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Robert & Marjory A. (Morey) Whitley

Submitted by Trish Combs

Here is the marriage info for my ggggrandparents from the ST. Clair County MO records book: ROBERT WHITLEY TO MARJORY A. MOREY, 30NOV1865 BY ?? (none found). They are enumerated on the 1870 St. Clair County MO census, Speedwell TWP as (note* my gggrandfather Herbert Whitley was not born until 10AUG1870, and the census was taken on 29JUL1870):

Pg. 477, Speedwell TWP, Taberville, line 9, dwelling 68, family 68:
WHITLEY, ROBERT...........22/M/W/FARMER...400$/300$/MO/CAN'T READ/WRITE
WHITLEY, MARGERY.........21/F/W/KEEPING HOUSE....../MO
WHITLEY, MEIDA.............03/F/W .........................../MO
WHITLEY, CHAS..............02/M/W .........................../MO
WHITLEY, HERDY?...........01/M/W .........................../MO

Robert Whitley's parents were William Whitley and Celia/Sealy Duncan married on 18SEP1828 in Shelby Co. IL. William was born in April 1806, in White County TN, and died on 17JUL1860 in St. Clair County MO.

My gggrandfather Herbert Richard Whitley was born on 10AUG1870 & died on 07APR1955 in Independence, Jackson Co. MO. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery as is his brother Elmer, and his adopted son Alba "Sam" Whitley, and his daughter (my ggrandmother) Allene Whitley Tetu. My gggrandmother Marjorie/Margery Alphadrine Whitley was born on 01MAR1847 in MO & died on her 83rd birthday, 01MAR1930, in Independence, Jackson Co. MO and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Here is her obit from the Independence Examiner:

DIED ON 83RD BIRTHDAY. FUNERAL OF MRS. MARJORIE A. HILL, 406 E. WALNUT. TODAY, MRS. M.A. HILL, WIDOW OF ROLAND HILL (*NOTE-2ND HUSB.), DIED AT HOME SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930. SHE DIED ON HER 83RD BIRTHDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, MRS. SILAS BAKER, AND 2 SONS (OF THE HOME), ELMER & HERBERT WHITLEY & A SISTER, MRS. JOHN HALL; 5 GRANDDAUGHTERS, 3 GRANDSONS, AND 4 GGRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE AT THE HOME BY REV. L.M. PROCTOR. BURIAL IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY.

I have not found the death info for Herbert's father Robert Whitley yet, but suspect that he died in Jackson Co. MO. "Margie" W. Hill applied for a widow's pension for Robert Whitley on 07JUL1897, stating that Robert Whitley served during the Civil War for the St. Clair County Volunteer Militia. I will be happy when I get the pension file, although her app. was probably rejected unless for their children, as she had already remarried.

Trish Combs, Independence, Missouri; 5th generation paternal to live in Independence, MO.

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