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Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7), son of Christopher Columbus Whitmire, Jr. (W7/4.1), was born October 29, 1805.  He was married about 1827, wife's name Susannah.  She was born in 1810.  They appeared in the 1830 census of Henderson County.  It is believed that she died shortly after giving birth to twins.  He was remarried about 1830 to Judith JordAn (J6/1.1) who was born December 8, 1808 to Robert Jordan (J7/1.1), a Baptist minister.

 

Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) received 90 acres on the French Broad River from Christopher Columbus Whitmire, Jr. (W7/4.1) in 1834, according to Buncombe County Deed Book 21, page 316.  He was mentioned in the will of his father dated March 29, 1837 as the recipient of "a piece of land lying on both sides of the middle fork of the French Broad River which I have give him a title for the4 same for his part of my estate."  He joined the Baptist Church in 1843 and was appointed a deacon in 1845, according to his tombstone.  They settled at Hendersonville, North Carolina. He died April 30, 1891, and she died February 28, 1901.  They were buried in Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church, Cherryfield.

 

Children born to Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Susannah Whitmire include:

 

        Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire  (W5/7.1)      born in February 1827

        Elizabeth Whitmire (twin) (W5/7.2)      born in 1829

        Harriett Whitmire (twin)  (W5/7.3)      born in 1829

                                      Children born to Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan (J6/1.1) include:

 

        Robert Albert Whitmire    (W5/7.4)      born June 8, 1831

        Nancy Whitmire            (W5/7.5)      born May 30, 1833

        Christopher C. Whitmire   (W5/7.6)      born April 27, 1835

        Susan Whitmire            (W5/7.7)      born March 9, 1838

        Sallie Jordan Whitmire    (W5/7.8)      born about 1840

        Fleming Whitmire          (W5/7.9)      born April 12, 1842

        William Allen Whitmire    (W5/7.10)     born June 30, 1847

 

Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1), son of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Susannah Whitmire, was born in February 1827 at Hendersonville.  He was married about 1850 to Lydia B. Glazener (G5/1.1), daughter of Isaac Glazener (G6/1.1) and Elizabeth Owen Glazener (O6/1.1), according to Joe Cowart, Whitmire researcher of Daytona Beach, Florida.  She was born in North Carolina in 1827.

 

Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) appeared as the head of Household No. 1332 in the 1860 census of Henderson County:

 

        "Whitmire, Pleasant     32, born in North Carolina

                   Lydia        32, born in North Carolina

                   Eliza         9, born in North Carolina

                   Marcus        7, born in North Carolina

                   Richard       2, born in North Carolina

          Peoples, George       45"

 

In 1861 Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) purchased 100 acres from his brother Christopher C. Whitmire (W5/7.6), according to Henderson County Deed Book 26, page 122.  On December 19, 1861 he sold 380 acres back to his brother.  In the following year he purchased 20 acres from L. S. Gash, according to Henderson County Deed Book 42, page 549.  By 1869 Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) had moved his family to Tennessee.

 

On August 31, 1875 "P. Whitmire" received from George McWhorter and his wife Elizabeth McWhorter of Denton County, Texas a deed to 320 acres on Cowhouse River, 12 miles south of Gatesville, Texas for $320, according to Coryell County, Texas Deed Book I, page 356.  He sold some of the property to William C. Glazner, believed to be a relative of his wife, August 16, 1879 for $500, according to Coryell County Deed Book M, page 763.  On July 8, 1883 he sold the remaining 210 acres to John W. Cooper and M. J. Cooper for $1,500, according to Coryell County Deed Book S, page 33.

 

On May 14, 1883 "P. Whitmier" purchased 270 acres on South Noland's Creek from John McDowell and his wife Caroline McDowell for $2,000, according to Bell County, Texas Deed Book 45, page 34.

