Whitted, J. A.

WHITTED, WOODY, TAYLOR

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Date: 11/29/2008 at 18:12:43

WHITTED, J. A.
Farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Monroe; born in Lawrence Co., Ind. in 1830. Came to Marion Co., this State, in 1851, in which county he married Rosa A. WOODY; she was also born in Lawrence Co., Ind. They moved to this county in 1864. They have three children - John (who married Harriet TAYLOR), Robert and Mary. Mr. WHITTED owns 170 acres of land. Previous to 1861, he was a Democrat, since that time he has been Independent in politics, voting for the man he thinks will serve the interests of the country best. His father, Joseph, was a native of North Carolina; they moved to Indiana in 1819; thence to Marion Co., this State in 1851, in which county he died on July 20, 1860, aged 71 years, 2 months, 10 days; his wife Mary died Oct. 27, 1865, aged 77 years, 10 months, 7 days. ~ Fairview Township Biographies "The History of Jasper County" (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)