Upper Level: Charlotte Taylor and William Lawson White

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Charlotte Taylor and William Lawson White

William Lawson White
Parents: William White and Margaret B Maxey
Born 31 Jan 1801 Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia
Occupation: (1850) Farmer
Married 1) Charlotte Taylor 4 Oct 1823 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note: There is another William L White who married an Elizabeth Charlotte Taylor on 2 November 1823 and it is recorded on the same page.
2) Martha J Terrance Jones 22 Nov 1868 Warren County, Kentucky
Children with Martha: Calpernia, Mary
Died 19 Dec 1876 Warren County, Kentucky
Buried Maxey Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 49)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 59) Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10758228
Bio: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=143&Char=T

Charlotte (Lottie) Taylor
Parents: Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best
Born 3 Oct 1805 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Died 5 June 1867 Warren, Kentucky

Buried: Maxey Graveyard (which is on top of a bluff on Stone Creek, on the farm now owned by Hyman Willis) Warren County, Kentucky

Sources

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 44)

Marriage to William: Warren County Marriage Records book A page 284
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 Film 339890 Page 284 image 76 Batch M01638-1

Bio: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=143&Char=T

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10758238

CHILDREN

Hezekiah White

Born 6 Jul 1824 Warren, Kentucky

Military: Civil War, Corporal

Married Mary Elizabeth Hudnall 6 Sep 1849

Children: Elijah, Belle, Celeste, Charley, Rachel, Fannie, Lucy, Nannie, Connie, Sally, James

Died 13 Sep 1910 Kentucky

Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

United States Civil War and later pension Index

1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky, page 93 (age 36)

Note: name spelled Hezakiah

1870 US Census Warren, Kentucky page 11 (age 45)

Note: name spelled Hezakiah

1880 US Census Warren, Kentucky page 171B (age 54)

Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13193286

Mary Ann White

Born 1825 Warren, Kentucky

Died 1843

Buried Maxey Graveyard, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10758246

Sarah (Sallie) White

Born 10 Mar 1827 Warren, Kentucky

Married Bedford M Lamastus

Children: William, Joseph, Oscar, John, Charlotte, Ann, Fannie, Oscar

Died 12 May 1900 Warren, Kentucky

Buried Riverside Christian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

1880 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 53)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38340417

William Allen White (Allen)

Born 15 Jan 1829 Warren, Kentucky

Occupation: (1880) Farmer

Married 1) Martha Ann Cole 13 March 1850 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Children: John, Amanda, Emily, Bailey, Ira

2) Emarilla (Emma) A Blankenship Green 28 Apr 1875 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Children: Charity, James

Died 17 Jan 1911 Hadley, Warren, Kentucky

Buried Highland Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Note: Requested photo (checked back 2017, still nothing)

Sources

Marriage with Martha: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01638-1

Marriage with Emarilla: Kentucky Marriages Batch M1183-9 page 134

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 21)

Note: recorded as Allen

1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky, page 99 (age 32)

Note: recorded as Allen

1870 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 40)

1880 US Census Hadley, Warren, Kentucky (age 50, with Emma)

1900 US Census Stallard Springs, Warren, Kentucky (age 71)

1910 US Census Stallard Springs, Warren, Kentucky (age 81)

Kentucky Death Records

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91049471

Samuel David White

Born 1 Jul 1830 Warren, Kentucky

Occupation: 1850 Laborer 1860, 1880, 1900 Farmer

Married Mary Jane Neal 10 Dec 1863 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Note: he is 33, she's 18

Children: William, Alonzo, Ada, Minnie, Annie, Nannie, Blanche, Lilly, Clyde

Died 28 Dec 1913 Riverside, Warren, Kentucky

Buried White Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky

Note: Requested Photo, check back 2017, nothing there - but a death certificate that has the wrong name for his mother and refers to his father as Lawson

Sources

Kentucky Marriages Batch M01166-3 Book G page 248

Kentucky Deaths

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 18, listed as by Davis)

1860 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 28, listed as Davis)
1880 US Census Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky (age 48)

Note: name is given as Davis

1900 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 68, widowed)

1910 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 78, widowed)

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112365751

John Henry White

Note: there is a John C White born about the same time and moved to Warren County, but his parents are Richard and Elizabeth. Don't get the two confused.
Born 1833 Warren County, Kentucky

Married 1) Unknown
Note: On Roots Magic someone listed Malinda Elkin as this John's wife. However, I found the extracted marriage on Family Search and Malinda Elkin was married to John C White in 1862. In the 1870 Census, it is further proven that John C and this John are separate people. John C and his wife are staying with his parents, Richard and Elizabeth while THIS John and Matilda have their own place. With that said, Alice, the oldest child in the census with John and Matilda, is 12 - meaning she was born in 1858, so John must have been married before since he didn't get married to Matilda until 1865.
Children: Alice
2) Altha Matilda Maxey 31 Aug 1865 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: Oma, Julia

Died between 1870 and 1880

Buried Kentucky

Sources

Kentucky Marriages Batch M01181-9, page 190

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 17, with parents)
1860 US Census Warren, Kentucky (age 26)
1870 US Census page 13 Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 35)
Note his middle initial was extracted as N instead of H

Chesterfield (Chester) White

Born 1835 Warren County, Kentucky

Military: Civil War (Union) Private, 12th Cavalry, Company F

Married Mary Emeline Clarkson 20 Jan 1858 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Died after 1880

Buried

Sources

Marriage: Kentucky Marriages Batch M01638-2

Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers

United States Civil War Soldiers Index
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 15)

1860 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 25)

1870 US Census Kentucky (age 35)

1880 US Census Bellefonte, Boone, Arkansas (age 43, living with father-in-law)

Margaret Jane White

Born 5 Mar 1837 Warren, Kentucky

Married John Lewis Norris 2 Feb 1865 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children: Lottie, Jesse, Bob, Hallie

Died 29 Jun 1900 Kentucky

Buried Riverview Cemetery, Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky

Sources

Kentucky Marriages Batch M01181-8 page 22
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 13)

1880 US Census Woodbury, Butler, Kentucky page 398B (age 43)
1900 US Census Woodbury, Butler, Kentucky page 7A (age 63, mother of 6, 4 are still living)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72913164

Houston White

Born 1838 Warren County, Kentucky

Military: Civil War (Union) Private, 11th Regiment Kentucky Infantry, Company A
Died 1863

Buries Maxey Graveyard, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Note: Requested Photo, nothing as of 2017

Sources

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 10)

United States Civil War Soldiers Index
Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10758220

Cynthia Ann White

Born 7 Mar 1841 Warren, Kentucky

Married Barwell (Burl) J Stewart 6 Sep 1858 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children: Mary, Rebecca, Malinda, unnamed, Fielding, Claude, Aubrey

Died 3 Jul 1917 Riverside, Warren, Kentucky

Buried Oak Forest Cemetery, Riverside, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

Kentucky Marriages Batch M01638-2
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 9)

1900 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 59, mother of 7, 4 still alive)
Note: name spelled Cintha
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82185982

Joseph White

Born 1842 Warren County, Kentucky

Died 1845

Buried Maxey Graveyard, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Note: Requested Photo, nothing as of 2017

Sources

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10758254

Morgan White

Born 1844 Warren County, Kentucky

Died 1844 Warren County, Kentucky

Buried Maxey Graveyard, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120721366
Family Search

Melvina E White

Born 27 Jun 1846 Warren, Kentucky

Married Sylvester Young
Children: Lonnie Benjamin

Died 4 Dec 1868

Buried Maxey Graveyard, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Sources

1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 4)

Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10817776

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Charlotte Taylor and William Lawson White

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