 

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 34, page 10, precinct 7:

 

        "Whitmire, Plez         73, born in February 1827 in North Carolina

                   L. B.        73, born in May 1827 in North Carolina, wife

                   S. W.        31, born in February 1869 in Tennessee, son"

 

Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) appeared as the head of a household in the 1910 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 24, page 9:

 

        "Whitmire, Pleasant     82, born in North Carolina

                   Lydia        81, born in North Carolina

                   Steven       41, born in Tennessee"

 

"One sister and one brother were also enumerated in the household," according to Lois Ladora Crossland Price (C2/7.5).

 

Children born to Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) and Lydia B. Glazener Whitmire (G5/1.1) include:

 

        Marcus E. Whitmire      (W4/1.1)     born in December 1853

        William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2)     born in May 1865

        Stephen W. Whitmire     (W4/1.3)     born in February 1869

 

Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) born in December 1853 in North Carolina.  He was married August 6, 1878 to Lula B. Sharp (S4/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book F, page 277.  She, the daughter of Emily H. Sharp, was born in August 1862 in Texas.  A week later on August 14, 1878 Emily H. Sharp deeded 100 acres on Rocky Creek in the J. Calder Survey, located 23 miles west of Belton, Texas to Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), "my daughter," according to Bell County Deed Book 33, page 438.

 

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 8, page 29, precict 8:

 

        "Whitmire, M. E.        26, born in North Carolina

                   Lula         18, born in Texas, wife

                   Bertha     7/12, born in Texas, daughter

            Sharp, Emily H.     57, born in Georgia, mother-in-law"

 

On December 20, 1880 in an inheritance settlement Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1) for $100 deeded their interest in 120 acres on the Lampasas River to her sisters and their husbands, according to Bell County Deed Book 41, page 155.  The conveyance was made to J. W. Cox and M. J. Sharp Cox (S4/1.2), S. G. Haynes and M. C. Sharp Haynes (S4/1.3) "of Comanche County, Texas" and E. M. Kelly and Emily M. Sharp Kelly (S4/1.4), also of Comanche County.  Emily H. Sharp had deeded 100 acres on Lampasas River March 5, 1869 to her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Cox, wife of J. W. Cox, according to Bell County Deed Book L, page 132.

 

Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) "et ux" deeded property January 9, 1883 to Nancy A. Purl, according to Bell County Deed Book 42, page 487.  They purchased 300 acres of land on Noland's Creek from M. L. Crawford February 5, 1883 for $3,000, according to Bell County Deed Book 41, page 450.

 

On March 20, 1883 he purchased 110 acres "12 miles south of Gatesville," which his father had once owned, from William C. Glazener and his wife M. E. Glazener, according to Coryell County Deed Book R, page 371.  On the same day he resold the land to R. C. Whitmire for $300.

 

Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) reappeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 33, page 19, precinct 7:

 

        "Whitmire, Marcus E.    46, born December 1853 in North Carolina

                   Lula         37, born August 1862 in Texas, wife

                   Arthur L.    18, born December 1881 in Texas, son

                   Esther       16, born January 1884 in Texas, daughter

                   Connie       14, born April 1886 in Texas, daughter

                   Worley       10, born August 1889 in Texas, son"

 

They reappeared in the 1910 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 25, page 15:

 

        "Whitmire, Mark E.      56, born in 1853 in North Carolina

                   Lula         47, born in 1862 in Texas, wife

                   Essie        26, born in 1884 in Texas, daughter

                   Connie       24, born in 1886 in Texas, daughter

                   Worley       20, born in 1889 in Texas, son"

 

He died October 4, 1937 in Scurry County, according to Texas BVS File 52251.

 

Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) was the subject of a column written by Dayton Kelley, Mary Hardin-Baylor College which appeared in the July 11, 1965 edition of "Waco Tribune-Herald:"

 

"We were reminded of old Chalk Bluff, Texas recently by a little booklet carrying the name of M. E. Whitmire, dealer in general merchandise, Chalk Bluff, Texas.  Dated 1929, the booklet is Dr. L. D. LeGear's 'Scientific Treatise on Dairy Cows, Horses, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry.'  The name LeGear is a famous one in farm and ranch circles--or at least it was back then--manufacturing all kinds of livestock remedies.

