Dr. John Minion McWhorter
(1822-1909)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rosetta Marple

Dr. John Minion McWhorter 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 22 January 1822, , Harrison County, VA 1 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Rosetta Marple in 1847 in McWhorter, WV 1
  • Died: 9 November 1909 at age 87 1 3 4 5
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bullet  General Notes:


John practiced medicine for over 25 years and was also an ordained minister in the ME Church. In his later years, he sold his farm and moved in to Buckhannon where he was still living at age 85. His home is still standing and located on Florida Street and is now the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Warren District, Upshur County, WV on 15 June 1880. 6

1880 US Census
Page 129A, District 125, Dwelling 168, Family 171, Roll 1414
Warren District, Upshur County, West Virginia
John M. McWhorter..Self..58..WV..Physician/Surgeon
Phebe McWhorter..Wife..51..WV..Keeping House
Sabinus B. McWhorter..Son..22..WV..Works On Farm
Lucullus V. McWhorter..Son..20..WV..Works On Farm
Flora M. McWhorter..Daughter..18..WV..At Home
John C. McWhorter..Son..13..WV..Works On Farm
Leni L. McWhorter..Daughter..11..WV..At Home

(John was living with his 2nd wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - All of the children listed on this census record were born to his 1st wife, Rosetta Marple.
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John married Rosetta Marple, daughter of John Weaver Marple and Ruth Reger, in 1847 in McWhorter, WV.1 (Rosetta Marple was born on 17 November 1828 in , Lewis County, VA 1 4 5 and died on 26 December 1869 1 5 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 8 February 1848. 4
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Sources

1 Unknown High, World Family Tree Vol. 088, Ed. 1, Tree #0510 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: Dec.-2001).

2 Marian L. Post, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1416 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).

3 Mary F. Shingleton, World Family Tree Vol. 001, Ed. 1, Tree #4417 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995).

4 Katharine Williamson, "Benington/Arras/Marple/Williamson" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2648183; Updated: Sat Sep 20 13:45:49 2003).

5 James K. Skeens, "James Kayton Skeens' Tree" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jameskskeens; Updated: 2005-08-07 16:51:01 UTC (Sun)).

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Warren District, Upshur County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 125, p. 129A, dwelling 168, family 171, John Minion McWhorter; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1414.

7 Marian L. Post, World Family Tree Vol. 052, Ed. 1, Tree #1624 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: February 2000).

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