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William Whitmire, son of Stephen Whitmire and Mary Porter Whitmire, was born in 1790 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, according to his military record.  He enlisted in the First Regiment, Mississippi Territory Volunteers in the company of Capt. Charles G. Johnson January 10, 1813 at $8 per month.  His War of 1812 service record notes, "Enlisted in the Regular Service April 22, 1813."

 

He was enlisted in the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment August 21, 1813 in a company commanded by Capt. William Chisholm at Ft. Jefferson Barracks near Macon, Georgia. Nine days later he was stationed at Ft. Mims, Alabama at the time of the Ft. Mims Mas­sacre August 30, 1813.  The British agent at Pensacola, Florida offered the Creek In­dians $5 per scalp, and immediately they stormed the fort killing 565 soldiers and their wives and families.  No sentries were posted at the time, and the troops were playing cards and sleeping when the attack came.

 

William Whitmire, Captain Chisholm, Ensign James McDonald and Captain Patrick Jack, fort commander were among the 35 soldiers who escaped the massacre and joined the forces of Gen. Andrew Jackson at Pensacola.  There he enlisted as a private in the First Regiment, U.S. Volunteers.  His regiment participated in the Battle of Talledega March 9, 1813 and the Battle of Autosse in Alabama November 19, 1813.  He participated in the Battle of Eccawachaca (Holy Ground) December 23, 1813. He was with Gen. Andrew Jackson March 27, 1814 in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, final engagement against the Creek Indians.

 

His regiment participated in the battle against Jean Lafitte's pirate stronghold at Barrataria in Commodore Patterson's land forces September 11, 1814.  It also fought in the Battle of Rigolets December 14, 1814 near Lake Ponchartrain and served under Brig. Gen. J. L. Claiborne in the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.  He was stationed at Ft. Hawkins, Georgia in February 1816, and he was transferred to Ft. Crawford, Al­abama in January 1817.  He was A.W.O.L from Camp Montgomery, Alabama June 30, 1817, perhaps to marry Mary Jernigan, daughter of John Jernigan.  The bride was born in Georgia in 1803.  He received his corporal stripes August 15, 1817, but lost them again December 20, 1817 when he was court martialed for playing cards.  On January 1, 1818 he was reduced to ranks.  He was mustered out of the army at Ft. Scott, Georgia August 20, 1818.

 

Carlyle Stewart, a descendant of Pensacola, Florida, has made a thorough re­search into the life of William Whitmire, and it is through his courtesy that much of the material on him and his progeny appears in this section.  He wrote:

 

"It has been said by some of William's descendants that he saw Escambia Bay and fell in love with the area where the huge oak trees, covered with Spanish moss, gave a constant shade and cooled by the never-ending southern breezes, vowing to come back there to live when he had finished his military duty.  This may or may not have been true, but we do know that he was with Gen. Andrew Jackson about 1817 when he came to Pensacola, crossing Escambia Bay at the site where William later built his home."

 

He appeared at Nathansville, Alabama in the 1820 census of Conecuh County, Alabama:

 

        "Whitmire, William        white male       over 21

                                                 white female    under 21

                                                 white male       under 21"

 

William Whitmire received Warrant No. 24,243 for a land grant in White Coun­ty, Arkansas as a veteran of the War of 1812, according to "Arkansas Military Land Grants."  In 1822 he received Warrant No. 11,943 for a land grant in Faulkner County, Arkansas.  There is no evidence that he ever examined the land and probably sold it sight unseen.

 

Overdown Whitmire, a descendant, inquired about Nathansville with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.  The reply read:

 

"Mr. O. Whitmire

Box 1728

Atlanta 1, Ga.

 

My dear Mr. Whitmire,

 

We found Nathansville, Conecuh County, Alabama on a map of 1865.  It was almost on the border of Florida in the present county of Escambia.  Escambia was cre­ated from Conecuh and Baldwin in 1868.  Nathansville was near Ft. Crawford. The name appears for the last time as a post office in the Postal Guide of 1865."

 

                                                Sincerely yours,

                                                Mrs. Marie B. Owen

                                                Director"

 

William Whitmire removed from Alabama about 1829 to Floridatown, Florida, a small community on the north shore of Escambia Bay.

