1) We need information on William & Elisabeth Witham. They were listed as the parents of George Washington Witham on his Kentucky Death Index Record. George Washington Witham is Francis Calvin Witham's father. We know William and Elisabeth were born in Kentucky, but that's all we know about them.
2) We need more information on the move the Witham family made from Kentucky to Illinois between 1911 and 1914. Do you know exactly when they moved? Do you know how they moved? Was it by rail? Did everyone move at once?
3) We need more information on the early life of William Sparks and his sister Lucy. They are Janie Cate "Jennie" Witham Sparks' kids. We don't know much about their early life and would like to know more.
4) We need more information on William & Lucy Sparks' dad, also named William Sparks. This is Sandy Sparks McCurley's grandfather. She doesn't know much about him. He was married to Janie Cate "Jennie" Witham Sparks.
5) We need any information you have about the store that was owned by William Sparks and his wife, Janie Cate "Jennie" Witham Sparks. We would like to find out what kind of store it was, where it was located, and anything else you might know about it.
6) We need any information you have on Alex Clay Witham. This was Francis Calvin Witham's son from his first wife, Martha.
7) We need any information you have on Martha Witham. This was Francis Calvin Witham's first wife.
8) Do you know if George Washington Witham's wife, Catharine Bunch, was full-blooded Cherokee Indian? We've heard rumors 3 times about a Cherokee Indian connection in our family and twice Catharine Bunch's name was associated with the rumor. Do you know if it is true?
9) Do you know the maiden name of Mary Susan "Molly" Rains' mother? We believe it was either ENNIS or ENOS. Do you know which?
If you can help us fill in any blanks, we would be most appreciative! Just leave a comment below or email me. Thank you!
I just opened a letter that I received from Aunt Marjorie Witham. She was able to share some information with us about Martha from #7 above.
ReplyDeleteHer name was Martha MacDonald.
Her date of birth is 19 Jun 1858.
She died 26 May 1881.
Her son, Alex Clay, was born in March 1881. That means Martha passed when Clay was just 2 months old.
Martha passed in 1881 and Francis Calvin married Mary Susan "Molly" Rains in 1883.
Thank you for the information, Aunt Marjorie!
That's ODD....There is family lore, which states that Carrie T. Witham's 2nd or 3rd husband (John A. Martis) changed his name and their family's name to Wilson. The other rumor is that John was part Mi'Kmaq...another family member claimed that George A. Wilson Jr's Grandparents (From what side we don't know) supposedly were a french furtrader and a Cherokee woman....we usually dismissed the Cherokee claim for the reason of:
ReplyDeletehow would a Cherokee woman end up in MAINE?
Not sure it connects but it is an interesting coincidence....
Thank you for sharing that. We have found several Cherokee connections in our line of Withams. It started off as rumors, then multiple instances of rumors, and then we received some documentation confirming it. It's something we really wish we knew more about, though. Let us know if you discover more about your Cherokee connections.
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