Alonzo 'Doss' Witherington Family of Calhoun County, AR __________________________________________________________________ 1900 Calhoun Co, Arkansas Census Record Family of Alonzo D. Witherington (1847-1917) He was the son of John Witherington (1801-1855) and Mary Ellis who migrated to Calhoun/Ouachita Co, about 1847 from Conecuh County, AL Wife: Telitha Cumi Hill, she was daughter of Wm W. Hill and Sarah Ann Sasser. *22 June 1900 Calhoun Co Census, Fayette Township (This family lived down below Artesian, near the Ouachita River) Fam # 199 (the very last family recorded in Fayette Township). Alonzo D. Witherington 53/AR Apr 1847 m. 26 yrs. Owns Farm Telitha Q. Witherington 44/AR Mar 1856 Wife 5 children <nee Hill> John Q. Witherington 21/AR Feb 1879 Son - Farm Labor Clemmy F. Witherington 18/AR Apr 1882 Dau Nettie E. Witherington 11/AR Apr 1889 Dau Vernon E. Witherington 23/AR Mar 1877 Nephew - Farm Labor (son of brother, John Ebenezer Witherington) Archie T. Bird 21/AR May 1879 Boarder - Farm Labor Thomas L. King 26/AR Mar 1874 Boarder - Day Labor (son of James M. King and older brother of Bill King's Grandfather/Arthur Ed King) Martha A. King 19/AR June 1881 Boarder - Day Labor married 1 year 1 child/ none living (nee Merritt) ------------------------------------- The Families of Alonzo 'Doss' Witherington & Telitha Cumi Hill 1 Alonzo Dossen 'Doss' Witherington b: 04 Apr 1847 in Ouachita/Calhoun Co, AR d: 07 Jun 1917 in Calhoun Co, AR .. +Telitha Cumi Hill b: 17 Mar 1856 in Calhoun CO, AR d: 15 Jul 1929 in Ouachita CO, AR married: 30 Apr 1874 in Woodberry, Calhoun CO, AR CHILDREN: .... 2 Willis Monroe Witherington b: 04 Mar 1875 in Calhoun CO, AR d: 18 Sep 1945 in Clark Co, AR ........ +Ophelia Lenora Higgason b: 16 Dec 1869 in Jersey, Bradley Co, AR d: 17 Nov 1961 in Hope, AR m: 12 Oct 1902 in Woodberry, Calhoun CO, AR ........... 3 Dawson Larkin Witherington b: 5 Nov 1906 Jersey, Bradley Co, AR d: 05 Jan 1977 in Bowie Co, TX ............... +Alda Annette Tate Johnston b: 16 Jul 1903 d: 19 Dec 1982 in Texarkana, Bowie Co, TX m: 06 Nov 1934 in Drew Co, AR ........... 3 Virginia Mae Witherington b: 08 Sep 1908 in AR d: 29 Aug 1989 in Arkadelphia, Clark Co, AR ........... 3 Willis Lamar Witherington b: 26 Aug 1910 in Jersey, Bradley Co, AR d: 27 Jul 1988 in Buried Arkadelphia, Clark Co, AR ............... +Frances Jeanette Henson b: 11 Aug 1918 in Gurdon, AR m: 10 Apr 1936 in Arkadelphia, Clark Co, AR .... 2 Oscar Eugene Witherington b: 14 Oct 1877 in Calhoun Co, AR d: 07 Oct 1959 in Calhoun Co, AR ........ +Clara Bell Wisinger b: 19 Jun 1878 in AR d: 14 Jan 1971 in Calhoun Co, AR m: 15 Oct 1899 in Calhoun CO, AR ........... 3 'Infant Son' Witherington b: 24 Sep 1901 in Calhoun Co, AR d: 20 Nov 1901 in Calhoun Co, AR .... 2 John Quincy Witherington b: 17 Feb 1879 in Calhoun CO, AR d: 06 Feb 1945 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR ........ +Ida Emily Tracy b: 03 Jul 1884 in Union Co, AR d: 27 Dec 1968 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR m: 15 Oct 1902 in Calhoun CO, AR ........... 3 Mable Witherington b: 19 Sep 1904 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR d: 10 Feb 2000 in Camden, Ouachita Co, AR ............... +Luiel Judson Talbot b: 10 Apr 1895 in Calhoun Co, AR d: 21 Aug 1987 Camden, Ouachita Co, AR m: 6 Mar 1925 in Calhoun CO, AR ........... 3 Madelyn Witherington b: 08 Aug 1906 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR d: 01 Feb 2001 in Dallas County Nursing Home, Fordyce, AR ............... +Floyd Raymond Parker b: 20 Aug 1903 in Hampton, Calhoun CO, AR d: 12 May 1949 in Calhoun CO, AR m: 30 Aug 1928 in Hampton, AR ........... *2nd Husband of Madelyn Witherington: ............... +Rucker T. Murry b: 03 May 1904 in AR d: 09 Dec 1997 in AR m: Aft. 1949 ........... 3 Tracy Enoch Witherington b: 30 Aug 1908 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR d: 20 Apr 1998 in Camden, Ouachita Co, AR ............... +Mina Estelle Wardlaw b: 30 Jan 1908 in New Edinburg, Dallas Co, AR d: 03 Aug 1984 in Camden, Ouachita Co, AR m: 29 Oct 1933 in Fordyce, AR ........... 3 Travis Arnold Witherington b: 26 Sep 1913 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR d: 06 Dec 1979 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR ............... +Doris Eloise Edgar b: 12 Feb 1914 in Dayton, TX m: 11 Mar 1938 in Fordyce, Bradley Co, AR .... 2 Clemmie Frances Witherington b: 25 Apr 1882 in Calhoun Co, AR d: 17 Feb 1947 in Camden, AR ........ +Nicholas Quincy Vaughan b: 19 Dec 1875 in AR d: 08 Jun 1941 in AR m: 28 Jan 1912 ........... 3 Gladys Vaughan b: 12 Dec 1913 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR d: Unknown ............... +George Douglas Knickerbocker b: Unknown m: 24 Dec 1935 in Bearden, Bradley Co, AR ........... 3 Infant Vaughan b: 05 Aug 1915 in Calhoun CO, AR d: 05 Aug 1915 in Calhoun CO, AR ........... 3 Marcus Franklin Vaughan b: 13 Jan 1920 d: 1988 ............... +Vira Pease b: Unknown m: 22 Jul 1944 .... 2 Nettie Edna Witherington b: 23 Apr 1889 in Calhoun Co, AR d: 24 Mar 1959 in Calhoun Co, AR ........ +James W. Byrd b: Apr 1886 in AR d: Bef. 1959 m: 19 Nov 1904 in Probably Calhoun Co, AR ........... 3 Ennis G. Byrd b: 16 Sep 1905 d: 29 Nov 1908 in Hampton, Calhoun Co, AR ........... 3 Clemmie Edna Byrd b: 16 Mar 1909 in Arkansas d: 17 Dec 1934 in Woodberry, Calhoun Co, AR ............... +Charlie L. Higgs b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Unknown ........... 3 Mable Byrd b: Abt. 1911 ............... +Charlie Higgs b: Unknown m: Unknown ........... 3 Infant Byrd b: 1913 d: 1913 Data provided by Bill King Feb. 14, 2010 Houston, Texas BillKing78@comcast.net