John Whitaker, born around 1800, wife unknown. Had at least one daughter, named Melvina, who married James Campbell in 1843 in Claiborne County, TN. By 1860, John Whitaker was in Knox County, MO and had one grandson living with him, Eldridge Campbell age 15. John and family may have been from Kentucky before coming to TN and then MO. Don and Mary in Wyoming