 

Mary Jernigan Whitmire was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Escambia County, "in the section of Florida east of Escambia River and the Bay of Pensacola," page 68:

 

        "Whitmire, Mary         white female    30-40

                                             white male      10-15

                                             white male       5-10

                                             white female     5-10

                                             white male       0-5

                                             white female     0-5"

 

Since William Whitmire did not appear in the 1830 census with his household some researchers have assumed that he had died shortly before.  However, he was men­tioned in the will of his father written April 23, 1831 to participate in the proceeds of the sale of seven slaves and to receive a third of his "loose property." A lack of communication possibly prevented his father from knowing of his death.  It is assumed that he died in the early part of 1830 in Escambia County.  He was buried on the bay seashore, and his grave was later washed away by the tide, according to Audrey Helan Murphy Schneider, a descendant.  Carlyle Stewart suggests that he was buried in a small cemetery "at the top of a small hill about one-fourth mile north of Escambia Bay on the east side of the tow [oxwagon road] where Blake and Winnie Jer­nigan were buried."

 

Mary Jernigan Whitmire reappeared as the head of a household in the 1840 cen­sus of Escambia County, page 26:

 

        "Whitmire, Mary            white female    30-40  

                                               white male      20-30  

                                               white male      15-20  

                                               white female    15-20  

                                               white female    10-15  

                                               white female     5-10          

                                               white male       0-5   

                                               white male       0-5"  

 

The eastern portion of Escambia County was renamed Santa Rosa County in 1842.

 

A relationship developed between Mary Jernigan Whitmire and Samuel C. Keyser about this time.  Carlyle Stewart wrote, "Some descendants have said that Samuel C. Keyser and Mary Jernigan Whitmire were married sometime after 1849, however no record of marriage has been established, and Mary Jernigan Whitmire used her mar­ried name to her death and lived as the head of household with her children."

 

Bond was posted December 3, 1849 by Mary Jernigan Whitmire, "widow of William Whitmire deceased and Edmund Whitmire of the County of Santarosa, State of Florida are held and firmly bound unto Henry Whitmire and Thomas Rogers at Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia in the sum of $300 for the true payment of $166.67 for the use and benefit of one William Dixon in the right of his wife, Bersheba, for­merly Bersheba Whitmire as one of the heirs at law of William Whitmire who was a lega­tee under the will of said Stephen Whitmire."   

 

She received an equal sum in her own right as her deceased husband's share of the es­tate of Stephen Whitmire:

 

"State of Georgia

County of Jackson

 

Received of Henry Whitmire and Thomas Rogers, agents in the distribution of the estate of John Whitmire, late of said county, deceased and who was late executor of Stephen Whitmire of Hall County, deceased, one hundred and sixty-six dollars, 66 2/3 in full of my distributive share as one of the heirs at law of William Whitmire deceased who was a legatee under the will of said Stephen Whitmire deceased.  This 3rd day of December 1849.

 

Attest:                                 Mary  Whitmire

  J.I. McCulloch

  Alfred Brooks, J.P."

 

At the same time she received an equal amount as attorney-in-fact for her son William Henry Whitmire. 

 

Mary Jernigan Whitmire appeared as the head of Household 235-258 in the 1850 census of Santa Rosa County:

 

        "Whitmire,   Mary           47, born in Georgia

                              Elizabeth    10, born in Florida

                              Margaret       7, born in Florida"

 

"Augustus W. Whitmire and Joseph C. Whitmire were not listed in the 1850 census," wrote Carlyle Stewart.  "This is explained in a letter written August 15, 1852 by Stephen William Whitmire to his brother-in-law and sister, William and Bar­sheba Whitmire Dixon in Bastrop, Texas which states, 'Mr. Keyser has carried the children to the North.'  He carried them presumably to his relatives in Pennsylvania. Stephen's letter also contained the statement, 'Mother has been quite sick for nearly a year.'"

 

In an adjacent location Household 235-255 was composed of "Samuel C. Keyser, 46, born in Pennsylvania" who lived alone.

 

Mary Jernigan Whitmire died about 1853, according to Carlyle Stewart who wrote February 8, 1985, "I have not been able to determine if Mary Jernigan Whitmire is buried in Milton Cemetery.  Some of the descendants with whom I talked in the early 1950s seem to think that she was buried there.  Beside her grandson Kim­brough Jameson Whitmire is an old unmarked grave that could be her grave."

