Mary Spring: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Mary Spring was born about 1816 in England, United Kingdom; and died.

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Whitting. Benjamin was born about 1818 in England, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Jemima Whitting was born about 1838 in England, United Kingdom; and died.
3. Eliza Whitting was born before 1841; and died.
4. William Whitting was born on 18 Sep 1841; and died.
5. Elizabeth Whitting was born about 1846; and died.
6. Robert Whitting was born about 1848; and died.
7. George Whitting was born about 1850; and died.
8. Sylvester Whitting was born about 1858; and died.

Generation: 2

Jemima Whitting

(1.Mary¹) was born about 1838 in England, United Kingdom; and died.

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 White County, Illinois census, Jemima and her husband, James Kuykendall, were living were her family.

Could she have remarried?

HANDLEY, JOSEPH KUYKENDALL, JAMIMA WHITE 11/11/1868 007/

Jemima married James W. Kuykendall on 1 Jan 1859 in White County, Illinois. James (son of Noah Kuykendall and Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones) was born about 1832 in White County, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3. Eliza Whitting (1.Mary¹) was born before 1841; and died.

William Whitting

(1.Mary¹) was born on 18 Sep 1841; and died.

Notes:

Source: History of White County, IL, Phillips Township (ca 1882-1884) P 936 William Whitting, farmer and stock-raiser; post office, Phillipstown; son of Benjamin and Mary (Spring) Whitting, natives of England. They came to the United States in 1844, being sixty-three days on the voyage, and located in Indiana; from thence to Illinois, where Mr. Whitting died. Mrs. Whitting married John Jones and moved to Iowa, where she died. They are both buried on the farm of William, in Illinois. William was born in England, Sept. 18, 1841; he was educated in Illinois, and has followed farming. He now owns 149 acres of fine land on section 31, under fine improvement; he has the best frame house in the county, and it is a good one. His specialty in farming is stock-raising, buying and selling, and making money. In 1865 he married Margaret, daughter of John and Jane (Nelson) Butler, natives of Illinois and Indiana respectively; they died in Illinois. Margaret was born April 15, 1846. By this union there is one child ? Cora Belle, born Aug. 4, 1866. Mr. Whitting has held several of the township offices and has faithfully performed his duties. he votes the Democratic ticket. Mr. Whitting enlisted in the army Aug. 15, 1862, in the Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Company K, and served about three years. He was discharged July 23, 1865; being sick soon after enlistment, he was retained at home, in the North, doing provost duty. Mr. Whitting now lives on the old family homestead, where he has been thirty-two years. He has bought out all the other heirs and has one of the finest farms in the country. His crops all command the highest market prices and frequently more. He has one of the finest orchards in the county ? his fruit is premium fruit.

Submitted by: Linda Roberts

5. Elizabeth Whitting (1.Mary¹) was born about 1846; and died.
6. Robert Whitting (1.Mary¹) was born about 1848; and died.
7. George Whitting (1.Mary¹) was born about 1850; and died.
8. Sylvester Whitting (1.Mary¹) was born about 1858; and died.