Anna Long and Andrew Whittenburg
The family moved to Missouri for a time. Their second child was born in 1818 in Tennessee, then two were born in Monroe County, Missouri in 1821 and 1823. The next child was born back in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1825 or 1826.
Andrew Whittenburg appears in the 1830 census of Bedford County, Tennessee. He is shown as age 30-40 with two boys under 5 and two age 5 to 10. The household includes one female age 30-40, two girls 10-15 and one girl 5-10. The next child in the family was said to have been born 5 Dec 1831 in Alabama. The family probably made the move in the early winter of 1831. The summer of 1833 saw a cholera epidemic in Bedford County, Tennessee, that killed many people. If the Whittenburgs were already in Alabama, that would explain how they escaped the cholera.
Andrew was purchasing land in Talladega County, Alabama as early as January of 1834. He was among the first, judging from the low number on his warrants/ certificates.
The 1840 census of Talladega County, Alabama shows Andrew Whittenburg age 40-50, with two boys aged 15-20, two 10-15, one 5-10 and two under 5. The females are one 30-40, one 15-20 and one 5-10.
Just two dwellings away are William Hasty and his wife, Lovinia Whittenburg with the first four of their children, all boys.
The 1850 census of Talladega County, Alabama shows:
1256/1287 Andrew J. Whittenburg 59 Tn Ann 49 Va Jacob A 20 Tn Joshua 18 Tn Margaret C 16 Ala James B 14 " Thomas D 12 " John B 9 " Elizabeth 18 " 1284/1315 Joseph L. Whittenburg 29 Mo Levenie 29 Tn Sarah C 9 Ala Martha E 7 " George L 4 Mary W. Hiles [Hoyle] 17 Tn Jacob F " 13 Ala 1296/1327 William M Whittenburg 27 Mo Caroline 28 Tn Elvira M 8 Ala Rufus A 6 " Victoria C 3 " Melina Christian 47 Tn Andrew Gannaway 24 Va 1300/1331 Cosby, Josiah C 34 TN Susan A 24 TN Mary A 7 AL Rutelia J 5 AL Roswell A 3 Al John A 2 AL Arvazena A 6/12 AL 1314/1348 William Hasty 40 Tn Lavinia 35 " James A 16 Ala Benjamin 14 " John A 11 " William W 9 " Robert M 7 " Joseph S 5 " Augustus P 3 "
On February 1, 1842, Andrew Whittenburg bought a slave woman named Judy from the estate of his brother-in-law, William F. Long. He was also involved with the estates of other members of Anna's family.
On November 7, 1842, in Talladega, Alabama, Andrew Whittenburg was "established as trustee for John Gore's heirs to whom John Long owes $2000." Those heirs were named as Polly Ann, Catherine, Hannah and Joshua. The 1850 census also indicates a James B. Gore, twin to Catherine. After John Gore's death, John Long administered Margaret Gore's estate and was guardian of their children. John Gore's wife Margaret was a sister to Anna Long Whittenburg. That would be a good reason for John Long and Andrew Whittenburg to be involved in the affairs of Margaret's children. Anna Long Whittenburg also had a brother named John Long, who this surely must have been. The proof is not conclusive but the evidence is convincing.
Margaret Gore was married to Norvell Gannaway in Talladega County, Alabama, 10 August 1837 by James Long, J.P. Margaret was born, according to the 1850 census, in Tennessee about 1805. Norvelle Gannaway was born in Virginia May 3, 1793, and died in Talladega County, Alabama, July 29, 1870. His son Andrew Gannaway married Margaret C. Whittenburg on 27 January 1852. Margaret C. was the ninth child of Anna Long and Andrew Whittenburg.
In Alabama, the Whittenburgs were said to have operated an iron foundry, producing iron stoves and cooking pots, among other things. Jemison's Historic Tales of Talladega cites an early history of the manufacturing of iron in Talladega County, published in 1910. Miss Armes and Mr. Jemison together have compiled an interesting record of the iron industry in Talladega at the time the Whittenburgs lived there. The Whittenburg name does not appear in their record, probably indicating that the family's involvement was as employees rather than owners. Some of the businesses outlined in the history made "pots, skillets, stoves, plows and other castings", including Riddle's Mill Foundry. Riddle's Mill was a half mile above Long's Mills, which were probably grist mills.
