Thomas Williams Whisnant

ID# 2769, b. 3 July 1847, d. 25 March 1918
Father*Phillip Sellers Whisnant b. 26 Aug 1822, d. 7 Dec 1880
Mother*Susan Amon Smith b. 15 Nov 1820, d. 24 Oct 1894
Birth*Thomas Williams Whisnant was born on 3 July 1847 in Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC.1 
Marriage*He married Celia Catherine Williams on 20 April 1881 in Anson Co., NC.2 
Death*Thomas Williams Whisnant died on 25 March 1918 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, at age 70; married.1 
Burial*He was buried in Elmwood Cem., Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, 35.237778,-80.848056. 

Census Data

YearLocationNotes concerning census
1850Cleveland Co., NCage 3
1860Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NCage 13
1870Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC
1880Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NCage 32, single, living at home, carpenter
1900Portsmouth City, VAage 53, md. 19 yrs., Rail Road Division Supervisor.
1910Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NCage 62, md. 1 time 29 yrs.
Milit-Beg*Thomas Williams Whisnant began military service circa 1863 C.S.A. Co. B, 34rd. North Carolina Infantry. Taken prisoner and remained prisoner at Point Lookout until the end of the war. 
Occupation*He was a carpenter. 
Note*He was a civil engineer and superintendent for the railroad. He helped build bridges all over the south. He enlisted as a private in Company B, 43rd North Carolina Infantry. He was a tall, young teenager when captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. He spent the rest of the war on a prison ship anchored off 'Point Lookout', and when the war was over walked all the way home to Charlotte. Tom, like almost all of this branch of the family, was unusually tall at 6'8', according to other family members. It is also said that 'he had the bluest eyes you've ever seen.' 

Family

Celia Catherine Williams b. 26 September 1858, d. 4 June 1920
Marriage*He married Celia Catherine Williams on 20 April 1881 in Anson Co., NC.2 
Children

Citations

  1. [S25] Death_Certificate.
  2. [S18] Letter, Royce Douglas Huddleston to Raymond C. Whisnant, 1993.