Joseph Lafayette Whisenant

ID# 5133, b. 15 April 1840, d. 26 January 1907
Father*David Harden Whisenant b. 1 Dec 1810, d. 28 Sep 1885
Mother*Elizabeth P. Gladden b. 4 Mar 1815, d. 13 Jan 1891
Birth*Joseph Lafayette Whisenant was born on 15 April 1840 in NC.1,2 
Marriage*He married Mary Jane Bryant in 1863. 
Marriage*Joseph Lafayette Whisenant married Lula L. Hoke on 14 January 1885 in Calhoun Co., AL.3 
Death*Joseph Lafayette Whisenant died on 26 January 1907 in AL at age 66.1,2 
Burial*He was buried in Alexandria U.M.C. Cem., Alexandria, Calhoun Co., AL, 33.772778,-85.882500; Co. D, 10th. AL Inf. CSA. 

Census Data

YearLocationNotes concerning census
1850Cherokee Co., GAage 10
1860Alexander, Calhoun Co., ALage 20, living at home
1870Census record not found
1880Rome, Floyd Co., GAage 38, md., laborer
1900Calhoun Co., ALage 60, md. 15 yrs., farmer
Note*Author's note: Dora M. Gordon Whisenant says that Joseph married Mary Bryant on 29 Oct 1868, in Calhoun County, AL. Dora says that Joseph's second wife may be Lula L. Hoke. A Joseph L. Whisenant married Lula L. Hoke, 14 Jan 1885, in Calhoun County, AL. J. L. Whisenant, md. Mary Nelson, 09 Jan 1873, Calhoun Co., AL. 

Family 1

Mary Jane Bryant b. 7 January 1844, d. before 1885
Marriage*Joseph Lafayette Whisenant married Mary Jane Bryant in 1863. 
Children

Family 2

Lula L. Hoke b. 17 July 1853, d. 23 July 1926
Marriage*Joseph Lafayette Whisenant married Lula L. Hoke on 14 January 1885 in Calhoun Co., AL.3 
Children

Citations

  1. [S114] Dora Mai Gordon Whisenant, "Whisenant, Dora Mai," e-mail to Raymond C. Whisnant, 26 Jan 2001.
  2. [S28] Tombstone.
  3. [S19] Index to Vital Statistics.