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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1798 - 1857 (58 years)
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| Name |
Whitefield, William A. |
| Birth |
4 Dec 1798 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
8435 |
| Death |
18 Sep 1857 |
| Burial |
Whitfield Family Cemetery, Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina  |
| Person ID |
I8294 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2024 |
| Father |
Whitefield, James Towler, b. 7 May 1777 d. 14 Apr 1850, Person County, North Carolina (Age 72 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Minchew, Susannah, b. 15 May 1773 d. 3 May 1837 (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
2 Dec 1798 |
Person County, North Carolina |
| Notes |
- North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Groom: James Whitfield
Bride: Susannah Minshew
Bond date: 2 Dec 1798
Bond #: 000109402
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 005523
County: Person
Record #: 01 166
Bondsman: Richard Minshew
Witness: Jesse Dickins
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: James Whitfield
Spouse: Susannah Minshew
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1798
Marriage County: Person
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records at Roxboro, NC and FHL # 0962911 item 7 and 0924086 item 3
Source: County Court Records at Roxboro, NC & Family Histo
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| Family ID |
F18282 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Moore, Rozella H., b. 23 Feb 1806 d. 25 Sep 1841 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Sep 1822 |
Person County, North Carolina |
| Children |
| | 1. Living |
| + | 2. Whitefield, Legrand Stanley, b. 1824 d. 1906 (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Whitefield, Thomas Livingston, b. 20 Jul 1828, Person County, North Carolina d. 8 Feb 1863, Petersburg, Virginia (Age 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Whitefield, Elizabeth Jane, b. 24 Nov 1836 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. Whitefield, William Gaston, b. 17 Sep 1838, Person County, North Carolina d. 11 Mar 1915, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F18280 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Briggs, Sophia D., b. Abt 1812, North Carolina d. 29 Apr 1859 (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Jul 1842 |
Person County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
58535 |
| Notes |
- North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Groom: William Whitefield
Bride: Sophia D Briggs
Bond_Date: 30 Jul 1842
Bond #: 000110016
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 000941
County: Person
Record #: 02 028
Bondsman: Dolphin Villine
Witness: Leollin M White
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| Children |
| + | 1. Whitefield, Emily Mary, b. 1831 d. 1881 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Whitefield, Frances Justine, b. 16 Oct 1843 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Whitefield, George Ira Preston, b. 11 Jun 1846 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Whitefield, Malcolm Egbert, b. 26 Jun 1849 d. 13 May 1912 (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. Whitfield, Caroline Alice, b. 23 Aug 1853, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 26 Jun 1917, Hightowers, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4430 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- William A. Whitefield (1798-1857)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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May have taught at the Vanhook Subscription School in Person County, North Carolina.
Fifty typed pages of Civil War letters between Alexander O'Briant and his wife, Emily Mary Whitefield. Emily Mary Whitefield was the daughter of William Whitefield, the schoolmaster of some fame in Person County, North Carolina. William's second wife was Sophia D. Briggs. Her death is given as April 29, 1859 by online family trees, but without reference to any primary source. However, in one of the letters from her step-daughter, dated June 1862, is the following:
"Grandmother Briggs is likely to die, she has passy [possibly palsy]."
Query, however, whether the stepdaughter would refer to her stepmother as "Grandmother Briggs." Could she have been referring to the mother of Sophia D. Briggs?
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For additional genealogical information about this family and Civil War correspondence between Thomas Livingston Whitefield and his wife (along with various related items) go to: Thomas Livingston Whitefield Research Materials.
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T. A. Whitefield, M. D. A man of scholarly attainments, well versed in the science of medicine, T. A. Whitefield, M. D., was for many years one of the leading physicians of Montgomery county, but on account of ill health was forced to abandon his profession, and is now living retired from active work in New Providence. A son of the late L. S. Whitefield, he was born June 16, 1865, in Montgomery county, where he has always made his home. His paternal grandfather, William Whitefield. was a native of North Carolina.
L. S. Whitefield was born on the home farm in North Carolina in 1832. A man of versatile talents, he was variously employed during his earlier life, at one time having been employed in mercantile pursuits at New Providence, Montgomery county. He invested largely in land, and for forty years prior to his death, which occurred in 1906, was engaged in farming, a part of the time living on the farm now occupied by the doctor, but owning another estate. He married, in 1847, Eliza Trice, who was born in Davidson county, Tennessee, November 20, 1833, and died in Montgomery county, December 11, 1903. She was of Virginian ancestry, her father, T. H. Trice, having been born in Virginia, where his father located on coming from Scotland to America. Of the two children born of their union, Dr. Whitefield, the younger child, is the only one living. In his political views, L. S. Whitefield advocated the principles of the Democratic party. Fraternally he was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons. Religiously he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife was a member of the Christian church.
Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the public schools of New Providence, T. A. Whitefield took a course of study in the higher branches of learning at Clarksville. Going then to Cincinnati, he was there graduated from the Pulte Medical School with the degree of M. D., after which he took a post graduate course at the Hahnemann Medical College, a homoeopathic institution in Chicago, Illinois. Amply fitted for the exacting profession which he had chosen, and for which he was so well adapted, Dr. Whitefield located at New Providence, where he built up an extensive practice. At the end of seventeen years of strenuous professional work, the doctor's health became undermined to such an extent that he was forced to relinquish his profession, and is now living retired at his pleasant home.
Dr. Whitefield married, February 8. 1904. Annie Darnell, a daughter of James Darnell, of Montgomery county, and they are the parents of two bright and interesting children, Stanley and Annetta. A man of much force of character, strong in his convictions, the doctor is Independent in polities, supporting as far as possible the principles of the Democratic party. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, belonging to both lodge and chapter; and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously both Dr. and Mrs. Whitefield are members of the Christian church.
Source: A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities by Will T. Hale. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913.
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Whitfield
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Person, North Carolina
Family Number: 21
Household Members: Name Age
William Whitfield 51
Sophia Whitfield 38
Leolen Whitfield 23
Thomas L Whitfield 20
Martha C Whitfield 16
Elizabeth J Whitfield 13
William G Whitfield 11
Frances J Whitfield 6
George J P Whitfield 3
Malcomb J Whitfield 0
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