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John Roy Whalen

John Roy Whalen

Male 1887 - 1974  (87 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Roy Whalen was born on 8 Apr 1887 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee (son of James Knox Polk Whalen and Malinda C. Wilcox); died on 27 Jun 1974 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina; was buried in Greenbrier United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 2 Jun 1900, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
    • Occupation: 16 Apr 1910, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia; painter
    • Occupation: 13 Jan 1920, Fairfield County, South Carolina; ironworker (construction worker on high rise buildings)

    Notes:

    According to John Ray Whalen's son, his father left home because his father's second wife, Mary Lane, was mean to the kids. Harry Whalen described her as a "hellcat." Mary Lane is said to have beaten Stella Whalen a lot and James Knox Polk Whalen eventually left her and went to live with his son, William Harrison Whalen.

    John married Lillian Magnolia Pleasants in 1910. Lillian (daughter of William H. Pleasants and Mary Rachel O'Daniel) was born on 22 Nov 1885 in North Carolina; died on 18 Aug 1976 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina; was buried in Greenbrier United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Hazel Irene Whalen was born on 2 Sep 1910; died on 3 Mar 1911 in Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama; was buried in Greenbrier United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina.
    2. John Roy Whalen was born on 25 Nov 1922 in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas; died on 6 Jul 2008 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina; was buried on 9 Jul 2008 in Greenbriar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rion, Fairfield County, South Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Knox Polk WhalenJames Knox Polk Whalen was born on 9 Jun 1845 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee (son of Gardner Jacks Whalen and Mary Elizabeth Day); died on 11 May 1919 in Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 12 May 1919 in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    BIRTH:
    The year of birth given on his death certificate is 1841. According to the 1850 and the 1860 US census, James Knox Polk Whalen was born in 1846. The 1900 US census gives his birthdate as May 1840. In the Family Bible of Gardner Whalen Sr. and his wife Elizabeth, James Knox Polk Whalen is listed as James Piney and his birth date is given as 09 June 1845.

    DEATH:
    James Knox Polk Whalen was living with his son, William Harrison, in Daisy, Tennessee when he died.

    MILITARY:
    Served in the Confederate Army as a private in Company H of the First Regiment Tennessee Calvary Co. "H" Formerly Co. "G", Thomas North Carolina Legion. Organized September 24, 1862 from Jefferson County. Captains David Neff, T. Coursey.

    MILITARY:
    WHALEN, James K. P. Co. H, 1 E.T. Cav. (Carter's) Born June, 1845 in Jefferson Co. and raised there. Enl. at Dandridge, TN about Aug. 1, 1863. Capt. at or near Mossy Creek, Mch. 27, 1864 and imprisoned at Camp Morton until June 12, 1865. About one year aftr war he left TN and went to KY and stayed 2 years before moving to IL and eventually back to TN. Res. Sherman Heights. Occup. carpenter and peddling papers in 1903, "broken down in health." 1910 res. 5th Ave. with wife Mary.[NBFM2; TP5388; 1910HC] Hamilton County Confederates: U-Z posted August 16, 2005,The following data on Confederate soldiers from Hamilton County is taken from a book by Nat Hughes and John Wilson.

    MILITARY:
    Name: J. K. P. Whalen Unit Served: 1st Calvary State Served: Tennessee Application Type: Soldier Application Numbers: S5388 Application Location: Hamilton, TN Note: The name Whalen, J. K. P. appears on a Tennesse Confederate Application.

    James married Malinda C. Wilcox on 18 Oct 1879 in McMinn County, Tennessee. Malinda (daughter of Joseph Wilcox and Nancy Sarah Jones) was born in 1851 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 31 Dec 1895 in Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Malinda C. Wilcox was born in 1851 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee (daughter of Joseph Wilcox and Nancy Sarah Jones); died on 31 Dec 1895 in Blount County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. William Harrison Whalen was born on 21 May 1882 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 20 Oct 1928 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 22 Oct 1928 in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
    2. Stella Whalen was born in 0Sep 1883 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.
    3. James Campbell Caywood Whalen was born on 27 Jan 1886 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; died on 21 Sep 1947 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Tennessee.
    4. 1. John Roy Whalen was born on 8 Apr 1887 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jun 1974 in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina; was buried in Greenbrier United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina.
    5. Carl Danney Whalen was born on 2 Feb 1889 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; died on 12 Nov 1947 in Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gardner Jacks Whalen was born on 17 Dec 1803 in North Carolina (son of John Whalen and Diannah Jacks); died on 5 Nov 1883 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    G. J. Whalin in the Jefferson County Courthouse list of free white males of January 1, 1861

    CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
    Name: Gardner Whaling Age: 46 Estimated birth year: abt 1804 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee Page: 412 Roll: M432_885

    CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
    Name: Gardner Whalen Age in 1860: 56 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Not Stated, Jefferson, Tennessee Gender: Male Roll: M653_1258 Page: 458 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Gardner Whalen

    CENSUS: 1870 US Federal Census
    Name: Gardner Whalen Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804 Age in 1870: 66 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: District 2, Jefferson, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Dandridge Roll: M593_1540 Page: 326 Image: 61 Year: 1870

    CENSUS: 1880 US Federal Census
    Name: Gardner WHALEN, Age: 76, Estimated birth year: 1804, Birthplace: Tennessee, Occupation: Cooper Home in 1880: District 2, Jefferson, Tennessee, Marital status: Widower, Race: White,
    Gender: Male, Father's birthplace: TN, Mother's birthplace: TN, Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 2, Jefferson, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1264; Family History Film: 1255264; Page: 487C; Enumeration District: 176; Image: .

    Gardner married Mary Elizabeth Day on 7 Jun 1822 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Thomas Day and Mary Ring) was born on 14 Feb 1804 in North Carolina; died on 31 Dec 1879 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Elizabeth Day was born on 14 Feb 1804 in North Carolina (daughter of Thomas Day and Mary Ring); died on 31 Dec 1879 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
    Name: Elizabeth Whaling Age: 46 Estimated birth year: abt 1804 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee Page: 412 Roll: M432_885

    Children:
    1. Mary R. Whalen was born on 13 Aug 1822 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    2. Thomasin Whalen was born on 1 Dec 1823 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 10 Nov 1909 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried in Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. Thomas Day Whalen was born on 25 Aug 1825 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 4 Mar 1848 in National Bridge, Mexico; was buried in Laredo, Webb County, Texas.
    4. Jane Whalen was born on 22 Jul 1827 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 14 Sep 1848 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    5. Louisa Whalen was born on 22 Oct 1828 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 14 Mar 1829 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    6. Elizabeth Whalen was born on 13 Apr 1831 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Whalen was born on 3 Dec 1832 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    8. Gardner Jacks Whalen was born on 17 Feb 1834 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 25 Feb 1914 in Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried on 27 Feb 1914 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    9. Rhoda Whalen was born on 6 Jun 1835 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    10. Russell Birdwell Whalen was born on 4 Mar 1837 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1912 in Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried in Willard Park Cemetery, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee.
    11. Whalen was born on 17 May 1840 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 20 May 1840 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    12. Whalen was born on 16 Jun 1841 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 17 Jun 1841 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    13. Helena Whalen was born on 1 Mar 1844 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    14. 2. James Knox Polk Whalen was born on 9 Jun 1845 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 11 May 1919 in Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 12 May 1919 in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
    15. Harriet Whalen was born on 26 Jul 1848 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jun 1924 in Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried on 12 Jun 1924 in Willard Park Cemetery, Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Joseph Wilcox was born in 1810 in Tennessee (son of James Wilcoxson and Sarah James Doan); died on 17 Jul 1876 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee.