 

He continued, "According to Legislative records in Tallahassee in the 6th Session of the House of Representatives on November 22, 1852 W. W. Harrison, state representative of Santa Rosa County announced his intention to present a bill to the House, to wit:

 

Change of names:

 

        Augustus W. Whitmire    to      Augustus W. Keyser

        Joseph C. Whitmire      to      Joseph C. Keyser

        Elizabeth Whitmire      to      Elizabeth Keyser

        Margaret Whitmire       to      Margaret Keyser"

 

Samuel C. Keyser was enumerated as the head of Household 658 in the 1860 census of Santa Rosa County composed of:

 

        "Keyser, Samuel C.      56     

                       Elizabeth        20

                       Margaret         17"

 

Nearby household 655 was composed of:

 

        "Keyser, A. W.          23

                       Minerva      19

                       Jessie           2"

 

The 1870 census of Santa Rosa County, Household 32, showed Samuel C. Keyser with wife Alice Keyser.  Household 33 was composed of Joseph C. Keyser, wife Emma Keyser and son Charles Keyser.

 

Children born to William Whitmire and Mary Jernigan Whitmire in­clude:

 

        Stephen William Whitmire   born in September 1818

        Edmund Joseph Whitmire    born January 19, 1821

        Beersheba Whitmire             born in 1823

        William Henry Whitmire      born in 1828

        Mary A. Whitmire                 born May 11, 1830

 

Other children born to Mary Jernigan Whitmire  include:

 

        Augustus W. Whitmire        born October 26, 1836

        Joseph C. Whitmire              born September 21, 1838

        Elizabeth J. Whitmire           born December 24, 1840

        Margaret Whitmire               born about 1843

 

Stephen William Whitmire, son of William Whitmire and Mary Jernigan Whitmire, was born in September 1818 in Conecuh County, Alabama.  He was mar­ried in 1841 in Santa Rosa County, Florida to Mary Pauline "Polly" Gibson, a half-Cherokee who was born in August 1818 in South Carolina.  [Carlyle Stewart shows the marriage date as January 1839.]  In 1852 while a resident of Milton, Florida he wrote a letter to his sister and husband who had removed to Texas:

 

"Milton, Florida

August 15, 1852

 

Mr. William Dixon

Bastrop P. Office, Texas

 

Dear Brother & Sister,

 

I received your letter dated July 5 p. which gave me and family great pleasure to hear that you and your family were well.  And that you can make good crops. Likewise that you have good society and schools.  We are all well at this time. Also all friends and acquaintances as far as I can learn.

 

Mr. Keyser has carried the children to the North.  Mother has been quite sick for nearly a year.  Mr. Isaac Hawkins sends his respects to you and family. John Ringdole is living at Bay Mattatto, and his family has not been very well this summer, only chills and fevers.  Mr. Sterns & Co. are building a steam sawmill on Fisherman's Point.  It will be sawing about Christmas.  I am living at the Hickory Point, also Mr. James R. Lee.  We have a small crop on hand that looks quite well for the chances, but the land won't bring so much to the acre as Texas.

 

I don't believe you are satisfied where you are, and that you had rather be in Florida again.

 

The town of Milton is improving faster than it ever has.  A great many stiff chaps have moved into it which makes it quite flourishing.  There have been some deaths in the county.  Blake Jernigan and wife [Winnie Jernigan], also William H. Johnson and F. A. Ball of Milton died this year.  B. Jernigan and wife died last year.

 

There are eight stores in Milton.  All doing good business.  Also a steam packet running from Milton to Pensacola and Navy Yard daily.

 

Mrs. Lee wishes to know if there is any such a man as Greenbury Haynes living anywhere about your county or town as he is her brother, and you will please write in your answer to this letter if you can find out.

 

I wish to know if you think I can make a fortune in Texas at anything I can do. I think that paper must be scarce in Texas from the size of your letter.  The last babe was a boy, and his name is John Henry.  He is little over a year old. Nothing more at present.

