Joseph C. Whitnah and Sarah Ann Jones

Joseph C. Whitnah Sarah A. Jones
Birth: 16 Feb 1845 Buckheart Township, Fulton County, Illinois(1) Birth: 3 May 1847 Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois(2)
Marriage: 20 Jan 1866 Lewiston Township, Fulton County, Illinois(3)
Death: 7 Aug 1899 Clarinda, Iowa(4) Death: 2 Feb 1925 Clarinda, Page, Iowa(5)
Burial: Iowa Burial: Clarinda, Page, Iowa
Father: Andrew Jackson Whitnah Father: Spakeman Jones
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Hendershot

The following documents detail this family:

Joseph C. and Sarah A. are the parents of the following children:
  1. Fred Jones Whitnah
  2. Dolly Whitnah, born 25 Feb 1867.(6) On September 22, 1887 she married Charles L. Shoemaker in Clarinda, Iowa. Dolly passed away on 17 Jan 1890 in Clarinda, Iowa.(7)
  3. Corda T. Whitnah
  4. Harry A. Whitnah
  5. William Fenton Whitnah
  6. Abbie Whitnah, born Jan 1880(8). She probably passed away at an early age.
  7. Burl Whitnah, born 1 June 1881 in Clarinda, Page, Iowa. Burl (or Beryl) married Edna Marley on November 5, 1906 in Clarinda, and shortly thereafter moved to Santa Cruz, California. Here he died in an electrocution accident just one year after their marriage in November of 1907.(9)
  8. Blanche V. Whitnah, born Nov 1884 in Illinois.(10) On April 10, 1926, she married James Stewart Bennett. James was born Nov 11, 1881 near Colorado Springs. James passed away on 15 Nov 1938 in Clarinda, Iowa.(11) Blanche passed away January 22, 1964 in Roswell New Mexico.(12)

Notes:

  1. Obituaries and Odds and Ends, pg. 36.
  2. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts
  3. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Fulton County, Vol D, Pg. 71.
  4. Page County, Iowa Probate Summary, Page 42. FHL film 1535329. Obituaries, pg. 36. Joseph died of blood poisoning.
  5. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts
  6. History of Fulton County, pg. 31.
  7. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts
  8. An unamed baby girl is listed for this family in the 1880 Census. However, only the first five children are listed in the History of Fulton County. Abbie is also not listed in her father's will.
  9. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts
  10. 1920 Census. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts.
  11. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts.
  12. Iowa Newspaper Abstracts