The Whittenburg family is said to have come to Texas from Talladega County, Alabama, in 1852. It seems likely that they came by wagon down the Natchez Trace through Mississippi, and across Texas on the Old San Antonio Road, or Comino Real. The Comino Real ran from Natchitoches, Louisiana, through San Antonio, all the way to Mexico. When Caldwell County was laid out, that road was named as the county's northern border.
The Carpenters and Whittenburgs, families of Mary and Anna Long, were in Bedford County, Tennessee, and Talladega County, Alabama together. It is logical that they would travel to Texas together, but not certain that they did. The Carpenters and Ridouts stopped in Caldwell County. The Whittenburgs and others went on to Bell and Williamson Counties.
Several things indicate the time of the group migration, although some individuals might have travelled separately. The family groups were in Alabama in the 1850 census and in Texas in 1860. Family stories report the trip having been in 1852 or 1853. The Ridout family reports their migration as 1852. Jacob Whittenburg married Ann Rosselle Miller in Talladega 23 September 1852. Their daughter, Laura, was born at Florence, in Williamson County, 31 August 1853. Assuming this young couple travelled with the group, the trip must have been in the fall /winter of 1852.
A biographical sketch in a history of Williamson County, Texas, says, "William Martin Hasty came to Texas in 1852 with a large wagon train of related families from Talladega County, Alabama. ... The wagon train consisted of the Hastys, Whittenburgs, Gannaways and perhaps other families." William M. Hasty had married Anna and Andrew Whittenburg's eldest daughter, Lovinia (19 Sept 1816-16 Aug 1859). They probably married before leaving Tennessee, about 1832. Their son, Benjamin Hasty apparently left the group in Cherokee County, Texas. Cherokee County is about 200 miles east of Caldwell County on the Old San Antonio Road. Benjamin Hasty married in Cherokee County in 1857.
It would be interesting to know why the Carpenters stopped in Caldwell County while the Whittenburgs and others went on northwest to Bell and Williamson Counties. By 1852, Henry Long's son Samuel Long owned land in Caldwell County. Henry was probably living there, too. Sam first appears on the tax rolls in 1852 and Henry in 1853. Henry Long was a blacksmith, and had a blacksmith shop in Caldwell County. Perhaps he used the skills of his Whittenburg nephews in his smithy.
The Dallas Morning News printed an interview with Martha Emmaline Whittenburg Jackson on January 12, 1936. Martha Emmaline was the daughter of Joseph Long Whittenburg. She was 92 at the time she reported her family's move to Texas in 1852. She recalled that thirteen covered wagons...were chained together, single file. Her recollections seem to be the basis of several written accounts of the family's history.
Mrs. Jackson remembers well the task of getting the wagons across the Mississippi River. When they arrived at Rodney, Miss., the wagons were unchained and one at a time transported on a ferry. Late in the evening the work was finished and camp was made for the night on the Louisiana side of the river. In December of the same year, the settlers arrived in Bell County, Texas, and the men folk went on a scouting trip to find the best and most fertile land on which to make a home. It was finally agreed the home should be in Williamson County, where the town of Florence now is situated. Therefore, Grandpa Whittenburg and Emmaline's father, as well as some of the other boys went to Austin and bought 250 acres for $1.50 an acre.
The deed records of Williamson County show that Joseph L. Whittenburg bought 368 acres of land in Williamson County from George W. Glasscock on 7 March 1853 for $322. Deed records in Austin have not been checked.
Williamson County was created from part of Milam County in 1848. Bell County was created from part of Milam County in 1850.
The 1860 census of Williamson County, Texas shows:
124 Whittenburg, Andrew 70 TN
Ann 62 VA
Whittenburg, J. B. 28 TN
Sallie 22 AL
William A 1 TX
Thomas 21 AL
E. A. 17 TN
John Schoolteacher 19 TN
Hartly, Ann Orphan 4 TX
Cassey, John Saddler 20 TX
Peck, Munroe Laborer 23 OH
Lovinia Foster WHITTENBURG was born 19 September 1816. She married William Marty Hasty. She died in 1859. The Hastys came to Williamson County, Texas in 1852. William was married again 13 September 1864, to the widow Minnie Gore. Minnie was said to have been the housekeeper for the Hasty family. Her relationship, if any, to the family of John and Margaret Gore has not been determined.
Lovinia and William Hasty's son, Benjamin Wesley Hasty was married 16 July 1857 in Cherokee County, Texas, to Jane Teresa Lang. The Lang and Wallace families had come to Texas from Morgan County, Alabama. Benjamin and Jane Hasty moved to Anderson County, Texas, about 1867. They did not go on to Williamson County, Texas, with the rest of the family.