                                        I remain your affectionate Brother,

                                        Stephen Whitmire"

 

He died February 27, 1907, and she died January 17, 1910, according to the research Carlyle Stewart.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Seven children were born to Stephen William Whitmire and Mary Pauline "Polly" Gibson Whitmire, including:

 

        Mary Maria Whitmire                             born December 6, 1839

        Susan Whitmire                                       born June 14, 1844

        Vashti Whitmire                                      born March 1, 1846

        Larkin Lindsey Whitmire                         born October 6, 1847

        Margaret "Maggie" Whitmire                  born June 20, 1848

        John Henry Whitmire                               born April 15, 1851

        Baron DeKalb "Barney" Whitmire          born April 14, 1853

 

Mary Maria Whitmire, daughter of Stephen William Whitmire and Mary Pauline "Polly" Gibson Whitmire was born December 6, 1839 in Escambia Coun­ty.  She was married in 1867 in Milton to Levi Coleman Brown who was born April 1, 1835 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.  He died April 17, 1900, and she died March 20, 1937.  Both were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Lavada Brown                        born March 17, 1868

        George M. "Bud" Brown       born in 1872

        Mattie Rayne Brown              born July 20, 1873

 

Lavada Brown, daughter of Levi Coleman Brown and Mary Maria Whitmire Brown, was born March 17, 1868 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there March 3, 1889 to Joe E. McCarty who was also born in 1868.  He died February 12, 1900, and she died May 23, 1938.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

George M. "Bud" Brown, son of Levi Coleman Brown and Mary Maria Whitmire Brown, was born in 1872.  He died unmarried in 1935 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Mattie Rayne Brown, daughter of Levi Coleman Brown and Mary Maria Whitmire Brown, was born July 20, 1873 in Santa Rosa County.  She was mar­ried there December 31, 1893 to John F. Allen who was born February 17, 1870.  She died November 10, 1925, and he died August 1, 1944.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Susan Whitmire, daughter of Stephen William Whitmire and Mary Pau­line "Polly" Gibson Whitmire, was born June 14, 1844 in Santa Rosa County. She was married December 23, 1871 in Milton to George Washington Hamilton, son of George Madison Hamilton and Mary A. Whitmire Hamilton.  He was born in Santa Rosa County July 8, 1848.  She died August 25, 1908, and she died October 20, 1915.  Both were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Amazon Hamilton                 born October 16, 1875

 

Amazon Hamilton, daughter of George Washington Hamilton and Susan Whitmire Hamilton, was born October 16, 1875 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there December 20, 1893 to James Clayton Stewart, son of Andrew Jack­son Stewart and Nancy Catherine Hobbs Stewart.  He was born January 18, 1872 in Oak Grove, Florida and died June 1, 1946.  She died June 24, 1949. They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Vashti Whitmire, daughter of Stephen William Whitmire and Mary Paul­ine "Polly" Gibson Whitmire, was born March 1, 1846 in Santa Rosa County. She was married in 1868 to Zackery Taylor Jones who was born in Virginia March 30, 1850.  He died September 12, 1904, and she died June 14, 1912.  They were buried in Whitmire Cemetery, Ferry Pass, Florida.

 

Children born to Zackery Taylor Jones and Vashti Whitmire Jones in­clude:

 

        Kirby Ledbetter Jones       born May 18, 1869

        Stephen Judge Jones          born March 13, 1873

        Allie Mae Jones                 born December 16, 1875

 

Kirby Ledbetter Jones, son of Zackery Taylor Jones and Vashti Whit­mire Jones, was born May 18, 1869 in Escambia County, Florida.  He was mar­ried November 20, 1889 in Pensacola to Mary Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of John Ludlow Hoyt and Frances Elvira Henry Hoyt.  She was born June 4, 1866.  He died November 11, 1923, and she died November 22, 1928.  They were buried in Whitmire Cemetery, Ferry Pass.

 

Stephen Judge Jones, son of Zackery Taylor Jones and Vashti Whitmire Jones, was born March 13, 1873 in Escambia County.  He was married there Jan­uary 8, 1899 to Lela Gertrude Nobles, daughter of William L. Nobles and Kittie Roberts Nobles who was born March 25, 1873.  He died July 9, 1957, and she died October 27, 1969.  They were buried in Pensacola Memorial Gardens.