    Joseph married Nancy Sarah Jones about 1842 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Nancy was born in 1815; died on 15 Oct 1900 in McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Nancy Sarah Jones was born in 1815; died on 15 Oct 1900 in McMinn County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. William Insley Anderson Wilcox was born in 1843 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1876.
    2. Alfred Wilcox was born on 9 Jan 1845 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 4 Feb 1927 in Bearden, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried on 6 Feb 1927 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Jane Wilcox was born on 31 Mar 1847 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1907.
    4. Thomas Wilcox was born on 29 Jan 1848 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died after 1907.
    5. 3. Malinda C. Wilcox was born in 1851 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 31 Dec 1895 in Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary Ann Wilcox was born in Aug 1853 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1887 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Ellen Wilcox was born on 20 Feb 1855 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1906.
    8. Joseph Wilcox was born on 10 Dec 1859 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee; died in 1908.
    9. Andrew Jackson Wilcox was born on 2 Oct 1860 in McMinn County, Tennessee; died on 20 Jan 1944 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried on 23 Jan 1944 in Sullins Cemetery, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    10. Ellen Wilcox was born in 1863 in McMinn County, Tennessee.
    11. Emma Wilcox was born in 1864 in McMinn County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Whalen was born in 1776 in Virginia (son of John Whalen and Unknown); died in in Sullivan County, Indiana; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    BIOGRAPHY: Name: John WHALEN Surname: Whalen Given Name: John Sex: M Birth: ABT 1776 in , , Virginia Death: AFT 1850 in , Sullivan, Indiana Burial: Bethlehem Cem., Carlisle, Sullivan, Indiana submitted by Carol Fauber, carol_fauber@yahoo.com on Ancestry World Tree Project

    CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
    Name: John Whalen Age: 74 Estimated birth year: abt 1776 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 105, Sullivan, Indiana Page: 234 Roll: M432_173

    John married Diannah Jacks on 24 Nov 1797 in Surry County, North Carolina. Diannah (daughter of Richard Reuben James Jacks and Mary Elizabeth Sparks) was born on 1 Sep 1776 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 11 Mar 1851 in Sullivan County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Diannah Jacks was born on 1 Sep 1776 in Surry County, North Carolina (daughter of Richard Reuben James Jacks and Mary Elizabeth Sparks); died on 11 Mar 1851 in Sullivan County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
    Name: Diana Whalen Age: 77 Estimated birth year: abt 1773 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 105, Sullivan, Indiana Page: 234 Roll: M432_173

    Children:
    1. Nancy Whalen was born in 1800 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Whalen was born in 1801 in North Carolina; died in in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. Gardner Jacks Whalen was born on 17 Dec 1803 in North Carolina; died on 5 Nov 1883 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah Whalen was born in 1804 in Tennessee.
    5. John Whalen was born in 1804 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    6. Gordan Whalen was born in 1805 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Whalen was born on 31 Dec 1805 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 31 Dec 1899.
    8. Richard Jacks Whalen was born on 26 Aug 1807 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 13 Apr 1852 in Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana.
    9. William Whalen was born in 1810 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; died in in Sullivan County, Indiana.

  3. 10.  Thomas Day was born on 28 Feb 1780 in Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1867 in Parke County, Indiana.

    Thomas married Mary Ring on 31 Jan 1803 in Stokes County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of John Ring and Mary Wood) was born in 1784 in Virginia; died in 1827 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Ring was born in 1784 in Virginia (daughter of John Ring and Mary Wood); died in 1827 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Elizabeth Day was born on 14 Feb 1804 in North Carolina; died on 31 Dec 1879 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    2. Thomas Elijah Day was born on 31 Aug 1809 in North Carolina; died on 11 Aug 1890 in Boone County, Indiana.
    3. Phillip Day was born on 31 Oct 1814 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 29 Oct 1925 in Madison, Madison County, Illinois.
    4. Jane Day was born on 10 Nov 1815; died in in Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois.
    5. Issac Day was born in 1817 in North Carolina; died on 31 Dec 1879 in Raccoon, Parke County, Indiana.
    6. James Elijah Day was born on 27 Apr 1820 in North Carolina; died on 3 Dec 1880 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
    7. Rhoda Day was born in 1826 in Tennessee; died in 0Nov 1850 in McMinn County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  James Wilcoxson was born on 6 Sep 1766 in Rowan County, North Carolina; died on 3 Feb 1819 in Shelby County, Kentucky.

    James married Sarah James Doan on 2 Dec 1797 in Washington County, Tennessee. Sarah was born on 23 Dec 1779 in Cane Creek, Chatham County, North Carolina; died on 4 Oct 1863 in Talladega,Talladega County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Sarah James Doan was born on 23 Dec 1779 in Cane Creek, Chatham County, North Carolina; died on 4 Oct 1863 in Talladega,Talladega County, Alabama.
    Children:
    1. 6. Joseph Wilcox was born in 1810 in Tennessee; died on 17 Jul 1876 in Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee.



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