 

Uncle Mark, as he was affectionately known, was the owner of the small general merchandise store which sat almost under the bluff and just across the road from his spacious home.  Here the tenant farmers who worked the Whitmire land could buy food, clothing and a few of the luxuries of those days.

 

Though it has been gone now these many years, there are hundreds of people who remember it because their fathers worked at one time some of the hundreds of acres of land owned by Mr. Whitmire or lived in one of the dozens of houses which dotted his spacious holdings.

 

They remember too, Uncle Mark as he drove up and down the roads around Nolanville in his 1929 black Buick, one of the few on the road in those days.  A rather short man, Mr. Whitmire could be seen driving and peering through the spokes of the steering wheel which seemed almost too big for him to handle.

 

They remember Aunt Lula, as Mrs. Whitmire was called, who lived to be nearly a hundred [?] and rarely missed going to church at Nolan Valley Baptist Church.  They buried Aunt Lula from that building a few years ago just as they had Uncle Mark many years before [?].

 

The Whitmires reared a number of children, now scattered all the way from Texas to California.  The one we know best is W. S. Whitmire, recently removed from Killeen to Belton.  The old store was just about gone by the time we came along, but the impression remains.

 

One story we remember in particular concerns some young boys who sneaked under the store, bored a hole in the floor up into a barrel of sugar, drained out a bucketful and then plugged the hole with a corncob.  Thereafter when they wanted a little sugar for something, they simply unplugged the seemingly endless supply and let a little drain out."

 

Children born to Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1) include:

 

        Bertha Whitmire         (W3/1.1)        born in 1879

        Arthur L. Whitmire      (W3/1.2)        born in December 1881

        Esther Whitmire         (W3/1.3)        born in January 1884

        Connie Imogene Whitmire (W3/1.4)        born in April 1886

        Worley S. Whitmire      (W3/1.5)        born in August 1889

 

Bertha Whitmire (W3/1.1), daughter of Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), was born in Bell County in 1879.  She was married in 1898 to J. V. Newsom (N3/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book M, page 280.

 

Arthur L. Whitmire (W3/1.2), son of Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), was born in Bell County in December 1881.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

Esther Whitmire (W3/1.3), daughter of Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), was born in Bell County in January 1884.

 

Connie Imogene Whitmire (W3/1.4), daughter of Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), was born in April 1886 in Bell County.  She appeared as a 14-year-old in the 1900 census enumeration of her father's household, and at age 24 in the 1910 enumeration.  She was married in 1911 to Ira A. Griffin (G3/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book S, page 271.  She had resumed her maiden name when she was married at age 58 to George W. Forehand, Sr. (F3/1.1) August 15, 1943, according to Bell County Marriage Book 35, page 154.  [Her name was rendered as Carrie Imogene Whitmire (W3/1.4) on this marriage license.]

 

Worley S. Whitmire (W3/1.5), son of Marcus E. Whitmire (W4/1.1) and Lula B. Sharp Whitmire (S4/1.1), was born in Bell County in August 1889.  He appeared as a 10-year-old in 1900 and as a 20-year-old in 1910 in the enumerations of his father's household.  He was married in 1922 to Jessie L. Sanderford (S3/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book X, page 564.  Children born to Worley S. Whitmire (W3/1.5) and Jessie L. Sanderford Whitmire (S3/1.1) are unknown.

 

William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2), son of Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) and Lydia B. Glazener Whitmire (G5/1.1), was born in May 1865 in North Carolina.  He was brought to Bell County by his parents.  He was married there November 9, 1885 to Emma B. Walker (W4/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book G, page 579.  She was born in 1869 in Monroe, Louisiana.  On August 22, 1887 when their first child, Frederick Herman Whitmire (W3/1.1), was born they were living in Nolanville, Texas. 

