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Mary Frances <I>Butzner</I> McWhirt

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Mary Frances Butzner McWhirt

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 May 1924 (aged 76)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Chancellor, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Wife of W.A.McWhirt,of Spotsylvania county,eldest daughter of George and Ellen Flippo Butzner.
Born on Grantwood farm,her education was received in a log school at Salem Church.Marshall Decker was her teacher and later she attended a private school.Her home being situated near several battlefields of the war and her father and brother in the service she experienced the hardships and anxieties incident of that conflict.
At an early age she united with the Piney Branch Baptist Church,later transferring her membership to Salem.
In February 1870,she married Alonzo R. Pemberton,CSA,who died a year later,leaving an infant son,Alonzo,Jr.In 1899,he married Bessie E.Morrison.
In December 1876 she married Willard A.McWhirt and had six children from this union.The children are,John W.,Rose E.,who married Edmond M.Orrock (Eddie)in 1903 and died in January 1919,Frances Agnes(Fannie)who married George W.McConnell in 1907 and moved to Angola,Ind,Louise K.married Charles A.Burgess,of Stafford in 1905,Harry W. and Allen Marshall McWhirt married Sarah(Sadie)Olive Beach in 1911.She was the sister of Mrs.(Jennie)Virginia E.Pollard of Lovell,Olkahoma.

Bio By:Paula Lucy Delosh
Wife of W.A.McWhirt,of Spotsylvania county,eldest daughter of George and Ellen Flippo Butzner.
Born on Grantwood farm,her education was received in a log school at Salem Church.Marshall Decker was her teacher and later she attended a private school.Her home being situated near several battlefields of the war and her father and brother in the service she experienced the hardships and anxieties incident of that conflict.
At an early age she united with the Piney Branch Baptist Church,later transferring her membership to Salem.
In February 1870,she married Alonzo R. Pemberton,CSA,who died a year later,leaving an infant son,Alonzo,Jr.In 1899,he married Bessie E.Morrison.
In December 1876 she married Willard A.McWhirt and had six children from this union.The children are,John W.,Rose E.,who married Edmond M.Orrock (Eddie)in 1903 and died in January 1919,Frances Agnes(Fannie)who married George W.McConnell in 1907 and moved to Angola,Ind,Louise K.married Charles A.Burgess,of Stafford in 1905,Harry W. and Allen Marshall McWhirt married Sarah(Sadie)Olive Beach in 1911.She was the sister of Mrs.(Jennie)Virginia E.Pollard of Lovell,Olkahoma.

Bio By:Paula Lucy Delosh


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  • Created by: wil bowler
  • Added: Sep 13, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15723105/mary_frances-mcwhirt: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Frances Butzner McWhirt (14 Apr 1848–28 May 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15723105, citing Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Chancellor, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by wil bowler (contributor 46638301).