 

Allie Mae Jones, daughter of Zackery Taylor Jones and Vashti Whit­mire Jones, was born December 16, 1875 in Escambia County.  She was married there December 9, 1896 to John Henry Hoyt, son of John Ludlow Hoyt and Frances Elvira Henry Hoyt.  He was born November 16, 1867.  She died De­cember 28, 1914, and he died March 11, 1931.  They were buried in Whitmire Cemetery, Ferry Pass.

 

Larkin Lindsey Whitmire, son of Stephen William Whitmire and Mary Pauline "Polly" Gibson Whitmire, was born October 6, 1847 in Santa Rosa Coun­ty.  He was married in 1867 in Santa Rosa County to Nancy Perry, daughter of Nancy Sullivan Perry.  She was born April 10, 1849 in Coffee County, Al­abama.  She died March 17, 1893, and he was remarried to Mrs. Sophia Adoline Hamilton Giles November 1, 1899.  No children were born to Sophia Adoline Hamilton Giles Whitmire.  He died November 14, 1925.  They were buried in Milton Ceme­tery.

 

Children born to Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire include:

 

        Camma Whitmire                  born in April 1868

        Stephen Robert Whitmire     born September 9, 1870

        William Henry Whitmire      born August 1, 1873

        Mary Hamilton Whitmire     born May 24, 1877

        John Perry Whitmire             born May 22, 1879

        Shelie Oguire Whitmire        born August 3, 1881

        Lucy Whitmire                      born May 25, 1885

 

Camma Whitmire, daughter of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born in April 1868 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there February 28, 1897 to William Henry McCombs who was born in May 1868.  She died February 5, 1923, and he died December 15, 1925.  They were buried in Milton Cem­etery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        William Henry McCombs    born May 14, 1898

        Gulliver "Henry" McComb  born December 3, 1899

        Perry McCombs                    born November 2, 1901

        Martha Vashti McCombs     born December 6, 1903

        Lark Linton McCombs         born January 29, 1905

        Lestee McCombs                  born August 10, 1908

        Edna McCombs                    born August 26, 1910

 

William Henry McCombs, son of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whit­mire McCombs, was born May 14, 1898 in Santa Rosa County.  He died there Ap­ril 14, 1942 unmarried and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Gulliver "Henry" McCombs, son of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire McCombs, was born December 3, 1899 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there April 18, 1929 to Alice Irma Conner, daughter of Wilba Cloud Conner and Nora Parker Conner.  He died November 29, 1980, and she died April 16, 1983.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Perry McCombs, son of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire Mc­Combs, was born November 2, 1901 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married July 3, 1922 in Brewton, Alabama to Inez Fisher, daughter of H. W. Fisher.  He was remarried July 31, 1942 in Milton to Agnes Myrtle Hall, daugh­ter of Tom Hall and Kate Hall, who was born February 26, 1911.

 

Martha Vashti McCombs, daughter of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire McCombs, was born December 6, 1903 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there May 18, 1922 to Charles Bruner Jordan, son of George Washington Jordan and Jeffie Lee Thompson Jordan, who was born February 20, 1898.  She died April 12, 1941, and he died August 8, 1967.  They were buried in Mil­ton Cemetery.

 

Lark Linton McCombs, son of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire McCombs, was born January 29, 1905 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there June 13, 1929 to Winnie Irene Jernigan, daughter of Chaffin Jernigan and Maude LePard Jernigan, who was born January 6, 1908.  He died February 4, 1985 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Lestee McCombs, daughter of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire McCombs, was born August 10, 1908 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married Jan­uary 4, 1935 in Jackson County, Florida to Frederick Waymer King, son of Al­fred Alfonso King and Florence Posser King, who was born October 21, 1901.  She died January 29, 1966, and he died November 11, 1974.  They were buried in Pope Cemetery, Sneads, Florida.

