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William Clark Whitford

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William Clark Whitford

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
6 Jul 1899 (aged 76–77)
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.1121583, Longitude: -77.0438222
Plot
#521 J.D. Whitford
Memorial ID
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William Clark Whitford, LDS ID GSSD-YWL, was the son of Mary James "Polly" Clark (1800-1884) and Hardy Whitford (1793-1841).

He married between 1860 and 1864 Julia A. Smith, 9ZM9-J2W, #16914435. Julia was born in New York in March 1839; died January 6, 1920; buried in Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk Co., NY.

William was a shipping merchant.

William was listed in the 1860 US Census in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, as William C. Whitford, 38; and Mary J. Whitford (mother), 60.

William and Julia were listed in the 1870 US Census in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, as Wm C Whitford, 48, b. NC, Shipping Merchant; Julia A., 34, b. NY; Lovinia P., 4, b. NC; Jenny, 2, b. NY; Anna McFarland, 1, b. NC; and Caroline Williams, domestic servant, 21, b. NC.

His estate was probated in Craven Co., NC, in 1901 with Reid Whitford as Executor. A notice in the New Bern Journal of April 7, 1900, lists: Julia Whitford, Louise P. Whitford, Jannie R. Whitford, Nannie Smith Holmes, and George Holmes.

His widow was listed in the 1900 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 61, widow, b. NY Mar 1839
Louisa B. Whitford, dau, 31, b. NC Nov 1868
Jennie R. Whitford, dau, 29, b. NY Nov 1870
Leah Phillips, servant, 21, b. West Indies, Mar 1879

His widow was listed in the 1910 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 71, widow, b. NY
Louise P. Whitford, dau, 35, b. NC
Richard Addis, servant, 31, b. NY
Ruth, servant 19, b. NY

His widow was listed in the 1920 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 79, widow, b. NY
Louise Whitford, dau, 50, b. NC
Marie Gordon, servant, 19, b. VA
Richard Addis, caretaker, 40, b. NY

Among their children:

1. Annie Whitford, #124513753, b. 1864, d. 1866

2. Louise P. (aka Lovinia P. and Louisa B.) Whitford, #16914440, b. NC Nov, 1868, d. 1933; m. ca 1923 Richard Percy Addis, 157899729, b. NY Feb 8, 1879, d. NY 1944 [He married second before 1940 Lillian Hilka Fischer, #157899916, b. 1884, liv. 1958)

3. Jenny Arid "Jeanie" Whitford, 9ZM9-J2W, #16926007, b. NY Nov 1870 (1872 on gravestone), d. 1948; m. in Manhatten, NY, Aug 7, 1901, Joseph William Jones, 9ZM9-J29, #16912233, b. 1873, liv. 1948

4. Nannie Smith Whitford, #16914437, b. NY ca 1875, d. Dec 22, 1924; m. in Manhatten, NY, Jan 2, 1895, George Lewis Holmes

and possibly adopted:
Anna McFarland, b. NC ca 1869

From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributor Carolee Diamond (#48464132).
William Clark Whitford, LDS ID GSSD-YWL, was the son of Mary James "Polly" Clark (1800-1884) and Hardy Whitford (1793-1841).

He married between 1860 and 1864 Julia A. Smith, 9ZM9-J2W, #16914435. Julia was born in New York in March 1839; died January 6, 1920; buried in Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk Co., NY.

William was a shipping merchant.

William was listed in the 1860 US Census in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, as William C. Whitford, 38; and Mary J. Whitford (mother), 60.

William and Julia were listed in the 1870 US Census in New Bern, Craven Co., NC, as Wm C Whitford, 48, b. NC, Shipping Merchant; Julia A., 34, b. NY; Lovinia P., 4, b. NC; Jenny, 2, b. NY; Anna McFarland, 1, b. NC; and Caroline Williams, domestic servant, 21, b. NC.

His estate was probated in Craven Co., NC, in 1901 with Reid Whitford as Executor. A notice in the New Bern Journal of April 7, 1900, lists: Julia Whitford, Louise P. Whitford, Jannie R. Whitford, Nannie Smith Holmes, and George Holmes.

His widow was listed in the 1900 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 61, widow, b. NY Mar 1839
Louisa B. Whitford, dau, 31, b. NC Nov 1868
Jennie R. Whitford, dau, 29, b. NY Nov 1870
Leah Phillips, servant, 21, b. West Indies, Mar 1879

His widow was listed in the 1910 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 71, widow, b. NY
Louise P. Whitford, dau, 35, b. NC
Richard Addis, servant, 31, b. NY
Ruth, servant 19, b. NY

His widow was listed in the 1920 US Census in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York, as:
Julia A. Whitford, head, 79, widow, b. NY
Louise Whitford, dau, 50, b. NC
Marie Gordon, servant, 19, b. VA
Richard Addis, caretaker, 40, b. NY

Among their children:

1. Annie Whitford, #124513753, b. 1864, d. 1866

2. Louise P. (aka Lovinia P. and Louisa B.) Whitford, #16914440, b. NC Nov, 1868, d. 1933; m. ca 1923 Richard Percy Addis, 157899729, b. NY Feb 8, 1879, d. NY 1944 [He married second before 1940 Lillian Hilka Fischer, #157899916, b. 1884, liv. 1958)

3. Jenny Arid "Jeanie" Whitford, 9ZM9-J2W, #16926007, b. NY Nov 1870 (1872 on gravestone), d. 1948; m. in Manhatten, NY, Aug 7, 1901, Joseph William Jones, 9ZM9-J29, #16912233, b. 1873, liv. 1948

4. Nannie Smith Whitford, #16914437, b. NY ca 1875, d. Dec 22, 1924; m. in Manhatten, NY, Jan 2, 1895, George Lewis Holmes

and possibly adopted:
Anna McFarland, b. NC ca 1869

From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939, LDS Family Search, and findagrave contributor Carolee Diamond (#48464132).


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