Luther Cogswell Whittlesey

Luther married Sophronia Lee Travis in 1882. Sophronia (daughter of James Cannon Travis and Sophronia Pauline White) was born on 25 Feb 1866 in Texas; died on 3 Feb 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alvin Guy Whittlesey was born on 31 Dec 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
2. Theodosia Luma Whittlesey was born on 13 May 1885 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Mar 1960.
3. Luther Joseph "Jack" Whittlesey was born on 30 Oct 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1975 in Sabine County, Texas.
4. Mary Abbie Whittlesey was born on 22 Aug 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
5. Oscar Edgar Whittlesey was born on 12 Oct 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Sep 1964 in Galveston County, Texas.
6. Cannon Travis Whittlesey was born on 22 Aug 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
7. Annie Cordelia Whittlesey was born on 11 Feb 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
8. James Hardy Whittlesey was born on 26 Aug 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Brazoria County, Texas.
9. Saphronia "Fronie" Pauline Whittlesey was born on 2 Apr 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1994 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
10. Henry Adolphus Whittlesey, Sr. was born on 28 Feb 1912 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Dec 2002 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 2 Jan 2003 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

"Records of the WHITTLESEY family have been traced to 664 A.D. in Whittlesey Mere, County of Cambridge, England. William Whittlesey (1300-1374) was the 57th Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (1368-1374). John Whittlesey came to America in 1623, and is a direct ancestor of Joseph Adolphus Whittesley b 1820. He was in Texas before 1840. In 1841, he was co-editor of the REDLANDER in San Augustine. He taught school, served in the Mexican War, was County Judge of Sabine County, and Postmaster of Sabinetown." (White and Toole, p 82).

The death certificate of his eldest son, Oscar, instead showed that Joseph was born in Virginia.

Joseph married Anne "Annie" Newton Bullock on 19 Apr 1849. Anne (daughter of Lemuel Bullock and Martha L. Day) was born about 1833 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Lemuel Bullock and Martha Day. Dale Rubel shows that she was born in Holmes County, Mississippi, and died ca 1912 in Short, Texas.

The death certificate of her eldest son, Oscar, instead showed that Anne was born in Virginia.

Lemuel married Martha L. Day. Martha was born about 1794 in Mississippi; died after 1870 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Jospeph A. WHITTLESEY in Sabine County, Texas at the time of the 1870 census, listed as Widow Bullock, age 76, born in Mississippi.