 

Edna McCombs, daughter of William Henry McCombs and Camma Whitmire McCombs, was born August 26, 1910 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married November 12, 1927 in Milton to Curry Word.  Following his death she was re­married November 22, 1932 in Milton to Wade Hampton Cobb, son of Hughs Hamp­ton Cobb and Maggie Mae Penton Cobb.  He died June 5, 1977 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Stephen Robert Whitmire, son of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born September 9, 1870 in Santa Rosa County.  He was mar­ried there May 24, 1896 to Margaret Dell Jones, daughter of Henry White Jones and Mary Eliza Whitmire Jones, who was born August 13, 1880 in Santa Rosa County.  Margaret Dell Jones Whitmire died in 1904, according to a fam­ily report, however "Maggie Jones Whitmire, born August 13, 1880, died June 7, 1963, age 82" was buried in Whitmire Cemetery, Ferry Pass, according to her tombstone there.  Stephen Robert Whitmire was remarried April1 16, 1905 to Emme Cawthon.  She was born March 20, 1888 in Milton to W. R. Cawthon and Molly Rail­igh Cawthon.  No children were born to either union.  Stephen Robert Whitmire and Emme Cawthon Whitmire were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

William Henry Whitmire, son of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born August 1, 1873 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there March 7, 1895 to Katie Marquardt who was born October 20, 1878.  He died February 7, 1948.  Katie Marquardt Whitmire died January 30, 1970.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Velia Barnes Whitmire               born December 9, 1895

        Nancy Perry Whitmire                 born July 19, 1898

        George Marquardt Whitmire       born November 25, 1902

        Clara Whitmire                             born September 8, 1906

        Henry Ervin Whitmire                  born August 23, 1910

 

Velia Barnes Whitmire, daughter of William Henry Whitmire and Katie Marquardt Whitmire, was born December 9, 1895 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married in Washington County, Florida January 14, 1939 to Alfred Betterton, son of John Thomas Betterton and Anna Crain Betterton, who was born September 2, 1886 in Alabama.  He died May 13, 1981 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Nancy Perry Whitmire, daughter of William Henry Whitmire and Katie Marquardt Whitmire, was born July 19, 1898 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there March 25, 1919 to James Arthur Park, son of Clayton John Park and Mary McNicol Park, who was born in Trinidad, Colorado.  He died December 22, 1974 and was buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.

 

George Marquardt Whitmire, son of William Henry Whitmire and Katie Marquardt Whitmire, was born November 25, 1902 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married July 1, 1928 in Tift County, Georgia to Lucille Ford, daughter of Mitche Ugene Ford and Lulu Hunter Ford, who was born there April 8, 1907.  Children born to George Marquardt Whitmire and Lucille Ford Whitmire are unknown.

 

Clara Whitmire, daughter of William Henry Whitmire and Katie Mar­quardt Whitmire, was born September 8, 1906 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there to Bertelle Oveida Jernigan, son of Curtis Jernigan and Martha Elizabeth Webb Jernigan, who was born October 27, 1903.  He died December 3, 1982 and was buried in Elizabeth Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery.

 

Henry Ervin Whitmire, son of William Henry Whitmire and Katie Mar­quardt Whitmire, was born August 23, 1910 in Santa Rosa County.  He was mar­ried February 21, 1937 in Liberty County, Florida to Irene Halstead, daughter of Ivey Halstead and Maiden Minnie Dykes Halstead.  He was married November 12, 1956 in Decatur County, Georgia to Myrtice Wilson, daughter of John Warren Wilson and Minnie Lee Everitte Wilson, who was born March 18, 1910 in Andalusia, Alabama.  No children were born to Henry Ervin Whitmire, Irene Halstead Whitmire and Myrtice Wilson Whitmire.

 

Mary Hamilton Whitmire, daughter of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born May 24, 1877 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there October 25, 1899 to Samuel Louis Keyser, son of Augustus W. [Whitmire] Keyser and Minerva Cotton Keyser, who was born November 10, 1872.  He died March 21, 1951, and she died January 9, 1968.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to Samuel Louis Keyser and Mary Hamilton Whitmire Keyser include:

 

        Sherwood Keyser                  born February 9, 1901

        Newman Louis Keyser          born March 5, 1904

        Julian Keyser                         born May 8, 1908

        Mary Louise Keyser              born July 6, 1916

 

Sherwood Keyser, son of Samuel Louis Keyser and Mary Hamilton Whit­mire Keyser, was born February 9, 1901 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there December 22, 1923 in Milton to Bertha Sampley, daughter of David Jessie Sampley and Ella Eugenia Hawkins Sampley, who was born January 10, 1901 in Ft. Deposit, Alabama.  She died March 14, 1972 and was buried in Strickland Cemetery in Santa Rosa County.

