The two messages regarding William Whitaker, his children and widow are interesting. Who is the widow who was unable to care for the children? Am wondering if this William Whitaker is related to the William Whitaker family who lived in Nacogdoches Co., TX from the early 1800s. Billie-Beth Moore, TX Michael Cosner wrote: > > FYI > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randi Richardson" <GFTL@bluemarble.net> > To: <INMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:43 AM > Subject: [INMONROE] William Whitaker Died > > > Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone, Dec 30, 1918, p. 1. > > > > BLIND FOR OVER 16 YEARS; CANCER FOR 12 YEARS; NOW DEAD > > > > Blind for over 16 years and a sufferer most intense from cancer for 12 > > years--yet true to the Christian faith and patient in his double > > affliction, William Whitaker, one of the best known residents of the > Victor > > neighborhood, died Sunday night, age 77. > > > > The blindness seemed inherited as he had a sister and an aunt who also > lost > > their sight. > > > > Mr. Whitaker was a man of Christian character, a member of the Baptist > > Church at Stanford and had lived in the same community all his life. The > > wife died about 12 years ago and the living children are Charles R., James > > E., Otis, Audley (sic) and Alonzo, who are living, and the dead are John > > Wesley, Jacob, Delmer and Mary. > > > > Funeral services from the home Tuesday at 10 o'clock and burial at 1 > > o'clock at Clear Creek in charge of Rev. Neal. > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237