Lovinia's children were James Andrew, Benjamin Wesley, John Alva, William Whittenburg, Robert, Mary, Joseph Smith, Augustus Parmer, Lovina Ann and Wiley.
Melinda Casen WHITTENBURG was born 10 July 1818 and died 31 January 1846. She was married 3 November 1835 in Talladega, Alabama, to Alva Waters FLOYD. Their children were Martha, Joseph Melton, Elizabeth J., James, Harris Taylor and William. She died before her parents came to Texas. A.W. Floyd married again in Alabama and died in Arkansas. Alva Waters Floyd may have been related to the Enoch Floyd who was named as a commissioner of the Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church in Bedford County, Tennessee, along with John Gore, Henry Long, Williams S. Carpenter and James Long.
Joseph Long WHITTENBURG was born 5 January 1821 in Monroe County, Missouri and died 27 August 1906 in Florence, Williamson County, Texas. He was married 22 December 1840 in Benton County, Alabama, to Polly Lovinia HOYLE. She was born 11 March 1821 and died 18 January 1903. They had four children and helped raise Lovinia's younger sister and brother. Their children were Sarah Caroline, Martha Emmaline, George Lafayette and Margarette Angeline.
The Biographical History of Williamson [and other] Counties tells of Hugh Casey who married Mary W. Hoyle. They married December 15, 1853. Mary was a daughter of Jacob and Leah (Robinson) Hoyle. The Hoyles were natives of Talladega County, Alabama. They died there in 1841 and 1843, respectively. Mary was reared by a sister and brother-in-law, Joseph L. and Lavinia Hoyle Whittenburg, who brought her with their family to Texas. Lavinia was the eldest of nine children. Jacob F. Hoyle. In the 1850 census of the Whittenburg household with Mary W. Hoyle, was a younger brother of Lavinia and Mary, named Jacob F.
Joseph Long Whittenburg bought 368 acres of land in Williamson County from George W. Glasscock on 7 March 1853 for $322.
William Monroe WHITTENBURG was born 9 Jan 1823 in Monroe County, Missouri and died 2 April 1900 in Dublin, Texas. He was married 22 Oct 1840 in Talladega, Alabama to Caroline CHRISTIAN. She was born 27 November 1821 in Tennessee and died 5 October 1908. They had six children: Elmos Monroe, Rufus Andrew, Victoria Clementine, William Crawford, Mary Vianna and Sarah Caroline. William was a Methodist minister living in Bell County, Texas, as early as 1857 when he signed a petition requesting assistance to raise funds to build the court house. He performed marriages as early as 20 March 1860.
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Their daughter, Victoria, was married 19 Dec 1865 in Bell County, to John W. Carpenter. John W. Carpenter was a son of another Methodist minister named John Carpenter. The senior John Carpenter, was born in Virginia in 1810, licensed in 1841 and moved to Texas in 1852, settling in Bastrop County. He and his wife, Elizabeth Horn, were in Bell county by 1859 where he organized the church at Live Oak near Belton. No specific connection between this minister and Anna Whittenburg's brother-in-law, William S. Carpenter in known.
Susan Anna WHITTENBURG was born 15 November 1825 in Bedford County, Tennessee and died 4 July 1906 in Hamilton County, Texas. She was married 28 Dec 1841 to Josiah Crawford COSBY/COZBY [b. 3 Jan 1816 d. 4 Dec 1883]. Their children were Mary A., Ritelia J., Roswell Green, John A. W., Alice Arvazena, Isaac Leonard, Susan E., M. D. Bell, George S. and Sallie L.
Roswell Green WHITTENBURG was born 13 Dec 1827 and died 15 Aug 1846 of measles in the Mexican War. A letter from him was found in the files of Bertha Martin of San Saba, Texas. It was written August 10, 1846, from "Camp Alabama...on the Rio Grande about ten miles from the mouth". He wrote, "I am very unwell at this time yet I am not as low as I have been. I and Andrew and William Runyon have all had the meazles". He continued saying, "there has been and is now a good deal of sickness in camp and several deaths though none in our company yet but there is two or three doubtful cases in the company". Roswell Whittenburg died five days after writing this letter.
Jacob McKendree WHITTENBURG was born 1 November 1829 and died 16 July 1855. He married 23 Sep 1852, in Talladega County, Alabama, Ann Roselle MILLER. One correspondent believes that Jacob and his brother, James B. who died ten days after him, died of meningitis.
