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Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
unknown
Miller County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Iberia, Miller County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman born May 1832 in Kentucky. Died after 1900 in Miller County Missouri.

Daughter of John Keeth and Ruhanna (Rosannah) Allen Keeth.

Married (1st) John Levi Whittle, 02 January 1850 in Miller County, Missouri.

Known children of Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman and John Levi Whittle are:
Joseph Whittle and Eliza Whittle.

Married (2) Thomas Owen Workman 02 April 1865 in Miller County, Missouri.

Son of Jacob Workman and Lydia Workman.

Known Children of Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman and Thomas Owen Workman are:
Paradine Workman Stout, Richard E. Workman, James Melvin Workman, and Theodore B. Workman.


John Levi Whittle, born in 1825 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, was a Neighbor to William Rankin Wright for many years prior to the war. William Rankin Wright was a confederate Soldier during the Civil War. Some of his neighbors were northern sympathizers so it was only a matter of time before hatreds would flare up and spread over the neighborhood When the fighting reached central Missouri, John Levi Whittle joined the Union Forces while Rankin joined the South....

During the Civil War when the the Rebel soldiers came to the home of Levi Whittle and took him into custody, his wife Nancy, and their 3 small children ran to the old cemetery for refuge. Family legend has been handed down for generations and the story told that "Grandma Nancy hid out in Rankin Wright Cemetery".

Thomas Owen Workman is buried in this cemetery with his wife Nancy Keeth Whittle along with their son James Melvin Workman and perhaps more of their children. Thomas Owen Workman's wife is the Nancy Whittle that is in this story. she married Thomas Owen Workman in 1865 after the death of her first husband John Levi Whittle.
Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman born May 1832 in Kentucky. Died after 1900 in Miller County Missouri.

Daughter of John Keeth and Ruhanna (Rosannah) Allen Keeth.

Married (1st) John Levi Whittle, 02 January 1850 in Miller County, Missouri.

Known children of Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman and John Levi Whittle are:
Joseph Whittle and Eliza Whittle.

Married (2) Thomas Owen Workman 02 April 1865 in Miller County, Missouri.

Son of Jacob Workman and Lydia Workman.

Known Children of Nancy Jane Keeth Whittle Workman and Thomas Owen Workman are:
Paradine Workman Stout, Richard E. Workman, James Melvin Workman, and Theodore B. Workman.


John Levi Whittle, born in 1825 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, was a Neighbor to William Rankin Wright for many years prior to the war. William Rankin Wright was a confederate Soldier during the Civil War. Some of his neighbors were northern sympathizers so it was only a matter of time before hatreds would flare up and spread over the neighborhood When the fighting reached central Missouri, John Levi Whittle joined the Union Forces while Rankin joined the South....

During the Civil War when the the Rebel soldiers came to the home of Levi Whittle and took him into custody, his wife Nancy, and their 3 small children ran to the old cemetery for refuge. Family legend has been handed down for generations and the story told that "Grandma Nancy hid out in Rankin Wright Cemetery".

Thomas Owen Workman is buried in this cemetery with his wife Nancy Keeth Whittle along with their son James Melvin Workman and perhaps more of their children. Thomas Owen Workman's wife is the Nancy Whittle that is in this story. she married Thomas Owen Workman in 1865 after the death of her first husband John Levi Whittle.


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