It's interesting to see another Bonner researching the Whitaker line. Unfortunately, I don't see any connections to my own line of Whitakers, that came from Canada, into Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and thence to Michigan and then, Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas, before dying off without sons, leaving the surname to be swallowed by Williams, Cross, and many others. Bill Bonner, in Anchorage. JLKB wrote: > PLEASANT CLARK WHITAKER, grandson of Abraham Whitaker of VA and son of Issac > Whitaker & 3rd wife Charity Hardin [(1767-1851) widow of Edward G. Clarke & > mother of Gen. Bradley Clarke] was born in SC about 1818. Major in the Army of > the Republic of TXexas 18 May 1843. Married Rebecca Jane Hinton [(1818 SC - > 1871 TX) widow of William Capps] 9 November 1841 in Robertson Co., TX. > Children: James Lewis Whitaker (1842-1862); Eliza Jane Whitaker (1844-1901); > Mary Worth Whitaker (1846-1920); Martha Elizabeth Whitaker (1849-1929); Thomas > Clarke Whitaker (1851-1855); Olive Whitaker (1853-1855); Annie Whitaker > (1856-1942); Henry McKenzie Whitaker (1858-1890). Pleasant Clarke Whitaker was > shot & killed by his brother-in-law Bill Hinton on 27 december 1859. Serving > as Sheriff of Falls Co., TX at time of death. Known siblings of Pleasant C. > Whitaker: Thomas J. Whitaker (b. ca. 1810); James M. Whitaker (1812 SC - 1872 > Smith Co., TX); Peace Hardin Whitaker (1815-1856 Savannah, GA); Elizabeth G. > Whitaker (b. 1820). Want to contact other descendants of this family. Please > E-mail [email protected] Thanks! Mike Bonner