September 7, 1854
Sarah "Sallie" Whitmire born March 5, 1858
Letty Whitmire born in 1859
Eli Whitmire born in 1860
Jesse Whitmire II
born in
1862
Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire
, daughter of Elias W. Whitmire and Letitia
"Lettie" Crockett Whitmire , was born March 6, 1840 in Jasper
County. She appeared as a 10-year-old in the 1850 census of her father's
household. She was married April 1,
1858 to Elly Richardson, according to Jasper County Marriage Book A,
page 104. She was remarried January 14,
1866 to Eli M. Lowe who was born December 28, 1843 in Jefferson
County, Texas to Daniel Lowe and Sallie Crockett Lowe. He died August 17, 1888 at Buna, and she
died September 26, 1919.
Children born to Elly
Richardson and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson
include:
Letty Richardson
born 1858
Children born to Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson Lowe include:
Winnie Lowe
born in
November 1866
Elias Lowe
born June 14, 1868
Martha Crockett Lowe
born July 6, 1870
Sallie Lowe
born May 4, 1872
Mandy Lowe
born in April 1874
Manervia Lowe born October 14, 1876
Letty Richardson ,
daughter of Elly Richardson and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson, was born in 1858. She was
enumerated in the 1870 census living in the household of her maternal
grandparents.
Winnie Lowe, daughter
of Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson Lowe, was born in November 1866 at Buna.
Elias Lowe, son of Eli
M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson Lowe, was
born June 14, 1868 at Buna. He was
married September 22, 1899 at Buna to his first cousin, Clarissa Whitmire, daughter of William Henry Whitmire and Rebecca Irene
Crawford Whitmire. Clarissa Whitmire was born at Buna October 14, 1879.
He died April 11, 1957 at Buna, and she died there March 26, 1961. He had a "photographic memory,"
according to Larry Vernon Franklin, and provided much historical data
on the Whitmire, Crockett and Durden families with his extraordinary mental
recall.
Children born to them include:
Mary Ida Lowe
born August
21, 1900
William Andrew Lowe
born March 8,
1902
Sallie Lowe born October 14, 1903
Bertsie Lowe
born March 28, 1918
Martha Crockett Lowe,
daughter of Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson
Lowe, was born July 6, 1870 at Buna.
She was married April 10, 1887 to Edmond Murphy Crawford. She was remarried to Ralph Morris Franklin. She died December 4, 1947.
Children born to Ralph Morris
Franklin and Martha Crockett Lowe Crawford Franklin include:
Vernon Franklin
born March 12,
1912
Vernon Franklin, son
of Ralph Morris Franklin and Martha Crockett Lowe Crawford Franklin, was born March 12, 1912 at Buna.
. He was married June 30, 1932
at Lake Charles, Louisiana to Millie Lorena Williamson who was born
December 31, 1906 at Fields, Louisiana.
He died at Silsbee, Texas October 2, 1984.
Children born to them include:
Larry Vernon Franklin
born January 18,
1944
Larry Vernon Franklin,
son of Vernon Franklin and Millie Lorena Williamson Franklin, was born January 18, 1944. He
was married November 10, 1966 to Carolyn Ann Stanley. In 1969 he was employed as an officer with
the sheriff's department of Orange County, Texas and remained in that capacity
in 1985. He has done extensive research on the Whitmire, Crockett and Durden
families, having been influenced to genealogy by his parents. They and their nine children resided in Vidor,
Texas in May 1985.
Sallie Lowe, daughter
of Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson Lowe, was born May 4, 1872 at Buna.
She was married March 10, 1889 to John Henry Bean.
Mandy Lowe, daughter
of Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson Lowe, was born in April 1874. She
died October 3, 1877.
Manervia Lowe,
daughter of Eli M. Lowe and Martha Ann Mahalia Whitmire Richardson
Lowe, was born October 14, 1876.
She was married about 1894 to Ernest Pool.
Andrew Jackson Whitmire, son of Elias W. Whitmire and Letitia "Lettie"
Crockett Whitmire, was born in 1842.
He appeared as an eight-year-old in the 1850 census of his father's
household. According to Jasper County
Marriage Book A, page 205 he was married July 19, 1866 to Angelina Moray Morse who was born February 23, 1849.
She was the daughter of John Morse who was born in South
Carolina in 1817 and Lucy Morse who was born in Georgia in 1823.