 

William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) was appointed appraiser of the estate of James Henry Cox (C3/1.1) and Mary Ann Sutton Brown Cox (S3/1.1) February 12, 1900, according to Bell County Deed Book N, page 51.  He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 34, page 11, precinct 7:

 

        "Whitmire, W. P.        35, born in May 1865 in North Carolina

                   Emma         30, born in November 1869 in Louisiana

                   Fred         13, born in August 1886 in Texas

                   Opal          8, born in July 1891 in Texas

                   Cleo          5, born in August 1894 in Texas

                   Bryant        3, born in February 1897 in Texas

                   Inez      11/12, born in June 1899 in Texas"

 

The family reappeared in the 1910 census of Bell County in an adjacent location to his parents in Enumeration District 24, page 9:

 

        Whitmire, Wm. P.        45, born in 1865 in Louisiana

                  Emma          41, born in 1869 in Louisiana

                  Opal          18, born in 1891 in Texas

                  Cleo          16, born in 1894 in Texas

                  Bryan         13, born in 1897 in Texas

                  Inez          11, born in 1899 in Texas

                  Ruth           7, born in 1903 in Texas"

 

Children born to William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1) include:

 

        Frederick Herman Whitmire       (W3/2.1)        born August 22, 1887

        Opal Whitmire                   (W3/2.2)        born in July 1891

        Cleo Whitmire                   (W3/2.3)        born in August 1894

        Bryant Whitmire                 (W3/2.4)        born in February 1897

        Inez Whitmire                   (W3/2.5)        born in June 1899

        Ruth Whitmire                   (W3/2.6)        born in 1903

                                            Frederick Herman Whitmire (W3/2.1), son of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born November 9, 1885, according to Bell County Birth Book 13, page 440.  He was married in 1911 to Geneva Roberta Tulloch (T3/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book S, page 546.  She was born at Belton, Texas in 1890.  In 1915 he was listed as a clerk.  He was a Santa Fe Railroad agent in Bell County in 1918.  On March 2, 1942 Geneva Roberta Tulloch (T3/1.1) filed affidavits to secure birth certificates for her children.

 

Children born to Frederick Herman Whitmire (W3/2.1) and Geneva Roberta Tulloch Whitmire (T3/1.1) include:

 

        Frederick Tulloch Whitmire      (W2/1.1)        born September 3, 1915

        Emily Eliza Whitmire            (W2/1.2)        born April 26, 1918

 

Frederick Tulloch Whitmire (W2/1.1), son of Frederick Herman Whitmire (W3/2.1) and Geneva Roberta Tulloch Whitmire (T3/1.1), was born September 3, 1915 in Belton, according to Bell County Probate Birth Book 1908, page 66.

 

Emily Eliza Whitmire (W2/1.2), daughter of Frederick Herman Whitmire (W3/2.1) and Geneva Roberta Tulloch Whitmire (T3/1.1), was born April 26, 1918, according to Bell County Birth Book 3, page 154.

 

Opal Whitmire (W4/2.2), daughter of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma . Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born in July 1891 in Bell County.  She appeared there in the 1900 census as an eight-year-old.  She reappeared at age 18 in her father's household in the 1910 census of Bell County.

 

Cleo Whitmire (W4/2.3), daughter of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born in August 1894 in Bell County.  She appeared there in the 1900 census as a five-year-old.  She reappeared as a 16-year-old in the 1910 enumeration of her father's household.  She was married in 1918 to J. J. Nail (N4/1.1), according to Bell County Marriage Book W, page 34.

 

Bryant Whitmire (W4/2.4), son of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born in February 1897.  He was listed as a three-year-old in the 1900 census of Bell County and reappeared as a 13-year-old in 1910.

 

Inez Whitmire (W4/2.5), daughter of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born in June 1899 in Bell County.  She appeared in the 1900 census of the county at 11 months and at 11 years in the 1910 enumeration.

