Benjamin Erwin Whisnant

ID# 3833, b. 14 June 1885, d. 17 May 1953

 
Ben & Clara Whisnant

Father*Adam Christopher Whisnant b. 19 May 1850, d. 25 Jun 1925
Mother*Telitha Caroline Brown b. 26 Aug 1844, d. 28 Dec 1903
Benjamin Erwin Whisnant|b. 14 Jun 1885\nd. 17 May 1953|p77.htm#i3833|Adam Christopher Whisnant|b. 19 May 1850\nd. 25 Jun 1925|p77.htm#i3820|Telitha Caroline Brown|b. 26 Aug 1844\nd. 28 Dec 1903|p77.htm#i3827|John N. Whisenant|b. c 1817\nd. b 1871|p77.htm#i3815|Anna Lee|b. Jan 1825\nd. a 1900|p77.htm#i3816|Levi Brown|b. 1790\nd. b 1870|p676.htm#i33800|Delilah Helton|b. 1812\nd. b 1880|p677.htm#i33801|

Birth*14 June 1885, Walton Co., GA1 
Marriage*27 December 1908, Gwinnett Co., GA, Principal=Clara Geneva Brooks2 
Death*17 May 1953, Adel, Cook Co., GA3 
Burial*Bethlehem Primative Bapt. Ch. Cem., Lenox, Cook Co., GA3 
Obituary*Here is a copy of his obituary.4 
Census1 June 1900, Harbin Dist., Gwinnett Co., GA, age 14. In the household with brother Joseph F. Whisnant 
Census15 April 1910, Grayson, Gwinnett Co., GA, age 24, md. 1 time,1 yrs., house painter 
Census1 January 1920, Harbins, Gwinnett Co., GA, age 36, md., farmer 
Census*1 April 1930, Lenox, Cook Co., GA, age 49, md., farmer, 1st. md. age 30 
Note*Ben registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. At that time, he and Clara were living in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He states on the registration form that he was born on June 13, 1884. He then signed his name B. E. Whisnant. He was self-employed as a farmer at the time he registered. At the age of 34, he was of medium height and build, with blue eyes. Around 1929, Ben, Clara, and the children, moved from Gwinnett County to the Lenox area of Cook County Georgia, and started farming.

Author's note: Ben's tombstone has his last name spelled as 'Whisnante.' I have found several conflicting dates for his date of birth. The U.S. census for Gwinnett County, Georgia, shows his birth date as June 1885. His death certificate didn't show his date of birth, but did say that he was 65 years old on his last birthday, which would have been in 1952. This would put his year of birth as 1887. We know he was a twin, and I found a sibling, Blakie E., with a birth date given as June 14, 1885 in the book 'Gwinnett County Georgia Deaths, 1818-1989.' Since I have a copy of Ben's signed draft registration card stating he was born on June 13, 1884, I would tend to think that both he and Blakie E. were twins, born on June 13, 1884. 

Family

Clara Geneva Brooks
Marriage*27 December 1908, Gwinnett Co., GA, Principal=Clara Geneva Brooks2 
Children

Citations:

  1. [S26] W.W. I Draft Registration Records.
  2. [S67] Certificate of Marriage.
  3. [S25] Death_Certificate.
  4. [S150] Nancy Carol Whisnant Franks, "Franks, Nancy Carol," e-mail to Raymond C. Whisnant, 1997.