On August 6, 1866 Andrew
Jackson Whitmire received a deed to 160 acres of land from the heirs
of Benjamin Richardson for $40, according to Jasper County Deed Book F, page
620. The land was described as being
"32 miles south of Jasper and 6 miles east of the Neches River." Guardians for the minor heirs of Benjamin
Richardson were listed as "Elias Whitmire, Jacob Mason and L. A.
Richardson." The deed was not
recorded until September 2, 1889.
On September 9, 1872 Andrew
Jackson Whitmire received a deed to 160 acres in Richardson Survey
from Robert Alexander Thompson, Letty Thompson and Clarissa Taylor for $80,
according to Jasper County Deed Book J, page 136. This land was also described as being "32 miles south of
Jasper and 6 miles east of the Neches River."
In the fall of 1872 Andrew
Jackson Whitmire was accidentally shot and killed while on a bear hunt
with his brother-in-law Henry Mason and a friend, according to
Raymond Elton Bailey, a great-grandson:
"While out on this hunting
trip they shot a bear. The bear ran
into some heavy brush. Henry Mason was
holding back some limbs so Andrew could crawl into the brush and scare the bear
out. The limb slipped from Mason's grip
and hit the trigger of his gun. It went
off, and the bullet struck Andrew. He
died before they could get him to the house.
It is reported that the Whitmire family ran Mason off and told him if
he ever returned they would kill him. I
think that they thought he killed Andrew on purpose."
Angelina Moray Morse Whitmire was remarried October 7, 1874 to Wylie Curry who was born November 6,
1848 in Texas, according to McGinty research.
They appeared in the 1880 census of Houston County, Enumeration District
26, page 8. She died in Buna April 28,
1904, and Wylie Curry died December 30, 1918.
Seven children were born to them.
They were buried in Antioch Cemetery.
Children born to Andrew Jackson
Whitmire and Angelina Moray Morse Whitmire include:
John W. Whitmire
born May 6, 1867
Elias Whitmire II
born
February 4, 1869
Louisa Whitmire
born November 15,
1870
Dora Whitmire
born
October 1, 1872
John W. Whitmire, son
of Andrew Jackson Whitmire and Angelina Moray Morse Whitmire,
was born May 6, 1867 at Buna. He was
married March 3, 1893 to Alice Paige who was born January 24, 1877 in
Florida. He farmed in Jasper County.
He appeared as the head of a
household in the 1900 census of Madison County, Enumeration District 32, page
2:
"Whitmire, John
34, born in May 1866 in Texas
Alice 24, born in March 1876 in Texas, wife
Della
5, born in September 1894 in Texas, daughter
Gardy
3, born in July 1896 in Texas, daughter
Elias
1, born in September 1898 in Texas, son"
The household reappeared in the
1910 census of Madison County, Enumeration District 136, page 7:
"Whitmire, John 43,
Alice 33, wife
Della 15, daughter
Gordie
13, daughter
Eula 8, daughter
Burtis 6, son
Arrie 1, son"
She died April 11, 1950, and he
died February 6, 1954. They were buried
in Madison County, Texas.
Children born to John W.
Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire include:
Della Whitmire born October 3, 1894
Gordie Clementine Whitmire born July 26,
1896
Eula Virginia Whitmire
born August
27, 1900
Arnold Warren Whitmire
born October 4, 1902
Burtis Mack Whitmire
born March 29, 1904
Lucille Alice Whitmire
born June 30, 1911
Lynn Oran Whitmire
born
October 4, 1913
Ruby Whitmire
born December 2, 1915
Ira Mae Whitmire
born about 1917
Harvey Whitmire
born about 1919
Irvy Whitmire
born about 1921
Della Whitmire,
daughter of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire , was
born at Buna October 31, 1894. She
appeared in the 1900 and 1910 enumerations of her father's household in Madison
County. She was married October 11,
1912 at Madisonville, Texas to Frank Kent Page . They were divorced about 1920, and she was
remarried to Welder McKay in 1922. Following a second divorce she was
remarried to Joe Garcell September 28, 1931 in Lafayette, Louisiana. She died September 28, 1966 and was buried
in South Park Cemetery, Houston, and he died November 17, 1967
Children born to Frank Kent
Page and Della Whitmire Page include:
Forest Vernon Page
born July 16,
1913
Ray Frank Page
born December 2, 1917
After her divorce from Frank
Kent Page she had her sons' names legally changed to Paige in honor of
her mother.