 

Ruth Whitmire (W4/2.6), daughter of William Porter Whitmire (W4/1.2) and Emma B. Walker Whitmire (W4/1.1), was born in 1903.  She was reported as a seven-year-old in the 1910 enumeration of Bell County.

 

Stephen W. Whitmire (W4/1.3), son of Pleasant "Plez" Whitmire (W5/7.1) and Lydia B. Glazener Whitmire (G5/1.1), was born in Tennessee in February 1869.  He appeared in the 1900 and in the 1910 census enumeration of his parents' household in Bell County. He was married in 1918 to Mrs. N. K. Ford, according to Bell County Marriage Book V, page 510.  Children born to Stephen W. Whitmire (W4/1.3) and N. K. Ford Whitmire are unknown.

 

Elizabeth Whitmire (W5/7.2), twin daughter of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Susannah Whitmire, was born in 1829.

 

Harriett Whitmire (W5/7.3), twin daughter of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Susannah Whitmire, was born in 1829.

 

Robert Albert Whitmire (W5/7.4), son of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born June 8, 1831 at Hendersonville.  He was married about 1855 to Lucy Ann Duckworth (D5/1.1)

 

Children born to Robert Albert Whitmire (W5/7.4) and Lucy Ann Duckworth Whitmire (D5/1.1) include:

 

        William Probit Whitmire         (W4/4.1)        born December 25, 1858

        Thomas C. Whitmire              (W4/4.2)        born about 1860

        Judith Whitmire                 (W4/4.3)        born in 1862

        Van Whitmire                    (W4/4.4)        born in 1864

 

William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1), son of Robert Albert Whitmire (W5/7.4) and Lucy Ann Duckworth Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born on Christmas day, 1858 in Hendersonville.  He was married about 1880 to Annie Floyd (F4/1.1), daughter of J. S. Floyd (F5/1.1) and Sue Coleman Floyd (C5/1.1) who was born September 29, 1862.  He became a politician and was elected the first mayor Brevard, North Carolina and the first Registrar of Deeds in Transylvania County.  They removed to Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1910.  She died in 1914, and he was remarried in 1916 to Ninna Deaver (D4/1.1), daughter of William Henry Deaver (D5/1.1) and Mary L. Green Deaver (G5/1.1).  She was born December 20, 1879.  He served as Henderson County Tax Collector in 1924.  He died March 13, 1944, and Ninna Deaver Whitmire (D4/1.1) died July 11, 1946.  They were buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville.

 

Children born to William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1) include:

 

        Aileen Broadus Whitmire         (W3/1.1)        born November 12, 1887

        Guy Whitmire                    (W3/1.2)        born in 1891

        William Probit Whitmire, Jr.    (W3/1.3)        born February 14, 1894

        Robert Lee Whitmire             (W3/1.4)        born January 21, 1898

        James Floyd Whitmire            (W3/1.5)        born in 1899

        Ada Coleman Whitmire            (W3/1.6)        born April 16, 1900

        Boyce Augustus Whitmire         (W3/1.7)        born October 21, 1905

 

Aileen Broadus Whitmire (W3/1.1), daughter of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born November 12, 1887.  She was married about 1916, husband's name McLean.  She died in December 1970.

 

Guy Whitmire (W3/1.2), son of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born in 1891.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

William Probit Whitmire, Jr. (W3/1.3), son of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1), and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born February 14, 1894 in Hendersonville.  He was married about 1918 to Hazel Evans (E3/1.1).  He wrote in a newspaper article published about 1927, "My great great great grandfather Christopher Whitmire with his two brothers came from Germany to Western North Carolina 150 years ago.  Christopher settled near Rosman, and his brothers settled in South Carolina."

 

He became a medical doctor and in later years lived in Tucson, Arizona.  Children born to William Probit Whitmire, Jr. (W3/1.3) and Hazel Evans Whitmire (E3/1.1) are unknown.  They were the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Guy Grant and Mrs. G. W. McLean.  Both lived in Portsmouth, Virginia.