Ann Roselle married second in Caldwell County 5 November 1857 John R. Hart. She was born about 1830 in Georgia and died 17 Dec 1893 in Caldwell County. Jacob and Roselle had two daughters, Laura (b. 1853) and Mary (b. 1856). Laura was born at Florence, in Williamson County. She married W. R. Hobbs. Mary Whittenburg, married Green W. Mills and lived in Lockhart. Mary Mills' son, Roger Q. Mills lived in Galveston.
Joshua Butcher WHITTENBURG was born 8 Dec 1831 and died 19 Aug 1910. He was married 23 Feb 1854 in Caldwell County, to Sally (Sarah Margaret) Ridout. Joshua was said to have been born in Talladega County, Alabama, although his family was said to have moved there in 1832. Most families made such moves in late fall/early winter between growing seasons. They probably left Tennessee at the very end of 1831, arriving in Alabama just in time for the birth of Joshua.
Sally Ridout was the daughter of William Louis/Lewis Ridout and Maria Louisa Scales. Both the Ridout and Scales families were prominent in the Methodist church in Alabama. William L. Ridout, Sally's father, performed marriages in Caldwell County as an "Ordained Minister of the Gospel".
When a young man, Joshua was an active member of the Methodist Church, as was much of his family. He was ordained as a Deacon in December 1857. On 18 November 1860 he was ordained an Elder, both at the church in Chappell Hill in Washington County, Texas, near Brenham. He later joined the Christian Church.
He was enumerated with his parents in Williamson County, Texas, in the 1860 census. Joshua and Sarah lived in Caldwell County for many years. They bought land on Plum Creek on 5 February 1866. They were there in the census of 1870 and 1880, leaving in 1883. They lived in Nolan County for a few years in the 1890's. They also lived in Falfurrias, Brooks County, where he is buried. She is buried in Sweetwater, Nolan County.
Joshua was remembered by his grandson Roy Bennett as a very small boned man, slightly built with bald head and long beard and whiskers. He was a learned man. He read Greek and Latin and studied psychology and astronomy. He longed to see Halley's Comet, which was to appear in September 1910, but died plowing his corn in August. He was an avid horticulturist, growing plants and experimenting with new fruits and vegetables where ever he lived.
Joshua and Sallie had at least nine children: William A., Mary, John Scales, Anna Louisa, Andrew, Sallie E. (Lyde), Thomas Searcy, Sue Ellen, Emma Gordon and Carrie M.
Margaret [or Margueritte] Catherine WHITTENBURG was born 30 May 1833 and died 19 May 1908. She married 27 January 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama, Andrew G. GANNAWAY who was born 29 December 1825 in Wyeth County, Virginia. Some confusion exists about the names and number of their children. Fanny Suffel says their seven children were Ella, who died young; Sarah Alta, who married T. B. Hoover; Mary A., who married B. S. Hoover, James L., who lived in Austin; Norvel Andrew; Annie Mae; and Thomas S. The 1870 census shows Mary E 15, Joseph 13, Norvell 11, Anna 9 and Thomas 5.
The Williamson County Marriage records show S. A. Gannaway married T. B./R. Hoover 11/30/1869 and Mary E. Gannaway married Benjamin Hoover on 1/12/1871.
James Bright WHITTENBURG was born 6 September 1836 and died 26 July 1855.
Thomas Daniel Scales WHITTENBURG was born 29 December 1838 [or 1839] and died 2 October 1906. He was married 12 August 1857 to Elizabeth CASKEY who was born 30 July 1843 and died 12 May 1921. They had no children.
John Andrew Brooks WHITTENBURG was born 27 April 1841 in Talladega, Alabama and died 14 April 1892. He was married 28 December 1865 to Roselle FLEAGER, born 27 March 1848 and died 18 July 1928. They had five children: William Brooks 1866, Oland Dubose 1872, Mary Nathielee 1876, Annie Emily 1883 and an infant son who died at birth in 1886.
In 1960, Annie Emily Whittenburg Sharpe wrote about her Whittenburg ancestors, "they worked in the Big Talladega Iron Works and brought some of the things to Texas with them."
In the 1870 census of Williamson County, Texas, John is listed as Joseph. In his household are his wife, Roselle, their three year old son William, and a ninety year old black woman named Judith. She was probably the slave named Judy that Andrew Whittenburg bought from the estate of William F. Long in 1842.