Forest Vernon Paige ,
son of Frank Kent Page and Della Whitmire Page, was born July
16, 1913. He was married in 1939 to
Vera Hollister.
Children born to them include:
Shirley Paige
born July
16, 1944
Loyd Paige (twin)
born October 31,
1946
Floyd Paige (twin)
born October 31,
1946
Ray Frank Paige , son
of Frank Kent Page and Della Whitmire Page , was born December
2, 1917. He was married August 25, 1940
to Hope Lowry.
Children born to them include:
Linda Sue Paige
born November 5, 1943
Michael Ray Paige
born October 14,
1948
Linda Sue Paige ,
daughter of Ray Frank Paige and Hope Lowry Paige , was born
November 5, 1943. She was married about
1966 to John Cone. They were
divorced about 1982.
Children born to them include:
Kellie Paige Cone
born July 16, 1968
Steven Scott Cone
born October 24,
1972
Casey Cone
born
December 28, 1980
Michael Ray Paige ,
son of Ray Frank Paige and Hope Lowry Paige , was born October
14, 1948. He was married in February
1967 to Judy Trombatore .
Children born to them include:
Stacey Gail Paige
born August
9, 1968
Sandra Michelle Paige
born June 9, 1977
Gordie Clementine Whitmire
, daughter of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire
, was born July 26, 1896. She
appeared in the 1910 census of her father's household in Madison County. She was married May 13, 1916 at Madisonville
to Denton Harvard Post who was born February 12, 1896. He died July 24, 1977 and was buried in
Rosewood Cemetery, Houston, Texas.
Children born to them include:
John Harold Post
born January 23, 1920
Dorothy Alice Post
born October 3,
1922
Billy Gene Post
born
September 12, 1930
John Harold Post , son
of Denton Harvard Post and Gordie Clementine Whitmire Post ,
was born January 23, 1920 in Madison County.
He was married in July 1947 at Houston to Betty M. Kitchen
. He died of cancer May 23,
1984.
Children born to them include:
Harold Byford Post
born November 14,
1950
Dorothy Alice Post ,
daughter of Denton Harvard Post and Gordie Clementine Whitmire Post, was born October 3, 1922 in Madison County. She was married February 24, 1940 at Genoa, Texas to David
Millford Ledford. He died
February 22, 1982 and was buried in Rosewood Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Wanda Joyce Ledford
born July 24, 1943
Glenn Harvey Ledford
born
September 7, 1947
Janice Gale Ledford
born July 24, 1952
Eula Virginia Whitmire
, daughter of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire, was born August 27, 1900 in Madison County. She was married there October 13, 1915 to Lee Harvey Greer
.
Children born to them include:
John W. Greer
born February 3, 1923
Crystal Greer
born
April 17, 1931
Nancy Virginia Greer
born October 19,
1937
Arnold Warren Whitmire
, son of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire ,
was born October 4, 1902 in Madison County.
He was married August 22, 1922 in Madisonville to Annie Bell Halliday who was born June 24, 1902. He became a farmer and drove a schoolbus
for 21 years. They celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in 1972.
Children born to Arnold Warren
Whitmire and Annie Belle Halliday Whitmire include:
James Milburn Whitmire
born January 24,
1928
Carolyn Sue Whitmire
born February 2, 1944
James Milburn Whitmire
, son of Arnold Warren Whitmire and Annie Belle Halliday
Whitmire , was born January 24, 1928 in Madison County. He was married April 16, 1960 to Virginia
Ruth Bruce in Iola, Texas.
Children born to James Milburn
Whitmire and Virginia Ruth Bruce Whitmire include:
James Milburn Whitmire, Jr. born July 12, 1961
James Milburn Whitmire, Jr.
, son of James Milburn Whitmire and Virginia Ruth Bruce Whitmire , was born July 12, 1961. He
was married March 1, 1980 to Angela Kay White in Houston.
Children born to James Milburn
Whitmire, Jr. and Angela Kay Whitmire include:
Trisha Kay Whitmire
born September 28,
1980
Jessica Ann Whitmire
born May 5, 1982
Carolyn Sue Whitmire,
daughter of Arnold Warren Whitmire and Annie Belle Halliday Whitmire
, was born February 2, 1944 in Madison County. She was married October 10, 1964 in
Madisonville to Robert Elton Taylor .