 

Robert Lee Whitmire (W3/1.4), son of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born January 21, 1898 in Hendersonville and continued to live there.  He enlisted in the U. S. Army during World War I.  He became an attorney and was married about 1922 to Lois Jones (J3/1.1).  He became a Superior Court Judge.  He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1945 to 1953 and was elected to the state senate in 1957.  He served on the North Carolina Utilities Commission until 1958, according to Francis M. Reese writing in "Henderson County Heritage."  He died March 6, 1970.  Children born to Robert Lee Whitmire (W3/1.4) and Lois Jones Whitmire (J3/1.1) are unknown.

 

James Floyd Whitmire (W3/1.5), son of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born in 1899.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

Ada Coleman Whitmire (W3/1.6), daughter of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born April 16, 1900.  She was married about 1919 to Jesse Guy Grant (34/1.1).  She died May 15, 1980.

 

Boyce Augustus Whitmire (W3/1.7), son of William Probit Whitmire (W4/4.1) and Annie Floyd Whitmire (F4/1.1), was born October 21, 1905 in Brevard and graduated from high school in Hendersonville.  He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and studied law at Wake Forest University.  Following graduation he returned to Hendersonville and worked in the law office of his brother Robert Lee Whitmire (W3/1.4).

 

He was married there in 1929 to Patricia Bean (B3/1.1) of Jacksonville, North Carolina.  In 1958 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, and in 1960 was elected state senator.  He was appointed a trustee of Western Carolina University by Gov. Terry Sanford.  He was later elected mayor of Hendersonville and served eight years in that capacity.

 

Children born to Boyce Augustus Whitmire (W3/1.7) and Patricia Bean Whitmire (B3/1.1) include:

 

        Boyce Augustus Whitmire, Jr.    (W2/7.1)        born in 1930

        William Fritz Whitmire          (W2/7.2)        born in 1935

        Guy Patrick Whitmire            (W2/7.3)        born in 1937

        John Floyd Whitmire             (W2/7.4)        born in 1941

        James Truman Whitmire           (W2/7.5)        born in 1943

        Patricia Luanne Whitmire        (W2/7.6)        born in 1946

 

Thomas C. Whitmire (W4/4.2), son of Robert Allen Whitmire (W5/7.4) and Lucy Ann Duckworth Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born about 1860 in Hendersonville.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

Judith Whitmire (W4/4.3), daughter of Robert Albert Whitmire (W5/7.4) and Lucy Ann Duckworth Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born in 1862 in Hendersonville.  She was married about 1883 to V. S. King (K4/1.1).

 

Van Whitmire (W4/4.4), son of Robert Albert Whitmire (W5/7.4) and Lucy Ann Duckworth Whitmire (D5/1.1), was born in 1864 in Hendersonville.  He appeared as a six-year-old in the 1870 census of his father's household.  He was mentioned in the April 26, 1907 edition of "Sylvan Valley News," "Van Whitmire is home taking care of a fine case of mumps."

 

Nancy Whitmire (W5/7.5), daughter of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born May 30, 1833.  She was married about 1852 to William H. "Uncle Billy" Robinson (R5/1.1).  She died June 25, 1898 and was buried in Robinson Cemetery, Gloucester Township, alongside her husband.

 

Christopher C. Whitmire (W5/7.6), son of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born April 27, 1835.  He was married about 1856 to Mahala Orr (O5/1.1), according to the research of Frances Reese.

 

He appeared as the head of Household 77-77 in the 1870 census of Transylvania County:

 

        "Whitmire, Christopher  35, born in North Carolina"

                   Mahala       34

                   Harvy C.     12

                   Mary E.      10

                   Susan L.      8

                   Anna J.       7

                   Richard C.    5

                   Margaret      4"

 

He died February 23, 1878.

