John William Hugh Whisenant

ID# 1163, b. 13 October 1834, d. 9 January 1899
Father*Robert Caldwell Whisenant b. c 1811, d. c 1857
Birth*John William Hugh Whisenant was born on 13 October 1834 in Newton Co., MO.1 
Marriage*He married Mary Elizabeth Blackmore on 10 April 1862 in Collin Co., TX.2 
Death*John William Hugh Whisenant died on 9 January 1899 in Harmon Co., OK, at age 64.1 
Burial*He was buried in Fairmount Cem., Hollis, Harmon Co., OK, 34.670833,-99.928056.1 

Census Data

YearLocationNotes concerning census
1850Collin Co., TXage 15, living at home
1860Plano, Collin Co., TXage 25, farmer, real estate value $5000., personal property value $1500.
1870Whitesboro, Grayson Co., TX
1880Grayson Co., TXage 45, md., farming
Note*John William Hugh Whisenant served in the Confederate Army under Captain William M. Weaver's Company, Martin's Battalion, Mounted Partisans Rangers. In 1886 the family moved and settled where the town of Hollis, Oklahoma now stands. Lived in Montague Co., TX, and owned land there in the 1870's and 1880's, and farmed near his father-in-law William N. Blackmore. The land was on a high bluff overlooking the Red River. His land is still in the Durham family. 

Family

Mary Elizabeth Blackmore b. 1 October 1844, d. 24 April 1910
Marriage*He married Mary Elizabeth Blackmore on 10 April 1862 in Collin Co., TX.2 
Children

Citations

  1. [S71] Unknown author, A History of Old Greer County Oklahoma.
  2. [S206] Unknown compiler, County Marriage Records Book.