They were divorced in 1969. She
was remarried July 3, 1970 in Madison County to Robert Lea Kendrick .
Children born to them include:
Theresa Ann Taylor born April 22, 1966
Arthur Warren Kendrick
born November 2,
1974
Theresa Ann Taylor ,
daughter of Robert Elton Taylor and Carolyn Sue Whitmire Taylor
, was born April 22, 1966. She
was married March 4, 1983 in Madisonville to Tracy L. Parker who was
born May 21, 1963.
Burtis Mack Whitmire ,
son of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire , was born
March 29, 1904 in Madison County. He
was married about 1925 to Carma Ellen McFarland , daughter of Henry
McFarland and Rodie McFarland.
Burtis Mack Whitmire died in 1929.
One son was Burtis Mack
Whitmire and Corma Ellen McFarland Whitmire :
Gail Mack Whitmire
Gail Mack Whitmire ,
son of Burtis Mack Whitmire and Carma Ellen McFarland Whitmire
, was born January 21, 1927 in Madison County. He was married January 17, 1945 in Baytown,
Texas to Juanita Stewart .
Children born to Gail Mack
Whitmire and Juanita Stewart Whitmire include:
Donnie M. Whitmire (twin) born June 16, 1946
Ronnie E. Whitmire (twin) born June 16, 1946
Donnie M. Whitmire ,
twin son of Gail Mack Whitmire and Juanita Stewart Whitmire
was born June 16, 1946 in Baytown. He
was married February 16, 1965 to Jan Sheriah Bailey . They were later divorced.
Children born to Donnie M.
Whitmire and Jan Sheriah Bailey Whitmire include:
Kirk Stewart Whitmire
born June
26, 1966
Kent Mack Whitmire
born April
9, 1968
Ross Eugene Whitmire
born November 27,
1971
Matt Allen Whitmire
born
November 16, 1973
Lucille Alice Whitmire, daughter of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire, was born June 30, 1911 in Madison County. She was married about 1931 to Ray McKinney . Born to them was a daughter who died at
birth. Following a divorce she was remarried September 3, 1937 to Walter
Duncan Scherer who was born October 22, 1902.
Children born to them include:
Walter Duncan Scherer, Jr. born November 6, 1939
Warren D. Scherer
born August 11, 1947
Lynn Oran Whitmire ,
son of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire, was born
October 4, 1913 in Madison County. He
was married November 27, 1935 to Louise McVey in Madisonville. He died there February 7, 1982.
Children born to Lynn Oran
Whitmire and Louise McVey Whitmire include:
Reginald Boyd Whitmire
born March 21,
1938
James Oran Whitmire
born May 18, 1941
Linda Lou Whitmire
born December 25, 1946
Reginald Boyd Whitmire ,
son of Lynn Oran Whitmire and Louise McVey Whitmire , was born
March 21, 1938 in Madisonville. He was
married June 25, 1960 in Harlingen, Texas to Mildred Ruth Collins who
was born there June 7, 1939.
Children born to Reginald Boyd
Whitmire and Mildred Ruth Collins Whitmire include:
Susan Lynn Whitmire
born March 21,
1963
Alan Keith Whitmire
born June 7, 1966
James Oran Whitmire ,
son of Lynn Oran Whitmire and Louise McVey Whitmire , was born
May 18, 1941 in Madisonville. He was
married November 30, 1963 in South Houston, Texas to Carolyn Storres . She died November 16, 1978 in an automobile
accident. He was remarried about 1980
to Margie Scroggins . Children
born to him and Margie Scroggins Whitmire are unknown.
Children born to James Oran
Whitmire and Carolyn Storres Whitmire include:
Karen Lea Whitmire
born August 15, 1966
James Dean Whitmire
born October 15,
1969
Linda Lou Whitmire ,
daughter of Lynn Oran Whitmire and Louise McVey Whitmire , was
born December 25, 1946 in Houston. She
died there February 24, 1948 and was buried in Rosewood Cemetery.
Ruby Whitmire,
daughter of John W. Whitmire and Alice Paige Whitmire, was
born December 2, 1915 in Madison County.
Unmarried, she was a resident of Abilene State School, Abilene, Texas in
1985.