 

Children born to Christopher C. Whitmire (W5/7.6) and Mahala Orr Whitmire (O5/1.1) include:

 

        Harvey C. Whitmire      (W4/6.1)        born in 1858

        Mary E. Whitmire        (W4/6.2)        born in 1860

        Susan L. Whitmire       (W4/6.3)        born in 1862

        Anna J. Whitmire        (W4/6.4)        born in 1863

        Richard C. Whitmire     (W4/6.5)        born in 1865

        Margaret Whitmire       (W4/6.6)        born in 1866

 

Susan Whitmire (W5/7.7), daughter of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born March 9, 1838.  She was married about 1857 to James Glazener (G5/1.2).  She died April 9, 1914.

 

Sallie Jordan Whitmire (W5/7.8), daughter of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born about 1840.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

Fleming Whitmire (W5/7.9), son of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born April 12, 1842.  He died November 22, 1879 and was buried in Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10), son of Richard "Uncle Dickie" Whitmire (W6/1.7) and Judith Jordan Whitmire (J6/1.1), was born June 30, 1847.  He was married May 19, 1870 to Temperance McVay (W5/1.1) who was born November 16, 1846. She is believed to be the daughter of Temperance McVay who died December 7, 1876 and was buried at Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church Cemetery.  He died October 30, 1918, and she died February 8, 1931.  Both were buried at Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Children born to William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1) include:

 

        Napoleon Bonaparte "Boney" Whitmire (W4/10.1)   born June 5, 1871

        Joseph P. Whitmire                  (W4/10.2)   born in 1876

        Richard Furman Whitmire             (W4/10.3)   born in 1878

        Norman Whitmire                     (W4/10.4)   born about 1881

        Gladstone Whitfield Whitmire        (W4/10.5)   born July 15, 1886

 

Napoleon Bonaparte "Boney" Whitmire (W4/10.1), son of William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1), was born June 5, 1871.  A news article in the March 22, 1907 edition of "Sylvan Valley News" reprted that "Bony Whitmire is getting up his seed potatoes this week."  The same newspaper in its edition of April 19, 1907 reported, "Bony Whitmire has given up his crop.  He says there is other work for him instead of farming.  Wade Powell says that he did not have enough Japanese Oil is the reason he could not make a crop."  "Bony Whitmire has been very ill, but is getting better," according to the October 18, 1907 edition of the newspaper.  He died February 2, 1908 and was buried in Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Joseph P. Whitmire (W4/10.2), son of William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1), was born in 1876.  Of this individual nothing more is known.

 

Richard Furman Whitmire (W4/10.3), son of William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1), was born in 1878.  He was married about 1901 to Nancy Morgan (M4/1.1).  In the April 19, 1907 edition of "Sylvan Valley News" it was stated, "Furman Whitmire is talking of selling his land in Dunns Rock and buying a farm in South Carolina where he can get it 'tended.'  He wants to get where the people don't like the shade so well."  He died in 1957 and was buried in Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist Church Cemetery.  Children born to Richard Furman Whitmire (W4/10.3) and Nancy Morgan Whitmire (M4/1.1) are unknown.

 

Norman Whitmire (W4/10.4), son of William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1), was born about 1881.  He was mentioned in the April 19, 1907 edition of "Sylvan Valley News," "Norman Whitmire and wife are visiting friends and relatives in Dunns Rock this week.  . . . He and his brother Bony are looking out some land for a company in Dunns Rock this week."

 

Gladstone Whitfield Whitmire (W4/10.5), son of William Allen "Button Bill" Whitmire (W5/7.10) and Temperance McVay Whitmire (V5/1.1), was born July 15, 1886 in Transylvania County.  In the March 8, 1907 edition of "Sylvan Valley News" it was reported "Gladstone and Gaston Whitmire are going on a trip to Little River."  "Glad Whitmire of Calvert has secured a good job with Capt. M. R. Gleason," according to the October 18, 1907 edition of the newspaper.  He died October 27, 1975 and was buried in Connesstee Cemetery.

 

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