 

Newman Louis Keyser, son of Samuel Louis Keyser and Mary Hamilton Whitmire Keyser, was born March 5, 1904 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there September 23, 1923 to Susie Inez Martin, daughter of John Martin and Mamie Sampley Martin, who was born September 15, 1900 in Ft. Depos­it.  She died May 14, 1936, and he was married six other times.  He died January 4, 1969 and was buried in Milton Cemetery beside his first wife.

 

Julian Keyser, son of Samuel Louis Keyser and Mary Hamilton Whitmire Keyser, was born May 8, 1908 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married April 24, 1942 to Opal English, daughter of Wiley English and Ella English, who was born March 17, 1912 in Monroe County, Alabama. 

 

Mary Louise Keyser, daughter of Samuel Louis Keyser and Mary Hamil­ton Whitmire Keyser, was born July 6, 1916 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there April 24, 1932 to James Durwood Williams, son of John Williams and Tertia Williams, who was born in Franklin County, Florida December 21, 1911.  He died March 26, 1974, and she was remarried July 10, 1976 in Okaloosa County, Florida to Doyle Lee Creel, son of Henley Elijah Creel and Lelia D. Creel, who was born April 25, 1916 in Franklin County, Alabama.

 

John Perry Whitmire, son of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born May 22, 1879 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there August 9, 1905 to Iva Belle Hamilton, daughter of Edward Milton Hamilton and Rosa Lee Vaughn Hamilton, who was born there April 1, 1889.  He died November 26, 1958, and she died September 18, 1964.  John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Mabel Clair Whitmire            born September 8, 1907

        Iris Alma Whitmire                 born August 29, 1910

        Edward Perry Whitmire          born September 13, 1913

        Alta Lucille Whitmire             born December 15, 1915

        Rufus Aloquins Whitmir        born December 29, 1919

 

Mabel Clair Whitmire, daughter of John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire, was born September 8, 1907 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there April 5, 1928 to Sherman Edward Lewis, son of Gus Lewis and Mary Bonifay Lewis, who was born October 28, 1902 at Bagdad, Flori­da.

 

Iris Alma Whitmire, daughter of John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire, was born August 29, 1910 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married October 10, 1931 in Dothan, Alabama to Stephen Baird Chambers, son of Fowler Chambers and Lucille Chambers, who was born January 29, 1911 in Hous­ton County, Alabama.  He died March 30, 1954 and was buried in Cedar Hills Cemetery in Bessemer, Alabama.

 

Edward Perry Whitmire, son of John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire, was born September 13, 1913 in Santa Rosa County.  He was married there July 3, 1936 to Elsie Foxworth Armistead, daughter of John Fox­worth and Susie Warick Foxworth, who was born June 29. 1902.  He died February 3, 1969 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.  Children born to Edward Perry Whitmire and Elsie Foxworth Armistead Whitmire are unknown.

 

Alta Lucille Whitmire, daughter of John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire, was born December 15, 1915 in Santa Rosa County.  She died unmarried October 29, 1983 and was buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Rufus Aloquins Whitmire, son of John Perry Whitmire and Iva Belle Hamilton Whitmire, was born December 29, 1919 in Santa Rosa County and, un­married, continued to live there in 1985.

 

Shelie O'Guire Whitmire, daughter of Larkin Lindsey Whitmire and Nancy Perry Whitmire, was born August 3, 1881 in Santa Rosa County.  She was married there December 7, 1898 to William Augustus Stewart son of Andrew Jackson Stewart and Nancy Catherine Hobbs Stewart who was born De­cember 30, 1868 in a Okaloosa County, Florida.  He died August 27, 1935, and she died May 18, 1965.  They were buried in Milton Cemetery.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Mary Oneda Stewart                   born January 12, 1900

        Nancy Frazier Stewart                born October 4, 1901

        Susie Stewart                              born November 2, 1903

        William Maxwell Stewart          born February 9, 1905

         (daughter)                                   born in 1907

        Lester Stewart                             born September 22, 1909

        Ola Belle Stewart                       born December 23, 1912

        Eva Shirley Stewart                    born August 20, 1914

        Jack Holley Stewart                   born August 19, 1916

        Carlyle Stewart                          born November 6, 1918